LIZBETH DE LA CRUZ SANTANA (559)

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1 LIZBETH DE LA CRUZ SANTANA (559) EDUCATION Ph.D. Student (Current) in Spanish (Latin American Literatures and Cultures) with a Designated Emphasis in Human Rights (in progress), University California Davis M.A. in Spanish, GPA: 3.8, May 2016, California State University Fresno B.A. in Spanish, GPA: 3.6, May 2013, California State University Fresno RESEARCH INTERESTS Testimonial Literature, Mexican, Mexican-American, Chicano/a Literature, Border Studies: U.S. and Mexico, Digital Humanities: Storytelling, Story mapping. LANGUAGE(S) Bilingual in English and Spanish Elementary proficiency in Portuguese and French MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (AILCFH) Modern Language Association (MLA) National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACC) Comparative Border Studies Mellon Initiative Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) TRAINING UndocuAlly Educator, University of California Davis, September 2016 Digital Storytelling, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), Tijuana, Mexico, November 2016 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Protecting Human Research Participants, March 2016 HONORS AND AWARDS Research Awards DHI Reading and Writing Group Award Digital Humanities Institute HArCS Dean s Summer Fellowship, June 2017 Mellon Summer Research Fellowship, June 2017 Graduate Student of Color Research Award, June 2017 Conference Travel Grants Travel Grant to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - XXVII Congreso Anual de la Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (AILCFH), October, 2017 Travel Grant to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Spanish and Portuguese Department, University of California, Davis, June 2017 Travel Grant to University of California, Irvine - Spanish and Portuguese Department, University of California, Davis, April

2 Scholarships Betty Rodriguez Scholarship, 2015 Essay Awards Second place in Hernán Lara Zavala Essay Contest by Fresno Mexican Consulate, 2014 First place in Monica Lavin Essay Contest by the Fresno Mexican Consulate, 2013 PUBLICATIONS Academic [Forthcoming] DACAmentados: Sueños sin fronteras Proyecto de narrativa digital. II Congreso Cultura en América Latina, La Universidad Autónoma de Baja California; Mexicali, Mexico. Narración y memoria en testimonios chilenos después del 11 de septiembre de M.A. Thesis. College of Arts and Humanities California State University Fresno, Fresno, California, May Journalism Quique Cruz visita Fresno State en el 41er aniversario del 9-11 chileno, Community Alliance Newspaper, October Manifestantes proclaman Peña assassin en Francia, Community Alliance Newspaper, August Los días de terror en Chile tras el golpe de estado del 11 de septiembre de 1973, Community Alliance Newspaper, July Vivir en un mundo violento: La revolución de conflictos sin violencia, by Dr. Sudarshan, translation for Community Alliance Newspaper, March Other Frida and her Panzón rant al estilo Spanglish. The Realness: Being an Unapologetic Xingonx. Xicx Zine, Issue 2. May INDEPENDENT RESEARCH [Ongoing] DACAmented: DREAMs Without Borders Digital Storytelling Project ( ) - Facilitation of production of digital stories on recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) - Webmaster & Social Media Director (Facebook, Twitter, November Current - Digital stories produced: 10 - Research sites: Tijuana, Mexico, California (2017) RESEARCH GROUP CONTRIBUTION Humanizing Deportation - Tijuana, Mexico ( ) - Facilitation of production of digital stories on deportation - Webmaster: May September Instagram Social Media Platform November Current - Digital stories produced: 7

3 - Research sites: Tijuana, Mexico (2017) GRADUATE STUDENT AND FACULTY WORKING GROUPS Outside of Academia: Voices of Hispanic Feminism and Activism, University of California Davis, December Current When Women Speak: Narratives of Violence, Visibility and Corporeality Writing Group, University of California Davis, December Current ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS Humanizing Deportation - Stories from the Ground. Constitution Café, Sacramento, California, December 10, La criminalización de la mujer en Ingobernable (2017): La frontera visible del desplazamiento de la mujer moderna en la pantalla mexicana ante el Estado. XXVII Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (AILCFH). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November 10, What the U.S. Mexico border wall tell us about citizenship and birthrights: The case of Tijuana Dreamer moms. The 13 th Annual UC Davis Spanish and Portuguese Colloquium Samuel G. Armistead University of California Davis, Davis, California, October 20, Digital Storytelling as Community-Based Research. Imagining America, Artist and Scholars in Public Life, University of California Davis, Davis, California, October 14, DACAMented: DREAMs Without Borders Summer Outcomes. University of California, Davis Digital Humanities Poster Presentation, Davis, California, October 3, La frontera visible de la memoria: El caso de Julie en DACAmentados: DREAMs sin fronteras proyecto de narrativa digital. XXIII Annual Juan Bruce-Novoa Mexican Studies Conference, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, April 13, DACAmentados: DREAMs sin fronteras in the 2ndo Congreso Cultural en América Latina, prácticas y significados, cartografías y discusiones, La Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México, Instituto de Investigaciones Culturales-Museo UABC, March 3, Narración y memoria en testimonios chilenos después del 11 de septiembre de The Graduate Research and Creative Activities Symposium (GRACAS), California State University Fresno, Fresno, California, May Puig y Fuguet: La nueva estética del escritor latinoamericano. California State University, Fresno Graduate Research and Creative Activities Symposium, Fresno, California, May Latin American Testimony: Juan Francisco Manzano s complex identity and double consciousness. California State University, Fresno Graduate Research and Creative Activities Symposium, Fresno, California, May Latin American Testimonio: The case of Tejas Verdes, Diario de un campo de concentración en Chile (1994). The College of Arts & Humanities Honors Program, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, California, May 2013.

4 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Associate Instructor - University of California, Davis SPA 1 Elementary Spanish Fall 2017 SPA 2 Elementary Spanish Winter 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Winter 2018 Teaching Associate - California State University, Fresno SPA 1 Elementary Spanish Fall 2015 SPA 2 Elementary Spanish Spring 2016 Reader [Forthcoming] SPA Topics in Spanish Cultural Studies, University California Davis, Davis, CA, Winter 2018 Guest Lecturer SPA Chingonas Mexicanas, University California Davis, Davis, CA La mujer en la independencia de México (Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez), October 10, 2017 La mujer en la posrevolución (Nellie Campobello), October 24, 2017 La mujer en la narcocultura (Camelia la Texana, La Reina del Sur), November 16, 2017 EDU A Critical Perspective on Childhood, Learning, and Culture Undocumented & DACAmented in the classroom, October 2, 2017 SPA 33 - Spanish for Native Speakers La metodología en DACAmentados: DREAMs sin fronteras proyecto de narrativa digital, May 1, 2017 SPA Principles of Hispanic Literature and Criticism DACAmentados: DREAMs sin fronteras De lo personal a lo público", March 9, 2017 EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE Copy Editor, Brújula: Revista interdisciplinaria sobre estudios latinoamericanos, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA. September February 2017 Editor-in-Chief, La Voz de Aztlán, California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA, February May 2016 Journalist, Alianza Comunitaria, Fresno, CA, August, June 2016 Editor-in-Chief and Design, Revista Literaria Austral, California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA, September May 2016 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND ACTIVISM Conferences and Workshops #PhDOnMyMind: Graduate School Research. An insight to DACAmented Archive. Fresno City College, Fresno, California. December 1, Hands-on-Workshop: DREAMs without Borders Digital Storytelling Project. 2nd Annual Keeping the Dream Alive Conference. California State University, Sacramento, California, November 13, Panelist for Mentorship in Graduate School (ZOOM). Graduate Net Initiative, California State University Fresno, Fresno, California, October Student Discussion Leader for California State University, Fresno Latino Faculty Staff Association Forum on the Latino University Experience A Collaborative Effort to discuss the status of Latinos at Fresno State and a Renewed plan for Action, March 2015.

5 Collaboration with the Mexican Consulate of Fresno, Who is Dayani Cristal: border narratives and consulate services. Fresno, California, October Workshop for Fresno State Chicano Youth Conference, Sor Juana y la educación superior: Chican@s después de High School. Fresno, California, March Advising and Mentoring Diversity and Inclusion: Growing. University of California, Davis, October, Current - Provide input to event planning and workshops for D.I.G. undergraduate student run initiative through the Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Grant. Human Rights Advocacy Media Director and Social Media Platform Manager, Caravana 43 Fresno, Fresno, CA, February, April, Organize media kits, press conferences, informational forum, and manage social media outlets with original videos and images. - Coordinate a series of events and interviews with local news networks with the families and friends of the 43 disappeared students from Ayotzinapa Guerrero.