Curriculum Vitae
Diego del Pozo
The University of Georgia / Office: (706) 542-4062Department of Romance Languages / Cell Phone: (706) 254-3042
370H Gilbert Hall / e-mail:
Athens, GA 30602-1815
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Spanish, University of Georgia, 2008
Dissertation: Heterotopías insulares en el teatro de Alberto Pedro: identidad y resistencia en Cuba
MA. Spanish, University of Georgia, 1999
Master’s Thesis: El gay en el contexto cubano y su (re)presentación en tres textos culturales latinoamericanos
Licenciatura in English Literature and Linguistics
Minor: Spanish
University of Valladolid, Spain, 1997
Theater and performance at the Aula de Teatro, University of Valladolid, Spain, from 1990 to 1997
RESARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Contemporary Spanish-Caribbean Literature and Culture
Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Theater and Performance
Spanish and Latin American Film
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, University of Georgia, Fall 2008 to Present
Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Fall 2005 to Spring 2008
Spanish Instructor, University of Georgia, 2002 to 2005
Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, 2000 to 2001
Spanish Teacher, Miss Porter’s School, CT, 1999 to 2000
Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, 1997 to 1999
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
SPAN 4960H Creative writing in Spanish (Independent Study).
SPAN 4082 Latin American Film
SPAN 4081 Spanish Film
SPAN 4080 Studies in Spanish Literature and Culture: Imaginarios e identidades urbanas: la ciudad en Latino América y España
SPAN 4080 Contemporary Latin American Theater
SPAN 4070 Spanish-American Literature and Culture from Modernism through the Present
SPAN 4050 Spanish Literature and Culture from the Enlightenment through the Present
SPAN 4010 Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPAN 3030 H Introduction to Literature (Honors)
SPAN 3030 Introduction to Literature
SPAN 3010 Spanish Conversation and Composition
SPAN 2002 Intermediate Spanish (second semester)
SPAN 2001 Intermediate Spanish (first semester)
SPAN 1110 Accelerated Elementary Spanish
SPAN 1002 Elementary Spanish (second semester)
AP Spanish (at Miss Porter’s School)
AP Spanish Literature (at Miss Porter’s School)
HONORS THESIS
2006 Honor thesis reader. Efectos de la entrada de mujeres indígenas en sistemas capitalistas en Ecuador by Sarah M. Yagoda.
AWARDS
2007 Dolores E. Artaud Scholarship in Romance Languages, UGA
2007 Graduate Field Research Summer Travel Award from LACSI (Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute) at the University of Georgia. Research in Havana (Cuba) from June 20th to July, 10th
2006 Dean’s Award. Research Grant from the Graduate School of the University of Georgia. Research in Havana (Cuba) from June 19th to August 9th
2006 Graduate Field Research Summer Travel Award from LACSI (Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute) at the University of Georgia. Research in Havana (Cuba) from June 19th to August 9th
2000 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Georgia
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
“Olvidados y re-creados: la invariable y paradójica presencia del niño de la calle en el cine latinoamericano”. Chasqui 32.1 (2003), 85-97.
FILM REVIEWS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Zambrano, Benito, dir. Habana Blues. Chasqui. 34.2 (2005), 201-204.
Alvarez, Santiago, dir. La isla de la música. Chasqui. 31.2 (2002), 157-158.
Gabriel-Lipschutz, Enrique, dir. En la puta calle. Chasqui 30 (2001).
Torres, Fina, dir. Mecánica celeste. Chasqui 27.2 (1998), 182-183.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“If you are not angry nor sad, you have no business in this country”. Cultura y tendencias. 17 (2002). Santiago de Chile.
PAPERS PRESENTED
2012 “Recyling: Nothing to Waste on the Cuban Stage” in the Session Garbage and Recycling in Latin American Cultural Production. At the Latin American Studies Association Conference held in San Francisco, May 22nd through May 26th. Chair and Organizer of the Session.
2011 “Cartography of Absences and Google Maps: Heterotopias and Memories in Alfredo Sanzol’s Theater”. Estreno International Conference. Austin College. October 14th.
2010 “Memoria y paradoja: Alfredo Sanzol en el teatro español contemporáneo”. South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA). Atlanta, GA. November 7th.
2007 “De la poética del deslumbramiento a la prosa del desencanto: La (re)presentación del espacio educativo en la narrativa cubana de la Revolución”. LASA. Montreal, Canada. September, 8th
2007 Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages and Literatures. “Cinema and Technology: Off the Screen and Into the Classroom”. Georgia Southern University. Statesboro, GA. March, 30th
2001 “Entre el texto y el hipertexto: el estudio y la enseñanza de la literatura”. Living Between Cultures and Languages. Modern Language Association. New Orleans, December
2001 “El año que viene estamos en Cuba de Gustavo Pérez Firmat: (re)creación del sujeto en el exilio”. Narratives of Gender and Exile. Aquí y ahora. Latino/a Literature and Culture. Academic Symposium at the University of Georgia, November
INVITED LECTURES
2007 “El fin del hombre nuevo: el espacio educativo en la narrativa cubana finisecular”. El Cultural. Peruvian-American Centre for English Studies in Trujillo, Perú. June, 15th
2006 "Making Connections:Spanish Cinema and Technology in the Classroom". Workshop on the use of technology to teach Spanish film. At the University of Georgia, on November, 2nd
2001 “Popular Spanish Music”. Hispanic Heritage Month.Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. University of Georgia. October.
FILM AND THEATER COLLOQUIA
2010 Presentation and discussion of the film El cuarto de Leo (dir. Enrique Buchchio) at Ciné Movie Theater in Athens, GA. November 16th.
2010 “Representation and effects of violence in Latin American Film: from the street children to the victims of State sponsored terrorism in the southern cone”. March, 27th. University of North Carolina at Asheville.
2009 Presentation and discussion of the movie Stellet Licht (dir. Carlos Reygadas) at Ciné Movie Theater in Athesn, GA, March 31st, as part of its second anniversary.
2008 Presentation and discussion of the movie A casa de Alice at Ciné Movie Theater in Athens, GA. May 2nd
2007 Presentation and discussion of the movie Krampack for the Spanish Film Festival at the University of Georgia. April 4th
2007 Presentation and discussion of the movie Suite Habana as part of the inauguration of the Movie Theater Ciné in Athens GA. April, 3rd
2001-present Presentation and discussion of the movies for the Latin American (Fall) and Spanish (Spring) Film Festivals at the University of Georgia
THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
2012 Performed as Richard in The Burning Man by Pamela Turner, with The Circle Ensemble Theater Company.
April 26, 27 and 28, at the Seney-Stovall Chapel Theater, Athens, GA.
2011 Intensive Seminar (June 25th and 26th) on acting given by Augusto Fernandes in La Casona del teatro de Corrientes in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2010 Performed as Mr. Peachum in the The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht with The Circle Ensemble Theater Company. November 12 & 13, 19 & 20, at the New Earth Music Hall, Athens, GA.
2010 Performed in Sí, pero no lo soy with TELASH (Teatro Latinoamericano de Asheville). A joined project with the University of North Carolina at Asheville and the University of Georgia. Peformances in Asheville (NC Stage), August 28th-30th and September 3rd-5th. And Athens (Danzc Center at UGA), October 1st and 2nd.
2009 Performed in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with The Rose of Athens professional Theatre Company. October 28th through October 31st, at the Seney-Stovall Chapel, Athens, GA.
2007-08 Performed in The Line in the Sand at different venues in the Athens area. Reading theatre on immigration issues followed by discussions with the audience
2007 Vicepresident of Cachivache: Performance in Spanish. A Student Organization interested in Performance in Spanish, and Latin American and Latino culture. Written and directed a sketch for Noche Latina, organized by the Hispanic Student Association
2006 Help organize the representation of La Diva by the Theater Group TELASH from UNCA at the University of Georgia. I helped with lighting, publicity and organization of the event. October
2002 Direction and performance of a student project based on three scenes of Recuerdos de Tulipa, a Cuban play, at the University of Georgia. April
1997-2002 Member of Grupo Teatro Tunanta, a theater troupe dedicated to the performance of Hispanic experimental theater. (http://www.rom.uga.edu/jotabe/tunanta.htm)
2000 Performed at Miss Porter’s School the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. April
1999 Performed the Cuban Adaptation Fresa y chocolate… en una barquilla.
Dancz Center for the Performing Arts. University of Georgia. Athens, GA. March 18-20.
Ford Auditorium, Berry College. Rome, GA. March 24
1999 Adaptation of the movie Fresa y chocolate for theatrical performance
1999 Theater Workshop: Theater of the Oppressed, given by Augusto Boal at UGA. Spring
1999 Co-founder and member of the Tuna Ateniense Iberoamericana: traditional Spanish music formation. Performed at the University of Georgia
1998 Performed the Chilean play La muerte y la doncella. Dancz Center for the Performing Arts. University of Georgia. Athens, GA. June 1-3. Playhouse, Furman University. Creenville, SC. November 17. Burlington Building, Emory University. Atlanta, GA. November 20-21
1998 Participated in the Theater Workshop The Latin American Performance Experience, given by professor Gustavo Geirola from Whittier College at UGA. April 17-19
1992-1995 Actor and light engineer in the Professional Theater Group Teatro Intimo. Juan Antonio Quintana S.L.
Valladolid (Spain). Performances all around Spain and Paris
(France). Four Shows:
El avaro by Molière.
La zapatera prodigiosa by Federico García Lorca.
Sonata de Espectros by August Strindberg.
Don Duardos by Gil Vicente
1990-1992 Actor and light engineer in the Professional Theater Group Teatro Estable de Valladolid S.A. Valladolid (Spain). Two Shows:
Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare
La Zapatera prodigiosa by Federico García Lorca
STUDY ABROAD AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
2013 – Director of UGA en La Habana Study Abroad Program.
2012 Attended Risk Management Workshop for Study Abroad at the Office of International Education at UGA.
2012 Attended Financial Administration of Studies Abroad workshop at the Office of International Education at UGA.
2010 – Mary Lyndon Language Community. Resident Director.
2011 Program Coordinator for UGA en Buenos Aires Study Abroad Program in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Summer.
2008-2010 Program Coordinator for UGA en España (Sevilla) Study Abroad Program, in Sevilla (Spain), Summer
2006-2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant for UGA Medical Spanish Study Abroad Program in Trujillo (Perú), Summer
2005 Graduate Resident Assistant for the Spanish Community at Mary Lyndon Hall. Department of Romance Languages, UGA
2004-2005 Resident Coordinator for UGA en España Study Abroad Program, in Valencia, Spain (Spring and Summer semesters)
2003-2004 Spanish Instructor for UGA en España Study Abroad Program, in Valencia, Spain (Summer)
2000 Organized and chaperoned the Spanish Study Abroad Program in Granada (Spain) for Miss Porter’s School
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
2013 Helped organize España en corto, the annual Spanish Short Film Festival started by UGA students to showcase current award-winning short films directed and inspired by up-and-coming filmmakers from all over Spain. A free event at Ciné Movie Theater in Athens. April 9 & 10.
2012 Organization of the Hispanic Heritage Month Film Festival (Latin American Women Behind the Camera) held at the Georgia Museum of Art, from September 27th through October 18th.
Organized Brazilian actress María Guedes visit to the University of Georgia to present the Brazilian film Historias que só existem quando lembradas, as part of the film festival. September 26th and 27th, 2012. She participated in different activities at UGA.
http://latinamericanfilmfestivalatuga.weebly.com/index.html
2011 Invited and Organized Dr. Marial Iglesias Utset’s Lecture on Caribbean History at UGA: “A Creole Family and Its Slaves in Saint-Domingue and Cuba: A Narrative of a Trans-Atlantic Experience”. November, 29th, 2011 at MLC.
2011 Organization of the Hispanic Heritage Month Film Festival (Immigration and Transnational Experiences) held at the Georgia Museum of Art, from September 15th through October 13th.
Organized Ari Luis Palos and Eren McGinnis (directors of the film Precious Knowledge) visit to introduce their film, as part of the Film Festival.
2010 Organization of Días de Cine, the Hispanic Heritage Month Film Festival held at Ciné (commercial movie theatre in Downtown Athens) on October 22nd through 24th, 2010. Head of the Screening Committee and Organizer.
2009 Core Faculty of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute at the University of Georgia (to the present).
Fall 2009 Organized the Hispanic Heritage Month Film Festival at the Tate Theatre at the University of Georgia: New Looks on Latin American Cinema. Films were introduced by Graduate students from the Department of Romance Languages. Every Tuesday from Sept 29th through October 27th.
Fall 2009 Organized two workshops on Refworks and Endnote for the Faculty and Graduate Students at the Department of Romance Languages.
Spring 2008 Organized Spanish and Latin American Short Film Festival, March 31st, April 1st and 2nd. Department of Romance Languages and LACSI.
<http://www.rom.uga.edu/ContraplanoUGA/filmfest.html>
Spring 2006 Design of posters, brochures and website for the UGA en Buenos Aires Study Abroad Program
2001- 2003 Co-host of Spanish radio show, En español desde las ocho, at the University Radio Station, 90.5 FM WUOG
2002 Contributor for the project REACH, a web site developed for the study of Spanish by the University of Maryland
2002 Power Point Presentation and translation for a Consumer Science
Department Project on Food at the University of Georgia
2000-2005 Preparation and recording of Language Laboratory materials for
Spanish 1001, 1002, 2001 and 2002 at the University of Georgia
2000 Design and creation of the first UGA en España / Valencia Web Site. http://www.rom.uga.edu/valencia (No longer on-line)
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
Fall 2012 Teaching a survey course on Contemporary Latin American Literature at Freedom University, to undocumented students.
Spring 2012 Teaching Language Courses at Freedom University Georgia, to undocumented students.
Spring 2008 Organized and participated in a Short Stop Animation Workshop at Hillsman Middle School in Athens, GA, for Middle School students. With José Luis Farias, from Spain. March 27th and 28th
2004-2008 Interpreter for the Parents-Teachers Conferences at Chase Elementary School in Athens, GA
1997 Voluntary work with Hispanic and African American communities
at Garnet Ridge, Athens, GA. (Coordinated by the Department of Social Work of The University of Georgia). Fall
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Office
Multimedia and Authoring Tools: Flash, Ultradev
Graphic Design: Photoshop
WebCT
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Native.
English: Near-native.
Italian: Beginner.
Portuguese: Beginner.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS