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Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD in Hispanic Studies, 2019-Present –  Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

BA in English and Spanish, May 2019 – Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX

Conference Presentations

International Conference

Rodriguez, Magda. “Rolando Hinojosa’s Sense of Place through Language Choice in Korean Love Songs, Becky and Her Friends, and We Happy Few.” Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS), 6-8 April 2023, Dallas, TX. 

 

Rodriguez, Magda. “The History of the Narratives of Those who Cross the U.S.-Mexico Border: How the Controversy of American Dirt Came to Be.” Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS), 15-17 April 2021, Virtual Conference.

 

National Conferences

Rodriguez, Magda. “El arte de la reescritura: Análisis de las versiones de Estampas del Valle al inglés por Rolando Hinojosa-Smith.” MSC 34th Annual Student Conference on Latinx Affairs (SCOLA), 2 April 2022, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

 

Rodriguez, Magda. “Recordatorio de la otra conversación del Chicanx del Valle de Texas en el trabajo de Rolando Hinojosa-Smith.” XXII Coloquio anual de literatura, lingüística y cultura hispanoamericanas 

y peninsulares, Spanish Graduate Association (SAGA) of University of Central Florida, 21 January 2022, Virtual Conference. 

 

Rodriguez, Magda. “La Predestinación: El desarrollo del presagio en Cien años de soledad.” Christian Association of World Languages (CAWL), 6 April 2019, Baylor University, Waco, TX.

 

Upcoming Conference Presentations

Rodriguez, Magda. “The ‘Sainthood’ of Those Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border Undocumented: An Analysis of the Expressions of Faith.” The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United 

States (MELUS),  21 April 2023, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.

Certifications

2021

CIRTL Associate – Fellow of the Academy for Future Faculty of Texas A&M University

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2018

Level 3 of The College Reading and Learning Association Certified

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2018

TESOL Certification

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Upcoming:
2024        Latino/a & Mexican American Studies Certificate (LMAS), Texas A&M University

  • Have taken course work outside of the Hispanic Studies department:

    • Anthropology course of the U.S-Mexico border (ANTH 489)

    • History course of Chicanos/as (HIST 674)

    • English course of Latinx memoirs (ENGL 670)

    • Sociology course of Black and Latino/a Americans (SOCI 663)


2024         Digital Transformation (Dx) in Higher Education

  • Attended the following workshops:

    • The New Kid in Class- ChatGPT, Mar 22, 2023

    • Digital Multimedia Production, Mar 24, 2023

Honors and Awards
Literary Work

Rodriguez, Magda. “Thunder Echoes Away.” Gallardia, Cardinal Vol. 1, Sigma Tau Delta’s Southwestern Region Journal, 30 May 2019, pp. 46-55, http://www.english.org/pdf/regions/Gaillardia-2019---Cardinal-May-30-Edit.pdf

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Rodriguez, Magda V. “A Disclaimer of Myself and Yo Misma.” Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance,
and Visual Arts of the Greater Southwest, Vol. 2,  Issue 1, 2022, pp. 151-152, Available at:
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/chamisa/vol2/iss1/1

Upcoming Publications:
Rodriguez, Magda V. “My Curls and I.” Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y
Cambio Social (MALCS).

Workshops:


2022        Accepted and participated in Chicana/Latina Studies “Renewed Words, Renewed Spirit” Creative Writing Workshop, MALCS Summer Institute, July 2022

  • Limited space workshop with 6 participants using the Liz Lerman method

TAMU Graduate Diversity Excellence Fellowship, 2019-2022

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University Scholar (Spanish), Abilene Christian University, 2019

Languages

English

Spanish

Research Experience

Undergraduate McNair Research Project

“The Influence on a Writer: Juan Rulfo and the Existential Mexico.” Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Elliott, Summer of 2018. Abilene Christian University.

 

Undergraduate Honors’ Thesis

“The Influence of Spanish within the Identity of Chicanos: Analysis of Dialogue in books by Sandra Cisneros, Rudolfo Anya, Erika Sanchez, and Mario Alberto Zambrano.” Chair: Dr. Scott Self. Committee Members: Dr. Todd Womble and Professor Carolina Archer. August 2018- May 2019. Abilene Christian University.

Teaching Experience

2020-23        

Instructor of Beginner Spanish I (SPAN 101), Department of Hispanic Studies, Texas A&M University

  • Taught one online summer condensed course Summer 2020, which included co-creating the syllabus and teaching materials

  • Taught one online summer condensed course Summer 2023, flipped classroom

  • Taught two hybrid sections Fall 2020 and one traditional section Spring 2021


2022-23        

Instructor of Intermediate Spanish II (SPAN 202), Department of Global Languages and Culture, Texas A&M University

  • Traditional section in Spring and Fall of 2023

  • Taught one Summer condensed section and created the Syllabus and daily teaching materials


2022        

Instructor of Intermediate Spanish I (SPAN 201) (traditional face-to-face), Department of Hispanic Studies/ Global Languages and Culture, Texas A&M University

  • Taught one traditional section Spring 2022 and two traditional sections Fall 2022

  • Created the daily teaching materials


2021         

Instructor of Beginner Spanish II (SPAN 102), Department of Hispanic Studies, Texas A&M University

  • Taught two traditional sections Fall 2022

  • Created the daily teaching materials


2017-19        

Undergraduate ESL Teaching Assistant, Department of ESL, Abilene Christian University

  • Reviewed content with students once a week


2018        

ESL Conversation Lab Teacher, Department of English as a Second Language, Abilene Christian University

  • Created daily activities for Summer session of three students


2017-18        

Undergraduate Spanish Teaching Assistant of Beginner Spanish I (SPAN 101) and Beginner Spanish II (102), Department of Language and Literature, Abilene Christian University

  • Taught class once a week for one section with content provided by the instructor of the course, Dr. Carolina Archer

Professional Experience

2023        

Tutor for the Language Support Office (LSO), Department of of Global Languages and Cultures, Texas A&M University

2019-22        

Convener of Spanish Conversation Club, Department of Hispanic Studies, Texas A&M University

  • Created and facilitated activities for the practice of the production of language

  • Facilitated 3 semesters of a Beginner level meeting, 2 semesters of an  Intermediate level meeting and 1 semester of a mixed level meeting

  • Had up to 12 students per meeting
     

2022        

Moderator for talk with Dr. Carlos Morton, 1 April 2022, Department of Hispanic Studies, Texas A&M University


2021         

Charlas de Café Moderator,  Department of Hispanic Studies, Texas A&M University

  • Moderated and presented in Charlas de Café of March 3rd

  • Moderated and created questions to interview Dr. Espina on the release of his new book, April 16th


2019-20     

Proctor and Grader of Spanish Placement Tests, Department of Hispanic Studies, Texas A&M University

  • Facilitated and graded the Spanish Placement Tests for Spanish Language Learners and Heritage Speakers

  • Created an online version of both exams in the Blackboard platform


2018-19        

Tutor for English and Spanish, Writing Center Tutor for English and Spanish, Abilene Christian University

2017-19         

Spanish Tutor, EXCEL Tutoring Program, Abilene Christian University

Service

2022-23        Mentor to undergraduate first generation                                      students, LatiLo Mentorship Program, Texas A&M
                       University

2022        Mentor to undergraduate student doing an Honors                     Contract in SPAN 201, mentorship involved guidance                  with research with weekly check-in meetings to help                  produce a conference length talk in Spanish

  • Final project resulted with a voiced over Powerpoint presentation in Spanish discussing the Covid-19 response in certain Latinamerican countries

 

2021        Mentor to a new Ph.D. student, Hispanic Studies                         Department, Texas A&M University

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2020        Mentor, Amig@s Mentorship Program (which                              purpose is to serve First Generation students 

                 navigate college) Texas A&M University (Fall)

 

2018        Translator of Official Documents into Spanish,                               Department of Marriage and Family Studies, 

                 Abilene Christian University
 

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