Position Title
Graduate Student in Spanish, Emphasis in Human Rights
PhD Candidate
Associate Instructor
Faculty Advisor: Ana Peluffo
Position Title
Graduate Student in Spanish, Emphasis in Human Rights
PhD Candidate
Associate Instructor
Faculty Advisor: Ana Peluffo
707 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Fall 24: Monday and Wednesday, 3:00-4:00pm
Sproul 707 in person
or remote by Zoom if it's requested
Sproul 707 in person
or remote by Zoom if it's requested
Bio
Education & Degrees
- B.A. Literature, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
- M.A. Literature, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
- M.A. Spanish, Florida International University, Miami
Honors & Awards
- Dean’s Summer Graduate Support Award. Summer 2024. UC Davis. College of Letters and Sciences.
- Global Grad Grant, Research Track. Summer 2024. UC Davis. Global Learning Hub.
- Global Education for All Fellow. 2023-2024.
- Hemispheric Institute of the Americas (HIA) Summer Research Fellowship 2022. UC Davis.
- Davis Humanities Institute (DHI) Grant to attend the National Humanities Center and Digital Humanities Center, January 10th-14th, 2022.
- Provost Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2021-2022. UC Davis.
- Research Awards 2021. Master dissertation awarded as outstanding among research presented between 2019-2020 at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Peru).
Courses (Taught recently)
- SPA 170: Introduction to Latin American Culture. Fall 2024. | UC Davis
- SPA 2: Elementary Spanish. Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Winter 2024. | UC Davis
- SPA 3: Elementary Spanish. Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Winter 2023, Fall 2023. | UC Davis
- Latin American Podcast. Spring 2021. | Florida International University (FIU)
- Spanish for Non-heritage Speakers-Basic II. Summer 2020, Fall 2020. | FIU
- Spanish for Non heritage Speakers-Basic I. Miami. Fall 2019, Spring 2020 | FIU
Research Interests & Expertise
- Latin American Literature and Culture
- 19th & 20th Century Peruvian Narrative
- Human Rights
- Identity and Migration
- Bilingualism and Pedagogy
- Podcast and Digital humanities.
Publications
- Torres Espinoza, J. (2021). “El Neocostumbrismo peruano (1885-1914): sinsabores de modernidad en Lima.” Historia de las Literaturas en el Perú. Vol. III. Velázquez Castro, Marcel and Raquel Chang-Rodríguez (Collection directors); Velázquez Castro, Marcel and Francesca Denegri (Third volumen coordinators). Casa de la Literatura Peruana y Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. 2021.
- Torres Espinoza, J. (2020). “El coleccionista de libros de Abelardo Gamarra, El Tunante. Entrevista con Aladino Carbajal.” Educaccion. Diálogo informado sobre políticas públicas. [Online]. Retrieved from https://www.educaccionperu.org/el-coleccionista-de-libros-de-abelardo-gamarra-el-tunante/
- Torres Espinoza, J. (2019). “Abelardo Gamarra, El Tunante, y el protagonismo del migrante serrano en la Lima de Posguerra.” Ni amar ni odiar con firmeza. Cultura y emociones en el Perú posbélico (1885-1925). Francesca Denegri (comp.). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. pp.129-151.
- Torres Espinoza, J. (2018). “Abelardo Gamarra y un lugar llamado Pelagatos (o los extramuros de la modernidad).” Revista Amerika [Online]. N°17. 2017. Autour de Manuel González Prada (Lima, 5 janvier 1844-Lima, 22 juillet 1918). Retrieved from https://journals.openedition.org/amerika/8215.
- Torres Espinoza, J. (2018). “Abelardo Gamarra “El Tunante” y el narrador forastero en los artículos de costumbres en ‘Rasgos de Pluma’ (1875-1877).” Revista del Instituto Riva – Agüero. Vol. 3, N°. 1. pp.163-190. Retrieved from http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/revistaira/article/view/19485.
- Torres Espinoza, J. (2015) “¡Bajo Imperio! ¡Aquí estamos los bárbaros!: Cooperación cultural en conflicto en las primeras crónicas de César Vallejo.” Miradas recíprocas entre Perú y Francia. Mónica Cárdenas (comp.). Universidad Ricardo Palma y Université Bordeaux Montaigne. pp.269-286.
- Torres Espinoza, J. (2009). “Manuel Moncloa y Covarrubias y el artículo costumbrista en la prensa peruana de fines del siglo XIX.” Boletín de Instituto Riva-Agüero. N°39. pp.243-272. Retrieved from http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/114393
Membership & Service
Primary Leader. Aggies Near and Far Podcast. 2023-2024. || 2024-2025
Head Committee. 16th Annual Samuel Armistead Colloquium: Digital Landscapes: Paths to Reparative Justice in a Technological World. University of California, Davis. [Hybrid format]. April 6th and 7th, 2023.
Head Committee. IV International Symposium Peru XIX. Authority, Citizenship and Bodies: Displacements and Fractures in Modernity. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. [Online]. From November 30th to December 2nd, 2022.