Position Title
Graduate student in Spanish, Emphasis in Environmental Humanities
PhD Candidate
Faculty Advisor: Leopoldo Bernucci
Position Title
Graduate student in Spanish, Emphasis in Environmental Humanities
PhD Candidate
Faculty Advisor: Leopoldo Bernucci
Sproul 111
Bio
Education and Degree(s)
- B.A. in Spanish, University of California, Davis (2020)
- M.A. in Spanish, University of California, Davis (2022)
Honors and Awards
- Spanish B.A. summa cum laude
- Outstanding Performance Citation (2020)
- Hemispheric Institute of the Americas Summer Fellowship (2024)
- Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award (2025)
- Summer Dissertation Writing Fellowship (2025)
Courses
- SPA 1, 2, 3
- SPA 1Y, 2Y, 3Y
- SPA 21
- SPA 23, 24
- Spanish for Veterinary Professions
Research Interests & Expertise
- Environmental Humanities
- Animal Studies in Literature
- Spanish for the Professions
Publications
- Torres-Astocóndor, Carlos and Leigh Marlene Houck. “Comentario editorial”. Brújula: Revista Interdisciplinaria sobre Estudios Latinoamericanos, vol. 16, 2023, pp. 1-17,
https://brujula.ucdavis.edu/humanidadesmedioambientales (https://brujula.ucdavis.edu/humanidadesmedioambientales)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58748/JLFH3882 (https://doi.org/10.58748/JLFH3882) - French, Jennifer, Leigh Marlene Houck and Carlos Torres-Astocóndor. “Radical alternatives and relativizing frameworks: An interview with Jennifer French”. Brújula: Revista Interdisciplinaria sobre Estudios Latinoamericanos, vol. 16, 2023, pp. 109-122.
https://brujula.ucdavis.edu/radical-alternatives (https://brujula.ucdavis.edu/radical-alternatives)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58748/XPLF6406 (https://doi.org/10.58748/XPLF6406)