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ANA MARÍA CARVAJAL
Curriculum Vitae
Email:-LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/anamariacarvajal
EDUCATION
2019
PhD Spanish Literature
Purdue University, West Lafayette (Indiana)
2014
MA Spanish Literature
Purdue University, West Lafayette (Indiana)
2009
BA International Relations
Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Spanish Medieval and Golden Age Literature
Early Modern Women and Religion
Deception, Women, and the Inquisition
Spanish Literature and Culture
EMPLOYMENT
2021- Limited Term Lecturer of English, Language Center, Universidad de Medellín, Colombia
2020- Limited Term Lecturer of Spanish and Portuguese, School of Languages and Cultures, Purdue
University (until Summer term)
2012- Teaching Assistant of Spanish, School of Languages and Cultures, Purdue University-- Lecturer of Early Modern History, School of Music, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá,
2012 Colombia
2010- Lecturer of Early Modern History and World Religions, School of International Relations and
2012 Political Science, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
2010- Lecturer of World Religions, School of Political Science, Universidad Sergio
2012 Arboleda, Bogotá, Colombia
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PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION
Yonsoo Kim, Carvajal Jaramillo, Ana María. “La codificación de la espiritualidad femenina de Teresa
de Cartagena y Santa Teresa de Ávila.” eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies 32 (2016): 69-84.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Avila, Teresa de. Meditaciones sobre los cantares. Introduction, by Ana María Carvajal, Cita Press, 2021
(forthcoming).
¡Basta ya! Colombia: Memorias de Guerra y dignidad. Informe General Grupo de Memoria Histórica. Centro
Nacional de Memoria Histórica, 2013. (Co-editor, copy editor, and proofreader)
El dragón de los mares. Bogotá: Editorial Libros y Libros, 2012. (Creative)
GRANTS AND AWARDS-
Association of Hispanic Classical Theater Hesse Registration Award ($125)
Purdue Research Foundation Year Grant ($20,000)
PROMISE Award – College of Liberal Arts, Purdue ($1500)
School of Languages and Cultures Travel Grant
(54 th International Congress on Medieval Studies) ($350)
2017
Graduate Student Travel Grant from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
(48 th Sixteenth Century Society and Conference) ($400)
School of Languages and Cultures Travel Grant
(53 rd International Congress on Medieval Studies) ($350)
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PROMISE Award – College of Liberal Arts, Purdue ($1500)
Newberry Renaissance Consortium Grant for Workshop in Spanish Paleography ($250)
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Newberry Renaissance Consortium Grant for Workshop on Medieval Studies ($250)
School of Languages and Cultures Travel Grant
(51 st International Congress on Medieval Studies) ($300)
2014
School of Languages and Cultures Travel Grant
(AHLiST Annual Conference) ($300)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2018
National Historical Archive of Spain – Collection of the Inquisition (August-October)
Researched original manuscripts of tried visionary women from the sixteenth century
2018
National Library of Spain – Collection of the Writers (September-October)
Researched the theatrical representations of Teresa of Avila’s life in Early Modern Spain, and
numerous biographies composed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
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CONFERENCES
Papers Presented
2020
“El teatro del engaño: La bienaventurada madre Santa Teresa de Jesús y sus posibles mentiras”
Conference cancelled due to COVID 19 emergency. Abril 16-18, El Paso, TX
2019
“Espoused to God and to Her Fellow Prison Mate: The Feigned Sanctity of Francisca de los
Apóstoles.”
Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, October 17-20, St. Louis, MO
2018
“Fates Sealed by Deception: Teresa of Avila and Francisca de los Apóstoles before the
Inquisition”
Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, November 1-4, Albuquerque, NM
2018
“The Repudiated Saint: Teresa of Avila as the Female Deceiver”
International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 10-13, Kalamazoo, MI
2017
“If the Devil Did This to Deceive Me: Teresa of Avila and the Problem of Deception.”
Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, October 26-29, Milwaukee, WI
2016
“Teresa de Jesús en el teatro: la santidad pese a sí misma.”
AHList Annual Conference, November 17-22, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
2015
“Decoding Feminine Spirituality in ‘Admiración operum Dey’ and ‘El libro de la vida.’”
International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 14-17, Kalamazoo, MI
2014
“Between the Cross and the Sword: The Metaphor of Chivalry in Teresa of Avila.”
AHList Annual Conference, November 20-22, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
2014
“Saint Teresa as a Knight in the Quest for a New Religious Language.”
Newberry Library Graduate Student Conference, January 23-25, Chicago, IL
Panel Organized
2018
“From Heresy to Orthodoxy: The Riddle of Iberian Christian Mysticism”
International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 10-13
Kalamazoo, MI
INVITED TALKS
2019
“Francisca de los Apóstoles and Teresa of Ávila: Feminine Mysticism in Golden Age Spain.”
Alma College. Alma, MI, March 20.
2019
“Las mujeres en la España del Siglo de Oro.” Saint Mary’s College. South Bend, IN,
February 22
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2017
“The Rhetoric of (Self) Deception in Teresa of Avila.” Medieval Association of the Midwest
Annual Business Meeting. Kalamazoo, MI, May 11
2014
“The Metaphor of Battle in Teresa of Avila.” Colombian Student Association at Purdue.
West Lafayette, IN, December 10.
2013
“Historia de la paz en las grandes religiones.” Casa de la Historia Diana Uribe. Bogotá,
Colombia. June 12
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012 to Present
Spanish for the Professions
Oral Communication in Spanish
Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Literature
Latin American and Spanish Culture
Beginners Spanish Conversation
Intermediate Spanish Conversation
Advanced Spanish Conversation
Advanced Spanish
Intermediate Spanish
Beginners Spanish
Beginners Portuguese
Early Modern History
World Religions
WORKSHOPS ON TEACHING
2014 Building Rapport with your Students, Purdue University
2012 Addressing Diversity in the American Classroom, Purdue University
SERVICE LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT
2016- Co-coordinated and developed the Service Learning Project “Sandra Cisneros: I Tell You
My Story Project” designed for undergraduate students enrolled in advanced Spanish classes
to connect with the Latino community through a series of readings, videos and presentations
in Spanish
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
2017
Graduate Assistant to Chair of Spanish and Portuguese Department at Purdue University.
Main responsibilities: Plan events, develop strategies for increasing minors in Spanish, enable
communications between Chair and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese (Spring)
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2016
Writer and Editor of the Colombia-Purdue Institute Newsletter.
Main responsibilities: Create and manage content for the newsletter. Conduct interviews.
Edit and copy-edit content (Summer and Fall)
2015
Coordinator and Teaching Assistant for the Study Abroad Summer Program at Universidad
de Cartagena, Colombia.
Main responsibilities: Coordinated all aspects of students’ internships and courses. Designed
and sole-taught Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies (Summer)
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
2021
Copy editor of Spanish submissions for the Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association
2020
Reviewer for Revista Hispánica Moderna
2019
Reviewer for Sixteenth Century Journal
2018- Graduate Student Representative to the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and
2019 Gender
2018
Senator of Purdue Graduate School Government (Declined).
2017
Abstract Reviewer
2 nd Annual Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference (Purdue University)
2016- Chair of the Graduate Student Newsletter, School of Languages and Cultures (Purdue
2017 University)
2012- Assistant at Spanish and Portuguese Coffee Hours, School of Languages and Cultures
2018 (Purdue University)
2011- Analyst on Middle East and Islam, UN Radio (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Present
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Native
English: Near-native
Portuguese: Fluent
French: Advanced reading
Latin: Reading
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
MLA – Modern Language Association
RSA – Renaissance Society of America
SCSC – Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
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SSEMW – Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
ASPHS – Association of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
GEMELA – Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y las Américas
REFERENCES
Yonsoo Kim – Associate Professor of Spanish
Purdue University-
Marcia Stephenson – Associate Professor of Spanish and Women’s Studies
Purdue University-
Silvia Mitchell – Assistant Professor of History
Purdue University-
Teaching Reference
Cecilia Tenorio – Program Director of Advanced Spanish
Purdue University (ctenorio@purdue)