MÓNICA RÍOS
RESUME
This is an overview. For a full Curriculum Vitae, click here or contact me.
EDUCATION
2010-2015
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Ph.D. candidate, Spanish American Literature, Cinema Studies Certificate
ABD, January 2014 / Defense scheduled for June 2016
Dissertation title: Death Throes, Secrets, and Damnations: Three Chilean Women Directors against the National Archives of the 20th and 21st Centuries.
2006-2008
Universidad de Chile
Master of Arts, Literary Theory
Master thesis: La escritura del presente. El guión cinematográfico como género literario (Manuel Puig y Ricardo Piglia).
Universidad Católica de Chile
1999-2003
Bachelor of Arts, Hispanic Literature and Linguistics
Thesis: El exilio del significado en De donde son los cantantes, de Severo Sarduy.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2010-2014
Teaching Assistant/Instructor, Rutgers University
Spanish 215: Introduction to Hispanic Literature (Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014)
Spanish 203: Conversation and Composition (Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014)
Spanish 204: Culture and Composition (Spring 2013)
Spanish 131: Intermediate Spanish (Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012)
Spanish 121: Continuation and Review (Fall 2010)
Assistant: English 354:201: Intro to Film (M. Sen, Fall 2012)
2005-2010
Professor, Universidad Mayor
Guión para animación: historia, teoría, práctica (2005-2010)
Taller de desarrollo de proyectos creativos (2007-2010)
Guión audiovisual: historia, teoría, práctica (2008-2010)
2008-2010
Researcher, Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
Head researcher, editor and project coordinator in “Literature, arts, and music” (2008-2010)
Project coordinator in “History and Social Sciences” (2009)
2013-Present
Instructor, Creative Writing Workshops
Creative writing workshops for writers at all levels in different venues in New York City. Currently runs a workshop for begginers and another for advanced novel projects.
2008-Present
Publisher, Sangría Editora / Sangría Legibilities.
Founder and co-editor of literary press that publishes narrative, essays, and plays (2008-present)