The purpose of this article is to introduce strategies for faculty and students on how to maximize their study abroad experience into learning a foreign language while receiving credit for their academic transcripts. When students participate in study abroad programs...
RESEARCH
My research focuses on three areas. The first area builds on my dissertation research related to Ecuadorian cinema within the broader Latin American cinematic context; the second expands my research in other regional cinemas and their visual representations; and the third pertains to educational technology and applied linguistics, which is the impact of study abroad and online education in language acquisition.
Civilization and Barbarism in Ecuadorian television and cinema: The case of the adaptations of Cumandá, La Tigra and Los Sangurimas”
This article provides an ecocritical analysis on how civilization and barbarism dichotomy in literary texts, such as Juan Leon Mera’s novel Cumandá (1877) and José de la Cuadra’s narrative works La Tigra (1932) and Los Sangurimas (1934), have changed in their...
Ecuadorian Cinema Poster: 1963-2013
Afiches de Cine ecuatoriano "Without a doubt, Ecuadorian Cinema Poster warrant a book and investigation that captures this creative memory to return it again to the Ecuadorian public. This reminds us that the poster artists have performed an arduous and beautiful job...