Tasks performed
Courses taught
- Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 15 ECTS. For information about the programme (in Norwegian).
- Modules: pedagogical development. For information about the modules (in Norwegian).
Appointments
- Member of the Academic Programme Committee for the programme in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Research and development projects
- Decolonising higher education
- Digital literacy and integration of refugees
Other tasks
- Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP), teaching portfolio, and assessment of pedagogical competence
- Teaching academy ("Kunnskapsnettverket")
Background
I have previously worked at the University of Gothenburg, mainly as Academic Developer at the unit for Pedagogical Development and Interactive Learning (PIL) since 2018. I have been a course coordinator for various versions of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 1 (HPE101/PIL101), teacher of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2 at the Faculty of Education (HPE102/PIL102) , Supervision in Postgraduate Education (HPE201/PIL201), Assessment and Examination (HPE303/PIL303) and Supervision of Theses and Degree Projects (HPE304/PIL304), as well as supervisor in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 3 (HPE103/PIL103) (all courses correspond to 5 ECTS). I have also been the chairman of the editorial committee, which has among its tasks the publication of texts in teaching and learning in higher education, and a member of the working group for widening access and participation.
At the University of Gothenburg, I have taught students since 2010, mainly in the subject of Spanish. I have been a course coordinator, teacher, and supervisor on several courses at Bachelor and Master level, especially within the Teacher Education Programme. Among other things, I have been responsible for courses within the in-school teaching practice (VFU) in modern languages and English, given courses in language didactics, and been a supervisor and examiner for degree projects in Spanish and English. I have also taught Spanish language literature and culture, written and spoken Spanish language skills, translation, grammar, and more.
In 2015, I did my dissertation in the subject of Spanish at Gothenburg University and Universidad de Sevilla with the thesis "Me voy pal Norte". La configuración del sujeto migrante indocumentado en ocho novelas hispanoamericanas actuales (1992-2009) [“Me voy pal Norte”. The Configuration of the Undocumented Migrant Subject in Eight Contemporary Latin American Novels (1992-2009)]. In the thesis, I study the portrayal of undocumented migration to the United States in eight contemporary Latin American novels. A slightly revised version of the thesis was awarded second prize in the competition "Nuestra América" 2015 for the best monograph on Latin America in the subject areas of history, art and literature and was later published in Spain (2016, Editorial CSIC).
The spring of 2017 I spent as a visiting postdoctoral researcher in Mexico with a project on representations of the family in contemporary Latin American migration literature. In addition to my research interest in contemporary Spanish-language literature and literary and cultural theory, I am also interested in language and literature didactics as well as decolonial and norm-critical perspectives on higher education pedagogy.
In 2018-2020 I was involved in the collaborative project OESJ – Open Education and Social Justice, funded by SASUF (Sweden – South Africa University Forum). The project included the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, the University of Gothenburg and University West. The aim of the project was to develop a theoretical framework based on Nancy Fraser's theory of social justice to analyse the conditions for implementing open learning materials in South Africa and Sweden. From 2015 to 2020, I was also one of the coordinators of VitKrit, a decolonial seminar series within the humanities and the arts, University of Gothenburg.
I am a pedagogical expert (referee) and a certified teacher in Spanish and English for secondary and upper-secondary school in Sweden.
Awards
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Second Prize in the competition “Nuestra América” 2015 for best monograph about Latin America within the subject areas of history, literature and the arts for “Me voy pal Norte”. La configuración del sujeto migrante indocumentado en ocho novelas hispanoamericanas actuales (1992-2009). The prize was awarded by Diputacion de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).
Positions held
- Academic developer, Pedagogical Development and Interactive Learning (PIL), University of Gothenburg, 2018-2023.
- Lecturer, senior lecturer and researcher in Spanish, Department of Languages and Literatures, 2015-2023.
- Senior lecturer in Spanish, Department of Languages, Linnaeus University, 2016-2017.
- Doctoral candidate in Spanish, Department of Languages and Literatures, 2010-2015.