Yunuen Velazquez Lecturer of Spanish

Yunuen is a Ph.D. candidate of Spanish Literature at Texas Tech University. She holds an M.A. in Spanish Literature from Texas Tech University and earned a B.S. in Spanish Education and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from Minnesota State University Moorhead. She also holds a B.A. in Spanish and Studio Art from Concordia College Moorhead. She has experience teaching Spanish and English as a second language at various levels. Currently, she is a Graduate Part-Time Instructor in the Department of Cultures of Classical & Modern Language and Literatures. Her research interests include Mexican, Chicano/a, and US-Mexico border literature, and Spanish as a heritage language pedagogy.

Education

• BA, Spanish & Studio Art, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN 
• BS, Spanish Education & TESL, Minnesota State University in Moorhead, MN 
• MA, Spanish Literature, Texas Tech University 
• Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, Texas Tech University 

Research

• Mexican Studies
• Chicana/o/x Studies
• Borderlands Studies
• Public Art and Visual Cultural Studies
• Women’s and Gender Studie
• Spanish as a Heritage Language
• Heritage Language Pedagogy