Natalia Camacho


Natalia Camacho
  • Lecturer
  • SPAN 212 Coordinator
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Spanish & Portuguese

Contact Info

Wescoe Hall 2642
Lawrence
Lawrence, KS

Biography

Natalia Camacho is a lecturer and coordinator of the third-semester Spanish course in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Spanish, as well as a B.A. in Modern Languages Pedagogy. Her current research explores power representations and identities in and through music & literature, with emphasis in contemporary Latin American and transnational narratives examined through the lens of gender identities and subjectivities. Her scholarship focuses on the exploration of a variety of cultural productions and their connections and dialogues with subjectivities &​ identities with a particular interest in social agency and Intersectionality​.

She is currently pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Second Language Acquisition to further strengthen her interdisciplinary approach to teaching Spanish through language, culture, and literature. She is also currently participating as the development coordinator and a content creator for units 1-4 of the open-access Acceso Project for intermediate Spanish curriculum. 

Education

Ph.D. in Spanish, University of Kansas, 2024
M.A. in Spanish
B.A. in Modern Languages

Research

Natalia's research focuses on an examination of transsubjective negotiations & power representations in and through music & literatures. With a Contemporary Latin American focus, and a critical framework center around Cultural productions &​ Identity, Women and Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Music in Popular Culture & Intersectionalities, Natalia explores the scope of social agency of a variety of transnational narratives re-examined through the lens of popular culture understood as a process.

Research interests:

  • 20th & 21st Century Latin American Literatures, Music & Film
  • Cultural Productions, Identities & Intersectionalities
  • Women & Gender Studies
  • Social Justice
  • Latin American & Transnational Cultural Productions
  • Popular Culture, Sonic Ecosystems & Agency
  • Decolonialism
  • Urban Studies
  • Second & Foreign Language Pedagogy
  • Communicative Approach to Second Language Acquisition
  • Digital Humanities

Awards & Honors

2024 University Graduate Fellowship, Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of Kansas.

2021 Robert Granberg Award for Excellence in Teaching, Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of Kansas.

2020 Summer Research Scholarship, Graduate Studies, University of Kansas

2020 George Woodyard Fellowship, Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of Kansas.