Natalia Camacho

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.