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Susana N. Ramirez Curriculum Vitae Department of English, [email protected] 210-458-7882 One UTSA Circle San Antonio, Texas, 78249

Education PhD in English, The University of Texas at San Antonio, August 2016. Dissertation: "NepantlerX : Spiritual Activism and New Queer Feminist Paradigms." Advisors: Sonia Saldívar-Hull, Joycelyn Moody, Ben V. Olguín, T. Jackie Cuevas, and AnaLouise Keating. MA in Women’s Studies, Texas Woman’s University, GPA 4.0, May 2012. Master’s Thesis: "Moving Beyond Borderlands: Shifting towards New Theoretical Understandings of Spiritual Activism in Gloria E. Anzaldúa's Children's Literature." Thesis Advisor: AnaLouise Keating. BA in American Literature & Cultures, Education Minor, University of California, Los Angeles, March 2009. AA in English, West Los Angeles College, August 2006.

Research and Teaching Interests Global and U.S. Women Writers of Colors; Multicultural Womanist and Feminist Theorizing; Chicana, Indigenous, and African-based ; Chicana/o Literature; African American Literature; Queer People of Color Theories; Critical Pedagogies; Speculative Fiction; Prison Studies; U.S. Ethnic Children’s Literature; Radical and Decolonial Theories; Anzaldúan Studies

Employment History Instructor. The Women’s Studies Institute, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Fall 2015-Spring 2016. Instructor. The English Department, UTSA. Spring 2015. Instructor. The Writing Program, UTSA. Fall 2014. Program Coordinator. The Women’s Studies Institute, UTSA. Fall 2013- Spring 2014. Writing Center Tutor. Rose R. Thomas Writing Center, St. Philip’s College. 2013. Research Assistant to Ben V. Olguín (Organic Intellectuals Bibliography and Mexican American War Narratives Project). English Department, UTSA. Fall 2011- Spring 2012. Instructor. The Department of Women’s Studies, Texas Woman’s University (online). Fall 2010- Spring 2011. Graduate Teaching Assistant. The Department of Women’s Studies, Texas Woman’s University (online). Fall 2009- Spring 2010. English Tutor. Writing Lab, West Los Angeles College (face-to-face and online). 2007-2012.

Teaching Experience WS 2013: “Introduction to Women’s Studies,” The Women’s Studies Institute, UTSA. Fall 2015-Spring 2016. ENG 2213: “Literary Criticism and Analysis,” The English Department, UTSA. Spring 2015. WRC 1013: “Freshman Composition I,” The Writing Program, UTSA. The Writing Program, University of Texas at San Antonio. Fall 2014. Ramírez, Page 2 of 9

WS 2013: “Gender and Social Change: An Introduction to Multicultural Women’s Studies (ONLINE).” The Women’s Studies Dep’t, TWU. Fall 2010- Spring 2011. WS 2013: “Gender and Social Change: An Introduction to Multicultural Women’s Studies (ONLINE),” Graduate Assistant to Carrie McMaster. The Women’s Studies Dep’t, TWU. Fall 2009- Spring 2010. ED 92F: “Academic Success in the Undergraduate Experience.” Discussion Leader to Bruce L. Barbee. Division of Undergraduate Education, UCLA. Spring 2007 and Fall 2007. ENG 28: “Intermediate Reading and Composition.” Teacher’s Assistant to Frances Leonard. English Department, West Los Angeles College. Fall 2007.

Scholarly Publications “Recovering Gloria Anzaldúa’s Sci-Fi Roots: Nepantler@ Visions in the Unpublished and Published Speculative Precursors to Borderlands.” Aztlán Dossier on the Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture 40.2 (Fall 2015). Ed. Ben V. Olguín and Cathryn Merla-Watson. Print.

Honors and Awards The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) English Dep’t Fellowship, 2015. UTSA Graduate Student Professional Development Award, 2014. University of New Mexico Scholarship to attend “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest & Mexico,” Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2013. UTSA English Departmental Fellowship, 2013. UTSA English Departmental Fellowship, 2012. Golden Key International Honor Society, 2012. UCLA College Honors, 2009. West Los Angeles College, Dean’s List, 2006. Joan Van Stelle Teaching Scholarship, 2006.

Invited Lectures & Presentations “Introduction to Queer Theory.” Invited Lecture, English 5013: Introduction to Graduate Studies, Kinitra Brooks, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2015. “Black and Brown Sounds in SA: Cultural Mestizaje.” Roundtable and Concert, Marco Cervantes, Assistant Professor, Mexican American Studies Program, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2014. “Queering Son Jarocho,” Invited Lecture and Music Presentation, BBL 2023: Latina/o Cultural Expressions, Lilliana Patricia Saldaña, Assistant Professor, Bicultural- Bilingual Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2012. “Convergent Media Lecture Series Present: Susana and Berenice- Taking Gloria [Anzaldúa] Online,” Guest Lecture, Joseph López, Professor, Convergent Media, University of Incarnate Word. 2011. “Introduction to Multicultural Children’s Literature,” Nappy Hair: Policing Black Women’s Hair event, Texas Woman’s University. 2010.

Conference Presentations “When Queerness IS a Choice: Discovering Sexual Identities through Decolonization,” Presented, El Mundo Zurdo 2015: Memoria y Conocimiento—Interdisciplinary Ramírez, Page 3 of 9

Anzaldúan Studies: Archive, Legacy, and Thought, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. 2015. “Casa Coatlicue: Queer Spiritual Activism, Communal Living, and Anzaldúan Theory,” Presented, El Mundo Zurdo 2015: Memoria y Conocimiento—Interdisciplinary Anzaldúan Studies: Archive, Legacy, and Thought, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. 2015. “The Specter of Capitalism in Chicana/o Studies: Re-materializing Chicanidad,” Presented, National Association for Chicana and Studies (NACCS), Salt Lake City, Utah. 2014. “Nepantler@ Cosmologies: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Science Fiction (Re)imagining Alternative with Transspecies, Transspatial, and Transtemporal Subjectivities,” Presented, El Mundo Zurdo 2013: Activism, Philosophy and Pedagogy, An International Conference on the Work of Gloria E. Anzaldúa, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. 2013. “Spiritual Mestizaje and Activism,” Moderated, El Mundo Zurdo 2013: Activism, Philosophy and Pedagogy, An International Conference on the Work of Gloria E. Anzaldúa, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. 2013. “Nepantler@ Cosmologies: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Science Fiction (Re)imagining Alternative Realities with Transspecies, Transspatial, and Transtemporal Subjectivities,” Presented, Worldcon: World Science Fiction Convention, San Antonio, Texas. 2013. “Creating Bridges through Mentorship: A Holistic Workshop on Applying to Graduate School,” Presented, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social Summer Institute (MALCS), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 2013. “Survival is Not Enough: Learning from the Past-- Guerrilleras de Amor Re-humanizng, Rem embering, and Healing the Self/Community through Decolonial Acts of Love,” Presented, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS), San Antonio, Texas. 2013. “Queering Son Jarocho: Gender, Performance, and Power— Towards a Jaraner@ Nepantler@ Vision,” Presented, Association for Jotería Arts, Activism and Scholarship (AJAAS), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 2012. “Nepantleando Son Jarocho: Offering Alternative Visions for Son Jarocho Communities,” Presented, El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria E. Anzaldúa, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. 2012. “Queering Son Jarocho: Carving a Third-Space as a Jaranera-Nepantlera,” Presented, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS), Chicago, Illinois. 2012. “(Re)defining Chican@ Identity through Critical Pedagogy: ‘Save Ethnic Studies’ Panel Discussion on the Future of Social Justice Education in Conservative Arizona and Tejas,” Moderated, National Conference for Chicana and Chicano Studies: Tejas Foco Regional Conference, Texas State University at San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas. 2012. “Creating Bridges through Mentorship: A Holistic Workshop on Applying to Graduate School,” Presented, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social Summer Institute (MALCS), California State University, Los Angeles, California. 2011. “Gaps in Anzaldúan Studies: Bringing Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s Children’s Literature into Conversation with Post-Borderlands Theories,” Presented, Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas. 2011. “Moving Beyond Borderlands: Shifting towards New Theoretical Understandings of Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s Children’s Literature,” Presented, El Mundo Zurdo: An International Ramírez, Page 4 of 9

Conference on Anzaldúan Thought and Art and Performance, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. 2010. “Transgressive Discourses in Gloria Anzaldúa’s Prietita y La Llorona: Making Home Out of the Cracks,” Presented, UTSA English Graduate Symposium: Wild Tongues: Concepts of the Untamed in Scholarship, Teaching, Writing, and Beyond, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. 2010. “Gloria Anzaldúa’s Pedagogical (Re)Interpretation of La Llorona in Prietita y La Llorona,” Presented, El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria Anzaldúa, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. 2009. “Community Building and Female Characters in Anzaldúa’s Prietita y La Llorona and Butler’s Earthseed Series,” Presented, Mentoring Summer Research Internship Program (MSRIP), University of California, Riverside, California. 2008.

Oral History and Archival Experience “Planet Deep South.” AstroBlackness Symposium. Kinitra Brooks, Assistant Professor. Jackson State University. Jackson, Mississippi. 2016.

Research Clusters Queer Research Cluster, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2013- present. The Queer Research Cluster is an intersectional anti-racist feminist queer-friendly group devoted to reflecting on scholarship, pedagogy, and praxis.

Professional Development Participant. "Balancing Research Productivity and Excellent Pedagogy." Joycelyn Moody, Professor, Bernadette Andrea, Professor, and Kenny Walker, Assistant Professor. The University of Texas at San Antonio. 2015. Participant. “Interactive Resume and CV Development.” Kimberly Hoggart. Assistant Director. Career Center. The University of Texas at San Antonio. 2015. Participant. “Mastering the Scholarly Article Submission.” Joycelyn Moody, Professor. The University of Texas at San Antonio. 2013. Participant. Mentoring Summer Research Internship Program (MSRIP). Tiffany Ana López, Professor. The University of California, Riverside. 2008.

University Service Participant, “Take Back the Night!” The Women’s Studies, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas. 2015. Co-organizer, “The 2015 Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Symposium on Social Healing,” UTSA Graduate English Organization, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas. 2015. Organizer, “Applying to Graduate School Workshop,” Creating Bridges through Mentorship, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. 2014. Co-organizer, “Vagina Monologues,” UTSA Student Health Services and The Women’s Studies, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas. 2014. Co-Chair with Lilliana Saldaña, Women’s History Month, “Creative Visions of Social Justice and Transformation,” The Women’s Studies Institute, University of Texas at San Antonio. March 2014. 24 events. Selected WHM 2014 events: Ramírez, Page 5 of 9

• “Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four Film Screening and Panel” with Elizabeth Ramírez, Anna Vasquez, Kristie Mayhugh, Cassie Rivera, and The Innocence Project Attorneys. • “Womyn MCs Redefining Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in Hip-Hop Culture” with Krudas Cubensi, Laura Ríos, and Erica Granados de La Rosa. • “The Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy and Enduring Injury and Healing” with Dr. Joy DeGruy. • “Facing our Anger: Herbal Allies for the Holistic Liberation of Emotions” with Berenice Dimas. • Film Screening of Dr. Roxana Walker-Canton’s Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory followed by panel on Presumed Incompetent The Intersection of Race and Class for Women in Academia with Dr. Roxana Walker- Canton, Dr. Sonja Lanehart, Dr. Joycelyn Moody, and Sonya Eddy. Organizer, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The Women’s Studies Institute, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2013. DVAM: 3 events. • “The Faces of Violence” with Reanae McNeal. • “Forget Not My Dream” with Nereida Reyes. • “Take Back the Night: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Event” with GLBTQ. Organizer, “Mosquita y Mari Lecture” with Aurora Guerrero, The Women’s Studies Institute, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas. 2013. Organizer and Emcee, Noche de Cultura, El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria Anzaldúa, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas. 2012. Volunteer Speaker, “Take Back the Night: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Event.” The Women’s Studies Institute, UTSA. 2011.

Selected Graduate Coursework UTSA ENG 7073: Black ENG 5783: African American Literature ENG 7053: Latina/o Studies Seminar: Queer Chican@/Latin@ Literature ENG 7053: Latina/o Spatial Poetics: Local-Global-Galactic: Trans-Spatial Studies ENG 7063: Seminar in Native American Literature: Women’s Autobiographies BBL 6103: Chicana/o Historical Thought ENG 6053: Latina/o Literature: Cultures of the Chicana/o Borderlands ENG 7073: Theory and Criticism / Text and Context: African American Book History and Print Culture Studies

TWU WS 5853: (Womanist) Spiritual Activism: Social Justice Theories for Holistic Transformation ENG 5903: Gloria Anzaldúa Seminar: Theories, Politics, and Transformation WS 5843: Feminist Theories WS 5363: Feminist Epistemologies WS 5353: Feminist Pedagogies ENG 5913: American Women in Literature WS 5463: U.S. Women of Colors Ramírez, Page 6 of 9

Leadership Experience Co-chair, Queer Research Cluster, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas. 2015. Member and Co-chair, UTSA Graduate English Organization, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas. 2015. Co-founder, SonAnto SonAndo (a collective of son jarocho musicians and activists from San Antonio, Texas). 2011. Member, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Denton, Texas. 2011. Co-founder, Women’s Studies Graduate Student Association, Texas Woman’s University. 2010. Alternate Peer Mentor, UCLA Center for Community College Partnerships, Summer. 2009. Facilitator, Chicano Youth Leadership Conference, Malibu, California, December 2007 and October. 2008. PLATO (Perpetual Learning and Teaching Organization) Society Participant, Eastern , University of California, Los Angeles Extension, Fall 2007-Winter. 2007. Secretary, Associated Student Organization, West Los Angeles College. 2006.

Outreach and Community Building Projects “Casa Coatlicue.” Queer spiritual activist housing collective and San Anto community space. San Antonio, Texas. 2012-present. “Fandangeando con Mujeres.” Transnational Dialogue with Son Jarocho communities about community building, gender and sexuality. San Antonio, Texas. 2012-15. “Creating Bridges through Mentorship.” Mentorship network for underrepresented students in higher education. San Antonio, Texas. 2011-present. “Casa Nepantlera.” Gloria E. Anzaldúa student and community virtual network. Denton, Texas. 2010-15.

Community Service Participant, “Indigenous National Day of Action: Solidarity with the #PeoplesClimate Movement.” Southwest Workers’ Union. San Antonio, Texas. 2015. Co-facilitator, “Yollopahtli: Remedies for the Heart.” Southwest Workers’ Union, San Antonio, Texas. 2015. Participant, “Women’s Healing Circle,” American Indians in Texas, San Antonio, Texas, 2015- present. Co-organizer, “Fandangeando con Mujeres: Jaraneras Celebrating Women’s History Month with Carmen Sarmiento, Maya Fernández, and Alexis Herrera,” The Esperanza Center and The Women’s Studies Institute, San Antonio, Texas. 2015. Co-Organizer, “Spring Equinox: Healing Herbs Workshop with Berenice and Beto De Leon,” Casa Coatlicue, San Antonio, Texas. 2014. Co-organizer, Son Jarocho Taller/Workshop with Los Utrera, Gallista Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. 2012. Co-organizer, “Floricanto en San Anto: A Night to Commemorate Gloria Anzaldúa,” Dora’s Café, San Antonio, Texas. 2012. Co-organizer, “Fandangeando con Mujeres: Jaraneras Celebrating Women’s History Month with Wendy Cao Romero, Xochi Flores, and Raquel Palacios Vega,” The Esperanza Center and The Women’s Studies Institute, San Antonio, Texas. 2012. Co-organizer, Son Jarocho Taller/Workshop with Ramón Gutiérrez Hernández, San Anto Cultural Arts, San Antonio, Texas. 2011. Co-organizer, Son Jarocho Taller/Workshop with Andrés Flores, San Anto Cultural Arts, San Antonio, Texas. 2011. Ramírez, Page 7 of 9

Intern, Gemini Ink, Writing Workshop with Immigrant Youth in a Texas Emergency Shelter, San Antonio, Texas. 2011. Organizer, “Precious Knowledge Fundraiser & Plática” with Sean Arce, San Antonio, Texas. 2011. Children’s Program/Care, Denton County Friends of the Family, Denton, Texas. 2010-2011. Co-organizer, Noche de Fandango y Poesía, Krazy Vatos Emporium, San Antonio, Texas. 2010. Co-organizer, Gloria Anzaldúa’s Life Celebration, Denton, Texas. 2010.

Community-Oriented Music Demonstrations Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, “Me Pongo y Me Quito: Afro-Mexican@ and Chican@ Diasporic Aesthetics,” 3rd Root Event, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas. 2015. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, Jump-start Performance Co., San Antonio, Texas. 2015. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, Muertos Fest, San Antonio, Texas. 2014. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, “Black and Brown Sounds in SA: Cultural Mestizaje.” Roundtable and Concert, Mexican American Studies Program, Marco Cervantes, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2014. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, Domestic Workers in Action, Southwest Workers’ Union, San Antonio, Texas. 2014. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, NACCS Regional Tejas Foco Conference, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, Texas. 2014. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, “Take Back the Night: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Event.” The Women’s Studies Institute, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2013. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, A Celebration of Equality in the of Martin Luther King, Jr., Southwest Workers’ Union. 2013. Music Presentation with Fandango Tejas, Expose and Close Polk County Detention Center, Detention Watch Network, Livingston, Texas. 2012. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, Muertitos Fest, Say Sí, San Antonio, Texas. 2012. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, Segundo Sábado: “Inside Looking Out,” featuring the works of Jose Cosme, Gallista Gallery. 2012. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, Noche de Cultura, El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria Anzaldúa, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas. 2012. Music Presentation/Workshop with SonAnto SonAndo, Adams Hill Elementary School, San Antonio, Texas. 2012. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, National Conference for Chicana and Chicano Studies: Tejas Foco Regional Conference, San Marcos, Texas. 2012. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, Muertitos Fest, Say Sí, San Antonio, Texas. 2011. Music Presentation with SonAnto SonAndo, The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas. 2011. Zapateado and Songwriting Workshop Facilitator, Immigrant Youth in a Texas Emergency Shelter in Partnership with Gemini Ink’s Writers in Communities Program, San Antonio, Texas. 2011. Music Presentation with Las Jaraneras de Tejas, 21st Annual San Antonio Women’s Day March & Rally, San Antonio, Texas. 2011. Ramírez, Page 8 of 9

Creative Publications “My Coming Out Letter to Gloria Anzaldúa.” Third Woman Press. Forthcoming, 2015. Creating Bridges through Mentorship: Applying to Graduate School, Zine, Creating Bridges through Mentorship. 2013 ¡Carnales!: Ésta es mi palabra / ¡Ri Wachalal!: Are ri’ ri nuch’ab’al / ¡K’xalile!: A ni olé / Brothers!: This is My Word—Poetry and Illustrations by Immigrant Youth in a Texas Emergency Shelter. Eds. B. V. Olguín, Susana Ramírez, and Brenda Rodríguez. San Antonio: Gemini Ink. 2012. “Entrega Total,” Soldadera de Amor (Soldier of Love) Zine Vol. 10, Mujeres de Maíz. 2012.

Special Courses Completed “Crystal Healing Sessions with Rose Twofeathers Hernández,” Mujeres Mercado, Southwest Workers Union, San Antonio, Texas 2015. “Cacao Love- Organic Cosmetics Workshop,” The Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, San Antonio, Texas. 2014. “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest & Mexico,” University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 2013. “Know Yo’ Self: Radical Autonomous Community Care,” San Antonio, Texas. 2013. “X Seminario de Son Jarocho,” Centro de Documentación del Son Jarocho, Luna Negra, Jáltipan, Veracruz, Mexico. 2011.

Languages Spanish, reading, writing, and conversational fluency. French, beginning conversational fluency.

Academic Organization Memberships AJAAS: Association for Jotería Arts, Activism, and Scholarship GEO: UTSA Graduate English Organization MALCS: Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social Summer Institute NACCS: National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies NWSA: National Women’s Studies Association SSAWW: Society for the Study of American Women Writers SSGA: Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa Tejas Foco of NACCS

Professional References Professor Sonia Saldívar-Hull, Executive Director, Women’s Studies Institute University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, Texas, 78249-0700 (210) 458-6278 [email protected]

Professor AnaLouise Keating Texas Woman’s University P.O. Box 425557 Human Development Building, Suite 307 Denton, Texas, 76204-5557 Ramírez, Page 9 of 9

(940) 898-2129 [email protected]

Professor Norma E. Cantú University of Missouri-Kansas City Haag Hall 204 Kansas City, MO, 64111 816-235-2541 [email protected]

Associate Professor Ben Olguín Assistant Director for National Scholarships and Fellowships, Honors College University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, Texas, 78249-0700 (210) 458-2512 [email protected]

Assistant Professor T. Jackie Cuevas University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, Texas, 78249-0700 (210) 458-8183 [email protected]