ELVIRA CARRIZAL-DUKES, Ph.D., MFA Curriculum vitae August 11, 2021 The University of Texas at El Paso Chicana/o Studies Program Tel: 915-747-5985 [email protected] Online Portfolio EDUCATION The University of Texas at El Paso PhD, Rhetoric and Composition, 2020 Dissertation: Towards a New Cholx Consciousness: The Visual Rhetorics of Cholx Artistas as a Method for Social Justice Movements, Dissertation Chair: Kate Mangelsdorf, PhD, Second Reader Beth Brunk-Chavez, PhD, Outside Readers Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri, PhD, and Dennis Bixler- Márquez, PhD. Columbia University in the City of New York Master of Fine Arts, Film, 2007 University of Minnesota—Twin Cities Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Chicano Studies, Minor: Theatre Arts, 2000 TEACHING POSITIONS Assistant Professor of Instruction 2019-Present The University of Texas at El Paso, Chicana/o Studies Program, El Paso, TX Lecturer from 2009 – 2019 Assistant Professor (tenured) 2014-2019 El Paso Community College, Mass Communication discipline, Communications & Performing Arts Division, El Paso, TX Adjunct faculty from 2008 – 2010 Adjunct 2011-2012 Columbia College Chicago, Film and Video Department, Chicago, IL Teaching Artist 2005-2007 The Leadership Program, Film and Theatre, New York City, NY Teaching Assistant 2003, 2006 Columbia University in the City of New York, Film, New York City, NY Teaching Specialist 1 2000-2002 University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Chicano Studies, Minneapolis, MN PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Article (2019) “La salud en mis manos: Localizing Health and Wellness Literacies in Transnational Communities through Participatory Mindfulness and Art-Based Projects” co-author. Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society, Issue 3, Volume 7. http://www.presenttensejournal.org/category/volume-7/issue-3- volume-7/ Book Chapter Edited Collection (2021 forthcoming) “Chicanx Filmmaking: Producing the Next Generation of Resilient Cinema.” Communities in Action: Expanding Academia for Social Change. Isabel Baca, Yndalecio Hinojosa, and Jasmine Villa, eds. Parlor Press. Special Issue Multimedia Editor (2018) “Community Resistance, Justice, and Sustainability in the Face of Political Adversity.” Reflections Journal: Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing, and Service Learning, Special Winter Issue. Web-Based Publication (2021) “Chicanx Filmmaking: Producing the Next Generation of Resilient Cinema.” Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric. Isabel Baca, Yndalecio Hinojosa, and Jasmine Villa, Special Summer Issue. (2020) “El Paso Strong: Interview with mural artist Gabe Vasquez,” inaugural issue of Latinx Writing and Rhetoric Studies (LWRS) by Elvira Carrizal-Dukes. Editors Isabel Baca and Yndalecio Hinojosa. (2018) “Altar to the Women of Rhetoric: Día de Muertos Altars as a Material Rhetorical Practice for Shifting the History of Rhetoric” co-author. Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Other Publications Graphic Novel (work-in-progress) Dukes of Chuco. Dukes Comics. El Paso, TX. 2 (2017) “A.W.O.L.” Dukes Comics. 1st ed., vol. 1, ser. 1, pp. 1-108. El Paso, TX. Available in English (2017), Japanese (2018), and Spanish (2020). Play (2001) “Father’s Shadow / Sombra del Padre.” Dramatic Publishing. AWARDS AND HONORS (2020) UTEP Graduate School Three-Minute Thesis Competition, Elvira Carrizal- Dukes Honorable Mention for great online engagement. (2019) UTEP Service Award for five years of service at Chicana/o Studies at UTEP. (2019) Con Mi Madre El Paso Recognition for Demonstrating Excellence and Inspiring Youth to Perform at Their Best (2018) Outstanding Rhetoric and Writing Studies PhD Student in Service in The Department of English at the University of Texas at El Paso (2018) Nuestra Gente Award in The Department of English Rhetoric and Writing Studies program at The University of Texas at El Paso (2018) National Medal Award Community Member Representative for El Paso Museum of Art awarded for Excellence in Museum Service by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (2017) Honorable Mention Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student at The University of Texas at El Paso (2017) UTEP Library Special Collections “A.W.O.L.” graphic novel Induction into Latino Comics and Graphic Novels collection (2015) Inspirational Award El Paso Community College Student Organization Council (2007) Faculty Selects Honors for thesis film at Columbia University in the City of New York (2006) Best Student Film Jury Award International Latino Film Festival San Francisco Bay Area (2006) Most Promising Director Boyle Heights Latina Film Festival (2000) Emmy Award for co-produced documentary "Our Bodies/Ourselves?" 3 (2000) University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Donald R. Zander Award Outstanding Student Leadership (2000) Arthur Ballet Promising Playwright (2000) Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Sí TV Playwriting Award GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS (2021) UTEP Career Enhancement Grant Summer (2020-2021) UTEP Provost’s Faculty Fellow (2019-2021) UTEP TeachTech Research Cohort Fellow (2020) UTEP Graduate School Dodson Research Grant (2018-2020) Juergen & Phyllis Hunter Strauss Fellowship, The Department of English at the University of Texas at El Paso. (2019) Knight Fellow, PhDigital Bootcamp at the Texas State University Media Innovation Lab in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. (2018) Project Coordinator, Salt of the Earth Recovery Project, Directed by Dr. Michelle Hall Kells, Department of English at the University of New Mexico. (2018) Research Fellow, UTEP Multilingual User-Experience Research Center. (2018) Cindy and Dickie Selfe Fellow, The Digital Media and Composition Institute at The Ohio State University. Earned Teaching Endorsement from OSU. (2017-2018) National Consortium of Environmental Rhetoric & Writing Writer-in- Residence Fellowship, 2017 and 2018. (2015) UTEP Library Information Literacy and Course Enhancement Fellow (2006) Hispanic Foundation for the Arts Grant (2006) Milos Forman Grant Columbia University (2006) NALIP/Mercury Latino Lens Film Award 4 (2005) James McNamara Family Creative Arts Grant (2005) Filmmakers of Color United in Spirit Film Fellow at Columbia University (2000) Eugene O’Neill Playwriting Fellow CONFERENCE ACTIVITY/PARTICIPATION (2021) “Bilingual Comics on the Border with the Alzheimer's West Texas Chapter,” presenter, Graphic Medicine UnConvention, online. (2021) “Towards a New Cholx Consciousness: The Visual and Written Rhetorics of Cholx Artistas in Chihuahua, El Paso, and Chicago,” presenter, La Chola Conference at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. (2021) “Cholx Research Methods” for the Feminist Methodologies and Epistemologies panel for the UTEP Women’s and Gender Studies Conference. (2020) “From Preservation to Publication: A Digital Humanities Workshop” panel, presented “Rasquachando con la comunidad / Making with your community” for the Society for the History of Technology, Virtual Conference due to COVID-19 based in New Orleans, Louisiana. (2019) “Latinx (Un)Productions” by Elvira Carrizal-Dukes on a panel called “Sin Fronteras Ni Barreras: Mujeres Activas and the Unmaking/Remaking of a New World” at Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), University of Massachusetts UMASS Amherst. (2019) “Chicanx Fimmakers: Remembering Where We’ve Been and Forging Our Future Identity Through Resilient Filmmaking Rasquache Methods” presented on a panel called Remembrance and Identity with Rachel Remick and Sarah Castillo moderated by Bill Johnson Gonzalez at the Latino Arts Now! Conference, University of Houston, Houston, TX. (2019) “Performance-Composition In A ‘Localizing Global Terminology For End Of-Life Decisions’ Project For Spanish-Speakers” presenter on panel at Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA. (2018) “Chavela” film introduction and remarks, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social conference at The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX. (2018) “Border Ballad Twinkle Toe Patrol: A Chicanx Musical,” a hip-hop Kabuki- style musical for Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social conference at The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX. 5 (2018) “Translation Moments” as Phronesis in Classrooms and Communities” at Computer and Writing Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. (2018) “Solving Wicked Problems through Topological Invention on the U.S.- Mexico Border” panel at Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (2017) “DIY Border Comics: Telling Our Stories, Empowering Our Community,” with Ronnie Dukes at Border Regional Library Association, Texas Library Association, and REFORMA Fall Conference at El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX. (2016) “The Weeping Pimp,” for Subject/Agent: Latinos in Photography and Film panel with Elizabeth Ferrer and Deana Ledesma for Smithsonian Latino Center Latino Arts Now! Conference, Chicago. (2016) “FronteraLivesMatter: Educating Borderland Students in Post-Donald Trumpism America,” with Isaac Ceniceros for Border Learning Conference, El Paso, TX. INVITED TALKS, PANELS, AND WORKSHOPS (2021) Presenter, “Stories of the Borderlands: A.W.O.L.” for The Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication (HIHIC) in the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University. (2021) Presenter, “Creators in Conversation,” for the Latinx Comic Arts Festival, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA. (2021) Presenter, “Educadora/Luchadora” panel honoring women and how educators affect change in their communities in and out of the classroom for the Pasos