Veronica Quezada

Veronica Quezada, PhD

Faculty - Undergraduate
Academic Administration - Undergraduate Program
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Associate Professor of Spanish Language and Culture
Email
vquezada@soka.edu
Phone
949-480-4392
  • PhD, Spanish, University of California, Irvine
  • MA, Spanish, University of California, Irvine
  • BA, Spanish, English & Chicano Studies (minor), University of California, Irvine
  • First-year of Spanish I & II 
  • Second-year of Spanish I & II
  • Intermediate Conversation 
  • Advanced Conversation
  • Reading and Writing
  • Advanced Grammar 
  • Cultural History of Latin America
  • Spanish American Literature
  • Learning Cluster
    • Chicano/Latino Identity
    • Advocating Sustainable Environmental Issues in Panama 
    • Sustainable Water Management in California and Latin America 
    • Latin American Immigration: Cultural Readjustment 
    • The Configuration of a Chicano and Latino Community
  • Mexican Literature
  • Chican@/US Latin@ Literatures
  • Borderlands Theory
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Mass Culture
  • “La construcción de una identidad esencialmente fuereña en Crónicas de una oriunda del kilometro X en Michoacán.” Conference presentation, The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference, University of Kentucky, 2015.
  • “Tertulia sobre María Luisa Puga.” Conference presentation, XXXVIII International Symposium of Hispanic Literature, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2013.
  • “Introduction: Paula Crisostomo.” Presentation for the Hispanic Month. Soka University of America, 2010.
  • “Introduction: The Story Behind Voces inocentes: A Bi-lingual Conversation with Oscar Torres.” Soka University of America, 2008.
  • “Failed Matriarchy in Love Queen of the Amazon.” Conference presentation, Latina Letters: Our Bodies/ Nuestros cuerpos, 2003.
  • “The 10th Annual Mexican Conference.” Organizer. University of California, Irvine, May 2004.
  • 2015-present, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Soka University of America
  • 2014-2015, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Soka University of America
  • 2005-2014, Adjunct Instructor, Soka University of America
  • 2014-2015, Adjunct Instructor, El Camino College
  • 2011-2014, Adjunct Instructor, Santa Ana College
  • 2006-2007, Adjunct Instructor, Golden West College
  • 2002-2008, Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine 
  • 2007-2012, Adjunct Professor of the Year, Soka University of America
  • 2010, Dissertation Research Fellowship, University of California, Irvine