Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies

Tulane University

Carolina Caballero

Professor of Practice - Spanish and Portuguese

Contact Info
icaballe@tulane.edu

Department Affiliation
Spanish and Portuguese

Degrees
  • B.A., Wofford College, History and Spanish, 1994
  • M.A., University of North Carolina, Romance Languages, 1997
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Romance Languages, 2004
Academic Experience
  • Associate Director, Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute 2010-
  • Lecturer, Tulane University, 2008-
  • Assistant Professor, Regis University, 2005-2008
  • Instructor, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2004-2005
  • Lecturer, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2003-2004
  • Teaching Fellow, University of North Carolina, 1994-2002

Research & Teaching Specializations: Contemporary Latin American literature, Cultural Studies, Cuba

Related Experience
  • Associate Director, Institute for Cuban and Caribbean Studies, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 2012-
  • Co-Director, Tulane’s Summer Program in Havana, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Course Coordinator, Tulane University Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Spring 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, Academic year 2013-2014
  • Resident Director, Newcomb-Tulane Junior Year Abroad in Cuba, 2009
  • Academic Policies and Standards Committee, Regis University, 2007-2008
Distinctions
  • Simón Rodríguez Award for Best Undergraduate Teaching, 2013
  • NEH Grant, 2006
  • University of Florida Research Grant in Latin American Studies, 2005
  • FLAS Fellowship, 2001-2002
Languages:
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
Overseas Experience
  • Cuba
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • Spain
Selected Publications
  • 2013. “Madres, tiranas y rebeldes: los personajes femeninos en la obra teatral de Pedro R. Monge Rafuls.” Pp. 112-123 in Celebrando a Virgilio Piñera. Miami: Pro Teatro Cubano.
  • 2012. “Aquí, allá, ahora: Un ciclo de lecturas necesarias.” Tablas: Revista Cubana de las Artes Escénicas Vol. XCVIII: 100-102.
  • 2009. “Una cubana in the Borderlands in La hija de la Llorona by Teresa Dovalpage.” Latin American Theatre Review, Fall: 27-39.
  • 2007. “El teatro bufo.” In The Colombia Encyclopedia of Modern Dance, Vol. I. Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn, eds. New York: Columbia University Press. 203-204.
  • 2007. “Review of Family and Identity in Contemporary Cuban and Puerto Rican Drama, by Camila Stevens.” Hispanófila. June: 107-108.
  • 2007. “Review of El teatro cubano durante la república: Cuba detrás del telón by Matías Montes Huidobro.” Hispanófila. January: 91-92..
  • 2004. “The Queering of Cuban History: Carmelita Tropicana and Memories of the Revolution.” Latin American Theatre Review. Spring: 127-140.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: Introduction to Hispanic Literatures; Social Problems in Latin American Literature; Introduction to Latino Studies; SPAN 3130: Introduction to Latin American Culture, Culture and Society: Cuba; Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition

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