Elizabeth Vargas Holguin

• Teaching English at a technical and four-year degree university.
• Leading technical English workshops to talk about research in all teaching areas of the university.
• Introduction of technical questions in English to be used by all the departments at the university during final presentations.
• Leading conversational workshops to ensure faculty and students can talk about their research and final projects in English.
• Design of bilingual environmentally oriented materials to enhance English acquisition and environmental awareness.
• Design of transversal environmental bilingual projects to ensure English is integrated as part of faculty and students’ professional development.
• Tutoring sessions aimed at supporting students in need of exposure to the English language as to ensure their academic success.
• Production of final project question forms in English integrated by all university programs.
• In-class teaching Peace Corps Certification Pilot Leader in Peace Corps Mexico
• Post-doctoral Researcher 2021-2022

Responsibilities and achievements:

• Produced 1 book manuscript and 4 articles in the period of a year as a full time researcher.
• This research resulted in the reading and exploration of texts written by Afro-Pacific South American women Mary Grueso, Luz Argentina Chiriboga and Lucía Charún-Illescas. By exploring the thematic trends in their oeuvre,the research advances the initial Phd exploration; this study attempted to produce the material for a gender balanced manuscript.
• This research also resulted in the writing of articles currently accepted and under review for resubmission to Afro-Hispanic Review, Revista Iberoamericana and Deleuze-Guattari Studies Journal.
• I also gained the skills to write syllabi for graduate and undergraduate courses on Afro-Pacific literature.
• Authored professional literary papers for publishing in peer-reviewed journals.

• Helped organized by monthly guest speaker events featuring prominent researchers from various fields enriching interdisciplinary knowledge exchange.
• Provided guidance to 30 undergraduate students on navigating university homework assignments and debate, ensuring smooth transitions into academic life.
• Mentored this 30 undergraduate students through their coursework, promoting critical thinking skills and academic growth.

• Responsibilities:

- Preparation of materials and exercises for 40 students

- Development of grammar exercises-

- Supervision of attendance tasks and results for 40 students.

- Online task monitoring

- Holding office hours

- Responsibilities:

- Attendance of main lecture

- Meeting with group co-leader and professor in preparation for weekly section

- Supervision of attendance and review of writing tasks in relation to the course, holding office hours.

• Achievement:

90% of students in a class of 40 managed to successfully pass the course and become confident in speaking and listening.

• Preparation of materials related to speaking, listening and grammar activities for independent, intellectual, personal, vacation and business purposes.
• Students in different levels improved language skills by 90% in the areas of speaking, listening and grammar usage.