Harris, Amanda Nolacea “Critical Introduction: La Malinche and Post-Movement Feminism” and “Living in Tongues.”  Feminism, Nation and Myth: La Malinche.  Amanda Nolacea Harris and Rolando Romero, eds.  Houston: Arte Público Press, 2005.

Harris, Amanda Nolacea “Imperial and Postcolonial Desires: Sonata de Estío and the Malinche Paradigm.”  Mexican Cinema from the Post-Mexican Condition:  Special Issue of Discourse Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture 26.1 & 2, 2005.

Harris, Amanda N. “Lorna Dee Cervantes.”  Latino and Latina Writers.  Alan West Durán, ed.  MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons Reference Books, 2004.

"Introducción." La enorme trompa del C5.  Santiago: Piel de Leopardo Press, forthcoming.

Research  

 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

January 2000 - December 2002  Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese

 Managing Editor for Discourse Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture  (Research Assistant)

·     Edited manuscripts, provided editorial suggestions to authors, prepared manuscripts for the Press

·     Wrote and publicized advertisements and calls for papers

·     Coordinated and participated in editorial decisions with the Board of Editors

·     Served as a liaison between the Press, the Board, and the authors

·     Translated important contributions as decided by the Board, including Bartra, Roger.  “ Arabs, Jews, and the Enigma of Spanish Melancholy.”  Trans. Amanda N. Harris Fonseca.  Imperial Disclosures. Spec. issue of  Discourse 22.3 (2000): 64-72.

·     Processed submissions

February 1999 - May 2000 Latina/Latino Studies Program

Research and Translation Coordinator for Dan Banda’s PBS Documentary Indigenous Always:

The Legend of La Malinche and the Conquest of Mexico (Academic Professional)

·    Conducted research internationally for the documentary

·    Coordinated the contributions of other experts for the various aspects of the project

·    Made recommendations to the producer on the cultural and academic dimensions of the project

·    Worked with Wisconsin Public Television executive producers regarding audience reception and final editorial changes

·    Provided consultation to Wisconsin Public Television publicity associates and graphic designers

·    Provided simultaneous verbal translations for the project and translated written and filmed text

May – August 2001, 1998, 1997 Latina/Latino Studies Program

Research Assistant

·    Researched 19^th-and 20^th- century US Latina/Latino Literature, History and Culture towards the design and development of five courses:  LLS 200 & 201 (Advanced Composition), “Introduction to 19^th/Century US Latina/Latino Literature;” the LLS 260, “20^th/Century US Latina/Latino Literature” and the LLS 242 & 342, “US Latina Literature, History, and Iconography,” and proposed 261 (Advanced Composition)

·    Researched and collected logistical material for the development of course proposals in consultation with Latina/Latino Studies Faculty and LAS Deans

·    Conceptualized courses and syllabi under the direction of, and in conjunction with, LLSP faculty member

·    Aided in the identification, analysis, and selection of course texts

Teaching      

University of California, Santa Barbara

March 2004 - June 2004 Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies

Dissertation Fellow

CH ST 191-AH “Chicana Icons in Literature”

·   Independently designed and taught Chicana/o literature course

·   Researched, identified, and analyzed texts and organizational units according to major themes in Chicana feminist theory

·   Designed and implemented grading system, lesson plans, assignments, and exams

·   Designed and maintained website     

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

January 2003 - May 2003 Latina/Latino Studies Program and Spanish Department

Teaching Assistant

LLS 202, “The Chicano Experience: Feminism and the PostMovement”

·   Independently designed and taught Chicana literature course

·   Researched, identified, and analyzed texts and organizational units according to major themes in Chicana feminist theory

·   Designed and implemented grading system, lesson plans, assignments, and exams

·   Designed and maintained website   

August 2000- December 2002 Latina/Latino Studies Program

Teaching Assistant

LLS 200 & 201 (Advanced Composition) “Introduction to 19^th/Century US Latina/Latino Literature”

LLS 242 & 342, “US Latina Literature, History, and Iconography” 

LLS 260, “20th Century Latina/o Literature”

·    Designed and implemented lesson plans for Latina/Latino literature courses under the direction of a LLS faculty member according to Writing Across the Curriculum pedagogy

·    Taught and develop students’ critical writing skills in Advanced Composition sections of LLS courses

·    Organized with Faculty member and Study Abroad to take first LLS course abroad in Mexico (242)

·   Designed and maintained websites for the courses

August 1996 - December 1998, Jan. - May 2000 Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese

 Teaching Assistant 

·     Taught advanced-level conversation for second-language and Heritage speakers of Spanish, selected course materials and independently designed the course trajectory.

·     Taught “Spanish For Heritage Speakers,” selected supplemental materials and designed curriculum

Administration  

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

January 2003 – May 2003 Office of Minority Student Affairs

 Assistant to the Director (Part Time)

·    Wrote grant proposals for exterior funding

·    Facilitated inter-departmental collaboration with department heads and OMSA

·    Collaborated on projects related to graduate studies and retention

January 1999 - August 1999 Latina/Latino Studies Program

Fulltime Academic Professional:  Academic Programs Coordinator

·     Facilitated and implemented changes to the curriculum as proposed by the faculty, the Curriculum Committee, and the LAS Deans

·     Wrote proposals for the funding of research and course approvals, conferences, and library purchases of independent films by Latina women

·     Researched the development of Latina/Latino Studies programs nationwide, interviewing directors, chairs, professors, and students

·     Served as the lead contact in the design, coordination, and public relations activities for the international conference on La Malinche and the PBS documentary project Indigenous Always

·     Wrote and edited the LLSP Newsletter, working directly with contributors and the LAS office of Publications

·     Organized, tracked, and developed the course/offerings system in LLS

·     Advised undergraduate students in the minor

Select Conference Presentations

“Chicana Feminism, Indigenous Theory, and the Problems of PostModernism.”  Women’s Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 13, 2004.

“Ethnic Resistance and PostModern Consumer Culture.” Guest Lecture, University of California Santa Barabara, Religious Studies 104, Senior Seminar.  Professors Christine Thomas and Inés Talamantez.  February 12, 2004.

“Myths and Decolonization.”  Panel Discussion on Luis Leal’s Mitos y leyendas de México November 5, 2003.

“Generations of Chicana Feminist Literature.”  School of Criticism and Theory, Cornell University, July 11, 2003.

“Chicana Allegory in the Post-Movement.” Segundo Encuentro Panamericano de Editoriales y Literaturas Alternativas. XXI Feria del Libro de Tijuana.

“Post-Movement, Chicana Allegory, and the Baroque.”  International American Studies Association.  May 22, 2003.  Leiden, The Netherlands.

“Imperial and Postcolonial Desires: Sonata de Estío and the Malinche Paradigm."  University of California, Irvine.  May 1, 2003.

“War and the Anxiety of Latina Authorship.”  Modern Language Association.  New York.  December 30, 2002.

“Chicana Feminism and the Chicano Movement.”  Key Note Presentation for Illinois Student Government Cultural Symposium, University of Illinois, Nov 2002.

“Colonial Desire and La Malinche.”  US Latina/Latino Perspectives on La Malinche Conference.  University of Illinois, August 1999.

“La Malinche in Literature of Dispossession.”  1848 and 1898 in 1998 Conference.  Tempe, Arizona, Dec. 1998.

Fellowships and Recognitions

Chicana Studies Dissertation Fellowship