Estefania Tocado

Dr. Estefanía Tocado, is a native of Tarragona, Spain. She obtained a Ph.D. in Hispanic
Literature and Cultural Studies from Georgetown University in 2017. Prior to that, she
received a M.A. (Distinction) in Hispanic Studies at Villanova University and a M.A. in
English (British Contemporary Fiction) at California State University, Long Beach. As an undergraduate, she earned a B.A. / M.A. (Licenciatura) in English Philology at the
Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. During this time, she had stays at
Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, Trinity College Dublin, University of
Dublin, Ireland, and at Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.

She has taught a wide range of courses – from first-year Spanish to advanced grammar, culture, and literature courses – so that has granted her the opportunity to work with a diverse and international student body in various institutions. It is central to her teaching to motivate students to develop their own learning interests, strategies, and critical thinking – and to establish a learner-centered environment from a communicative methodological approach. Her preparation in Spanish literature and as a comparatist has made her aware of the value of putting dissimilar texts, films, and other cultural manifestations in a conversation with each other in her Spanish literature and culture courses. Her research areas are Contemporary Spanish Peninsular, Catalan literature, and British Narrative and Film, particularly focused on the role of cultural and historical memory in relationship to the Spanish Civil War and World War II. She also carries out research in Comparative Literature and Women and Gender´s Studies, and she has published articles and book reviews in Hispania, Letras Hispanas, and the Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies among others, and presented at major conferences in her field.