Rachel Spaulding

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2015
Spanish and Portuguese

Dissertation: "The Word and the Flesh: The Transformation from Female Slave Subject to Mystic Agent through Performance in the Texts of Úrsula de Jesús (1604-1666), Theresa Juliana (Chicaba) de Santo Domingo (1676-1748) and Rosa Maria Egipçíaca (1729-1771)”
M.A. Hood College, Frederick, MD 2008
Humanities, Concentration Latin American Studies

Thesis: “The Candomblé Religion: A Source of Social and Economic Empowerment for Afro-Brazilian Women”
M.S. Hood College, Frederick, MD
Curriculum & Instruction: Secondary Education Spanish 2007

Action Research Project: “Integrating Technology into Teaching Practices”
B.S. Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV 2003
Sociology

WORK WITH STUDENTS

Emporia State Undergraduate Research Project (ESURP), Summer 2024
“Kansas Teacher Resource Development in Young Adult Literature & Multicultural Literary Allusions” with Sasha Joy

ESURP/McNair, Summer 2021
“Teaching Proficiency with Chicanx Folklore: Spanish Secondary Curriculum for Heritage
Speakers” with Jasmine Gonzalez

McNair Mentor, Summer 2020
“Cultural Concepts of Distress within the Hispanic Population of Emporia, KS” by Cesar Sanchez

Emporia State Undergraduate Research Project (ESURP), Summer 2020
“Responsive Bilingual Strategies: Closing the Translation Gap for Health Care
Practitioners and LEP Patients” with Kathryn Kienholz

Emporia State Undergraduate Research Project (ESURP), Summer 2018
“Publishing in the Digital Humanities: Solér y las Balsas Manuscript Transcription And Critical introduction on the MLA Commons” with Sarah Spoo

Emporia State Undergraduate Research Project (ESURP) Summer 2017
“Finding the Marquesa’s Memoirs: Summer Archival Research in Spain” with Sarah Spoon and Rhiannon Younger