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Daniel Carrillo-Jara

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Email: Daniel.Carrillojara@unt.edu

Education

  • GAC, Purdue University, 2022
    Major: Digital Humanities
  • PhD, Purdue University, 2022
    Major: Languages and Cultures (Spanish)
    Dissertation: Acumulaciones de capital literario: Construcciones del canon en la literature peruana
  • MA, Purdue University, 2019
    Major: Languages and Cultures (Spanish)

Professional Memberships

  • Modern Language Association of America. (2021 - Present).
  • Latin American Studies Association. (2017 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Continuing Education Program, Generative AI Institute for Teaching, UNT Division of Digital Strategy and Innovation. United States of America. (January 31, 2025 - May 9, 2025).
  • Continuing Education Program, AI Fundamentals: Demystifying AI Micro-credential, UNT Division of Digital Strategy and Innovation. United States of America. (January 6, 2025 - January 6, 2025).
  • Workshop, Early Career Workshop II: Organizing Your Week for Success, UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. United States of America. (September 2024).
  • Workshop, Early Career Workshop I: Setting Purpose, UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. United States of America. (August 2024).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • SPAN 2040 - Intermediate Spanish, 1 course.
  • SPAN 3001 - Advanced Conversation for Non Native Speakers, 3 courses.
  • SPAN 3002 - Advanced Conversation for Native/Heritage Speakers, 3 courses.

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for José María Arguedas Award, Best Article of 2023, Latin American Studies Association - Peru Section. (June 2024).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (2025). La masacre de Parcona: Gregorio Martínez y la interpretación original de la historia. Poéticas de la Invención: Ensayos sobre originalidad, testimonio y modernismo.

    • Journal Article

  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (2023). Escritor / Qillqaq: The Representation of Peruvian Literature in the Spanish and Quechua Wikipedias. Other. 8 (2) https://doi.org/10.22148/001c.73258
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (2021). Estrategias decoloniales en el archivo digital de la novela peruana: De desastres a celebraciones (1885-1921) y el Norte global. Hispania. 104 (4)
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (2021). La nubosidad del cráneo: El enfoque decolonial en Encancaranublado y otros cuentos de naufragio (1983). 5 (2) Indiana University Press.

    • Scholarly Preface

  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (2025). La ciudad de los reyes (1906): unidad nacional, masculinidad y alianzas matrimoniales. https://celacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CarrilloD-Intro-CiudadReyes.pdf
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (2025). “Hay ladrones contra los que no existen las leyes”. La trinidad del indio (1885), el naturalismo y la inercia del indigenismo. La trinidad del indio. MyL Ediciones.

Presentations Given

    Lecture

  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (Presenter), Working with the (Digital) Archive: Computational Literary Studies and Peruvian Narrative, Seoul National University, Online, Korea, South. (2024).
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (Presenter), Estudios Literarios Computacionales y Voyant Tools, Purdue University, Online, United States of America. (2024).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (Presenter), XII Congreso Asociación de Estudios Bolivianos, Construcciones de la literatura boliviana: prestigio versus popularidad, Asociación de Estudios Bolivianos, Sucre, Bolivia. (2025).
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (Presenter), XLV Congreso Internacional IILI 2025, Petroficciones amazónicas: petróleo y extractivismo en El ocaso de Ulderico el multiforme (1986), Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, Lima, Peru. (2025).
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (Presenter), XLV Congreso Internacional IILI 2025, La patria ausente: nación y antichilenismo en El éxodo (1921), Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, Lima, Peru. (2025).
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (Presenter), De desastres a celebraciones: novelas peruanas del cambio de siglo (1885-1921), La ciudad de los reyes (1906): unidad nacional, masculinidad y alianzas matrimoniales, Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar, Lima, Peru. (2025).
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (Panelist), 2025 Modern Language Association Convention, Hemispheric Indigeneities: Language, Authenticity, and Representation in an Era of Globalization, Modern Language Association, New Orleans, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (Presenter), The Mediterranean Beyond Hub Towards Hive -Crisscross and Trans Perspectives-, Working with the Archive: Computational Literary Studies and Peruvian Narrative, Institute for Mediterranean Studies International Conference, Busan University of Foreign Studies, Online, Korea, South. (2024).
  • Carrillo-Jara, D. (Presenter), Reacción y resistencia: Imaginar futuros posibles en las Américas, Latin American Studies Association Congress, De desastres a celebraciones: Posibilidades del archivo digital para la literatura peruana, Latin American Studies Association, Bogota, Colombia, United States of America. (2024).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Carrillo-Jara, D., "Estímulos Económicos para la difusión de libros y autores peruanos," sponsored by Ministry of Culture (Peru), National, $3000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).

Service

University Service

  • Other (Presenter), Department of Spanish. (October 7, 2024).
  • Other (Host), Department of Spanish. (September 17, 2024).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, FORMA: A Journal of Latin American Criticism & Theory. (December 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Escritura y Pensamiento. (November 2024).