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Dr. Esther Sanchez-Couto

Senior Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Spanish

Email: Esther.Sanchez-couto@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013
    Major: Romance Languages and Literatures
    Specialization: Romance Languages: Hispanic Literature
    Dissertation: "Representaciones del silencio en la narrativa femenina de España y México (1990-2012)"
  • MA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008
    Major: Spanish
  • Certificate, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2000
    Major: Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude
  • BA, Universidade de Vigo, Spain, 1999
    Major: Spanish

Professional Positions

  • Lecturer of Spanish, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2014 - Present).
  • Adjunct Faculty, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2013 - 2014).
  • Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2008 - 2013).
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University of North Carolina at Greensboro. (2006 - 2008).

Professional Memberships

  • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. (September 15, 2014 - Present).
  • Asociación para la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera. (August 30, 2014 - Present).
  • Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium. (August 30, 2014 - Present).
  • Film in Language Teaching Association. (August 30, 2014 - Present).
  • Council for European Studies. (2014 - Present).
  • Texas Foreign Language Association. (September 15, 2013 - Present).
  • Modern Language Association. (May 30, 2013 - Present).
  • Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica. (2013 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Tutorial, In the Driver´s Seat: Preparing Students for AI-Enhanced Workplaces, MacMillan Learning. United States of America. (November 21, 2023).
  • Tutorial, Take Location-Based Attendance and Check Comprehension with iClicker, DSI CLEAR. United States of America. (September 25, 2023).
  • Tutorial, Skill for Inclusive Conversation, LinkedIn Learning. UNT Bridge. United States of America. (April 11, 2022).
  • Workshop, Managing Difficult Classroom, University of North Texas. United States of America. (September 10, 2021).
  • Tutorial, Developing Cross-Cultural Intelligence, Linkedln Learning. United States of America. (April 9, 2021).
  • Tutorial, Accessibility for Online Teaching, University of North Texas. United States of America. (March 10, 2021).
  • Tutorial, Accommodating Disabilities, University of North Texas. United States of America. (December 31, 2020).
  • Tutorial, Using an Equity Framework to Engage Students with Minoritized Identities, University of North Texas. United States of America. (December 31, 2020).
  • Tutorial, Diversity and Inclusion, University of North Texas. United States of America. (December 30, 2020).
  • Tutorial, From Behaving to Belonging: The Inclusive Art of Supporting Students Who Challenge Us, ASCD. United States of America. (September 1, 2020).
  • Seminar, Teaching for Deeper Learning, ASCD. United States of America. (February 4, 2020).
  • Tutorial, Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms, ASCD. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (December 12, 2019).
  • Tutorial, How to Become the Educator That Male Black and Latino Students Need, ASCD. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (September 17, 2019).
  • Tutorial, Rise to the Challenge: Designing Rigorous Learning That Maximazes Student Success, ASCD. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (September 10, 2019).
  • Tutorial, The New Three Rs: Trauma-Invested Strategies for Fostering Resilient Learners, ASCD. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (March 5, 2019).
  • Tutorial, All Learning is Social and Emotional: Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond., ASCD. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (February 28, 2019).
  • Tutorial, Get Your Classroom Thinking! Deeper Learning Strategies for Any Classroom, ASCD. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (January 15, 2019).
  • Tutorial, Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning that Taps into the Power of Emotion, ASCD. United States of America. (November 29, 2018).
  • Tutorial, Motivating and Managing Difficult Students: A Discipline with Dignity Approach, ASCD. United States of America. (April 24, 2018).
  • Tutorial, From Being Stuck to Making Things Stick: Teaching so Students Remember, ASCD. United States of America. (March 13, 2018).
  • Tutorial, Equipping Educators with Effective Violence Prevention and Crisis Response Strategies, ASCD. United States of America. (March 8, 2018).
  • Tutorial, Disrupting Poverty: Five Powerful Classroom Practices, ASCD. United States of America. (February 17, 2018).
  • Tutorial, Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out, ASCD. United States of America. (January 25, 2018).
  • Tutorial, Multiple Intelligences, ASCD. United States of America. (January 18, 2018).
  • Tutorial, NFLRC Assessment in Online Language Course, TED Lessons. United States of America. (September 27, 2017 - October 25, 2017).
  • Tutorial, Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice, ASCD. United States of America. (October 24, 2017).
  • Tutorial, Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence, and Chronic Stress, ASCD. United States of America. (September 19, 2017).
  • Tutorial, Beyond Grammar and Vocabulary: Learning about Conversation, Pearson. United States of America. (October 13, 2016).
  • Tutorial, It´s Time to Talk… We Have Things to Do, Pearson. United States of America. (October 13, 2016).
  • Tutorial, How to Integrate Digital Content into the Classroom Curriculum, ASCD. United States of America. (October 12, 2016).
  • Tutorial, Blended Learning, Apperson. United States of America. (November 12, 2015).
  • Tutorial, Using data to Enhance Teaching and Learning, Apperson. United States of America. (November 5, 2015).
  • Workshop, Developing Materials for Heritage Learners of Spanish, COERLL. Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning. Austin,Texas,United States of America. (July 30, 2015).
  • Seminar, Intermediate Spanish Film & Technology Symposium, McGraw Hill Education. Hollywood,Florida,United States of America. (March 26, 2015 - March 27, 2015).
  • Tutorial, Motivating Heritage Language Learners: Authentic Task and Materials, ACTFL. United States of America. (March 11, 2015).
  • Tutorial, Differentiated Instruction: Heritage and Mixed Classes, ACTFL. United States of America. (February 18, 2015).
  • Tutorial, Teaching Heritage Languages: Approaches and Strategies., ACTFL. United States of America. (January 28, 2015).
  • Conference Attendance, ACTFL ANNUAL CONVENTION & WORLD LANGUAGES EXPO, ACTFL. San Antonio,Texas,United States of America. (November 21, 2014 - November 23, 2014).
  • Workshop, TEACHING EXCELLENCE SEMINAR, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (August 21, 2014).
  • Workshop, Focusing Instruction and Assessment for Effective Language Learning, TFLA SUMMER INSTITUTE. Arlington,Texas,United States of America. (July 8, 2014 - July 10, 2014).
  • Workshop, Cengage Learning´s 2014 Experience Event: Introductory and Intermediate Spanish, Cengage Learning. Austin,Texas,United States of America. (February 28, 2014 - March 1, 2014).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • SPAN 1010 - Elementary Spanish, 24 courses.
  • SPAN 1020 - Elementary Spanish, 8 courses.
  • SPAN 1030 - Review of Elementary Spanish, 12 courses.
  • SPAN 2040 - Intermediate Spanish, 4 courses.
  • SPAN 2050 - Intermediate Spanish, 4 courses.
  • SPAN 3003 - Advanced Grammar, 13 courses.
  • SPAN 3004 - Advanced Composition, 10 courses.
  • SPAN 3030 - Readings in Spanish American Short Story, 1 course.
  • SPAN 3060 - Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, 6 courses.
  • SPAN 3090 - Advanced Spanish Grammar I, 10 courses.
  • SPAN 4310 - Survey of Spanish Literature, 1 course.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (2020). Del texto a la pantalla y de la pantalla al aula: Reescritura histórica en El corazón de la Tierra (2007). Desde el siglo XIX : Reescrituras, Traducciones, Transmedialidad. 273-279. Calambur.
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (2019). El Ministerio del Tiempo viaja a la clase ELE americana: Una propuesta docente. Mito e Historia en la televisión y el cine español. 357-71. Albatros.
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (2019). Usos Pedagógicos del documental historiográfico: La resistencia al Canon de Concepción Arenal (1820-1893). Numancia: Representaciones culturales de resistencia en el mundo hispánico. 195-210. Wisteria.
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (2019). ¿Qué le duele?: Representaciones de la medicina en la pintura del siglo XIX. Literatura y Medicina: Teoría y Praxis (1800-1930). 1 17-37. Ediciones de La Torre.
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (2017). La insurrección: Victoria Menor en la revolución sandinista de Nicaragua. Asedios a la narrativa de Antonio Skármeta.. 103-120. LIma, Universidad Ricardo Palma.
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (2016). Silencios poderosos en La Muerte y la Doncella de Ariel Dorfman. Other. 187-95.
  • Book Review

  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (2015). Townsend, Tamara L. Memory and Identity in the Narratives of Soledad Puértolas: Constructing the Past and the Self. Lanham: Rowman & Lit- tlefield, 2014. 153 pp.. Romance Notes. 55 163-65.
  • Esther Sánchez-Couto. (2011). "Weldt-Besson, Helene Carol. Subversive Silences: Nonverbal Expression and Implicit Narrative Strategies in the Works of Latin American Women Writers. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2009. 277pp.". 163 97-99. Hispanófila.
  • Esther Sánchez-Couto. (2009). "Guerra, Lucía. Mujer y escritura. Fundamentos teóricos de la crítica feminista.". Letras Femeninas. 35 (2) 371-72.
  • Journal Article

  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (2017). Rubén Darío: Un poeta en busca de cuadros. Other. 23 285-297. Valladolid, Universitas Castellae.
  • Esther Sánchez-Couto. (2016). "Búsqueda de la identidad femenina en el teatro de Rosario Castellanos". 27 (2) 105-127. Hispanic Journal.
  • Esther Sánchez-Couto. (2014). "El desafío de la narración interior en Duerme de Carmen Boullosa". Letras Femeninas. 40 (2) 165-81.

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), KFLC, Propuestas didácticas para usar El Ministerio del Tiempo en el aula, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), AILFCH, El tiempo entre costuras: Lecciones de espionaje y supervivencia con un dedal y una aguja, Houston, Texas, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), South Central Modern Language Association, Humor y memoria en Perdiendo el norte: Tragicomedia de la emigración española, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Twelfth Annual Conference on Latin American, Spanish, French, Francophone, and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, La escritura como declaración de odio en Las analfabetas de Pablo Paredes, University of Oklahoma, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Rubén Darío desde la otra orilla del Atlántico, Rubén Darío: un poeta en busca de cuadros, Asociación de hispanistas “Siglo diecinueve”, Valladolid, Spain, Spain. (2016 - 2016).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), 69th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Epifanía manierista: El arte como liberación en Te doy mis ojos (2003) de Icíar Bollaín, University of Kentucky, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), MIFLC, Reivindicación filosófica de las mujeres olvidadas de la historia en Hierba Mora de Teresa Moure, College of Charleston, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Trauma individual y/o colectivo: reflexión y representación en la cultura hispánica, Uso del silencio como mecanismo de poder en La Muerte y la Doncella, McGill University & Universitas Castellae, Valladolid, Spain, Spain. (2015 - 2015).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), 68th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, El problema de la mujer / la mujer como problema en la obra de Inma Chacón, University of Kentucky, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), 10th Annual Conference on Latin American, Spanish, French, Francophone, and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, La narración de una independencia: Mujer, familia y sociedad en el discurso de una nueva nación, University of Oklahoma, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), 67th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, El secreto del silencio en Tiempo de arena de Inma Chacón, University of Kentucky, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), 9th Annual Conference on Latin American, Spanish, French, Francophone, and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, ¿Quién es Lucía Romero?: Juegos de identidad en La hija del caníbal (1997) y Lucía, Lucía (2003), University of Oklahoma, United States of America. (2013 - 2013).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), 6th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, La estética del silencio en el arte y la escritura: El velázquez de París y El sueño de Venecia, University of Kentucky, United States of America. (2013 - 2013).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), 64th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Una reflexión sobre la herencia vasca a través de la memoria femenina en El Cuaderno rojo, University of Kentucky, United States of America. (2011 - 2011).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), 63rd Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Narración interior en Duerme de Carmen Boullosa, University of Kentucky, United States of America. (2010 - 2010).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), The Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures, "Questioning Textualities: A transatlantic Approach?, La figura de la mujer en Las Soledades de Góngora y Primero Sueño de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, UNC-Chapel Hill, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Paper

  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Representaciones de la diversidad humana (y no humana) en la cultura hispánica, La diversidad en la clase ELE, McGill University and Universitas Castellae, Spain. (2023 - 2023).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), El concepto de la muerte en la literatura hispánica, Ver para hablar: la muerte a través del arte, Asociación Siglo Diecinueve, Spain. (2023 - 2023).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Mujer y Academia: La otra mano de Lepanto (2005) de Carmen Boullosa, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Congreso Internacional Eros, Ágapes y Parafilia en las Literaturas Hispánicas, Ápapes literarios en los espacios públicos urbanos como vehículos de memoria cultural, McGill University and Universitas Castellae, Spain. (2022 - 2022).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Congreso Internacional Espiritualidad y Literatura, El bordado de Dios: La relevancia de la perspectiva en el arte textil hispánico, Spain. (2022 - 2022).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, El golpeteo del silencio en el silencio de La catedrática (2018) de María López Villarquide, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), MIFLC, Una introspección personal con hilos de silencio en Dolor y Gloria (2019), Furman University, SC, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Congreso Internacional Recepción y Canon, El silencio en la estética de la recepción literaria, Valladolid, Spain. (2021 - 2021).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), MIFLC, Silencio vs Palabra en el arte de la comunicación, United States of America. (2020).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), University of Valladolid, Mujer y academia: Influencia de la formación académica en escritoras que enseñan en centros universitarios, Valladolid, Spain, Spain. (2020).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), KFLC, Museo del Prado en el aula: Apuntes pedagógicos, United States of America. (2020).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), MIFLC, Arte y Pedagogía: Representaciones de la lectura y el aprendizaje en el arte, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Asociación de Hispanistas Siglo XIX, Del texto a la pantalla y de la pantalla al aula: Reescritura histórica en El corazón de la Tierra (2007), Bergamo, Italy, Italy. (2019 - 2019).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), University of Valladolid in Soria, Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones (2012): Lecciones de heroísmo y cultura a través del cine de animación, Spain. (2019 - 2019).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), KFLC, El arte en la clase de español: Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625) en la corte de Felipe II, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), South Central Modern Language Association Conference, Clara Campoamor, la mujer olvidada conquista el aula y desafía el canon, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), Asociación de Hispanistas Siglo XIX, Resistencia y Pedagogía: El caso de Concepción Arenal (1820-1893), Soria, Spain, Spain. (2018 - 2018).
  • Sanchez-Couto, E. (Author & Presenter), KFLC, El Ministerio del Tiempo: Usos didácticos de la televisi´ón en la clase de español, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (August 2023 - Present).
  • Director, Director of Undergraduate Studies. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, Mentor to New Teaching Assistants. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Co-Chair, Spanish Cine Club. (August 20, 2014 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (August 2018 - May 2021).
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. (August 20, 2015 - May 2018).
  • Member, Awards Committee. (January 10, 2015 - May 15, 2015).
  • Member, Events Committee. (January 10, 2015 - May 15, 2015).
  • Member, Recruitment Committee. (January 10, 2015 - May 15, 2015).
  • Member, Arabic Search Committee. (September 1, 2014 - May 15, 2015).

Professional Service

  • Session Chair, Asociación de Hispanistas Siglo Diecinueve. (June 28, 2023).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Hispanófila. (2022).