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University of Texas
Department of English
Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D. English, University of Texas at Austin (expected) May 2022
Graduate Certificate in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
Advisors: Dr. Julie Minich (co-chair), Dr. Domino Perez (co-chair), Dr. John Morán
Gonzalez
Sheltered Childhoods: Mental Health and Immigration in Latinx Children’s and Young
Adult Literature (Dissertation)
M.A. English, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS May 2017
Children’s Literature Track
Advisors: Dr. Tanya González (chair), Dr. Philip Nel, Dr. Tosha Sampson-Choma
“History of Magic in North America” and “Wizarding Schools”: Reproducing British
Imperialism and the Colonial Eye in J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore Texts (M.A. Project)
B.A. English, French, and Psychology, Rice University, Houston, TX May 2010
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Loza, M. Roxana. “’He doesn’t talk’: Silence, Trauma, and Fathers in Aristotle and
DanteDiscover the Secrets of the Universe and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican
Daughter.” Label Me Latina/o, vol. XI, June 2021, https://labelmelatin.com/?cat=53
Book Chapters
Loza, Maria Roxana and Tanya González. “A Bone to Pick: Día de los Muertos in
Children’s Literature.” Voices of Resistance: Essays on Chican@ Children's Literature,
edited by Laura Alamillo, Larissa Mercado-López, and Christina Herrera, Rowman &
Littlefield, 2017, pp 33-46.
Web-Based Publications
Loza, Maria Roxana. “Authentic.” Brock Education Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2018,
https://tinyurl.com/lozaauthenticbrock
Book Reviews
Loza, M. Roxana. Review of ChicaNerds in Chicana Young Adult Literature: Brown and
Nerdy by Cristina Herrera. Research on Diversity in Youth Literature. Forthcoming.
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Other Publications
Mills, J. Elizabeth, Roxana Loza, Breanna J. McDaniel, Nadia Mansour, Karen
Chandler, and Michelle H. Martin. "Many Hands Make Rich Work: Mentorship and
Collaboration in a Diverse Scholarly Space." Research on Diversity in Youth Literature,
vol. 2, no. 1, 2020, https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/vol3/iss1/13/
Loza, M. Roxana. ""Breaking (Open) the Internet for Scholarly Research." The Lion and
the Unicorn. Forthcoming.
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, & AWARDS
Provost Graduate Excellence Fellowship, University of Texas, Austin 2017-2022
Graduate Student Teaching Award, Faculty Innovation Center, UT Austin 2019
Children’s Literature Graduate Essay Award, Kansas State University 2017
Timothy R. Donoghue Graduate Scholar, Kansas State University 2015-2017
Haynie Diversity Scholarship, Rice University 2006-2010
Dunlevie Summer Writing Fellowship, Rice University 2007
Houston Endowment Scholarship 2006-2010
National Hispanic Recognition Program 2006
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Conference Presentations
"Sheltered Childhood and Shelter Cats in Gaby, Lost and Found." Modern Language
Association Convention, Forthcoming in January 2022. Washington D.C.
"Cruisin' into Collaboration: Lowriders Graphic Novels as a Taller for Cross-cultural
Teamwork." Modern Language Association Convention. Online January 8, 2021.
"Breaking (Open) the Internet for Scholarly Research." Modern Language Association
Convention. Online January 7, 2021.
“‘He doesn’t talk’: Silence, Trauma, and Fathers in Aristotle and Dante Discover the
Secrets of the Universe and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.” International
Research Society for Children’s Literature Congress. Stockholm, Sweden. August. 14-
18, 2019.
“’History of Magic in North America’ and ‘Wizarding Schools’: Reproducing British
Imperialism and the Colonial Attitudes in J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore Texts.” Children’s
Literature Association Conference, San Antonio, TX. June 28-30, 2018.
“A Bone to Pick: Día de los Muertos in Children’s Literature.” Midwest Modern
Language Association Conference. St. Louis, MO. November 10-14, 2016.
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University Presentations
“Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: A Critique of a Husband’s Right to
Wife and Child Custody.” Kansas State University SAGE Colloquium, Manhattan, KS.
November 30, 2016.
“Still the ‘wretched sprite with the wand and the oversized buttocks’:
Expansion, Addition, and an Almost-Empowered Tinker Bell.” Children’s and Adolescent
Literature Community Conference. Manhattan, KS. April 2, 2016.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Texas at Austin
Instructor of Record, Banned Books and Novel Ideas Spring 2019
English Department
Lower-Division, Writing Flag course,
Create all course content (syllabus, required texts, instruction)
Establish grading criteria and evaluate all student work
Instructor of Record, Mexican American Literature and Culture Fall 2018
English and Mexican American and Latina/o Studies Departments
Create all course content (syllabus, required texts, instruction)
Establish grading criteria and evaluate all student work
Develop effective writing skills through content-specific film and literature
Teaching Assistant, Young Adult Fiction and Film Spring 2018
English Department
Collaborate in the assessment process using a variety of methods and
techniques
Provide effective timely and appropriate feedback to students to support their
learning
Gain specific subject related knowledge in my field
Teaching Assistant, American Literature Fall 2017
English Department
Lead weekly discussion sections
Collaborate in the assessment process using a variety of methods and
techniques
Provide effective timely and appropriate feedback to students to support their
learning
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Kansas State University
Instructor of Record, Introduction to Persuasive Writing Fall 2015-Spring 2017
English Department
Taught 6 sections over 4 semesters (1-2-2-1 teaching load), with 22 students per
section
Led lectures about rhetorical strategies, audience-based reasoning, and
research.
Responsible for all daily lesson plans, grading of four (4-8-page) persuasive
essays and revisions, and a transmittal letter.
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Crippen Elementary School, New Caney ISD; Porter, TX Oct 2011-May 2015
Dual Language Certified Teacher EC-6
Kindergarten Spanish teacher in two-way Dual Language Program
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant to Phiip Nel January 2016-May 2017
Independent research connected to Dr. Nel’s various book projects
Research copyright information for images for Was the Cat in the Hat Black?
Synthesize data from contributors to international edition of Keywords for
Children’s Literature
Research “postmodernism” in international children’s literature for Keywords for
Children’s Literature second edition.
Rice University Humanities Research Center Houston, TX
Undergraduate Fellow for Our Americas Archive Project Aug 2009-May 2010
Edit transcription of manuscripts in English, Spanish or French
Input electronic revisions of documents using Oxygen software
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Texas at Austin
DEI Statement Focus Group Consultant, Faculty Innovation Center Summer 2021
Q&A Facilitator for Keynote Address to Grad Students Fall 2020
Inclusive Teaching and Learning Symposium, Faculty Innovation Center
DEI Advocate Search Grad Rep, English Department Summer 2020
Hiring Committees Grad Rep, Faculty Innovation Center 2020
UT English Writing Group, founder Spring 2019-Present
UT English Department Graduate Program Council, Grad Rep Spring 2019-Fall 2019
UT English Department English Grad Group Steering Committee Fall 2018-Spring 2019
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K-State Diversity Programming Committee 2016-2017
Student Representative (Religion)
● Review funding requests in excess of $3,000 from student organizations who are
presenting events that foster diversity on campus
● Manage the $175,000 yearly budget effectively in order to maximize diversity
programming
● 1 of 14 voting members in this university-wide committee
K-State English Department Diversity Committee Fall 2015-Spring 2017
Graduate Student Representative
● Attend bi-weekly committee meetings to discuss department diversity initiatives
● Brainstorm ideas with other members for the recruitment and retention of
underrepresented faculty and students
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Advanced Teaching Preparation Certificate, UT Spring 2019
Fundamentals for Teaching Assistants, UT Fall 2017
Trained to facilitate classroom discussions that promote students’ active learning
Learned how to assess student learning efficiently and effectively and how to use
these results to further promote student learning and alignment with course goals
Developed accessible classroom practices to teach the “whole” student, paying
attention to diversity, demographics, and the inclusion of multiple perspectives so
that every student has the opportunity to learn in a positive climate
Inclusive Classrooms Leadership Certificate, UT Nov 2017
Discussed strategies for developing and sustaining an inclusive classroom
climate where all feel supported and encouraged
Explored elements of course design and processes that can broaden the
intellectual scope of all students and reflect the core values at UT Austin
Practicum in Teaching Writing, K-State Aug 2015-May
2017
Trained in teaching university expository that meets institutional criteria
Planned lessons guided by best practices in higher education pedagogy
Developed assessments that helped students improve their persuasive writing
and professional writing skills in general
Participated in department-wide grading calibration to ensure fair grading
Learned to provide student feedback that promotes strong revision skills
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Native proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking
English: Native proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking
French: Professional working proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking,
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