Ana Almeyda-Cohen CV ANA S. ALMEYDA-COHEN 398 Pomfret Street • P.O. Box 128 • Pomfret, CT 06258 • (646) 322-9326 [email protected] EDUCATION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Stanford University Stanford, CA Master’s of Arts, Iberian and Latin American Cultures 2011 – 2012 Course Highlights: Literary Theory; Transatlantic Renaissance; Borges and Translation Cumulative GPA: 3.71 Colgate University Bachelor’s of Arts, International Relations; Spanish, with Honors Honors Thesis: Quevedo: Política, poder y religión en Su espada por Santiago Cumulative GPA: 3.03/4.0; Major GPA: 3.7/4.0 Hamilton, NY 2007 – 2011 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Colgate University Hamilton, NY Independent Researcher, Senior Honors Thesis, Dr. Fernando Plata 09/10 - 05/11 Conducted a half-year thesis research project on the religious and social issues presented by Francisco de Quevedo’s Su espada por Santiago. Challenged and questioned the political and religious motives and leverage that the poet used to convince the Spanish Catholic Church that a national female matron saint was morally unjust. Received honors for the paper titled Quevedo: El poder, la política y la religión en la polémica del patronazgo de Santiago. Colgate University Hamilton, NY Student Researcher, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dr. Anthony Aveni 01/09 Traveled to Mexico City and collected data through a program of field measurements at colonial period archaeological sites in Mexico DF, Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Oaxaca with the cooperation and participation of Dr. Eleanor Wake of the University of London. Surveyed 16th-century colonial churches to help test the hypothesis of embedded stones in the buildings and worked with data collected in the field. Presented an oral as well as a written paper titled The Art of Conversion: 16th-century Religious Murals, which focused on the complexities of using religious art to promote religious conversion among indigenous populations. Colgate University Hamilton, NY Research Assistant, Department of Educational Studies, Dr. Nisha Thapliyal 09/07 - 12/07 Conducted research on primary sources that addressed progressive efforts in indigenous educational systems in Chiapas, Mexico striving to gain government recognition in Latin America; research focused on the effectiveness of social movements in native communities to gain national recognition; translated documents from Spanish to English. TEACHING EXPERIENCE _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Pomfret School Pomfret, CT Spanish Instructor; Coach; Dorm Parent 08/14 - Present Teach five sections of Spanish that include Level I, III, and IV. Assistant coach for varsity volleyball. Inresident dorm parent in an all girls’ dormitory. 1 Ana Almeyda-Cohen CV The Governor’s Academy Byfield, MA Spanish Instructor; Musical Choreographer; Coach; Dorm Parent 01/14 – 05/14 Interim position filled in for a maternity leave. Taught five sections of Spanish, which included Levels I, II, and IV. Choreographer for The Governor’s Academy’s winter musical, Young Frankenstein. Served as assistant coach for junior varsity softball. Affiliate dorm parent in an all girls’ dormitory. Stanford University Department of Comparative Literature Stanford, CA Language and Orientation Tutor 01/12 – 06/ /12 Privately tutored English to international graduate students at Stanford. Taught and reinforced English language skills through oral and written comprehension exercises. Engaged in formal and informal conversations that aimed at increasing student understanding of American culture. Prepared students to actively participate in dynamic English-speaking settings. PREOFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ________________________________________________________________________________ “Assessment of the Climate For Diversity and Inclusion at The Governor's Academy” Byfield, MA 01/14 SKILLS _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Languages Skills: Native Spanish Speaker; Conversational Portuguese. 2