ANGEL DANIEL MATOS
356 O’Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - USA
Website: http://angelmatos.net
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy in English, University of Notre Dame, Expected 2016
Graduate Minor in Gender Studies
Dissertation Advisor: Susan Cannon Harris
Areas of Specialty: LGBTQ fiction, children’s and young adult literature, contemporary
American literature, gender/queer studies, and pedagogy
M.A.
Master of Arts in English Literature (In Passing), University of Notre Dame, 2014
Examination Advisor: Susan Cannon Harris
M.A.
Master of Arts in English Education, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 2011
Thesis Advisor: Nandita Batra
B.A.
Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 2009
Honors: summa cum laude
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
“‘Without a Word or Sound’: The Intersection of Deaf and Gay Identity in Young Adult Literature.”
(Dis)Abilities and Young Adult Literature: Critical Reading, Pedagogy, and Literary Theory. Ed. Jacob
Stratman. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. Forthcoming book chapter.
“Queer Consciousness/Community in David Levithan’s Two Boys Kissing: ‘One the Other Never
Leaving’.” New Perspectives on Gender in Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Teen Dreams and
Lost Girls. Eds. Tricia Clasen and Holly Hassel. New York: Routledge. Forthcoming book chapter.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
“The Queerly Departed: Grief, Melancholia, and Futurity in Modern Sea Drama.” Atenea 34.1-2 (January
– December 2014). Forthcoming journal article.
Matos, Angel Daniel. “Writing through Growth, Growth through Writing: The Perks of Being a
Wallflower and the Narrative of Development.” The ALAN Review 41.3 – 40th Anniversary Edition
(Summer 2013). Print. Winner of the Nilsen-Donelson award for best article published during the volume
year.
Matos, Angel D. “The Conversion of ‘Paul’”: Cultural, Religious, and Sexual Negotiations in Alex
Sanchez’s The God Box.” Atenea 31.1-2 (January- December 2011): 91-109. Print and Web.
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HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS
Feb. 2015
ACLA Graduate Student Travel Grant
American Comparative Literature Association
Dec. 2014
Ph.D. Nominee for the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools’ Excellence in
Teaching Award
The Graduate School, University of Notre Dame
Jun. 2014
Joseph F. Downes Memorial Fund Professional Development Award
The Graduate School, University of Notre Dame
Jan. 2014
University of Notre Dame’s Sponsored Participant Scholarship for the Cornell School of
Criticism and Theory
Department of English, University of Notre Dame
Nov. 2013
The Nilsen-Donelson Award for Best Article in The ALAN Review
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the N.C.T.E.
May 2013
Graduate Student Union’s Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award
Graduate Student Union - University of Notre Dame
Apr. 2013
Writing Program’s Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
John J. Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning - University of Notre Dame
Aug. 2011
José Enrique Fernandez Fellowship
The Graduate School - University of Notre Dame
May 2009
John S. and Sarah E. Mellowes Award for Academic Excellence
Department of English – University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Aug. 2015
Teaching Apprentice (forthcoming)
Course: Introduction to Gender Studies (undergraduate)
Supervisor: Abby Palko (Associate Director of the Gender Studies Program)
Gender Studies Program
University of Notre Dame
Aug. 2014 Dec. 2014
Instructor of Record
Undergraduate English literature course (self-designed)
Course Title: The Young Adult Novel (ENGL 20733/GSC 20515)
Department of English (cross-listed with the Gender Studies Program)
University of Notre Dame
Aug. 2012 May 2013
Instructor of Record
Undergraduate multimedia, writing, and rhetoric course (self-designed))
Courses: Multimedia Writing and Rhetoric (WR13000 – Sec. 06 and 01)
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University Writing Program
University of Notre Dame
Aug. 2009 May 2011
Instructor of Record
Undergraduate ESL literature-based composition courses (self-designed)
Courses: English Composition and Reading II (Fall 2009 – Sec. 90 and Sec. 101),
Intermediate English II (Spring 2010 - Sec. 61, Sec. 71, and Sec. 90),
Intermediate English I (Fall 2010 – Sec. 91 and Sec. 101), Intermediate English
II (Spring 2011 – Sec. 094)
Department of English
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
June 2014 Present
Research Workshop Coordinator
Gender Studies Program – University of Notre Dame
June 2013 May 2014
Graduate Student Assistant Director
University Writing Program (UWP) – University of Notre Dame
SUMMER SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
June 2015 July 2015
Participant in Global Domes: A Dissertation Accelerator in the Humanities (forthcoming)
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
University of Notre Dame London Center, Trafalgar Square, London
June 2014 July 2014
Participant in The School of Criticism and Theory
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Seminar: “The Contemporary” (Sianne Ngai, Stanford University).
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Dec. 2015
Editor for the “Right to Read” Column (Forthcoming)
Journal: The ALAN Review (Volume 44)
Spring 2014
Fresh Writing Editorial Board
Journal: Fresh Writing: An Interactive Archive of Exemplary First-Year Writing
Journal URL: http://freshwriting.nd.edu
May 2013
Reader and Peer-Reviewer
Journal: Religion and Literature
Oct. 2012 Oct. 2013
Annotator
Project: Translation of Humboldt’s Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain
Vanderbilt University – Nashville, Tennessee
Project Supervisor and Editor: Vera M. Kutzinski
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Oct. 2010 May 2011
Editorial Assistant and Translator
Journal: Atenea - A Bilingual Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences
General Editor: Nandita Batra
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
Academic Conferences
Apr. 2015
Narratives of Future Past: Queer Temporality in Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s Aristotle and
Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. IUPLR Fifth Biennial Siglo XXI Conference.
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. Forthcoming paper presentation.
Apr. 2015
Young Adult Novels and the Queer Possibilities of the Impossible, the Fantastical, and
the Not-Yet-Here. 2015 PCA/ACA National Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Forthcoming paper presentation.
Mar. 2015
Coming (Out + of Age): Young Adult Literature, the Closet, and the Novel of
Development. ACLA Annual Meeting. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Dec. 2014
Queer Séances: Youth and Temporality in David Levithan’s Two Boys Kissing. Fun with
Dick and Jane: Gender and Childhood. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.
Paper presentation.
Apr. 2014
The Undercover Life of Queer Young Adult Novels. 2014 Popular Culture
Association/American Culture Association National Conference. Marriott Chicago –
Downtown Magnificent Mile. Paper presentation.
Mar. 2013
Beyond ‘Words, Words, Words’: Soliloquies, the Graphic Novel, and the Great
Shakespearean Divide. 2013 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
National Conference. Wardman Park Marriott at Washington DC. Paper presentation.
May 2011
He Wears the Mask that Grins and Lies: Baldwin the IV in Kingdom of Heaven. 46th
International Congress of Medieval Studies. University of Western Michigan,
Kalamazoo. Paper presentation
Mar 2010
Towards a Different Perspective of El Maricón.¿Del Otro La’o? Perspectives About
Queer Sexualities. 3rd Colloquium University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. Paper
presentation.
Local Presentations
Mar. 2015
Make it Weird: Queer Youth, Science Fiction, and the (Post)Apocalypse. 2015 English
Department Graduate Research Symposium. University of Notre Dame. Paper
presentation.
Feb. 2014
A Site of Struggle and Resistance: Queering Deafness in Brian Sloan’s A Really Nice
Prom Mess. Gender Studies Research Workshop. University of Notre Dame. Paper
presentation.
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Nov. 2013
Discovering the Secrets of the Universe: The Failures and Futures of Queer Latina/o
Characters in Young Adult Literature. English Department Americanist Seminar.
University of Notre Dame. Paper presentation.
Invited Talks and Lectures
Feb. 2015
Make it Strange: Demystifying Queer Theory. Perspectives in Gender Course. Alison
Rice. University of Notre Dame. Lecture.
Feb. 2015
The Ethics of Multimedia. Teaching Multimedia in the University Writing Program.
University of Notre Dame. Workshop.
Oct. 2014
Puerto Rican and Cuban History (Pre-Columbian Period to 1898). Latinos and
Leadership Course. José Limón. University of Notre Dame. Lecture.
Mar. 2014
What is Queer Theory, and Why Does It Matter? Perspectives in Gender Course. Alison
Rice. University of Notre Dame. Lecture.
Jan. 2014
Deconstructing Memes and Films in Multimedia Writing and Rhetoric Courses. Teaching
Multimedia in the University Writing Program. University of Notre Dame.
Dec. 2013
How to Deconstruct and Create Marketing Communication Projects in Writing and
Rhetoric Courses. The Rhetoric of Everyday Life. University of Notre Dame.
Apr. 2012
Disturbing the Universe: Exploring Literature, Pedagogy, and Identity through the Queer
Lens. To Teach or Not to Teach Queer Studies in Education: Graduate Student Research
at the Intersections of Institution and Identity. University of Notre Dame and University
of Puerto Rico (via Skype). Lecture.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Sep. 2009 May 2010
May 2010. Graduate Research Assistant
Project: English for Academic and Career Success in Agriculture
Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences – University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Aug. 2008 May 2009
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Project: An Analysis of Bilingual Writing Center Tutors
English Writing Center – University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
EXTRACURRICULAR UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Mar. 2015
Masculinity, gender, and violence in House of Cards. Men Against Violence – Media
Literacy Night. University of Notre Dame. Invited panelist.
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Apr. 2014
Emcee for First Years Speak Up! ND Ignite, Department of First Year Studies and
Department of Writing and Rhetoric – University of Notre Dame.
Nov. 2014
A Discussion on Andrew Smith’s Grasshopper Jungle. Gender Studies Book Club.
University of Notre Dame. Discussion leader.
Oct. 2014
Masculinity, gender, and violence in Breaking Bad. Men Against Violence – Media
Literacy Night. University of Notre Dame. Invited panelist.
Sep. 2014
Masculinity, gender, and violence in The Big Bang Theory. Men Against Violence –
Media Literacy Night. University of Notre Dame. Invited panelist.
Aug. 2014
Diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame. 2014 Graduate Student
Orientation – University of Notre Dame. Invited panelist.
Apr. 2014
A Discussion on David Levithan’s Two Boys Kissing. Gender Studies Book Club.
University of Notre Dame. Discussion leader.
Apr. 2014
Issues of Gender in the Classroom. Department of Writing and Rhetoric – University of
Notre Dame. Panel organizer.
Apr. 2014
Preparing for Qualifying Exams. Department of English – University of Notre Dame.
Invited panelist.
Mar. 2014
Preparing Material for Publication I: Author Panel. The Graduate School – University
of Notre Dame. Invited panelist.
SCHOLARLY BLOGS
Sep. 2012 Present
The Ever and Ever That Fiction Allows.
Blog URL: http://angelmatos.net
July 2013
“Time and Haunting in The Hours.” Emerging Modernisms: A Digital Modernism
Collective. Invited guest post.
Oct 2010
“Gay Young-Adult Literature: A Floodgate of Possibilities.” Changing Lives, Changing
Minds: A Changing Lives Through Literature Blog—Umass Dartmouth. Guest post.
TUTORING EXPERIENCE
Aug. 2009 Oct. 2010
Tutor for Lockheed Martin Communication Workshops
Lockheed Martin – Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Aug. 2008 May 2009
Head of Tutor-Training Program at English Writing Center
Department of English – University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
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Jan. 2007 May 2008
Writing Center Tutor – English Writing Center
Department of English – University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEES
Jan. 2015 –
Mar. 2015
Organizational Committee Member (Coordinator)
2015 English Department Graduate Research Symposium
Department of English, University of Notre Dame
Jun. 2014 Present
Vice-President
English Graduate Student Association (EGSA)
Department of English, University of Notre Dame.
May 2014
Program Committee Member
Conference: Fun with Dick and Jane: Gender and Childhood.
University of Notre Dame.
May 2013 May 2014
Graduate Studies Committee Representative
English Graduate Student Association (EGSA)
Department of English, University of Notre Dame
Feb. 2013.
Graduate Student Point-Person
Department of English Latino/a Job Search Committee
University of Notre Dame
Mar. 2010
Production Committee
Conference: Del Otro L’ao – 3rd Colloquium on LGBT and Queer Sexualities
University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Nov. 2013 Present
Member
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Sep. 2013 Present
Founding Member
Latina/o Graduate Association at Notre Dame (LGAND)
University of Notre Dame
Oct. 2012 Present
Member
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)
GRADUATE COURSEWORK
Perspectives on Gender: Theory and Practice
The Theory and Practice of Children’s and Young Adult Literature
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Gender and Space
Fictions of Development
Materiality and the Black Text
Digital Humanities
Teaching Film in the Humanities
Cultural Studies: From Birmingham to Brownsville
Problems of (Non)Modernity: Deliberate Reading in a Panarchic World
English and American Theory and Criticism
The Spanish-American Short Story
Latinos, Leadership, and Literature (audited)
Studies in Literature: The Works of Poe and London
Knowledge, Science, and Belief in Melville’s America
The Victorian Novel
Editing and Performing Shakespeare
Modern Irish Drama and the World Stage
Wilde and Synge: Art as Subversion
The (Un)Natural World in Medieval Literature
British Romanticism and the Sciences of Life
Research Methods
Models for Teaching Literature
Teaching Writing Practicum
Foundations of English Education
Teaching and Testing Materials
University Teaching and Development
Introduction to Graduate Studies
Second Language Acquisition
Current Approaches in Linguistic Theory
LANGUAGES
English (Native speaker proficiency)
Spanish (Native speaker proficiency)
REFERENCES
Susan Cannon Harris
Associate Professor of English and Irish Studies
University of Notre Dame
712 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Office: (574) 631-5088
[email protected]
Kinohi Nishikawa
Assistant Professor of English & African American Studies
Princeton University
22 McCosh Hall
8
Princeton, NJ 08544
office: (609) 258-6494
[email protected]
Patrick Clauss
Director, First Year Writing and Rhetoric
University of Notre Dame
205 Coleman-Morse
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Office: (574) 631-1678
[email protected]
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