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The latest news from the International Institute and information about our activitiesAva Ayala Rosenbaum
Ava Ayala Rosenbaum (MA Complutense University of Madrid, BA Brown University) teaches classes in contemporary cultural studies, specializing in the interdisciplinary connections between memory, gender, and the body in XNUMXth-century literature.
Stewart Merritt, MA
Stewart completed her BA, with a focus on Latin American literature, at San Francisco State University. For a year she was studying at the Complutense University of Madrid, where she fell in love with Spanish culture and history. Currently, she is a doctoral student at the University of Alcalá, where her research focuses on the censorship of American literature during the Franco regime.
Maria Willstedt, PhD
Maria comes from a multilingual and multicultural background. She grew up in Rome, studied in Finland, and then moved to the US where she earned a doctorate in Hispanic Philology from Yale University. Her academic interest focuses on the history of ideas, cultural analysis and critical thinking. She has taught language and culture courses at various American universities for nearly twenty years.
Julie Richko, Ph.D.
Julie has a PhD in Archeology from University College Dublin. She has an MA in Historical Archeology from Illinois State University and a BA in Anthropology from Florida Atlantic University. She has been a professor of archeology and anthropology at different universities for more than 15 years.
Sibley Labandeira, Ph.D.
Sibley Labandeira obtained her doctorate in Humanities from the Carlos III University of Madrid in 2016. Her thesis cum laude, From Waste to Worth. Recycling Moving Images as a Means for Historical Inquiry focuses on the possibilities of the moving image as a tool for critical thinking.
Juan
Juan was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, where he graduated from Carleton University. As well as having extensive classroom experience, he has worked as a 'Dialogue Coach' on various film productions.
Sarah K.
Sara Kells hails from Spokane, Washington and earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Michigan State University. Sara Ella specializes in academic writing, bilingual education policy, and teacher training.
kayetan
Kayetan (or Kai for short) studied English Literature and has a Masters in Education from Stanford University. She has taught English for more than ten years in various centers, including the Complutense University and ICADE.
Lena
Lena was born in New York, a city where she grew up in a bilingual family. In 2010, she graduated with a BA in Anthropology from Bard College in New York and later earned a CELTA certificate with honors.
Jessica
Jessica is from Chicago and has lived in Madrid since September 2016. A 2009 graduate of the University of Illinois, she has lived, studied and taught English as a foreign language in several countries.