Aída Díaz de León
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Phone: 330-287-1971
Office: Kauke 229
Degrees
- B.A., Spanish, California State University, Long Beach
- M.A., Spanish, Penn State University, University Park
- Ph.D., Spanish (Minor in Portuguese), University of Kansas, Lawrence
Areas of Interest
- Latin American and Spanish Cinemas
- Memory Studies
- Cultural Studies focusing on Latin America and Spain
- Autobiography, Confession, and Testimonio in Latin America
Courses Taught
- Beginning Spanish (SPAN 101 and 102)
- Intermediate Spanish (SPAN 201 and 202)
- Readings in Spanish Peninsular Cultures
- Hispanic Film
- What a Wonderful World: Being Human, Technology and Dystopia in Film (FYSM)
- Trek 2025: Documentary Film and History in Madrid (Summer 2025, co-director)
Independent Study Advising
- “Resistencia en la repetición: la interacción entre las performances colectivas, el apoyo digital y el cine en la lucha contra la violencia de género en Argentina y Chile,” by Maggie Stieby, Spring 2025
- “Making the Invisible Visible: How Analysis of the Photodegradation of Cochineal Dyes in Peruvian Textiles Can Preserve Cultural Memory, ” by Fiona A. Roche, Spring 2024 (double major with Chemistry)
- “La loca de Gandoca: Las varias voces en la lucha por la naturaleza en Costa Rica,” by Madeline Thompson, Spring 2023 (double major with Education)
Publications
- “The Politics of the Past and the Fragmentary Present: Locating Memory in Spain and Latin America.” Sites of Memory in Spain and Latin America: Trauma, Politics, and Resistance. Ed. Aída Díaz de León, Marina Llorente, and Marcella Salvi. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015. 1 – 17.
- Díaz de León, Aída, Marina Llorente, and Marcella Salvi, eds. Sites of Memory in Spain and Latin America: Trauma, Politics, and Resistance. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015.
- Rev. of Writing Toward Hope: The Literature of Human Rights in Latin America, ed. Marjorie Agosín. Rilce. Revista de Filología Hispánica 24 (Spring 2008): 428 – 432.
Video Collaborations
- Flamenco Dreams, co-director with Greg Shaya, Summer 2025 (Trek 2025: Documentary Film and History in Madrid)
- “Mnemo,” by Tzintzún Aguilar Izzo, Spring 2015 (Senior Honors Multi-Media Project, Spring 2015, Saint Lawrence University)
Professional Affiliations
- Society for Comparative Literature and the Arts