Lourdes E. Schmader
Ph.D. in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies
Digital Humanities Scholar | Spanish Instructor
Education
- Ph.D. in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies, University of Miami, 2026
- Dissertation: Ñañapura: Embodied Resistance to Epistemic Erasure and Extractivist Development Among Kichwa Women in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Graduate Certificates
- Digital Humanities Certificate
- Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
MA in Spanish, Texas State University, 2020
Research Interests
Digital Humanities, Indigenous Feminisms, Environmental Humanities, Latin American Studies, Documentary Practice, Indigenous Media, Public Humanities, Extractivism Studies
Selected Publications
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“Producciones culturales como herramientas de defensa del medio ambiente: Una exploración a la cosmovisión amazónica ecuatoriana del kawsak sacha (la selva viviente).” Pie de Página 15 (2025): 55–92. Read the article
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“Colectivo LasTesis: Cuerpo, calle y movilidad.” Alba de América 41 (2024): 151–166. Read the article
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“¡Mujer, levántate!”, “Carta a un humano.” Sigma Delta Pi (Épsilon Beta Chapter) Revista Al principio, Cuaderno XXXIV (2019): 12–13.
Selected Conference Presentations
- LASA Conference (2025)
- Congress of Ecuadorianists (2024)
- University of Warwick Conference (2024)
Technical Skills
- ArcGIS and ArcGIS Online
- GitHub web projects
- Story Maps
- Omeka
- CapCut Video Editor
- Online learning platforms: Canvas, Blackboard
Languages
- Spanish
- English
- Portuguese
- Kichwa