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Portrait of Alba Elizabeth Melgar

Alba Elizabeth Melgar

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction at Dept of World Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • HPN Advisory Board Member, Hispanic Policy Network. July 2016 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, GADIA (Gloria and Alba, Diversity in Action). February 2016 - Present.
  • Undergraduate advisor assistant, Sigma Iota Alpha. August 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Support Faculty Member, SCOPE. March 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Chair assistant, Grupo Folklorico Ocotochlti. February 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Participant, HPN Video Project. November 14, 2018 - Present.
  • Participant, Naturalization Celebration Ceremony of Citizenship. September 14, 2018 - Present.
  • Colaborator, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony. May 10, 2017 - Present.
  • HPN Advisory Board Member, Hispanic Policy Network. July 2016 - Present.
  • HPN Advisory Board Member, Hispanic Policy Network. July 2016 - Present.
  • HPN Advisory Board Member, Hispanic Policy Network. July 2016 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, GADIA (Gloria and Alba, Diversity in Action). February 2016 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, GADIA (Gloria and Alba, Diversity in Action). February 2016 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, GADIA (Gloria and Alba, Diversity in Action). February 2016 - Present.
  • Colaborator, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony. January 2016 - Present.
  • Participant, Non-Traditional Graduation Ceremony. December 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Participant, Non-Traditional Graduation Ceremony. December 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Participant, Non-Traditional Graduation Ceremony. December 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Participant, Non-Traditional Graduation Ceremony. December 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Undergraduate advisor assistant, Sigma Iota Alpha. August 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Organizer, Naturalization Celebration Ceremony of Citizenship. August 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Undergraduate advisor assistant, Sigma Iota Alpha. August 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Undergraduate advisor assistant, Sigma Iota Alpha. August 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Member, Common Experience Planning Committee. July 2015 - Present.
  • Member, Common Experience Planning Committee. July 2015 - Present.
  • Member, Common Experience Planning Committee. July 2015 - Present.
  • Member, 2015-2016 Common Experience Committee Member. July 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Member, 2015-2016 Common Experience Committee Member. July 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Member, 2015-2018 Common Experience Committee Member. July 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Member, 2015-2018 Common Experience Committee Member. July 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Participant, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony. April 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Participant, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony. April 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Support Faculty Member, SCOPE. March 2015 - Present.
  • Support Faculty Member, SCOPE. March 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Support Faculty Member, SCOPE. March 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Support Faculty Member, SCOPE. March 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Support Faculty Member, SCOPE. March 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Chair assistant, Grupo Folklorico Ocotochlti. February 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Member, 16th Annual Feria del Mariachi. February 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Chair assistant, Grupo Folklorico Ocotochlti. February 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Member, 16th Annual Feria del Mariachi. February 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Undergraduate advisor assistant, Grupo Folklorico Ocotochlti. January 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Undergraduate advisor assistant, Grupo Folklorico Ocotochlti. January 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Editor, KTSW 89.9 News. January 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Participant, Festival de poesia por la paz. October 2013 - Present.
  • Member, Feria del Mariachi. January 1, 2012 - Present.
  • Member, Feria del Mariachi. January 1, 2012 - Present.
  • Translator, Latin Music Studies. Texas State University. February 1, 2010 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Feria del Mariachi. January 2010 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Feria del Mariachi. January 2010 - Present.

2024

  • Organizer, Day of the Dead. Event. November 7, 2024.

2023

  • Board Member, Volunteers ssisting inmates. January 15, 2023 - December 15, 2023.
  • Attendee / Participant, Center for the Study of the Southwest. Texas State University. October 19, 2023.
  • Co-Chair, GADIA. October 15, 2023.
  • Attendee / Participant, College of Liberal Arts. Texas State Unoversity. October 11, 2023.
  • Member, Hispanic Policy Network (HPN). August 19, 2023.
  • Provided translation services from English to Spanish, LNG Consulting, Inc. Interpreting English to Spanish for TX Advanced Pain Care. August 7, 2023.
  • Collaborate with Alumni Association on dstribuition of 800 class rings during its spring Ring Celebration, Texas State Ring Ceremony. April 28, 2023.

2022

  • Volunteer, Travis County Jail. May 29, 2020 - December 31, 2022.
  • Attendee / Participant, Essentials of Grant Management Online Workshop. November 15, 2022.
  • Attendee / Participant, Online Professional Grant Development Workshop. October 10, 2022.
  • Attendee / Participant, Transnational Modern Languages: A Handbook. Languages, Cultures and the Transnational Optic. October 7, 2022.
  • Attendee / Participant, Research Enhancement Program, online workshop for Liberal Arts. September 12, 2022.
  • Attendee / Participant, Trans & Non-binary Inclusivity Panel. April 18, 2022.
  • Interpreter, LNG Consulting, Inc. Interpreting English to Spanish for Dr. John Lane. January 19, 2022.

2021

  • Member, Common Experience Committee Member. June 1, 2015 - December 31, 2021.
  • Attended virtual Commence'Carmen Laforet:Después de NADA, mucho.., Virtual Commence'Carmen Laforet:Después de NADA, mucho. September 11, 2021.
  • Attended event "Semilla Fest", The Department of Theatre and Dance at TXST and Coty of San Marcos. June 26, 2021.
  • Attended artistic performance "Semilla Fest", City of San Marcos Arts Commission and Texas State. June 26, 2021.
  • Virtual conference from “Salon Series”., The War on Drugs and Organized Crime in The Americas. December 2, 2021.
  • Film screening and panel discussion, Missing in Brooks County. Film screening and panel discussion. November 18, 2021.
  • Participant, Training. Sexual Assault Prevention for Graduate Students. July 7, 2021.
  • Obtained certificate for training, Texas State University. July 7, 2021.
  • Interviewed by a Graduate Student on the effects of Covid on my students. April 21, 2021.
  • Recipient of certificate for training, Texas State University. March 6, 2021.
  • Volunteer translation for non-profit agency, LifeChangers. February 25, 2021.

2020

  • Participant, Distance and Extended Learning. Texas State University. ODEL. July 7, 2020 - December 18, 2020.
  • Attendee / Participant, ODEL .Teaching Online Certification. July 7, 2020 - December 18, 2020.
  • Attendee, Recital Virtual de Poesia by Mark Del Maestro. November 14, 2020.
  • Member, DACA (Deffered Act for Childhood Arrivals) Task Force Member. November 4, 2019 - November 4, 2020.
  • Participant, SWCAS. South West Conference on Asian Studies. Virtual format. October 23, 2020 - October 24, 2020.
  • Adjudicator, Anne Aroundel County Public Schools. September 24, 2020.
  • Adjudicator, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. September 15, 2020.
  • Attended, Faculty of Color at Texas State Group virtual meeting. March 30, 2020.
  • Attendant, The Tourist as the Other in Spain. Virtual lecture. March 12, 2020.
  • Attended, COLA Awards Honoring Research Publication. March 12, 2020.
  • Participant, Bobcat Bounty, the first student-run food pantry at Texas State organization. March 9, 2020.
  • Volunteer, Audio Grant with TCCC/ Associate Dean of Research. Liberal Arts Dr. Rountree. February 15, 2020.
  • Volunteer, Mr Rigoberto López. December 28, 2020 - December 31, 2020.
  • Member, DACA (Deffered Act for Childhood Arrivals) Task Force Member. November 4, 2019 - November 4, 2020.
  • Adjudicator, Texas State University. October 13, 2020.
  • Attended, WISE. Women in Science and Engineering Conference at Texas State. March 6, 2020.

2019

  • Participant, Event. Poetry reading. November 7, 2019.
  • Interviewed by student Pedro Villa of Span3308 for a class assignment, Interviewed on my opinion about Texas State being a Hispanic Serving Institution. November 6, 2019.
  • University Professor, Individual. November 6, 2019.
  • Letter of recommendation for a forme employee of the Department. July 31, 2019.
  • Artistic Adviser. May 5, 2019.
  • Attending, The Ars Moriendi in Eighteenth-CenturyNovo Hispanic Society: the Sanctuary of Atotonilco. April 24, 2019.
  • Organizer, Noche de cine. Cycle 2. Spring 2019. March 12, 2019 - April 16, 2019.
  • Attending Poetry Reading, The Poetics of the Boundary by Dr.Robert T.Tally Jr. March 29, 2019.
  • Instructor, GADiA. March 29, 2019.
  • Participant, Faculty of Color. March 25, 2019.
  • Movie presenter, Noche de cine. February 5, 2019 - March 5, 2019.
  • Member, Feria del Mariachi 2019. January 31, 2019 - December 15, 2019.
  • Attending Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Student Research Symposium, Event. December 3, 2019.
  • Member, Graduate Student of Color Alliance Faculty and Staff. October 10, 2018 - October 10, 2019.
  • Participant, II ENCUENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE LA RED IBEROAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS INTERCULTURALES E INTERDISCIPLINARIOS 'in Costa Rica,Central America. July 27, 2019 - July 30, 2019.
  • Organizer, Hispanic Literature in Film.Spring Cycle of Spanish Movies,2019. March 12, 2019 - April 16, 2019.
  • Participant, HPN 25 Years Celebration Symposium. April 12, 2019.
  • Participant, Who 's Writing This Nove Anyway? April 11, 2019.
  • Provided letter of recomendation for Chinese Scholarship, Chinnese Embassy in USA. March 29, 2019.
  • Translator, Feria del Mariachi 2019. March 15, 2019.
  • Attended, Latinx Languages and Identities Beyond Borders. March 7, 2019.
  • Participant, Equal Employment Opportunity & Title IX. March 5, 2019.
  • Participant, Event. February 26, 2019.
  • Attended, Border Crossing Series: Year of the dog:Poetry as Feminist Lament. February 25, 2019.
  • Attended, Poetry Reading. February 25, 2019.

2018

  • Translator, Office of Students Diversity and Inclusion. November 10, 2018.
  • Interview, University Star Article: Professor Triumphs despite Hardships, University Star. September 2018.
  • Participant, Non-Traditional Graduation Ceremony. December 2018.
  • Colaborator, Spring and Fall 2018 Noche de Cine Series. February 2018 - December 2018.
  • Support Faculty Member, Several different events. January 2018 - December 2018.
  • Spanish Instructor. January 15, 2018 - December 15, 2018.
  • Attendee, Non-Traditional Student Graduation Celebration. December 13, 2018.
  • Presenter, Fall 2018 Noche de Cine. September 2018 - November 2018.
  • Translator, Student Diversity and Inclusion Conference. November 10, 2018.
  • Attended, "In remembrance of Kristallnacht". November 9, 2018.
  • Translator, Latin Music Studies. October 2018.
  • Participant, Festival de poesia por la paz. October 9, 2018.
  • Attended, Fall Faculty Meeting. College of Liberal Arts. August 25, 2018.
  • Senior Lecturer of Spanish. July 19, 2018.
  • Participant, Research Study:Faculty Development Processes in Teaching International Students: An International Comparative Study of Faculty Narratives in a Global Era". May 2018.
  • Speaker, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony. May 2018.
  • Presenter, Spring 2018 Noche de Cine. February 2018 - May 2018.
  • Colaborator, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony. May 12, 2018.
  • Colaborator, Hispanic Policy Network Spring 2018 Symposium. April 2018.
  • Participant, MA, Undergraduate and Alumni Reception. April 8, 2018.
  • Participant, Student Diversity and Inclusion, Mama's Kitchen: Black History Month Celebration. February 2018.
  • Member, 5th International Conference on Hispanic/Latino Media and Marketing 2015. February 1, 2018.
  • Participant, Spring 2018 Hispanic Welcome. January 15, 2018.

2017

  • Participant, Non-Traditional Graduation Ceremony. December 2017.
  • Presenter, Spring and Fall 2017 Noche de Cine. February 2017 - November 2017.
  • Organizer, Thanatos, The Eternal Movie Star. Dia de los Muertos Cellebration. September 2017 - November 2, 2017.
  • Organizer, Tribute to Children Soldiers. August 2017 - October 3, 2017.
  • Attended, Fall Faculty Meeting. College of Liberal Arts. August 25, 2017.
  • Participant, MA, Undergraduate and Alumni Reception. April 7, 2017.
  • Translator, Dichos y Refranes in The Transmission of Wisdom and Values. March 2017.

2016

  • Participant, Non-Traditional Graduation Ceremony. December 2016.
  • Organizer, Latino Stars Shine on the Constellation of the Rising Star. July 1, 2016 - December 8, 2016.
  • Speaker, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony. December 1, 2016.
  • Speaker, Non-Traditional Student Graduation Celebration. December 1, 2016.
  • Presenter, Spring and Fall Noche de Cine. February 2016 - November 2016.
  • Organizer, 2016. Dia de los Muertos Celebration. Death and Art: Artistic representations of Death around the World. September 2016 - November 3, 2016.
  • Participant, Sigma Delta Pi. Festival de Poesia y Musica por la Paz. October 17, 2016.
  • Presenter-Noche de Cine, Noche de cine. October 4, 2016.
  • Collaborator and Volunteer, Naturalization Celebration Ceremony of Citizenship. August 1, 2016 - October 1, 2016.
  • Translator, Hispanic Policy Network Spring 2015 Symposium. April 1, 2016 - June 1, 2016.
  • Member, 2015-2016 Common Experience Committee Member. June 1, 2015 - May 1, 2016.
  • Organizer, Open the Closet,your Child is Knocking:Embracing and Sharing a LGBTQ Identity. January 2016 - April 2016.
  • Article Interview for the University Star, The University Star. March 2016.
  • Interview-Overcoming Obtacles. A nation of Immigrants. A collection of features about people of Texas State who are First Generation of Immigrants, University Star. March 2016.
  • Organizer, Success Has no Borders. January 2016 - March 2016.
  • Collaborator, Abrazando el Espíritu! Bracero Families confront the US-Mexico Border. February 2016.
  • Collaborator, Student Diversity and Inclusion, Mama's Kitchen: Black History Month Celebration. February 2016.
  • Organizer, A night of Real Stories. They Sacrificed Everything for Our Country did our Country Paid Them Back. January 2016 - February 2016.
  • Article Interview for the University Star, The University Star. January 2016.
  • Interview, University Star Article: From Opression to Freedom, Professors take dangerous journey to the United States, University Star. November 2015 - January 2016.
  • Participant, Spring 2015 Hispanic Welcome. January 1, 2016.

2015

  • Speaker, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony. December 1, 2015.
  • Speaker, Non-Traditional Student Graduation Celebration. December 1, 2015.
  • Organizer, Co-Organized Fall 2015 Noche de Cine. August 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Organizer, 2015 Dia de los Muertos Celebration. Death's Portrait: Iconography of Death around the World. July 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Organizer, Chicano or Mexican-American? A Common Experience. July 1, 2015 - November 1, 2015.
  • Participant, Sigma Delta Pi. Festival de Poesia y Musica por la Paz. October 1, 2015.
  • Collaborator and Volunteer, Naturalization Celebration Ceremony of Citizenship. August 1, 2015 - October 1, 2015.
  • Member, Lambda of Texas State LGBTQIA Latinx Panel. September 1, 2015.
  • Organizer, Latino Stars Shine on the Constellation of the Rising Star. July 1, 2015 - September 1, 2015.
  • Translator, Hispanic Policy Network Spring 2015 Symposium. April 1, 2015 - June 1, 2015.
  • Participant, Research Study:Faculty Development Processes in Teaching International Students: An International Comparative Study of Faculty Narratives in a Global Era". May 1, 2015.
  • Presenter-Noche de Cine, Noche de cine. January 1, 2015 - May 1, 2015.
  • Speaker, The Dream is Now Documentary and Panel. April 1, 2015.
  • Volunteer during the event, TexSplore. April 1, 2015.
  • Organizer, MA, Undergraduate and Alumni Reception. March 1, 2015 - April 1, 2015.
  • Participant, Co-Presented.Español: Requisito Indispensable para Conquistar Exitosamente el Mercado Latino. February 1, 2015.
  • Member, 5th International Conference on Hispanic/Latino Media and Marketing 2015. February 1, 2015.
  • Member, 5th International Conference on Hispanic/Latino Media and Marketing 2015. February 1, 2015.
  • Participant, Spring 2015 Hispanic Welcome. January 1, 2015.