Skip to main content Dr. Gloria Velasquez
- Professor of Instruction at Dept of World Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Member, Professor of Instruction PC Committee.
October 2024 - Present.
- Member, Non-Tenure Line Faculty.
May 2020 - Present.
- Co-Chair, GADíA (Gloria and Alba Diversity in Action).
February 2016 - Present.
- Undergraduate Advisor, Grupo Folklorico Ocotochlti.
January 1, 2012 - Present.
2024
- New faculty contact, Assisted new faculty set course on Canvas.
December 2024.
- Organizer, CoLA First-Gen Information and Networking Fair.
September 2024 - November 2024.
- Member, First-Gen Scholarship Review Committee.
September 2024 - November 2024.
- Organizer, 2024 Día de los Muertos Celebration: Las Plañideras (Las lloronas) in Modern Times.
June 2024 - November 2024.
- Collaborator, Sigma Delta Pi Fall Initiation Ceremony.
October 2024.
- Participant, Non-Tenured Line Faculty Appreciation Reception.
October 2024.
- Participant, First-Gen Welcome.
August 2024.
- Member, NonTenure Line Faculty (NLFC).
June 2016 - May 2024.
- Co-Presenter and Discussion Facilitator, Between Fame and Infamy an International Film Festival.
February 2024 - March 2024.
- Attendee, Between Fame and Infamy an International Film Symposium.
March 8, 2024.
- Collaborator, Sigma Delta Pi Fall Initiation Ceremony.
February 2024.
- Collaborator, Sigma Delta Pi Spring Initiation Ceremony.
February 2024.
- Language Facilitator, Intercambio: Spanish Language Mixer.
November 2024.
- Language Facilitator, Intercambio: Spanish Language Mixer.
November 1, 2024.
- Presenter, Noche de Cine: Cine Ecuatoriano del Siglo XXI.
October 2024.
- Language Facilitator, Intercambio: Language Mixer.
October 2024.
- Language Facilitator, Intercambio: Spanish Language Mixer.
September 2024.
- Volunteer, Summer First-Gen Graduation Ceremony.
August 2024.
- Volunteer, People's Community Clinic.
June 2024 - August 2024.
- Recommendation/Evaluation, The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.
July 2024.
- Participant, Spring First-Gen Graduation Ceremony.
May 2024.
- Letter of Recomendation, Texas State Peer Mentor Recommendation.
February 2024.
- Participant, Understnding the Experiences of Underrepresented Women Pursuing Doctoral Degrees.
January 2024.
2023
- Spanish Tutor, Department of World Languages and Literatures.
October 2023 - November 2023.
- Organizer, 2023 Día de los Muertos Celebration: Celebrando Ausencias.
June 2023 - November 2023.
- Collaborator, Sigma Delta Pi Fall Initiation Ceremony.
October 2023.
- Language facilitator and collaborator, Spanish Language Mixer.
October 27, 2023.
- Spanish Instructor, FORVIS.
September 21, 2023 - October 12, 2023.
- Participant, Non-Tenure Line Faculty Appreciation Reception.
October 5, 2023.
- Letter of Recomendation, Law School Admission Council.
December 2023.
- Participant, Intercambio: Language Mixer.
October 2023.
- Sub class for Colleague, Department of World Languages and Literatures.
October 16, 2023.
- Participant, Intercambio: Virtual Language Mixer.
April 2023.
- Sub class for Colleague, Department of World Languages and Literatures.
March 9, 2023.
- Participant, Intercambio: Virtual Language Mixer.
February 2023.
2021
- Member, Life Anew Restorative Justice.
January 2021 - April 2021.
- Participant, Intercambio: Virtual Language Mixer.
April 2021.
- Participant, Intercambio: Virtual Language Mixer.
March 2021.
- Volunteer, Inspire4Life, 2021 Job Readiness.
March 2021.
2020
- Liaison, NonTenure Line Faculty (NLFC).
July 2016 - May 2020.
- Participant, The Texas State Managing Textbook Committee.
March 2020.
- Translator, Latin Music Studies. Texas State University.
February 1, 2010 - August 2020.
- Liaison Modern Language Department, Non-Tenure Line Faculty.
August 2018 - April 2020.
2019
- Organizer, GADíA 2019 Día de los Muertos event.
November 2019.
- Organizer, NonTenure Line Faculty (NLFC).
January 2019.
- Speaker, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony.
December 2015 - December 2019.
- Collaborator, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony.
April 1, 2015 - December 2019.
- University Mentor, SCOPE.
March 1, 2015 - December 2019.
- Chair, Feria del Mariachi.
January 2010 - December 2019.
- Volunteer, International Quad Day.
November 2019.
- Organizer, Día de los Muertos Mapa de Altares.
October 2019 - November 2019.
- Presenter, Noche de Cine Fall 2nd Cycle.
October 2019.
- Presenter, Noche de Cine Fall 1st Cycle.
October 2019.
- Class substitute.
September 2019 - October 2019.
- Participant, Festival de Poesia y Musica por la Paz.
October 1, 2013 - October 2019.
- Participant, Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos.
May 2019.
- Organizer, Noche de Cine Spring 2nd Cycle.
March 2019 - April 2019.
- Presenter, Noche de Cine Spring 1st Cycle.
March 2019.
2018
- Volunteer, International Quad Day.
November 2018.
- Translator, Equality University.
November 2018.
- Interpreter, Equality University.
November 2018.
- Co-organizer, 2018 Día de los Muertos Celebration: Burial Ceremonies Around the World.
September 2018 - November 2018.
- Collaborator, Latinos and the Future of America: Reflections on the color of Educational Opportunities.
October 2018.
- Collaborator, 2nd Annual Non-Tenured Line Faculty Appreciation Reception.
September 2018.
- Presenter, Spring and Fall-Noche de Cine.
September 2018.
- Presenter, Noche de Cine Fall 2018.
September 2018.
- co-presenter, New Faculty Orientation. Non Tenure Line Faculty Committee.
August 2018.
- Translation, E3 Alliance Education Economics.
June 2018.
- Volunteer, Hays Nursing and Rehabilitation.
May 2018.
- Collaborator, Spring 2018 HPN Symposium: Innovative Spirit of Our Cultures.
January 2018 - April 2018.
- co-presenter, Understanding you Position as a Non-Tenure Line Faculty.
March 2018.
- CPA Board member, CPA Alumni Association.
May 2016 - February 2018.
- Guest Speaker, Texas State Democrats.
January 2018.
- HPN Advisory Board member, Hispanic Policy Network.
July 2016 - January 2018.
2017
- Co-organizer, HPN Fall Event: Celebremos Unidos...United we Celebrate.
October 2017 - December 2017.
- Co-organizer, 2017 Día de los Muertos Celebration: Thanatos the Eternal Movie Supr Star.
August 2017 - November 2017.
- Participant, Sigma Delta Pi Festival de Poesia por la Paz.
October 2017.
- Collaborator, Indigenous Healing Project.
September 2017 - October 2017.
- Co-organizer, Tribute to Children Soldiers.
August 2017 - October 2017.
- Co-translator, Speech: Dichos y Refranes.
October 10, 2017 - October 17, 2017.
- Tutor.
June 4, 2017 - August 13, 2017.
- Co-Chair, Feria del Mariachi.
February 2017 - May 2017.
- Member, 2015-2016 Common Experience Commettee Memeber.
June 2015 - May 2017.
- Volunteer, Welcome Tents by the Retention Management and Planning Office.
January 2016 - February 2017.
2016
- Undergraduate Advisor, Sigma Iota Alpha.
August 1, 2010 - 2016.
- Participant, HPN Pan Dulce for the Soul:Fostering Support and Safe Spaces.
December 2016.
- Organizer, 2016 Día de los Muertos Celebration: Representation of Art Through Art Around the World.
September 2016 - December 2016.
- Organizer, Open the Door, Your Child is Knocking: Embracing and Sharing a LGBTQ Identity.
January 2016 - December 2016.
- Tutor, Former Student.
January 2016 - December 2016.
- Mentor, Career options.
January 2016 - December 2016.
- Colaborator, Equality University Student Diversity and Inclusion Conference.
November 2016.
- Participant, HPN and Admissions Bobcat Day.
November 2016.
- Collaborator, University Police Department Coffee with Cops event.
October 2016.
- Participant, Ancestry Estimation of Biracial Individuals Unsing Dental Morphological Traits.
October 2016.
- Participant, Professor Pulse.
October 2016.
- Member, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Common Experience Planning Committee Member.
July 2015 - June 2016.
- Member, SB 11 Open Carry Commettee.
December 2015 - May 2016.
- Contact Person, Department of Modern Languages.
August 2013 - May 2016.
- Collaborator, Canyon High Schoo Embajadores.
March 2016.
- Interview-Overcoming Obstacles, A nation of Immigrants. A collection of features about people at Texas State who are first generationn Immigrants.
March 2016.
- Organizer, Success Has no Borders.
January 2016 - March 2016.
- Organizer, A night of Real Stories! They Sacrificed Everything for our Country did our Country Pay them Back?
November 2015 - March 2016.
- Collaborator, Student Diversity and Inclusion, Mama's Kitchen: Balck History Month Celebration.
February 2016.
- Collaborator, Abrazando el Espiritu! Bracero Families Confront the U.S.-Mexico Border.
February 2016.
- Volunteer, Spring Semester Welcome Tents-The Retention Management and Planning Office.
January 2016.
- Interview, University Star Article: From opression to freedom, professors take dangerous journey to the United States.
November 2015 - January 2016.
- Interview, University Star Article: Excellence in Diversity.
November 2015 - January 2016.
2015
- Guest Speaker, Non-Traditional Graduation Ceremony.
December 1, 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.
- Co-organizer, Latino Stars Shine on the Constellation of the Rising Star.
July 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
- University Mentor, Spanish 2310/2320 Coordination.
January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
- Member, Celebration of the People Powwow.
October 1, 2015 - November 1, 2015.
- Co-organizer, Celebration of the People Powwow: The Intersectionality of Native American and Latino Culture.
September 1, 2015 - November 1, 2015.
- Interview, Laura Carr.
October 26, 2015 - October 28, 2015.
- Guest Speaker, Texas State Dean of Students Offce Leadership Institute Film Series.
October 1, 2015.
- Participant, Sigma Delta Pi Festival de Poesia y Musica Por la Paz.
October 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.
- Editor, KTSW 89.9.
January 1, 2015 - May 1, 2015.
- Mentor/Tutor, Former Student Leticia Aguilar.
January 1, 2015 - May 1, 2015.
- Speaker, The Dream is Now Documentary and Panel.
April 1, 2015.
- Translator, Hispanic Policy Network Spring 2015 Symposium.
April 1, 2015.
- Volunteer during the event, TexSplore.
April 1, 2015.
- Co-organizer, Spanish M.A. Reception for Alumni, Current and Prospective Students.
February 1, 2015 - April 1, 2015.
- Member, 16th Annual Feria del Mariachi.
February 1, 2015 - April 1, 2015.
- Co-organizer, Chicano or Mexican-American? A Common Experience.
November 1, 2014 - April 1, 2015.
- Organizer, MA, Undergraduate and Alumni Reception.
March 1, 2015.
- Editor, Grupo Folklorico Ocotochlti.
February 1, 2015 - March 1, 2015.
- Participant, Co-Presented. "Español: Requisito Indispensable para Conquistar Exitosamente el Mercado Latino.
February 1, 2015.
- Participant, Research Project: Undocumented Students in Higher Education, Texas State Univeristy.
February 1, 2015.
- Chair, 5th International Conference on Hispanic/Latino Media and Marketing 2015.
February 1, 2015.
- Guest Speaker, Spring 2015 Hispanic Welcome.
January 1, 2015.
