Biography and expertise
Dr. Susana Villanueva Eguia Lis, Ph.D. (Texas Tech University), currently works as a Associate Professor of Instruction in the Spanish Language at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. Before, she worked as Spanish Editor and E-Learning Consultant for MTS Technologies, Inc. in Austin, TX and Albuquerque, NM. Apart from the years she spent as Spanish Instructor at Texas Tech University and West Virginia University, Villanueva has also been instructor at Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Centro Universitario del Mayab and Spanish Coordinator at University of Mary Washington. She is also the current Faculty Advisor of the Texas State Chess Club.
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Spanish
Latin American Women Writers, Modernism & Poetry
Texas Tech University, 2015
Master's Degree
MA in Interdisciplinary Studies
Texas Tech University, 2016
Master's Degree
MA in Foreign Languages
West Virginia University, 2010
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Villanueva-Eguia-Lis, Susana. funding for Intercambios Spanish Language Mixers, Texas State University International Office, Texas State University, $600. (Funded: February 2018 - November 2019). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Villanueva-Eguia-Lis, S. (2022). Ensayo Critico: La poética de Melvin Brown: nuevos sonetos verso libristas de la diáspora afrodescendiente con raíces antillanas de Panamá en el siglo XXI”. Unas gotas de mi. Melvin Brown. Mexico City, Mexico: Ediciones Morgana de Mexico. Retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/Unas-gotas-Spanish-Melvin-Brown/dp/B0B1WBSQMG/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1PFA4MNUMJCR0&keywords=unas+gotas+de+mi&qid=1675098644&sprefix=unas+gotas+de+mi%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-2
- Villanueva-Eguia-Lis, S. (2022). “Cambio de Poder: El flamingo covidiario.” In El poema que le gustaría habitar: Antología poética (p. 28). Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MEXICO: Ediciones Morgana.
- Villanueva-Eguia-Lis, S. (2022). "Mujer de nubes exiliada y otros poemas: Premio Victoria Urbano de Creación 2021”. Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies / Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades REGS, 48, 193–196. https://doi.org/10.14321/jgendsexustud.48.1.0193
- Villanueva-Eguia-Lis, S. (2021). “El Sarcófago de la Vampiresa.” In Donde caen las máscaras humanas: Antología poética (p. 22). Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Ediciones Morgana.
- Villanueva-Eguia-Lis, S. (2020, April). “Arst Poetica.” Latino Book Review Journal. USA: Latino Book Review. Retrieved from https://www.latinobookreview.com/magazine-2020.html
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: 2023 Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity:, Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer, & Lecturer, University. March 2023 - March 7, 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: 2021 Cultural Ambassador Award / Curator of Public Digital Humanities Award, International Virtual Book Fairs Association. December 1, 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: PVU 2021 International Poetry Award - Premio Victoria Urbano, Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades (AEGS). November 19, 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor ( Recognition of Exemplary Service during the Covid-19 Crisis in Spring 2020), Texas State Alumni Association. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Latina Star, Hispanic Policy Network. May 14, 2018
Featured service activities
- Editorial Review Board Member
Revista Eucalíptica: International Poetry, Creative Writing & Literature in Spanish Magazine
- Coordinator / Organizer
FIP (Festival Internacional de Poesía), International Spanish Poetry & Music Festival
- University Mentor
Faculty Mentor for the Honor's College for the class HON 4391: Spanish Poetry & Writing: Language, Form, and Fusion
- Other
Intercambios: Spanish Language Mixers
- Undergraduate Advisor
Chess Club at Texas State University
- Organizer
Poetry Festival 2024