Dr. Gema Vela

Assistant Professor in Spanish

Dr. Gema Vela
(615) 904-8003
Room 322, Boutwell Dramatic Arts Building (BDA)
MTSU Box 079, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Degree Information

  • PHD, Texas Tech University (2022)
  • MA, Texas Tech University (2018)
  • BA, Universidad Pablo de Olavide (2013)

Areas of Expertise

Translation Studies

Audiovisual Translation

Media Studies

Gender Studies

Biography

2022 Ph.D. in Spanish, Texas Tech University  

Dissertation (passed with distinction) Streaming Families: Glocal Domestic Discourses in Spain’s Post-Television Series (Director: Dr. Susan Larson) 

2018 M.A. in Romance Languages, Texas Tech University  

Minor: Portuguese Language

Minor: Hispanic Linguistics  

2016 M.A. in Audiovisual Translation, Universitat Aut&og...

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2022 Ph.D. in Spanish, Texas Tech University  

Dissertation (passed with distinction) Streaming Families: Glocal Domestic Discourses in Spain’s Post-Television Series (Director: Dr. Susan Larson) 

2018 M.A. in Romance Languages, Texas Tech University  

Minor: Portuguese Language

Minor: Hispanic Linguistics  

2016 M.A. in Audiovisual Translation, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

Thesis “Dubbing Multilingualism in Film and TV Shows: Spanish as L2 and L3TT” (Advisor: Prof. Josep Llurba)

2013 B.A. in Translation and Interpreting: English-Spanish/German-Spanish, Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Spain)  

2012 Erasmus Programme: Translation and Interpreting, Hogeschool Gent (Belgium)

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Publications

“‘Casada con esto’: La oficina doméstica como espacio de conciliación en Paquita Salas.”. Hispanic Research Journal. Submitted.  

Major Concepts in Spanish Feminist Theory by Roberta Johnson. Book Review. Romance Quarterly, vol. 68, no. 4, 2021, pp. 56-57. DOI: 10.1080/08831157.2021.1998815  

“Desestabilizadores de la domesticidad tradicional: nuevos paradigmas de g&eacu...

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“‘Casada con esto’: La oficina doméstica como espacio de conciliación en Paquita Salas.”. Hispanic Research Journal. Submitted.  

Major Concepts in Spanish Feminist Theory by Roberta Johnson. Book Review. Romance Quarterly, vol. 68, no. 4, 2021, pp. 56-57. DOI: 10.1080/08831157.2021.1998815  

“Desestabilizadores de la domesticidad tradicional: nuevos paradigmas de género y espacio en Hola, ¿estás sola? (1995) de Icíar Bollaín Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, vol. 23, 2020, pp. 93-110. DOI: 10.1353/hcs.2019.0017  

“Futurity and Probability in Spanish as a Heritage Language.” Hispanic Linguistics. Current Issues and New Directions, vol. 26, 2020, pp. 286-382. Co-authored with Diego Pascual y Cabo. DOI: 10.1075/ihll.26.14cab

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