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, vol. 24, no. 1, 2024, pp. 21-37. DOI: 10.1080/14682737.2024.2319449

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 l...

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“‘Casada con esto’: La oficina doméstica como espacio de conciliación en Paquita Salas.” Hispanic Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2024, pp. 21-37. DOI: 10.1080/14682737.2024.2319449

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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