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Tess Renker

7 months

I’m absolutely thrilled to share that I’ll be joining Georgetown University’s Department of Spanish & Portuguese this Fall as Assistant Professor of Spanish. While I’ll sorely miss my Oklahoma friends and students, I’m excited to start this new chapter.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

7 months

Some exciting personal news: I got engaged to my favorite translator/poetry scholar, @oliviamlott ❤️

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

I am excited to share that I’ve just accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Spanish at @UofOklahoma ! I am absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to further my research, engage with talented students, and learn from brilliant colleagues.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

I'm happy to share that my article on financial imperialism, migration, and “revolution” in the work of José María Arguedas and Yuri Herrera has just been published in the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

In my Latin American borders seminar, I asked my students to create "poetic midterms" inspired by @MigrantScribble 's "Intergalactic Travels" that responded to the question "what is a border?" I'm proud to share some of their incredible work!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

My students recently read Sor Juana's "Hombres necios que acusáis" and developed some of their own "Sor Juana memes." They also came to the conclusions that, if she were alive today, Sor Juana would be all over Twitter and that "her snapchat private stories would be crazy."

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

5 months

I'm thrilled to share that my article, "Whiteness, Coloniality and Distributive Justice in Claudia Llosa’s 'La teta asustada' (2009)," is out in Hispanic Review!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

10 months

I'm thrilled to share that my article, "Rethinking Peruvian 'Borderlands' through Grupo Chaski's Gregorio (1984)" is out in @MLNHisp ! In it, I think about how "Gregorio" might help us theorize Peru's racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic "borderlands," past and present.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

I taught Antígona González this week and it once again proved to be a hit with my students. Not only is it a treat to return to @RaraUribe but students find it super compelling and actually get excited about engaging with the text. Strongly recommend for undergrad lit classes!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

6 months

I'm happy to share that my recent article on Francisco Cantú's "The Line Becomes a River" and Óscar Martínez's "Los migrantes que no importan" is out in Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

6 months

The State of Oklahoma may have outlawed Critical Race Theory and DEI offices, BUT my student just wrote an essay describing how Victoria Santa Cruz’s “Me gritaron negra” helped her understand racism in her own community and identify her own complicity. I’ll take that as a win!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

My department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Colonial Latin American Literature with potential consideration for folks who work on both colonial and the 19th century. Please apply and share widely! I’m happy to answer any questions.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Mis estudiantes me pidieron ejemplos del rap en quechua...y se quedaron totalmente atónitxs tras ver los music videos de "la reina del trap en quechua", @RenataFloresR .

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

11 months

This morning, my very first PhD student, Christián Doig, completed his oral exams and defended his doctoral prospectus. Christián plans to write a dissertation on crises of masculinity in twentieth century film from Spain, Mexico, and Peru.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

6 months

Some very happy news: my wonderful graduate student, Shadi Mohammadi, just defended her MA exams and is off to @UofMaryland to start a PhD in Spanish. Shadi has fought hard to pursue this career and I can’t wait to see what she does next!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

When @oliviamlott gets a postdoc @Princeton and TT job at @Yale within 18 hours, it’s absolutely obligatory to grab a stale bottle of bubbly left over from New Years and *attempt* a photo op. If the cork breaks, you just try again and hope for the best. ❤️🤣

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Hi! I’m on the job market! I work on contemporary lit. and film from the Andes and Latin America with a focus on questions of race, indigeneity, political violence, and migration. I have multiple publications and am currently a VAP at a SLAC. Thanks!

TESS RENKER, PhD

www.tessrenker.com

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

I’m teaching an Intro to Spanish Lit. course this spring (lit. from Spain ranging from the medieval era to the present) and wonder if folks can recommend any texts that have really resonated with their students. Esp interested in texts that are NOT by white men of privilege…

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

I'm happy to share that my article on contestations of postmemory in recent Latin American literature is out in Chasqui! I look at "novels" by José Carlos Agüero, @ambliopia and Alejandro Zambra to think about what it means to write as an "hijo" in the 21st century.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

I’m happy to share that my article, “Looking Elsewhere: Editorial Amartí’s (Re)presentation of Post/Conflict Ayacucho,” is now out in Transmodernity!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

I’m getting excited about the new semester and having the opportunity to teach these films in my Intro. to Hispanic Studies class! Hopefully my students will appreciate them as much as I do…

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

Classes start tomorrow at @UofOklahoma and I'm feeling excited about the final project I've assigned in my "Introduction to Hispanic Studies" class. Hopefully my students get excited about it too...

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

6 months

As a final project in my Intro. to Hisp. Lit. and Culture class, I asked students to create X accounts for an author or character featured in class. They had to imagine that this author/character was encountering the year 2024 via social media...

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Today was the first day of my “Migration and Bordering in Latin American Literature and Film” seminar, and my students had some great responses to our opening JamBoard prompt: “¿Qué es una frontera?” I’m feeling excited for what’s to come!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

4 months

One of the best parts of LASA was visiting librerías with @oliviamlott and finding gems like these! My back still hurts from carrying about 40lbs of them through the airport on Sunday, but it was worth it 🤦🏻‍♀️

Olivia Lott

@oliviamlott

4 months

About 1/4 of mine at @TessRenker ’s LASA2024/Bogotá book haul 🥰🫣

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

7 months

Hi! Is anyone aware of MA programs in Spanish, Latin American Studies or Middle Eastern Studies that are still accepting applications/willing to make an exception? I have a brilliant student in need of a program who wants to work between Latin America and the Middle East…

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

10 months

Very sad news out of OU yesterday. I think we all knew this was coming (at least to some degree), but it doesn’t make it any less hard, especially when we consider how badly our students need DEI offices and services.

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@JillHicksKeeton

10 months

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

10 months

Tomorrow at the @MLAnews convention I’m presenting on Arguedas, industrialization/urbanization, and ecological thinking, so it felt very fitting to encounter this particular PhillyFact this morning. I think Arguedas would approve of the squirrel repopulation efforts 🐿️

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

I just made a flyer for my spring (“winter term” at W&L) seminar on comparative borders/migrations…I’m getting excited!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

I’m currently grading essays for an advanced grammar course, and this Oklahoma-born student’s judgement of Massachusetts/New England drivers hits close to home…

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

4 months

Some photos from yesterday’s LASA panel! It was such a treat to share a mesa with these folks and hear about their incredible research on Peruvian literatures and cultural production. ¡Que se repita! @polifonesco @cronicadebo3cio

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

One of the most *exciting* aspects of moving/assembling furniture is having a random hammer available for holding my books open while I write. 10/10 recommend.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

4 months

Very excited to talk about Peruvian literature and political imaginaries with this group! Come join our conversation this Saturday at LASA. @cronicadebo3cio @polifonesco

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@TessRenker

1 year

Looking for a LASA panel for 2024? Consider submitting an abstract (English or Spanish) to this panel I'm organizing with @cronicadebo3cio and @polifonesco . We're interested in how literature responds to, theorizes, etc. social/political conflict in Peru. See flyer below!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

10 months

I’m thrilled to be presenting on this exciting panel at the @MLAnews convention this weekend! I’ll be sharing a paper on José María Arguedas, industrialization, and climate crises. Come see us on Sunday at 10:15!

Carles Ferrando Valero

@FerrandoValero

10 months

If you're heading to the @MLAnews Convention in Philly, check out our panel "Industrial Footprints in the Modern Hispanic World" (Sunday at 10:15am). Papers by Anayvelyse Allen-Mossman, Jaime Hanneken and @TessRenker #MLA24

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

My office is packed into my car and the key has been returned! Thank you, @wlunews , for a wonderful VAP year! I’ll miss my lovely students and colleagues immensely (some ugly crying preceded this photo). Next stop, Oklahoma!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

I just had my first meeting with a grad student - like one I’m advising - and it’s a crazy “pinch me” moment, especially for someone like myself who as an undergrad thought working in academia was totally out of reach/that I didn’t belong. My younger self would be proud!

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@TessRenker

2 years

@dennismhogan This made me laugh out loud for real 🤣

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

It’s July 1 and my contract for next year has started! Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the Washington and Lee Romance Languages Department as Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish. Many thanks to the folks at Brown Hispanic Studies for their incredible mentorship!

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@TessRenker

2 years

Today in my Intro. to Spanish Literature class my students made a “group drawing” of the first act of “La Celestina” and I sort of love it…

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Just another reason to be excited to move to Norman in the coming months!

LatAmLitToday

@LatAmLitToday

2 years

Our hometown, Norman, is now officially “Oklahoma’s Literary City”! This proclamation comes thanks to the tireless efforts of our colleagues at @worldlittoday and @ChineseLitToday . We are honored to be included among the many reasons why Norman deserves this title.

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@TessRenker

2 years

Some very exciting bookmail arrived while I was away for the holidays…I can’t wait to read this! @puentevaldivia

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

Everyone, go read @oliviamlott 's essay, "In/Subordination: Pseudo/Translation and the Cultural Cold War in Juan Gelman's The Poems of Sidney West," now out in the PMLA. It's truly a brilliant article and a wonderful example of the exciting, innovative work she's doing.

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@oliviamlott

1 year

I am beyond thrilled to share that my article--on Juan Gelman's Cold War pseudotranslation of a fake US poet--is out in the PMLA. An excerpt from my dissertation/book project. I'm incredibly honored to be a part of this phenomenal issue.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

11 months

I’m so, so excited to say that this beautiful translation is now out with University of Wisconsin Press! Go check it out!

Olivia Lott

@oliviamlott

11 months

It's pub day! Juan Calzadilla's poems written in 1960s w/ Venezuelan collective El Techo de la Ballena! Transl @kmhedeen & me Thanks to Forrest Gander, María Gaztambide, @rkokayokay for blurbs! & to the whole team at @UWiscPress ! RT to help spread word!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Thrilled to share this link to my article on questions of race, jazz and existentialism in Cortázar’s “El perseguidor” and Kerouac’s “On the Road.” I think about how Cortázar may undo dominant conceptualizations of Blackness put forth by the Beats and French existentialists.

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@AContracorrie12

2 years

A Contracorriente article of the week: “The 'Other Johnny': Jazz, Race, and Existentialism in Julio Cortázar's 'El perseguidor' and Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road'” by @TessRenker (Brown University). Published open access at the journal website:

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@TessRenker

2 years

I taught various fragments of these works in my "Migrations and Bordering" seminar this week...and I'm really, really proud of how my students responded, engaged with current events within Peru, and looked to make connections to the US context. Highly recommend!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

It’s a super moody day in Western Virginia…reminds me of the 19th century Latin American romances I read for preliminary exams in grad school. Should I break out “María”? Maybe some “Doña Bárbara”? I feel like it would be super fun to read them here (and I love(d) them).

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@TessRenker

1 year

I recently moved and I’ve been finding gems like this one while unpacking: an apology card from a spirited student I taught during my year as a pre-K to 8th grade Spanish teacher (I did this for extra $ while doing my MA at the University of New Hampshire)

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

11 months

Earlier this week I had the great pleasure of live interpreting for Mexican filmmaker @sojobm during the presentation of her incredible Tzotzil-language documentary “Tote/Abuelo”. This was part of a wonderful Mayan Film Festival organized by @lalinguista_ at @UofOklahoma .

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@TessRenker

7 months

@oliviamlott reading her poetry translations in Montreal for the ACLA. I’m very biased, but she was incredible!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

7 months

SO many congratulations to my dear friend, grad school cohort mate, exam-studying buddy, and emotional support human, @namas_re , for getting hired as Assistant Professor of Comp. Lit. at Stanford!! 🎉🎊🎉🎊

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@namas_re

7 months

I am thrilled to share that I will join the Department of Comparative Literature at @Stanford as Assistant Professor this fall. There, I will continue my research and teaching of the hemispheric cultures of the Américas, including classical and contemporary indigenous literatures

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

9 months

Today was my first day of the spring semester and a wonderful student of mine from the fall - who is in my class again this term - brought his boyfriend to meet me and sit in on class. Day made!

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@TessRenker

2 years

I had to take the dorky “I’m here” photo. I’m excited!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

I asked students in my advanced Spanish composition class to write fake newspaper articles about OU as a way of practicing the “se pasivo” and so far I’ve read about both Tony Hawk and Dennis Rodman trying to take over the school. Can’t stop laughing. Thank you, students.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Thrilled to share that last week I defended my dissertation, “Conflictive Voices: Authority, Authorship, and Peru’s Internal Armed Conflict.” It’s surreal to be done and I’m beyond grateful to have spent the last 5 years with @BrownUniversity ’s Department of Hispanic Studies! 🖤

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@TessRenker

1 year

Exciting reading this week for thinking about Peruvian extractivism, neoliberalism, indigeneity, and ideas of “nation.” Big fan and so helpful for conceptualizing the mobilization of Indigenous identity within neoliberal Peru… @ericmhirsch

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@TessRenker

1 year

Check out Joyelle McSweeney’s brilliant review of Raúl Gómez Jattin’s “Almost Obscene,” translated by @kmhedeen and @oliviamlott !

Olivia Lott

@oliviamlott

1 year

"Through their principled intervention, not just Gómez Jattin’s own incandescent obscenity, but the annihilative obscenity of the family, the police, the state, the church, and the censor, comes verging into view." Wow! @JoyelleMcS on Almost Obscene @kmhedeen @CSUPoetryCenter

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@TessRenker

2 years

When I tell folks that my dog, Juan Diego, was a quiteño 🇪🇨street puppy, they typically say something like “oh he must be so grateful”….and then I show them photos like this, where just days after finding him Juan is demanding a space heater while he hangs on the futon.

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@TessRenker

1 year

Today I was scheduled to teach Josefina Báez’s performance of “Dominicanish” for a unit on migrations and decided to add Bad Bunny’s SNL monologue as a point of comparison…and the conversation was SO good!

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@TessRenker

1 year

I just moved an important footnote into the body of an in-progress article without explicitly being told to do so and this feels like a major win. Maybe the footnote obsession is waning? Probably not 🤦🏻‍♀️

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@TessRenker

2 years

Couldn’t agree any more. One of the best things I’ve read in a while…

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@realesttheorist

2 years

More books should be like this one

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@TessRenker

1 year

Hey all, I’m trying to gather some resources for students in our Spanish PhD program who are at the beginning stages of dissertation design/writing. Can anyone recommend any particularly helpful materials or share advice that they personally found transformative?

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@TessRenker

2 years

This is by far the most wholesome/heartwarming “thanks for the short extension” email I’ve ever received

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@TessRenker

2 years

¿Alguien tiene recomendaciones de novelas, testimonios, poemarios, etc que se centran en migraciones andinas? Pueden ser migraciones internas y/o internacionales. ¡Mil gracias de antemano! ((Looking for recs for novels, testimonios, poems, etc that deal with Andean migrations))

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@TessRenker

2 years

I recently read these 3 together and I’d love to teach them and/or write something about them someday. Each offers incredible mediations on race, coloniality, and intergenerational trauma, as well as the diversity of these experiences within the US. @CarmenSense @dellegeller 🧵

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@TessRenker

2 years

I just taught my last Intermediate Spanish class of the term. My students insisted on taking a group photo and then demanded I post it to social media with the caption “my favorite class.” 🤣 My student, Roger, took organizing everyone very seriously. I’ll miss them big time! ❤️

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@TessRenker

2 years

Today an Intermediate Spanish student gave a presentation on Argentina’s World Cup performance and made this amazing image to show that it is the only Spanish-speaking team left🤣

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@TessRenker

4 months

If you’re looking for a LASA panel, come see us today at 12:10 for a discussion of Peruvian Lit. and political imaginaries. I’m presenting on internal migrations and extractive capitalism in “El retoño” (1950) by taxista-sindicalista-escritor Julián Huanay.

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

11 months

Today alone I was approached by four separate students who are in various forms of mental health crisis. Please check in on your students and provide safe spaces for them to seek help. I’m heartbroken for these brilliant young people who are really struggling right now.

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@TessRenker

2 years

I’ve told my students they can call me Tess and one student just said “I like saying ‘professor’ because that’s what they do in ‘Harry Potter.’” My heart is full and my day is made ❤️

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@TessRenker

2 years

Everyone, go read “Intergalactic Travels: Poems from a Fugitive Alien” by Alan Pelaez Lopez if you haven’t already. It’s just brilliant. I’d love to teach it this spring… @MigrantScribble

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@TessRenker

2 years

I couldn’t be any more proud of my favorite person/colleague/academic! She is the total package: an amazing human being who does brilliant work and cares deeply about her students. AND she’s a first-generation college student. I’m bursting with pride! ❤️🍾

Olivia Lott

@oliviamlott

2 years

Big news!! Beginning Fall 2024, I'll join @YaleSpanPort as an Assistant Professor 🎉 First I'm headed to @Princeton as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Program in Latin American Studies 🎉 Truly a dream come true!

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2 years

Teaching direct and indirect object pronouns has me feeling like Charlie Kelly from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia…

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@TessRenker

2 years

Is there a humanities wing/branch of “Rural Studies”? Like is this a subfield outside of the social sciences? Or would the rural be an extension of Environmental Humanities? I’m thinking about rurality vis-à-vis constructions of race, class, nation, etc.

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@TessRenker

2 years

I’d like to propose a new academic hiring scheme called “propose your own cluster hire.” Basically you’d say something like “I really like these people and their work; we would be great collaborators and bring positive vibes to your university.”

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@TessRenker

1 year

Every time I return to Camera Lucida I’m reminded of how absolutely beautiful it is….

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@TessRenker

8 months

My brilliant friend and colleague @rachel_schwartz will be at Princeton next week with @oliviamlott and @DHirschelBurns ! If you’re in the area, go hear her talk. Also, go buy her book!

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@oliviamlott

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Next week @PrincetonPLAS with @rachel_schwartz from @oucis ! Don't miss this presentation of her book—just out in 2023 with @CambridgeUP Also featuring @DHirschelBurns

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2 years

Today is moving day and my plants have front row seats (don’t worry, my dog and husband have their own car). Virginia/Washington & Lee here we come!

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@TessRenker

2 years

That OU is a state institution just sweetens things even more. I got my start at @UofNH and will always *proudly* consider myself a product of a state school. I’m excited to pay it forward!

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@TessRenker

7 months

Being at Georgetown is a dream come true in many ways. From the vibrancy of the intellectual community to being on the same coast as @oliviamlott to having my academic sibling/fellow Michelle Clayton advisee, @NicolasACampisi , for a colleague, I couldn’t be happier.

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@TessRenker

2 years

The rest of my books have arrived at our rental home in Virginia and my assistant is busy unboxing/stealing my office decorations

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@TessRenker

2 years

There’s no better way to start the day than with a free cupcake with an Ecuadorian flag! 🇪🇨 🏔️ Thanks, W&L World Languages and Cultures!

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@TessRenker

2 years

Agrego mis elogios a los muchos otros que @gabrielawiener y “Huaco retrato” ya han recibido. Qué brillante meditación sobre la raza, la colonialidad y la herencia intergeneracional en el contexto peruano. Es absolutamente increíble…

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@TessRenker

1 year

Peak end-of-academic-year moving/packing/relocating is calling your mom today to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, only to realize 1. It’s not Mother’s Day in the US and 2. You’ve spread the “today is Mother’s Day rumor” to several other impacted parties.

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@TessRenker

2 years

It’s preterit/imperfect time in Intermediate Spanish. I broke out the timelines/story maps to help students narrate “acontecimientos extraños” (strange life events). Also my handwriting needs a lot of help…🤷🏻‍♀️

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

7 months

Join us in NOLA for MLA 2025!

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@namas_re

7 months

@TessRenker and I are organizing a panel about Hemispheric Indigeneities for the MLA 2025 conference. If you or anyone you know is interested in presenting a paper with us (or being a discussant), let me know!

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@TessRenker

1 year

¡¡Felicidades, DR @Juanma_ramive , on a beautiful dissertation and an incredible defense!! I’m so thrilled for you and I can’t wait to see all that you accomplish going forward ❤️ @colgateuniv is so lucky to have you!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Okay, Intermediate Spanish “cultural artifact show and tell” was super cool! We had La Macarena, Diego Rivera, Latinx tattoo artists, Bad Bunny, and more! And the explanations of cultural significance were spot on. Plus playing songs like “Pepas” at 9am wakes everyone up…

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

4 years

What a treat it was to listen to my good friend @re_torica present her inspiring research on the role of earthquakes, feminism, and writing in the work of Carmen Boullosa and Jazmina Barrera. It's truly an amazing project that speaks to so many "big picture" questions!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

Okay, I’ve now seen the entire Bad Bunny SNL and there’s SO much teachable content, especially for anyone teaching about migration, Latinx experiences in the US, language hierarchies, etc. The coolest part is that on several occasions they choose NOT to subtitle the Spanish!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Subsequent steps include buying her an official Yale hat and making her pose for photos

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

My brother-in-law has special needs and painted these foxes at his day program. I love them and am proud to have an Arguedean zorro de arriba and zorro de abajo as writing buddies. I’ve yet to decide which is which, but hope one of them starts dancing/shape-shifting #arguedas

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

7 months

Thanks to everyone who made this possible: Brown Hispanic Studies; my amazing advisor (Michelle Clayton); @thatsarahthomas ; @cartacachaco ; my fabulous partner, @oliviamlott ; and my dear friends @namas_re and @bryanhboucher . ❤️

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Check out this wonderful interview featuring my brilliant colleague, @oliviamlott !

Olivia Lott

@oliviamlott

2 years

It was a pleasure to talk with @LitMeg about @kmhedeen and my co-translation of Raúl Gómez Jattin's ALMOST OBSCENE ( @CSUPoetryCenter ). Check out the interview @asymptotejrnl !

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

The dinosaur student made their way to the dining hall! 🦕 🦖

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

Why does this feel like the best way to revise my work and why is it also the worst? Also, how did I get through my state’s public school system with such illegible handwriting? Most of my time is spent trying to interpret my scribbles 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

1 year

It’s always a great idea to get your favorite academic professional, practical birthday gifts that express absolute seriousness and commitment to the profession (this is a notepad featuring our dog, for reference). @oliviamlott

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

Spending the day with Arguedas and his zorros is just the best; every time I return to them I’m in awe in some new way 🦊🦊

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

I just got a chocolate-gram from a student and it totally made my day! Apparently this is part of an @amnesty fundraiser. Best surprise!

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Tess Renker

@TessRenker

2 years

I’m in the humanities and wonder if someone could recommend any books/articles that deal with the ethics of ethnography? Like in the sense of theorizing what it means to work ethnographically, especially with vulnerable and/or historically marginalized populations. Thanks!!

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