Curriculum Vitae

Juana Moriel-Payne

Education

The University of Texas- El Paso (UTEP)

•       Doctor of Philosophy, Borderlands History- Latin American History, May 2016. 

Dissertation title: “Drama Under the Skin: fiestas, capellanías y cofradías in San Joseph del Parral, Chihuahua, 17th -18th Centuries.” Directors: Dr. Cheryl E. Martin and Dr. Samuel Brunk.

•       Master of Arts in History, December 2011. 

•       Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Outstanding Student, May 2010. 

•       Master of Arts in Hispanic Literature, May 2007. 

•       Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Literature, Summa Cum Laude, Honor student with a Minor in Humanities, May 2005. 


•       Areas of interest: Latin American History with an emphasis on African Diaspora, History of Northern New Spain/Mexico, and Borderlands History. 

 

Publications in the Area of History

Books 

•      Drama Under the Skin: Baroque Catholic Ritual in Northern New Spain. Texas Tech University Press, 2024.

Contributions in Anthologies

•       (In-progress). “The Borderlands in Colonial Times: A Multiethnic Reality,” in The America/América, edited by Erik Langer. Oxford University Press.  

•       “Cronología de la historia de Estados Unidos 1776-1900,” in Cronología de América, edited by Dra. Patricia Galeana, Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia (IPGH), 2017.

Research Articles

•       “The Fraternity of La Limpia Concepción in San Joseph del Parral, Chihuahua 1600-1800: Reconstructing 
the Historical Memory of the Mexican-African Community in the North of New Spain." The Journal of Pan African Studies, vol.6, no.1, July 2013.

•       “La Cofradía de la Limpia Concepción, 1600-1800: reconstruyendo la memoria histórica de la comunidad México-africana en el Norte de la Nueva España”. Chihuahua Hoy 2013: visiones de su historia, economía, política y cultura, tomo XI. Ciudad Juárez: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura, 2014.  

•        “La trabajadora doméstica mexicana en la frontera México-Estados Unidos: historia de esfuerzo y fe”. Aletheia, vol. 2, no. 3, noviembre, 2011.

Teaching Experience

•       Mount Saint Mary´s University- Los Angeles: Assistant professor in Master of Fine Arts/ Creative Writing Program-Latin American and Latinx Studies Certificate (director). Teaching load: 2 courses per semester, including summer, all at the graduate level. Courses: Afro- Latinx Studies, Latin American and Latinx Thought, Latinx Memoir, Bordex Studies, Latin American Chronicle, and Latin American Novella, 2019-

•       University of Saint Thomas-Houston (UST)-History Department. Visiting Assistant Professor. Teaching load: 3 courses per semester. Courses: Colonial Latin American History, Latin American History after Independence, at the upper undergraduate and graduate level, and United States History I and II. 2016-2017. 

•       University of California-Riverside (UCR). Lecturer of Latin American Studies. Teaching load: one course in the fall semester. 2016. 

•       Assistant Instructor of United States History up to 1865. UTEP-History Department, 2010-2014.

•       Spanish Instructor for native and non-native speakers. Teaching load: one course per semester. Courses: Spanish 1301,1302, 2301, 2302. UTEP- Languages and Linguistics Department, 2005-2008.

Current Research

My current research uses ritual as a lens to analyze how the Catholic-Baroque ideology allowed people of African descent, Indigenous groups, and women to participate in acts of veneration, negotiate their place in society, and build community and culture. With an innovative methodology that includes pliegos sueltos (fictional-historical narratives,) and with a global-local approach, my book contributes to African diaspora history by bringing together Black Atlantic and Borderlands history, revealing how global race and gender hierarchies have impacted the cultural dynamics of migration and diaspora, and proposing the possibility of African cultural prevalence in what I call Diasporic Borderlands.   

Future Research

My next research has a global-local approach. I analyze "gender and socio-political economy," a phenomenon perceived in the marriage fairs or "raffles" of young orphan women in the mining towns of northern New Spain from the second half of the 18th to the beginning of the 19th century. Primary sources reveal that the religious brotherhoods, the merchants' guilds, and the viceregal government organized these events to obtain dowries for orphan women. My research sources are mainly Archivo Parroquial de San Joseph del Parral (APSJP) and Archivo Municipal de Hidalgo del Parral (AMHP).

Research Experience

•       Archivo Parroquial de San José del Parral (APSJP), 2013-2022.

•       Archivo Municipal de Hidalgo del Parral (AMHP), 2013-2022.

•       The Bancroft Library, University of California-Berkeley. Western Americana Spanish Encounter and Colonial Settlement Collection, 2017-2018.

•       Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), 2015. 

•       Department of Oral History (UTEP), 2010.

•       Archivo Histórico de Chihuahua (AHCH), 2008.

Affiliations

•       Feministas Unidas/Ámbitos Feministas

•       Asociación de Historiadores Latinoamericanistas Europeos (AHILA)

•       The Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS)

•       The Southern Historical Association (SHA)

  • Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia (IPGH), 2015-

Conferences and Seminars in the History Area

•    XX Congreso de AHILA- 2024, Nápoles, September 2-6. “La Cofradía de Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria de Los Naturales frente al siglo XVIII en el norte de Nueva España- Siglo XVIII.”  

* The Southern Historical Association (SHA) Annual Latin American and Caribbean Section Meeting. Charlotte, NC. Nov 9-12, 2023. “Pardos and Native’s Cofradias in Northern New Spain during the Turn to the Eighteenth Century.”

•       The Southwest Seminar: Consortium on Colonial Latin America. El Paso, TX, November 3-5, 2022.

•       XVI Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México. “Capellanías: Spiritualized Lives in Northern New Spain.” Austin, TX, October 2022.

•       Workshop: Reflexiones en torno a las problemáticas de enseñanza y aprendizaje de las historias globales y regionales desde Latinoamérica. “La enseñanza de la historia de América Latina desde un enfoque global: Historia de las mujeres en las guerrillas latinoamericanas, ¿testimonios de liberación o sumisión?” Argentina-modalidad virtual- October 2022.

•       III Seminario Internacional Atlas Histórico de América, Siglos XIX y XX. “La enseñanza de la historia de América Latina desde un enfoque global: Historia de las mujeres en las guerrillas latinoamericanas, ¿testimonios de liberación o sumisión? Lima, Peru-modalidad virtual, November 2021.

•       Rocky Mountain Conference of Latin American Studies (RMCLAS). “Las capellanías y el barroco colonial en San Joseph del Parral, Chihuahua.”  Salt Lake City, UT, April 2017.

•       Tercera Reunión Técnica de Comisiones del Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia (IPGH). Ciudad de México, June 2015. 

•       University of Bern, Switzerland. Workshop: Latin America in a Global Context. “Medieval-Modern Spain in Northern New Spain.”  Switzerland, December 2014.

•       XIV Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México. “Las fiestas de San Joseph del Parral: creación y reconstrucción de identidades en el norte de la Nueva España.” Chicago, IL, September 2014.

•       Western Social Science Association, Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS). “Respuestas y propuestas a leyes migratorias, 1924-1965.” Albuquerque, NM, April 2014.

•       Seminar: “History as Fiction or Fiction as History?” Dr. Cheryl E. Martin y Juana Moriel- Payne. UTEP, October 2013.

•       XIV Congreso Internacional de Historia Regional: De Fronteras y Otras Historias. “La Cofradía de la Limpia Concepción en San Joseph del Parral, 1600-1800: reconstruyendo la memoria histórica de la comunidad México-africana en el Norte de la Nueva España.” Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ. Ciudad Juárez, CHIH, October 2013.

•       Los Caminos Reales de América: International Symposium El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA). “Trigueña and El Camino Real: A Personal Journey.” UTEP, September 2013.

•       RMCLAS, “La Cofradía de la Limpia Concepción en San Joseph del Parral, 1600-1800: reconstruyendo la memoria histórica de la comunidad México-africana en el Norte de la Nueva España.” Santa Fe, NM, April2013.

•       VI Coloquio Internacional Historia de Género y de las Mujeres en México. “La trabajadora doméstica mexicana en la frontera México-Estados Unidos: historia de esfuerzo y fe.” El Colegio de México, March 2013.

•       RMCLAS. “La trabajadora doméstica mexicana en la frontera México-Estados Unidos: historia de esfuerzo y fe.” Salt Lake, UT, April 2012.

Awards and Scholarships

•       CONACYT-Beca Doctoral en el Extranjero-Consejo Nacional de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, 2013.

•       ICHICULT. Premio Publicaciones, Trigueña. Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura, 2012.

•       BRLA-Southwest Book Award, Trigueña. Border Regional Library Association, 2014.

•       Dodson Graduate Fellow Incentive Program, Graduate School (UTEP), 2014.

•       Cotton Graduate Scholarship (UTEP), 2013-2014. 2007-2008. 

Courses Taught

History

  • Colonial Latin American History (undergraduate – upper division level and graduate level class emphasizing social history, reading and analysis of primary and secondary sources, writing essays, and in-class presentations). UST- fall 2015. 

  • Latin American History since Independence (undergraduate – upper division level and graduate level class emphasizing women’s participation in guerrillas, reading, and analyzing primary and secondary sources, writing essays, and in-class presentations). UST- Spring 2016.

  • U.S. History I & II. (undergraduate – upper division level classes with an emphasis on the Slavery of people of African descent, reading and analyzing primary and secondary sources, writing short essays, and multiple-choice exams). UST- Fall 2015 and Spring 2016. 

  • Latin American Studies. (Undergraduate- upper division level class with a multidisciplinary approach to studying Latin America’s history, culture, politics, and society. It included reading and analyzing academic essays and literary pieces and incorporated visual and audio media to study cinema and music. Students wrote short essays). UC-Riverside-Spring 2015.     

  • U.S. History I. (Assistant Instructor in an undergraduate- lower division level course. I assisted in the preparation and organization of lectures and teaching materials, in the grading of short essays and multiple-choice tests, in posting grades, and in advising and tutoring). UTEP- 2010-2014.

Multi/Inter disciplinary- History, Literature, and Creative Writing. 

  • Afro Latinx Studies. (a graduate-level course emphasizing the reading and analysis of Afro-Latinx writers within an intellectual-historical context. Students wrote academic essays and original short-form pieces). MSMU- Spring 2022. 

  • Borderx Studies. (a graduate level emphasizing the reading and analysis of Border writers within an intellectual-historical context. Students wrote academic essays and original short-form pieces). MSMU- Fall 2021

  • Latin American Chronicle. (an abroad course-Cusco, Peru, at the graduate level emphasizing the reading and analysis of history essays and Latin American Chronicles from their origin as literary pieces after the Spanish Conquest up to the 20th century. Students wrote original travel, urban, and rural chronicles). MSMU- Summer 2019 -2021.

  • Latinx Memoir. (a graduate-level emphasizing the reading and analysis of Latinx memoirs within an intellectual-historical context. Students wrote academic essays and original-personal memoirs). MSMU- Fall 2019 - 2021.

  • Latin American Novella. (a graduate-level emphasizing the reading and analysis of Latin American novelists within an intellectual-historical context. Students wrote academic essays and original novellas). MSMU- Spring 2020-2021.

Administrative Experience

•       Director of Latin American and Latinx Creative Studies Certificate (LALCS). (Creation and organization of courses and the advising of students). MSMU- 2021-

•       Co-organizer of the conference “Borderlands,” MSMU- Fall 2021.

•       Organizer of Congreso Anual de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, (CLMC). (Logistics and general organization). UTEP- 2005-2008.

Service

Jury

•       Dictum for a book chapter “Los afrodescendientes en el México virreinal, edited by Juan Carlos Ruiz Guadalajara, Felipe Durán, and Rafael Castañeda García. El Colegio de San Luis, San Luis Potosí, 2016.

•       Jury for the community:  High School History Day. UTEP-History Department, 2011, 2013-2014.

•       Reader-jury in an essay contest for the community: Catholic Outreach, Houston, TX, 2017.

•       Reader-jury in a novel contest for the community: Contacto Latino, 2017.

Committees

•   Member of Faculty Elections Committee. MSMU Fall 2024-   

  • Member of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Graduate Certificate (creation of the proposal). MSMU, September 2023-

•       Organizer for workshop “Reflexiones en torno a las problemáticas de enseñanza y aprendizaje de las historias globales y regionales desde Latinoamérica.” Departamento de Historia de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo-Mendoza-Argentina y la Comisión de Historia del Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia. October 2022.

•       Member of Latin American Studies Minor Program (creating the proposal and presentation). UST, Houston, TX, 2016-2017.

•       Member of a search committee for the job: Assistant Professor of Borderlands History. (Application reader and participant in interviews and campus visits). UTEP-History Department, 2012.

Thesis/Director-Reader

Director

·     Meredith Lynch. In Progress. Memoir.

·      Jennifer Foster. In Progress. Novella.

·      Kim Alexine Victoriano. In Progress. Novella

·      Caroline Lopez. In Progress. Poetry.

·      Greg Moore. MFA.MSMU. Young Adult novel. May 2024

·      Susan Velasco. MFA. MSMU. Novella. May 2024

·      Ariana De Andrade E Silva. MFA. MSMU.Young Adult novel. December 2024.

·      Katherine Steele. MFA. MSMU. Young Adult novel..April 2024

Jason Robinson. MFA.MSMU. Novella. November 2023

Jamie Jimenez. MFA.MSMU. Memoir. July 2022

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Reader

·      Jiselle Kamppila. April 2025. Poetry.

·      Hillary Gordon. August 2024. Personal Essays.

·      Francoise Nieto-Fong. April 2024. Poetry.

·      Angel Vazquez. April 2024. A Dominican Republic- Diaspora novel in verse.

·      Sarah Raines. December 2024. Personal Essays.

·      Hillary Gordon. August 2024. Personal Essays.

·      Francoise Nieto-Fong. April 2024. Poetry.

·      Angel Vazquez. April 2024. A Dominican Republic- Diaspora novel in verse.

·      Renu Chopra. September 2023.

·      Louise Dolan. July 2023.

·      Eric Weintraub. MFA. MSMU. July 2021.

·      Jose Palacios. MFA. MSMU. July 2021.

·      Bianca Carraza. MFA. MSMU. August 2021.

·      Daniela Cadena. MFA. MSMU. August 2021.

·      John Jarrett. MFA MSMU. November 2021.

·      Ana Maria Ayala. MFA MSMU. November 2021.

Publications in the Literature-Creative Writing Area

Fiction- Books

•       La caza del venado, finalist novel in literary contest, Contacto Latino 2015. Published by Pukiyari Editors, Columbus, OH, 2016.    

•       Trigueña, historical novel winner in the contest, Publicaciones 2012, Chihuahua. Published by the Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura (ICHICULT), 2013.

Poetry- Literary Journals and Magazines

·      “Desacierto y otros poemas.” Azahares Literary Magazine -UAFS, Spring 2023 Edition.

·      “Stage’s House/la caza del venado,” novel exerpt. Latin American Literature Today, issue 24, 2022.

·      “Estampida y otros poemas.” Enclave: Revista de Creación Literaria en Español-CUNY, no.11, primavera de 2022.

·      “Culpas,” poetry collection. Cuadrenos Fronterizos, no. 31, 4. UACJ: 2014.

Poetry-Anthologies

·      “Anotaciones domésticas”, “Encargos”, “Expresión,” poems. Critical Storytelling from the Borderlands. Ed. Julio Enríquez-Ornelas & Carmella Braniger. Brill Sense Publishers, Netherlands, 2022.

Conferences and Readings in the Literature-Creative Writing Area

•       The Inland Empire California Writers Club (IECWC). Seminary about bilingual tradition in creative writing, and a workshop about travel chronicles and photography. Los Angeles, CA, July 2021.

•       Against Nature- Conference. Reading of historical novel, Trigueña.  MSMU, Los Angeles, CA, October 2019.

•       Against Nature-Conference. “Los Angeles Photo Archives to create historical narratives.” MSMU, Los Angeles, CA, 2019.

•       Festival de Literatura de la Frontera. Reading of historical novel, Trigueña. Tijuana, BC, 2017.

•       Latina/o Literature Festival. Reading of novel, La caza del venado. Columbus, OH, 2016.

•       Festival de Literatura de la Frontera. Reading of historical novel, Trigueña.  Ciudad Juárez, CHIH, 2013. 

•       Céfiro 8th Annual Enlace Hispano Cultural y Literario. “El pensamiento transcendentalista en La lluvia amarilla, de Julio Llamazares.  Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University, March 2007.

Academic-Professional Experience

Editorial

•       Editorial advisor for the literary magazine The Rush. MSMU, Spring 2021-

•       Grant Writing Proposal-National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). (Collaboration in writing a proposal to fund the Borderlands Studies Center at Mount Saint Mary´s University-Los Angeles). MSMU, Spring 2020.

•       Revision and edition of my PhD dissertation to write a publication proposal, 2017-2018

•       H-Borderlands List-Serve Editor. (Borderlands news and articles curator). UTEP, 2012.

•       Editor for the literary magazine Río Grande Review. (Edition of creative manuscripts focused on the U.S.A.-Mexico Border). UTEP-Creative Writing Department, 2008-20010.

•       Co-editor for Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, (RLMC). (Reading and edition of literary criticism pieces for publication). UTEP, 2005-2008. 

Academic and Volunteer Service

Collaborations

•       Advisor in information sessions for new graduate students in the MFA-Creative Writing Program). MSMU, 2020-2021.

•       Leader in the discussion, “Mexico and Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” Organized by the History-Club-History Department. UST, Houston, TX, 2016

•       Collaboration of the Annual Academic Bulletin. UTEP-History Department, 2011.

•       Collaboration with the museum exhibition, “El Paso: The Other Side of the Mexican Revolution.”  (Research, writing, and exhibition of literary materials about the Mexican Revolution, emphasizing authors from the U.S.A.-Mexico Border). El Paso Museum of History. UTEP-History Department, 2010.

Volunteer

•       Translator in El Paso Museum of History. (Translation from English to Spanish of tour- guides for visitors). El Paso, TX, 2012-2013.