{"id":252,"date":"2020-02-24T16:07:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T21:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/faculty\/mojeda\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:47:23","slug":"mojeda","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/faculty\/mojeda\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojeda, Martha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Martha Ojeda enjoys teaching languages and seeing her students\u2019 progress from beginner\u2019s level to intermediate and advanced level. She creates assignments using current technologies to help them acquire fluency and conversational skills. In her beginning and intermediate language classes, Ojeda tries to create a \u201clow-anxiety classroom atmosphere\u201d while challenging students to perform to the best of their abilities. As a multilingual speaker, she appreciates the opportunities for personal and professional growth that are possible as a result of being multilingual. Students appreciate her enthusiasm and excitement for learning new languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ojeda also knows that introducing students to individuals in the local Latino community can help them understand the diversity within the community. To improve their speaking skills, she encourages students to take part in internships with local organizations or volunteer in organizations that work with the Latino population. This face-to-face interaction is vital to students\u2019 ability to improve oral\/aural skills and become familiar with the linguistic nuances and regional differences. Students enjoy learning idiomatic expressions and different regional colloquialisms. They understand that language is a living thing, and it continues to evolve. Furthermore, this type of interaction helps them become acquainted with the cultural plurality within Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her literature classes, she shares her love of poetry and literature in general. Her classes are designed to encourage lively and dynamic conversations about themes and narrative techniques.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns faculty-accolades is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-academic-history\">Academic History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D., Spanish, University of Kentucky, 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A., French, University of Kentucky, 1993<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A., French, Berea College, 1991<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-courses-taught-at-transy\">Courses Taught at Transy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Latin American Culture and Civilization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Latin-American Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Afro-Hispanic Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contemporary Latin-American Prose Fiction (Women Writers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Latin-American Civilization through Film<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business Spanish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medical Spanish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conversation on French and Francophone Culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conference-presentations\">Conference Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRepresentaciones de la mujer negra esclava en <em>El Barco de \u00e9bano<\/em>,\u201d presented at the GEALA: Grupo de Estudios Afrolatinoamericanos Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. September 2-4, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCuerpos subyugados: violencia f\u00edsica y violencia econ\u00f3mica en <em>Piel de Mujer<\/em> de Delia Zamudio,\u201d presented at the ALARA: Afro-Latin American Research Association Conference in Nieuwpoort, Cura\u00e7ao. August 2-6, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bfAfro-feminismos en construcci\u00f3n?: <em>Piel de Mujer<\/em> de Delia Zamudio y la lucha por la equidad de g\u00e9nero,\u201d presented at the fourth conference on Negritud: Conference of Afro-Latin American Studies, Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. March 11-14, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRepensar la peruanidad: solidaridad entre negros e indios en <em>Malambo<\/em> de Luc\u00eda Char\u00fan Illescas,\u201d presented at the International Congress on Afro-Andean Literartures, Lima, Peru, June 26-28, 2013.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHistoriar liricamente: danza, canto y poes\u00eda en <em>D\u00e9cimas<\/em> y <em>Cumanana<\/em> de Nicomedes Santa Cruz,\u201d presented at the 71st Annual Convention of the College Language Association, Spartanburg, S. C., April 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-selected-publications\">Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRecuperando la memoria perdida: esclavitud y libertad en El barco de \u00e9bano.\u201d <em>Visitas al Patio: Revista de Ling\u00fc\u00edstica y Literatura<\/em>, 13 (2019): 107-125<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfro-Hispanic Poetry.\u201d&nbsp; Chapter in <em>The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry.<\/em> Cambridge University Press, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNicomedes Santa Cruz frente al canon literario peruano: argumentos para su inclusi\u00f3n\u201d in <em>D\u2019Palenque Revista de Literatura Afro-Peruana<\/em>, 1.1 (2016): 7-16. (Reprint)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDe la Ciudad de los Reyes a Malambo: espacios de resistencia y reconstrucci\u00f3n identitaria en <em>Malambo<\/em> de Luc\u00eda Char\u00fan-Illescas\u201d in <em>Afro-Hispanic Review<\/em>, 32.1 (2013): 129-144.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nicomedes Santa Cruz: Ecos de Africa en Per\u00fa<\/em>. London, England: Tamesis Books, 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-areas-of-research\">Areas of Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Afro-Latino literatures and cultures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Latin American Women Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-professional-memberships\">Professional Memberships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Modern Language Association of America (MLA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>College Language Association (CLA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Afro-Latin American Research Association (ALARA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Association of Judiciary Translators &amp; Interpreters (NAJIT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-awards\">Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Bingham Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002, 2018, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenan Faculty Development Grant, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, 2001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3714,"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"academic_division":[12,5,42,43,493],"class_list":["post-252","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ojeda, Martha - Transylvania University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/faculty\/mojeda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ojeda, Martha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Martha Ojeda enjoys teaching languages and seeing her students\u2019 progress from beginner\u2019s level to intermediate and advanced level. 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