Candace Skibba
Associate Teaching Professor of Hispanic Studies
Contact
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
341 Posner Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- POS 361
- 412-268-4066
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
341 Posner Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Education
Ph.D., Contemporary Spanish, University of Wisconsin-MadisonBio
I specialize in contemporary Spanish literature and film and have concentrated my research on investigating the intersection between literary and film studies and studies of the body–most notably the abnormal body. The study of the body has taken me to gender analysis, dis/ability studies and health humanities. The convergence of my literary and cultural studies interests and pedagogical foci have led me to investigate agency and empathy in both artistic expression and classroom practices.
Areas of Interest
- Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film
- Disability Studies
- Health Humanities
- Critical Pedagogy
- Narrative Medicine
Courses Taught
- Panoramic Bodies: A dissection of twentieth century peninsular texts
- Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies – “Medical Texts”
- Covid Cultures
- Death, Dope, Drag, and Doctors in 20th and 21st Century Spanish Films
- Gleefully Different: Studies in Representations of Abnormality
Selected Awards and Honors
- Humanities Center Fellowship for Narrative and Wellness, 2020-2021
- Grand Challenges Grant, Dietrich College, 2017
- Narrative Initiative Grant, Center for the Arts in Society, 2017
- Falk Fellowship in the Humanities, 2013
- Berkman Faculty Development Fund, 2013
Selected Community, University and Professional Service
- Appointed member, CMU Faculty Affairs Council
- Appointed member, CMU Executive Committee of the Faculty
- Senate Member, CMU Academic Review Board and University Disciplinary Committee
- Appointed Affiliated Faculty Member, University of Pittsburgh's Center for Bioethics & Health Law
- Lead Reviewer, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education/Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, 2016-2019