I’M EDITH MINEHAN
Come Explore
ABOUT ME
My Why
We need to make connections, build bridges, reach out, and form strong communities. Languages take us there. When we are talking about language, we are talking about real people and unique cultures. The United States is a multicultural country, and here, we find speakers that have originated from different parts of the world. Each individual with their particular way of communicating. Understanding this concept is integrated in the way I do translations, and it is the way I conduct research.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Background & Expertise
LANGUAGE CONSULTANT
2000 - Now
I conducted a multi-year research analyzing and comparing various sources which resulted in the demonstration of my hypothesis.
I write grants and get projects funded.
Spanish/English.
Romance Languages Proficiency (Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, French)
LEADERSHIP
January 2001-Present
I lead with clear expectations, patience, fomenting positive attitudes.
I maintain clear and constant communication with all the stockholders.
I keep current on research and experts in my field.
I collect and review data constantly and use it to inform on future practices.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING
May 2009 - Now
Current on research and practices.
Practical solutions tailored to local needs.
Toolkits.
Restorative Justice.
SKILLS
CRITICAL THINKING
Beyond the Box
ORGANIZATION
Manage Multiple Projects and Calendars
LEADERSHIP
Getting Things Done
MY PROJECTS
Work Portfolio
PUBLICATIONS
“Semblanza de Santa Muerte Cartonera (2008-2010)” Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2017.
“Semblanza de Cuxtitali Kartonera (Chiapas, 1975-)” Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2017.
“Semblanza de Cartonera La Cecilia (2011-)” Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2017.
“Semblanza de Kodama Cartonera (2010-)” Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2016.
“Semblanza de La Regia Cartonera (Monterrey, 2009-)” Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2016.
“Los Diálogos del No-place: Entrevista con Guillermo Gómez-Peña y Saúl García”. Published in Zona de Carga/Loading Zone no. 7, March 2016 & Caníbal, 2016.
“Mexico’s Fearscapes: Where Fantasy Personas Engage in Citizenship”. Fear and Fantasy in a Global World.
Sandra Bettencourt, Marta Pacheco Pinto, and Susana Araújo eds. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2015. Print.
“Book review: You Have Nothing to Learn from Me: A literary relationship between George Bernard Shaw &
Rodolfo Usigli by Ramon Layera and Katie Gibson”. In Latin American Review 47/1, Fall 2013.
“Ay, con que no le gustes a un narco.” Basta: 100+ Latinas Against Gender Violence. Emma Sepúlveda ed. Reno: University of Nevada, 2017. Print.
“¿Qué cosecha un país que siembra cuerpos?”. Axolote UW-Madison. Web, September 27, 2016.
“Book Suggestions about the Drug War & Ayotzinapa”. Axolote UW-Madison. Axoloteuwmadison.wordpress.com. Web, September 22, 2016.
“La palabra como puente”. Axolote UW-Madison. Web, March 16, 2016.
“Un gato es un gato: cuento de los desaparecidos.” Axolote UW-Madison. Web, February 26, 2016.
“Ayotzinapa en el Medio-Oeste estadounidense y el pretexto de las drogas”. El Beisman. http://www.elbeisman.com. Web, September 26, 2015.
Ayotzinapa, forced disappearances. Bilingual edition. Madison: Axolote/Pensaré Cartonera, 2015. Print. Link: https://issuu.com/pensarecartoneras/docs/ayotzinapa_-_edicion_bilingue_bookl
CONFERENCES
“Navegar con bandera de pendejo: keeping a secret at the Mexican Border”. 2019 Mexican Studies Conference at the University of California, Irvine. Panelists: Rafael Acosta Morales, Brandon Bisbey, Pedro García-Caro, Christian Kroll-Bryce, Joseph Patteson, Marcela Romero, & Sayak Valencia (upcoming May 2-4).
“New Media y el Narco”. Augustana University, SD. March 21, 2018.
Keynote Juan Carlos Aldir, author. Introduction and panel moderator. Kaleidoscope 2018: Uttering the Impossible, Dissecting, representing, and narrating rupture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 10, 2018.
"Everyone dies, but not everyone is murdered": Teresa Margolles, Conceptual Resignification in Postautonomy Art. LASA 2016, New York May 27-29, 2016.
Proposal and Dissertation Writing Workshop. Panelist. UW-Madison, December 9, 2014.
“Sicario Testimonies in México: Divulging Public Secrets of the Narcosphere: The Victim, Narco-language, and Bodies”. Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature, UW-Madison, October 9-11, 2014.
“Talk: Gaming Rosaura a las diez: Preparing for the Exam”. TA Professional Development Workshop: Teaching the Non-Fun Things in a Fun Way. UW-Madison, April 2, 2014.
Strategies and Methods of Teaching Literature, Culture and Linguistics. TA Professional Development Workshop. Panelist. UW-Madison, April 3, 2013.
“Mexico`s Fearscapes: Private, Public, and Virtual Spheres”. Hermes European Consortium for Literary and Cultural Studies: Fear and Fantasy in a Global World, Cascais, Portugal, June 12-18, 2011.
“Dancing on Graves of a Forced Past: Pre-Mourning and the Process of the Archive”. LACIS Graduate Student Conference: reTURN: USA Academic and Latin America: What is Your Role, UW-Madison, April 5, 2011.
“La cruz como representación del universo maya”. Kaleidoscope Conference: Distortion and Illusion, UW-Madison, March 5-6, 2010.
“El manejo de la violencia en dos obras de César Aira”. Kaleidoscope Conference: Mimesis: Imitation, Mind, and Matter, UW-Madison, March 6-7, 2009.
CRITICAL THINKING, DEVELOPER OF CULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Program Manager. Wisconsin Conference on Latinx Art & Culture. 2021.
Cartonera Workshop Leader. "Who am I now? ¿Quién soy ahorita?" MMOCA. Madison: Axolote, October 2021 & Jan 2022.
Content Creator. Madisonmurals.com. Black Lives Matter Madison, WI, Murals’ teaching guides and lesson plans.
Website design and Content Creator., Ayotzinapa, Reseach Guide, Memorial Library UW-Madison. http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/ayotzinapa
Editor. Conference Proceedings of the 2013 Hermes Consortium for Literary and Cultural Studies: New Worlds, New Literatures, New Critiques, 2014-Present
Editor. Zona de Carga/Loading Zone no. 7: Ekphrasis, (Print) ISSN 2330-2356 / (Online) ISSN 2330-2364, zonadecarga.com, Madison, WI, 2016.
Editor. e-Zona no. 3, The Online Undergraduate Creative Writing Journal of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Spring 2015
Editor. Ayotzinapa, forced disappearances. Bilingual edition. Madison: Axolote/Pensaré Cartonera, 2015. Print.
Editor. Zona de Carga/Loading Zone no. 6: Belonging, Madison, WI, 2014
Editor. e-Zona no. 2, Spring 2014
Editor. Zona de Carga/Loading Zone no. 5, Madison, WI, 2013
Editor. e-Zona no. 1, Fall 2013
Editor. Disidencias: Escritura y Resistencia en el siglo XXI, Madison, WI: Rosalita Cartonera/ Kaleidoscope, 2012. Print.
Editor.Luomos: A High School Literary and Academic journal. Prepa TEC, Campus Valle Alto, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, 2008
Editor.El Cavernario, I.T.E.S.M, Campus Monterrey, 1996 to 1998
"Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar."