Dr. Ericka Parra
Professor
- Ph.D. in Spanish
University of Florida (2006) - M.A. in Foreign Languages
Illinois State University (2001) - M.A. in Latin American Studies
Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico (1998) - B.A. of the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos
Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico (1995)
Teaching Fields:
Dr. Ericka H. Parra is a professor of Spanish at the Modern and Classical Languages Department. She teaches Spanish language, literature and culture courses. In addition, she serves as an Ambassador for Faculty Experiential Learning (2024-2026). She also mentors students pursuing research interests.
Her pedagogical interests include Care-Based and Value-Creating Pedagogy as transformative approaches to teaching Spanish, as well as the application of Experiential Learning in both face-to-face and online settings. Dr. Parra has published on Latin American women writers, teaching culture, and global competencies in Encuentros, Istmo, Brujula, Olhar, and The Latinamericanist.
Recent Publications:
Entrecruzamientos poéticos de autoras mayas y afrolatinas Cú, Cane’k, Cuevas Coby, Ceh Moo, Morejón, Zapata, Rodríguez Cabral. Más allá del canon: género, creatividad femenina y transmedialidad [Poetic Intersections of Mayan and Afro-Latin women authors. Beyond the Canon: Gender, Femenine Creativity and Tans-mediation. Peter Lang Group AG, Lausanne, Switzerland. 2025.
Ophélie A. Desmet, Evelyn Davis-Walker, Ericka Parra, Meagan M. Wood Hopkins, Rebecca Lee Reynolds, Michael S. Antonoff, & Danielle R. Bond. Exploring College Students' Perceptions of Care-Based Pedagogy: A Mixed Method Study. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 25(3). https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v25i3.36921
Fostering Global Citizenship Through Poetry: Teaching and Learning Interconnectedness in Language, Literature, and Culture from Value-Creating Education.” The Paris Conference on Education 2024: Official Conference Proceedings. 585-599. https://papers.iafor.org/submission81924/