Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Fresno-Cañada is the Executive Consultant of the T&iO in the areas of Translation Technologies and Audiovisual Translation. She holds a B.A. in Translation and Interpreting, an M.A. in Comparative Literature and Literary Translation, and a Ph.D. which focuses in Audiovisual Translation. She taught Audiovisual Translation and Accessibility to the Media at several universities in Spain, where she also worked as a freelance translator and audio describer. She joined UTRGV in 2015, where she teaches Translation Theory, Translation Technologies, Literary Translation, Medical Terminology and Audiovisual Translation.

Her research interests include Audiovisual Translation and Accessibility to the Media, mainly Subtitling, Closed Captioning and Audio Description (accessibility for the Blind and Visually Impaired). She has delivered communications at national and international conferences and her research has been published in some of the most relevant T&I journals and books.

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Assistant Professor
Writing & Languages Studies
Email: nazaret.fresno@utrgv.edu
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Phone: (956) 882-7450

Dr. González-Núñez is the Executive Consultant of the T&iO in the areas of Legal and Institutional Translation and Interpreting. He holds a BA in Spanish Translation (Brigham Young University ‘01), a JD (Brigham Young University ‘07), an MA in Translation and Intercultural Studies (Universitat Rovira i Virgili ‘11), and a PhD in Translation Studies (KU Leuven ‘14). While at KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven, in Belgium), he was a Marie Curie Actions Fellow who carried out research into the role of translation policy in the integration of linguistic minorities.

Dr. González is currently an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he teaches courses in translation and interpretation. He is also the Undergraduate Translation and Interpreting Program coordinator.

Before obtaining his PhD, he was adjunct faculty at Brigham Young University, where he taught Spanish translation and Spanish grammar, and at Utah Valley University, where he taught Spanish grammar.

During what little spare time he has, he enjoys writing fiction in Spanish. He has occasionally received some literary recognitions, including the 2012 Premio Platero for best short story.

He has also worked as a lawyer, translator, interpreter, language teacher, and sports broadcaster. Additionally, he has in the past volunteered for a number of non-profit organizations. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay.​

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Assistant Professor
Writing & Language Studies
Email: gabriel.gonzaleznunez@utrgv.edu
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Phone: (956) 882-7658

Biography:

Dr. José Dávila-Montes is a Full Professor of Translation and Interpreting and was the founder of the legacy Translation and Interpreting Office in 2005.

He studied in Barcelona Autonomous University (Barcelona, Spain), where he obtained his BA + MA in Translation and Interpreting and a PhD in Translation and Cross-Cultural Studies. He also studied in Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland), Toyo University (Tokyo, Japan) and the State University of New York at Binghamton (New York), where he obtained an MA in Spanish Literature.

He was also the Faculty Director of the Translation and Interpreting Programs in UTRGV for over a decade, and also the Director of the Translation and Interpreting Office (T&iO.)

He has been teaching Translation, Interpreting, Spanish and Japanese Language since 1999 in Barcelona Autonomous University (Spain), State University of New York at Binghamton, Dublin City University (Ireland), and Hunter College of New York. For over a decade, he also worked as a professional interpreter and translator, editor of encyclopedias, reference works and multimedia products, working in English, Spanish, Japanese and Catalan.​

 

CV/VITAE: Davila-Montes Vitae​

 

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Professor and Founder
Writing and Language Studies
Email: jose.davila@utrgv.edu
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Phone: (956) 882-8215

Dorian G. Vázquez, M.A. is an Executive Consultant of the T&iO in the area of Interpreting.

Mr. Vázquez, M.A. is a Full-Time Lecturer I for the Department of Writing and Language Studies and the Translation and Interpreting Programs at UTRGV.

He studied at the Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros, México, where he obtained his BS in Civil Engineering. He also studied at The University of Texas at Brownsville, where he received a Master of Arts in Spanish Translation and Interpreting, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Spanish Translation.

Mr. Vázquez worked as a Part-Time Lecturer at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he taught undergraduate courses in Translation and Interpreting, and he also worked as a Part-Time Assistant Translator and Interpreter for the Translation and Interpreting Office. At UTRGV, he currently teaches medical Spanish, translation, and interpreting courses.

He is a Licensed Court Interpreter for the State of Texas, and he also works as a freelance Interpreter at the Social Security Administration’s Office of Hearings Operations in Harlingen, Texas, where he provides English < > Spanish interpreting services.

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Lecturer I
Department of Writing and Language Studies
Email: dorian.vazquez@UTRGV.edu
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