BRIEF CV

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Candidate in Spanish, University of Toronto (2022–Exp. 2026)

• Dissertation: Present Seventies: Thematic and Formal Return of the 1970s in Contemporary Latin American Cultural Production.

• Collaborative Specialization in Book History and Print Culture 

Master of Arts in Spanish, University of Toronto (2021–2022)

Bachelor of Arts (Licenciatura) in Literature, Universidad de las Américas Puebla (2015 - 2020)

PUBLICATIONS:

Lichtle Ventosa, Rodrigo. “Autocanibalismo y la mirada perversa: una propuesta de la literatura de Diáspora(s) a través de Clausewitz y yo de Carlos A. Aguilera”. Under review.

---. “La Cleta Cartonera: Limits and Potentialities of the Expendable in Puebla’s Publishing Market”. Forthcoming.

Para leer la eugenesia en América Latina. Susan Antebi y Beatriz Miranda Galarza, Comps. Rodrigo Lichtle Ventosa y Kristina Stajic, translators and co-editors. 17, Editorial, México. Forthcoming.

Lichtle Ventosa, Rodrigo. “La auto-publicación: Ventajas para autores y lectores hispanos”. Entorno, vol. 2, April 2017, pp. 8–19.

PRESENTATIONS:

Lichtle Ventosa, Rodrigo. “La construcción de una estética perversa en Sebregondi retrocede”. LASA 2026. Paris. May 26-30, 2026.  Forthcoming.

---. “Poesía Valium: una lectura de Sastrerías.” MLA 2026. Toronto. January 6-11, 2026. 

---. “De vampiros y compañías: Una lectura de «La tierra y la sombra» y «La compañía»”. LASA. San Francisco. May 23-26 2025.

----. “Mirada activa en La estatua de sal de Salvador Novo”. MexicanEast. Cornell University. September 2024.

----. “Violencia lúdica en Óptica sanguínea (2014), de Daniela Bojórquez Vértiz, y Restauración (2019), de Ave Barrera”. XXVIII Congreso Anual de Mexicanistas Juan Bruce-Novoa. University of California, Irvine. April 2024.

---.“‘Un perro que se traga sus propios ojos’: El canibalismo del poder totalitario en Matadero seis de Carlos A. Aguilera”. Congreso de la Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas. Ottawa. June 3-5 2023.

SCHOLARSHIPS:

Beca de Posgrado en el Extranjero, CONAHCYT (2023)

Joseph Gulsoy Doctoral Entrance Scholarship (2022)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Course Instructor, Beginner Spanish I & II, University of Toronto (2024-2025)

Invited Speaker, Spanish Literature 489 (Prof. Susan Antebi), University of Toronto (2023)

Teaching Assistant, Beginner & Intermediate Spanish, University of Toronto (2021-2024)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Research Assistant to Prof. Susan Antebi, Magical Thinking and Disability Sensoria (2025)

Research Assistant to Prof. Susan Antebi, Professional Development for Graduate Students in Spanish (2024-2025)

Research Assistant to Prof. Susan Antebi, Eugenics legacies in Mexico and the Americas (2021-2024)

Research project with Prof. Gabriel Wolfson, UDLAP (2020-2021)

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

ACTFL Workshop, University of Toronto (2023)

Teaching Assistants’ Training Program, University of Toronto (2021-2022)

Manuscript evaluator, Penguin Random House (2019-2021)

Intern, Dharma Books + Publishing (June-August 2019)

SERVICE:

Co-president of the Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Students' Association, University of Toronto, 2025-2026

Steward, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3902 Unit 1, Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of Toronto, 2024-2025

Panel chair and abstract reviewer, 36th Levy-Wasteneys Graduate Symposium, University of Toronto, 2025

Treasurer of the Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Students' Association, University of Toronto, 2023-2024

President of the Literature Students’ Association, UDLAP, 2018-2019