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Candace Skibba

Candace Skibba

Associate Teaching Professor of Hispanic Studies

Address
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
Posner Hall 341
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Education

Ph.D., Contemporary Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bio

Candace Skibba specializes in contemporary Spanish literature and film, focusing her research on the intersection of literary and film studies with the study of the body—particularly the abnormal body. Her work in this area has expanded to include gender analysis, disability studies and health humanities. Combining her interests in literary and cultural studies with her teaching approach, she explores agency and empathy in both artistic expression and classroom practices.

 

  • Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film
  • Disability Studies
  • Health Humanities
  • Critical Pedagogy
  • Narrative Medicine
  • 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
  • Dean's Innovation Scholar, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023
  • Fellowship for Narrative and Wellness, The Humanities Center, 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
  • 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

Department Member Since 2006