Christian Supiot, PhD

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  • Experienced public speaker

    More than 10 years of experience in public speaking, and public relations. Dynamic and skilled speaker, capable of conveying information for expert and lay audiences. - Professor Supiot's lectures are incredibly intelligent, professional and engaging (SEI report, 2018)

  • Team player and Interdisciplinary

    Christian has participated in multiple projects that involved members from several disciplines and professional backgrounds. He has experience working on difficult and close environments such ships, underwater and isolated locations.

  • Versatile Qualitative Researcher

    Trained as historian, archivist, underwater archaeologist, and in literature criticism, Christian is a versed and versatile researcher with a broad knowledge on the use of national and internationl archives, libraries, and digital collections.

  • Digital Humanities Practitioner

    Since 2012, Christian has been involved in several digital projects, aiming to bring the potential of digital platforms to the lay public, to foster student engagement with humanities, and to make higher education more affordable.

  • English to Spanish Translator

    Experienced translator, Christian has collaborated on the translation of research surveys, employee handbooks, official titles and licences, and letters of recommendation. His clients appreciate his attention to detail, good communication, and timely completion.

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Hello, my name is Christian. I am an English to Spanish translator with a focus on social and labor issues. An experienced qualitative researcher with international archival, librarian and field expertises. A seasoned Spanish language and culture instructor with a demonstrated history of working in higher education. I have a PhD. in Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies and Colonial Studies from The Ohio State University. I also hold a MA in History from University of Valladolid (Spain) and a MA in Spanish from The University of Iowa.

  • Digital Native

    • Fully aware of the importance of technology for today students, Christian looks for ways to incorporate it to his classrooms.

  • Student Video Guides

    • To practice selecting relevant information, reporting, and public speaking in Spanish, Christian's students created video guides for the University of Iowa. Read More

  • Project Driven

    • As teacher and researcher, Christian is focused on projects with public and academic impact that contribute to make society better.

  • Dimensions of Violence

    • In 2016, Christian participated in the organization of Dimensions of Violence, a symposium on the representation and meaning of violence in society. Read More

  • Student focused

    • Christian is committed to instruction that utilizes student centered projects to develop transferable skills across all his courses.

  • Museum Exhibit

    • To make students responsible for their learning experience, Christian designed a group project in which they had to create a museum exhibit around one of the topics of the class. Read More

Student Project: A museum exhibit

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While teaching a Introduction to Spain's literatures and cultures, at The Ohio State University, Christian designed a project aimed to encourage student initiative in their own learning while practicing critical skills such as research, synthesis, presentation, and public speaking. Students had the opportunity to design their own museum exhibits around some of the topics covered in the class. 

This assignment had three parts:

  1. A rational that aimed to explain the nature and objectives of the museum exhibit in a way similar to a project proposal. 
  2. A set of materials that conveyed the necessary visuals for the exhibition such as materials showcased, space organization, and flyers with the appropriate narrative.
  3. A class presentation that summarized the project with and emphasis on the objectives and a brief excerpt of the pieces shown. 
  4. A student centered feedback process that give their classmates the power to provide comprehensible feedback and make them part of the grading component.

This project made students responsible of a research and educational project at the same time that fostered creative thinking and encouraged them to practice their collaborative abilities.


Below is one example of what one of the groups produced for this project.




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Student Project: Video Guides

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In 2013, while at University of Iowa, Christian designed a project aimed to encourage critical skills in the target language, such as research, synthesis, reporting, and public speaking. Students had the opportunity to create digital content while exercising those skills in a team project that also required them to think creatively and build their collaborative abilities.

Both sections of Intermediate Spanish II that semester published their final projects in blogs, one of which is accessible through these link: Iowa al Minuto. Below is an example of what one of the groups produced.


Este video es de los edificios históricos de la Universidad de Iowa. Nosotros hablamos sobre edificios muy antiguos y también sobre la ficción ellos proporcionan. Algunos edificios muy importantes de la Universidad son la Capitolio y también Calvin Hall. Ellos son los más antiguos y tienen mucha historia. Por ejemplo, Calvin Hall ha movido a través de la calle Jefferson porque no coincidía con los edificios de la Pentacrest. También, la Capitolio era la capital de Iowa, pero ahora, esta un museo. Nosotros hablamos de estos edificios así como otros edificios históricos como Shaffer Hall, el Feild House, Kinnick Stadium, Halsey Hall, Seashore hall, y Quadrangle. Esperamos que disfruten nuestras video sobre los edificios y visiten la escuela todo lo tiempo.




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Aqui Fue Troya: History and Archaeology Website for the Lay Public


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 Aqui Fue Troya was a website of Historical and Archaeological news for lay audiences, in tune with the philosophy of digital humanities for public.

Christian co-founded it with Alberto Pérez (University of Seville) and Dr. Fernando Díaz (University of Salamanca). AFT aimed to make accurate historical and archaeological information available to the public, and to reduce the gap in between academics and the public.

This website was our first approach to the digital humanities. The media had a long run despite it being supported exclusively on donations and with us working pro bono.

Christian responsibilities ranged from writing post, to moderate comments, to recruit writers, to editing.
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19th Hispanic & Lusophone Studies Symposium: Dimensions of Violence in Luso-Hispanic contexts

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On April 15-16th, the graduate student symposium explored the distinct literary and cultural manifestations of violence in Luso-Hispanic contexts such as Latina/o, Latin American, and Iberian studies across a wide range of historical periods and academic disciplines. Possible themes included but were not limited to: torture, state violence, terrorism, violence in relation to gender, racial macro and micro-aggressions, economic, social and cultural oppression, trauma and memory, etc.

Christian Supiot was an active member of the Symposium Committee. Among his duties were securing donations from organizations and funds, renting and managing spaces, preparing and controlling a budget over 6000$, contacting with keynote speakers, and managing the calendar for over 30 presentations from scholars across the country.
Christian was also directly responsible for designing and producing the symposium poster and the promotional videos.


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