Congratulations to Dr. Hegstrom on all of her recent accomplishments. We are grateful for all of her contributions to the professional world and for her support within the department.
Got to go to Washington D.C. twice to see theatrical performances based on my editions of two plays by early modern women playwrights.
- Presumed Dead. By Angela de Azevedo. Translation by Catherine Larson based on the edition by Valerie Hegstrom. Dir. Kari Ginsburg. Scripts in Play Festival. WSC AvantBard Theatre on the Edge, Theatre on the Run, Arlington, Virginia. 15 April 2015. Performance.
- Friendship Betrayed. By María de Zayas. Translation by Catherine Larson based on the edition by Valerie Hegstrom. Dir. Kari Ginsburg. WSC AvantBard Theatre on the Edge, Gunston Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia. 10 September-11 October 2015. Performance.
Gave a Plenary Speech at an undergraduate conference at SUU.
- “The Greatest Hits of Spain’s Greatest Age: Three Books, Two Plays, and Two Paintings,” 2016 Undergraduate Conference: Latin American and Iberian Literatures, Languages, and Cultures, Plenary Speech, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, April 9, 2016.
Published two book chapters.
- “Gendered Matters: Engaging Research on Early Modern Dramaturgas in the Classroom.” Co-authored with Amy R. Williamsen. Teaching Gender through Latin American, Latino and Iberian Texts and Culture. Leila Gómez, Asunción Horno-Delgado, Mary K. Long, Núria Silleras-Fernández. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2015. 99-124.
- “Early Modern Dramaturgas: A Contemporary Performance History,” Co-authored with Amy R. Williamsen. Remaking the Comedia: Spanish Classical Theater in Adaptation. Harley Erdman and Susan Paun de García. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Tamesis, 2015. 83-92.
Published a theater review.
- “Reading El Buscón on the Chamizal Stage.” Comedia Performance1 (2016): 223-29.
Won Humanities Center grant.
- BYU Humanities Center Book Manuscript Workshop Grant, 2015.
- (Alison Weber came to campus in the fall 2015 to help workshop a book I am writing. George Handley was the on-campus mentor for the workshop. Weber also gave a lecture on Santa Teresa to help celebrate her 500th birthday.)
Hosted a mini-course.
- Mini-Course Organizer and Host, Vanda Anastácio, University of Lisbon, “What is a Woman Writer?” February 2016.
Professional Service
- Elected Member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Pedagogy Committee of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, 2016-present.