I am a researcher and educator with a passion for Hispanic Studies, environment, and digital storytelling. My work explores how landscapes and cultures are represented in media, particularly video games, and I enjoy crossing humanities with technology to make learning engaging. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant and a member of CulturePlex Lab, I design and evaluate coursework that blends narrative, culture, and digital tools. I am fluent in Spanish and English, actively collaborate on interdisciplinary projects, and I look forward to applying my research to education and game studies.

José Javier Ponce de León Eyl

I am a researcher and educator with a passion for Hispanic Studies, environment, and digital storytelling. My work explores how landscapes and cultures are represented in media, particularly video games, and I enjoy crossing humanities with technology to make learning engaging. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant and a member of CulturePlex Lab, I design and evaluate coursework that blends narrative, culture, and digital tools. I am fluent in Spanish and English, actively collaborate on interdisciplinary projects, and I look forward to applying my research to education and game studies.

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I am a researcher and educator with a passion for Hispanic Studies, environment, and digital storytelling. My work explores how landscapes and cultures are represented in media, particularly video games, and I enjoy crossing humanities with technology to make learning engaging.

As a Graduate Teaching Assistant and a member of CulturePlex Lab, I design and evaluate coursework that blends narrative, culture, and digital tools. I am fluent in Spanish and English, actively collaborate on interdisciplinary projects, and I look forward to applying my research to education and game studies.

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Experience Level

Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant at Western University – Languages and Cultures, London, Canada
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Teaching Spanish 1030 (Beginners)
Teaching Assistant – Digital Humanities Culture (Plex Lab courses) at Western University – Plex Lab
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026
Teaching Assistant in Digital Humanities Culture for Plex Lab courses
Graduate Research Assistant at CulturePlex Lab – London, Canada
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
Gamification design of undergraduate courses; Tagging in Narrative AI project; CEDRO website content: Family conversations about the Digital world
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Western University – Languages and Cultures
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Teaching Spanish 1030 (Beginners).
Teaching Assistant in Digital Humanities CulturePlex Lab courses at Western University – CulturePlex Lab
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026
Assisted in Digital Humanities CulturePlex Lab courses.
Graduate Research Assistant at CulturePlex Lab – Western University
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
Gamification design of undergraduate courses; Tagging in Narrative AI project; CEDRO website content: Family conversations about the Digital world.

Education

Doctorate in Hispanic Studies at University of Western Ontario
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2026
Master in Hispanic Studies at University of Western Ontario
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Bachelor of Literature – Humanities at Universidad de Monterrey – San Pedro Garza García, México
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020
Doctorate in Hispanic Studies at University of Western Ontario
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2026
Master in Hispanic Studies at University of Western Ontario
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Bachelor of Literature – Specialty in Humanities at Universidad de Monterrey
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020

Qualifications

Donor award "A.E.R" Environment and Sustainability Scholarship
January 1, 2024 - February 25, 2026
Marguerite & Harry W. Hilborn Graduate Memorial Entrance Scholarship
January 1, 2022 - February 25, 2026

Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other