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Viridiana Vidaña Matus

Coordinator
Languages Coordinator, Department of Latin-US and Linguistics

Assistant Professor of Instruction
Chicano Studies, Languages, and Linguistics

Office Building: Graham Hall
Office Room: 302
Phone: (915) 747-7033
Email: vvidana@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Certificate of Achievement in Fostering a Culture of Belonging course, ACUE/UTEP (12/01/2023-12/31/2023)
Certificado por participación como panelista en el IV Congreso Paraguayo de lingüística Aplicada, con el tema “Sistematizando la voz de la otredad”, el 14 de noviembre de, 2023, Instituto Superior de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción. - Universidad Nacional de Asunción (12/06/2023)
Certificado por participación como Ponente en el 1er Seminario de Desarrollo Profesional en Docencia de la Traducción y la interpretación y el 9no Seminario Internacional de Desarrollo Profesional de los Docente de Lenguas Extranjeras por La Escuela de Idiomas de la Universidad de Antioquia, UDEA - UDEA (08/12/2023)
Certificate of Achievement in Instructional Design Strategies, CID, UTEP - CID/UTEP (04/24/2023)

Education

Ph D in TEACHING, LEARNING & CULTURE (LITERACY/BILITERACY), UTEP (2020)
MA in Spanish, University of Texas at El Paso (2011)
BA in Spanish, UTEP (2008)

Publications

No info available.

Presentations

“Sistematizando la voz de la otredad”. Panel 3: Praxis: Reflexión, narrativas y sistematización de experiencias como metodologías de investigación decoloniales. (2023), Volume Paraguay, Viridiana Vidana Matus.
“Chisme (Gossip) as a Conversational Strategy in the Classroom”. (2023), Volume El Paso, Texas, Viridiana Vidana Matus.
“(De)Authenticating/ (De)Colonizing Identity: The case of Heritage Language Learners” (2023), Volume Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA); Escuela de Idiomas. Medellín, Colombia. August 10, 2023., Viridiana Vidana Matus.
Re(producing) Gender Difference: A Cultural Accounting of Professional Skills Amongst Latinx Computer Science Majors. (2022), Christina Convertino, Josey Pickett, Viridiana Vidana, Mariana Alvidrez.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

No info available.

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2023	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	10570	Syllabus
Fall 2023	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	12279	Syllabus
Fall 2023	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	13582	Syllabus
Spring 2023	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	21613	Syllabus
Spring 2023	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	24423	Syllabus
Spring 2023	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	23974	Syllabus
Spring 2023	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	24400	Syllabus
Fall 2022	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	11166	Syllabus
Fall 2022	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	14455	Syllabus
Fall 2022	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	16818	Syllabus
Fall 2022	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	17134	Syllabus
Summer 2022	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	33753	Syllabus
Spring 2022	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	22083	Syllabus
Spring 2022	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	28983	Syllabus
Spring 2022	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	26340	Syllabus
Spring 2022	TRAN 4385 - Translation in Healthcare	27500	Syllabus
Fall 2021	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	14436	Syllabus
Fall 2021	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	16836	Syllabus
Fall 2021	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	11150	Syllabus
Fall 2021	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	12070	Syllabus
Summer 2021	SPAN 2303 - Spanish For Spanish Spkrs One	33815	Syllabus
Spring 2021	SPAN 2303 - Spanish For Spanish Spkrs One	24780	Syllabus
Spring 2021	SPAN 2304 - Spanish for Spanish Spkrs Two	21011	Syllabus
Spring 2021	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	26236	Syllabus
Spring 2021	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	27243	Syllabus
Fall 2020	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	17694	Syllabus
Fall 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	14654	Syllabus
Fall 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	17352	Syllabus
Fall 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	17353	Syllabus
Summer 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	34264	Syllabus
Spring 2020	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	22621	Syllabus
Spring 2020	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	27157	Syllabus
Spring 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	25308	Syllabus
Spring 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	27499	Syllabus
Fall 2019	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	17997	Syllabus
Fall 2019	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	18921	Syllabus
Fall 2019	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	18311	Syllabus
Summer 2019	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	34308	Syllabus
Summer 2019	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	34902	Syllabus
Summer 2019	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	34899	Syllabus
Summer 2019	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	34900	Syllabus
Spring 2019	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	28273	Syllabus
Spring 2019	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	28274	Syllabus
Spring 2019	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	25694	Syllabus
Spring 2019	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	28276	Syllabus
Fall 2018	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	17143	Syllabus
Fall 2018	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	19527	Syllabus
Fall 2018	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	17142	Syllabus
Summer 2018	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	34893	Syllabus
Summer 2018	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	34425	Syllabus
Spring 2018	SPAN 2304 - Spanish for Spanish Spkrs Two	23742	Syllabus
Spring 2018	SPAN 2304 - Spanish for Spanish Spkrs Two	29309	Syllabus
Spring 2018	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	26225	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2023	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	12279	Evaluation
Fall 2023	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	13582	Evaluation
Spring 2023	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	21613	Evaluation
Spring 2023	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	24423	Evaluation
Spring 2023	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	24400	Evaluation
Fall 2022	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	11166	Evaluation
Fall 2022	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	14455	Evaluation
Fall 2022	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	16818	Evaluation
Fall 2022	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	17134	Evaluation
Summer 2022	SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk	33753	Evaluation
Spring 2022	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	22083	Evaluation
Spring 2022	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	28983	Evaluation
Spring 2022	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	26340	Evaluation
Spring 2022	TRAN 4385 - Translation in Healthcare	27500	Evaluation
Fall 2021	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	14436	Evaluation
Fall 2021	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	16836	Evaluation
Fall 2021	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	11150	Evaluation
Fall 2021	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	12070	Evaluation
Summer 2021	SPAN 2303 - Spanish For Spanish Spkrs One	33815	Evaluation
Spring 2021	SPAN 2303 - Spanish For Spanish Spkrs One	24780	Evaluation
Spring 2021	SPAN 2304 - Spanish for Spanish Spkrs Two	21011	Evaluation
Spring 2021	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	26236	Evaluation
Spring 2021	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	27243	Evaluation
Fall 2020	SPAN 1301 - Spanish One	17694	Evaluation
Fall 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	14654	Evaluation
Fall 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	17352	Evaluation
Fall 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	17353	Evaluation
Summer 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	34264	Evaluation
Spring 2020	SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk	22621	Evaluation
Spring 2020	SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two	25308	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Certificate of Achievement in Fostering a Culture of Belonging course, ACUE/UTEP (12/01/2023-12/31/2023)
Certificado por participación como panelista en el IV Congreso Paraguayo de lingüística Aplicada, con el tema “Sistematizando la voz de la otredad”, el 14 de noviembre de, 2023, Instituto Superior de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción. - Universidad Nacional de Asunción (12/06/2023)
Certificado por participación como Ponente en el 1er Seminario de Desarrollo Profesional en Docencia de la Traducción y la interpretación y el 9no Seminario Internacional de Desarrollo Profesional de los Docente de Lenguas Extranjeras por La Escuela de Idiomas de la Universidad de Antioquia, UDEA - UDEA (08/12/2023)
Certificate of Achievement in Instructional Design Strategies, CID, UTEP - CID/UTEP (04/24/2023)

Ph D in TEACHING, LEARNING & CULTURE (LITERACY/BILITERACY), UTEP (2020)
MA in Spanish, University of Texas at El Paso (2011)
BA in Spanish, UTEP (2008)

Publications

No info available.

Presentations

“Sistematizando la voz de la otredad”. Panel 3: Praxis: Reflexión, narrativas y sistematización de experiencias como metodologías de investigación decoloniales. (2023), Volume Paraguay, Viridiana Vidana Matus.
“Chisme (Gossip) as a Conversational Strategy in the Classroom”. (2023), Volume El Paso, Texas, Viridiana Vidana Matus.
“(De)Authenticating/ (De)Colonizing Identity: The case of Heritage Language Learners” (2023), Volume Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA); Escuela de Idiomas. Medellín, Colombia. August 10, 2023., Viridiana Vidana Matus.
Re(producing) Gender Difference: A Cultural Accounting of Professional Skills Amongst Latinx Computer Science Majors. (2022), Christina Convertino, Josey Pickett, Viridiana Vidana, Mariana Alvidrez.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

No info available.

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2023

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

10570

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

12279

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

13582

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

21613

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

24423

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

23974

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

24400

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

11166

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

14455

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

16818

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

17134

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

33753

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

22083

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

28983

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

26340

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

TRAN 4385 - Translation in Healthcare

Section

27500

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

14436

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

16836

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

11150

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

12070

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2021

Course

SPAN 2303 - Spanish For Spanish Spkrs One

Section

33815

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SPAN 2303 - Spanish For Spanish Spkrs One

Section

24780

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SPAN 2304 - Spanish for Spanish Spkrs Two

Section

21011

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

26236

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

27243

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

17694

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

14654

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

17352

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

17353

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

34264

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

22621

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

27157

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

25308

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

27499

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

17997

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

18921

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

18311

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

34308

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

34902

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

34899

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

34900

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

28273

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

28274

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

25694

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

28276

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

17143

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

19527

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

17142

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

34893

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

34425

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

SPAN 2304 - Spanish for Spanish Spkrs Two

Section

23742

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

SPAN 2304 - Spanish for Spanish Spkrs Two

Section

29309

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

26225

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

12279

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

13582

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

21613

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

24423

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

24400

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

11166

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

14455

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

16818

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

17134

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2022

Course

SPAN 2302 - Interm Spanish Two Non-Nat Spk

Section

33753

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

22083

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

28983

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

26340

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

TRAN 4385 - Translation in Healthcare

Section

27500

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

14436

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

16836

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

11150

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

12070

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2021

Course

SPAN 2303 - Spanish For Spanish Spkrs One

Section

33815

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SPAN 2303 - Spanish For Spanish Spkrs One

Section

24780

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SPAN 2304 - Spanish for Spanish Spkrs Two

Section

21011

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

26236

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

27243

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

SPAN 1301 - Spanish One

Section

17694

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

14654

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

17352

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

17353

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

34264

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SPAN 2301 - Interm Spanish One Non-Nat Spk

Section

22621

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SPAN 1302 - Spanish Two

Section

25308

Evaluation

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