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CURRICULUM VITAE

MOLLY TUN

Spanish & Portuguese 651.263.7179

University of Minnesota [email protected]

404 Folwell Hall

9 Pleasant St. SE

Minneapolis, MN 55455

Education

Ph.D. Candidate University of Minnesota, present

Major: Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics

Minor: Early Modern Studies

Dissertation Title: Articulations of Colonial Counting: Literary and

Numeric Discourse in Early Modern Andean Accounts

M.A. University of Minnesota, July 2011

Major: Hispanic Literatures and Cultures

B. A. University of St. Thomas, May 2009

Summa Cum Laude

Major: Spanish

Major: Mathematics

Major: Catholic Studies

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles: Tun, Molly, & Díaz, Miguel Angel. (forthcoming). Recuperar la memoria histórica y las matemáticas

andinas. Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática.

Leonard, Molly. (2011). The Incan Abacus: A Curious Counting Device. Journal of Math & Culture,

5(2), 81–106.

Leonard, Molly. (2007a). Evaluating Determinants of Convolution-Like Matrices via Generating

Functions. International Journal of Information and Systems Sciences, 3(4), 569–580.

Leonard, Molly. (2007b). Las huellas de la religión en un paseo por México. Andanzas y

Tripulaciones, 5(13).

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Encyclopedia Entries:

Tun, Molly. (2014a). Ethnomathematics. In The Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology,

and Medicine of Non-Western Cultures (3rd ed.). Springer Reference.

Tun, Molly. (2014b). Quipu. In The Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

of Non-Western Cultures (3rd ed.). Springer Reference.

Tun, Molly. (2014c). Yupana. In The Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

of Non-Western Cultures (3rd ed.). Springer Reference.

Tun, Molly, & Montaluisa Chasiquiza, Luis Octavio. (2014). Taptana. In The Encyclopedia of the

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine of Non-Western Cultures (3rd ed.). Springer

Reference.

Other:

Leonard, Molly. (2013). Is there Room for “Oneness” in the Romance of Orthodoxy? The Chesterton

Review, 39(1), 89–100.

Leonard, Molly. (2010). Through Their Eyes. Summit Avenue Review, (34), 58.

Leonard, Molly. (2009). La Familia Latinoamericana: A Symbol of Solidarity. Chiricú.

Teaching Experience

2009 –2014 Graduate Instructor – Spanish & Portuguese, University of Minnesota Courses taught:

SPAN 1001: Beginning Spanish SPAN 1002: Beginning Spanish SPAN 1022: Alternate Second-Semester Spanish SPAN 1003: Intermediate Spanish SPAN 3015: Spanish Composition and Communication

SPAN 3104W: Introduction to Hispanic Literatures (Writing Intensive) SPAN 3105W: Introduction to Hispanic Cultures (Writing Intensive)

2011 – 2014 Adjunct Instructor – Modern & Classical Languages, University of St. Thomas Courses taught:

SPAN 111: Elementary Spanish I SPAN 112: Elementary Spanish II SPAN 211: Intermediate Spanish I

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2012 – 2013 Teaching Specialist – Mathematics: University of Minnesota Courses taught:

MATH 1271: Calculus 1 2009 – 2013 Adjunct Instructor – Mathematics, University of St. Thomas Courses taught: MATH 108: Calculus with Review I

MATH 109: Calculus with Review II

Scholarships and Fellowships

2014 – 2015 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, $22,000

University of Minnesota, The Graduate School

2009 – 2015 Graduate Assistantship

Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of Minnesota

2005 – 2009 Science, Mathematics, Engineering Full-Tuition Scholarship

University of St. Thomas

2005 – 2009 Alice Ragborg Memorial Scholarship, $8,000

School District 279, MN

2007 Elaine E. Dangers Scholarship, $500

University of St. Thomas

Grants and Travel Funding

2014 – 2015 Research Workshop Grant, $300 Consortium for Study of the Early Modern World, University of Minnesota 2014 Thesis Research Travel Grant, $4,750 Graduate School, University of Minnesota 2013 Graduate Research Partnership Program (GRPP), $4,000 Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota 2013 Union-Pacific Research Grant, $1,250 Center for Early Modern History, University of Minnesota 2013 Newberry Renaissance Consortium Grant, $350 The Newberry Library, Chicago 2013 Graduate Student Travel Fellowship, $500 Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota

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2011 Travel Grant, $500 Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota 2010 Conference Grant Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota 2006 – 2009 NSF Grant Center for Applied Mathematics, University of St. Thomas 2009 Travel Grant, $1,500 University of St. Thomas 2009 Travel Grant, $600 University of St. Thomas 2008 Summer Housing Grant Undergraduate Research and Collaborative Scholarship, University of St. Thomas 2006 University Scholar Grant University of St. Thomas

Academic Conference Presentations

Tun, Molly. (2014). The Bloody Battle of Quipocamayos in San Pedro de Chorrillos (Lima, Peru)

1778. Presented at the Latin American Brown Bag Series, University of Minnesota.

Tun, Molly. (2014). Los quipus y las cuentas coloniales: semióticas de poder y periféria en los

Andes. Presented at the Power, Prestige, and Periphery: Graduate Student Conference in

Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics, University of Minnesota.

Tun, Molly. (2013). Conceptualizing Colonial Violence: The Expression and Perpetuation of

Violence in De Bry’s America. Presented at the Violence in the Early Modern Period

Colloquium, University of Michigan.

Tun, Molly. (2012). Relaciones Geográficas: Painting a Distinct Colonial Cartography. Presented at

the Spanish and Portuguese Research Group, University of Minnesota.

Tun, Molly. (2011). The Interdisciplinary Approach: Math and Literature in the Case of the Quipus.

Presented at the 7th Annual Colloquium on Latin American and Iberian Languages,

Literatures, and Cultures, University of California, Davis.

Leonard, Molly. (2010). Numbers of Conquest: The Mathematics of Domination. Presented at the

Career Options for Underrepresented Groups in Mathematics, University of Minnesota.

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Leonard, Molly. (2009a). La Familia Latinoamericana: A Symbol of Solidarity. Presented at the 8th

Annual Latin Americanist Conference, Ohio University.

Leonard, Molly. (2009b). The Incan Abacus: A Curious Counting Device. Presented at the 10

Simposio de Educación Matemática, Argentina, Universidad Nacional de Lujan.

Leonard, Molly. (2008a). La Familia Latinoamericana: A Symbol of Solidarity. Presented at the 8th

Annual Ethics Conference, University of Notre Dame.

Leonard, Molly. (2008b). Thinkin’ Incan: An Introduction to Ethnomathematics. Presented at the

Undergraduate Research and Collaborative Scholarship Program Collaborative Inquiry,

University of St. Thomas.

Leonard, Molly. (2007). Girls Experiencing Mathematics in the Summer. Presented at the

Undergraduate Research and Collaborative Scholarship Program Collaborative Inquiry,

University of St. Thomas.

Leonard, Molly. (2006). Evaluating Determinants of Convolution-Like Matrices via Generating

Functions. Presented at the Undergraduate Research and Collaborative Scholarship

Program Collaborative Inquiry, University of St. Thomas.

Community Presentations and Professional Development Workshops

2014 Workshop on Ethnomathematics and Inca Math

La Gran Bretaña, Lima, Peru

2013 The Colonial Culture of Math: Implications of Inca and Spanish Math Practices in the

Age of Discovery

Twin Cities’ Math Circle, University of St. Thomas

2009 Peruvian Conquest and the Societal Implications of Scientific Methods

Key-note speaker: Celebration of National Hispanic Month

Food and Drug Administration, Minneapolis, MN

Languages

English – native language

Spanish – native-like fluency in speaking, reading, listening, and writing

Portuguese – high fluency in reading and listening

Italian – reading knowledge

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Service to the Profession

2014 - 2015 Reviewer, La Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática

2014 - 2015 Translator, La Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática

2014 – 2015 Research Workshop Leader, Pre and Early Modern Americas, University of

Minnesota

2012 – 2014 Translator, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota

2014 Invited Roundtable Participant, Seminario Interdisciplinario Pisac, Programa de

Estudios Andinos, PUCP, Peru

2013 – 2014 Reader, AP Spanish Literature Reading, Cincinnati

2014 Roundtable Discussion Leader, Union Pacific Research Recipient Roundtable

Discussion, Center for Early Modern History, University of Minnesota

2012 – 2014 Graduate Student Board Member, Center for Early Modern History (CEMH) Advisory

Board, University of Minnesota

2012 Moderator, XVII State of Iberoamerican Studies Series Conference: Human Rights

Across the Disciplines, University of Minnesota

2012 Interpreter, for the keynote speaker Isabel Ortega Marques’s, “Silenced Voices: Latin

American Collective and Human Rights Theater in times of Peace and War: The

Case of Macunaima,” XVII State of Iberoamerican Studies Series Conference:

Human Rights Across the Disciplines, St. John’s University

2010 Moderator, XV State of Iberoamerican Studies Series Conference: Human Rights Across

the Disciplines, University of Minnesota

Memberships

Investigator, Archivo General de la Nación, Lima, Perú

Affiliated Member, Programa de Estudios Andinos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú (PUCP)

Investigator, Biblioteca Nacional de Perú, Av. Abancay, Lima, Perú

Reader, The Huntington Library, San Marino CA

Reader, The James Bell Ford Library, University of Minnesota

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Courses and Field Work Abroad

2014 Dissertation Research: Lima, Peru (2 months)

2013 Dissertation Research: Lima, Peru (3 weeks)

2013 Archival Work for NGO “CoMadres”: San Salvador, El Salvador (3 weeks)

2009 Spring Institute: Southern Peru (2 weeks)

2009 J-Term “The Religions of India”: Southern India (1 month)

2008 J-Term “The Mathematics and Architecture of the Incas”: Southern Peru (1 month)

2007 Butler University Semester Abroad: Mérida, Mexico – La Universidad Autónoma de

Yucatán, School of Anthropology, (5 months)

2006 J-Term “Language Acquisition Through Cultural Engagement”: Oaxaca, Mexico (1

month)

References

Thesis Director, Dr. Luis Ramos-Garcia, Associate Professor

University of Minnesota 211 Folwell Hall, 9 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

612-625-3039, [email protected]

Thesis Committee Member, Dr. Nicholas Spadaccini



Thesis Committee Member, Dr. Raul Marrero-Fente



Teaching Supervisor, Dr. Frances Matos-Schultz



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