Brief CV

PEDRO HURTADO ORTIZ
phurtado.ortiz [at] berkeley.edu

CURRENT APPOINTMENT

Future of Higher Education Postdoctoral Fellow - University of California at Berkeley, 2025-present
Associate Editor - Critical Times, 2025-present

EDUCATION

University of California at Berkeley, California, 2017-2025
Ph. D. in Comparative Literature (Spanish, French, English)
Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory

Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 2010-2014
B.A. in Comparative Literature, Honors
Minor in History (East Asia)

Li Po Chun United World College, Hong Kong, 2008-2010

Colegio Centro América, Managua, Nicaragua, 2003-2007

TEACHING
Graduate Student Instructor, Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley, 2018-2025
English and Spanish Teacher, Blair Academy, 2014-2017
Teaching Assistant, Spanish Department, Dartmouth College, 2010-2014

AWARDS
UC Berkeley

Research Grant from Comparative Literature Department – Buenos Aires, Argentina (2022, 2024)
Graduate Division Summer Dissertation Writing Grant (2023)
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (2023)
Pre-Dissertation Research Grant from Institute of International Studies (2020)
Language Study Grant – Berlin, Germany (2018, 2019, 2020)

Blair Academy

James M. Howard Jr. Fellowship Prize (2015) for a faculty member who has made significant contributions to campus life

Dartmouth College

Dickey International Internship – Paris, France (2013)
Robert J. Weber Hispanic Novel Prize (2013) for best essay on Hispanic literature
Tucker Fellowship – Lima, Peru (2011)