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Catalina Hernandez-Cabal

Catalina Hernandez-Cabal
Catalina Hernandez-Cabal, Instructor in the Academy of Transdisciplinary Studies

Academy for Transdisciplinary Studies
Lane Hall, Room 214
Alumni Mall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
catalinahc@vt.edu

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Dr. Catalina Hernández-Cabal is a Colombian-American feminist scholar, artist, educator, and contemporary dance and improvisation practitioner. Her interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching center on a feminist perspective, particularly from communities of color, addressing topics such as place-making, embodied knowledge, interdependence, and pedagogy both within formal education and community settings. Catalina is dedicated to amplifying knowledge from minoritized and diasporic communities, examining the role of curation and creative expression as forms of agency within these communities. Additionally, she explores embodiment as a crucial avenue to understand people's resistances, genealogies, and kinships. She earned her PhD in Art Education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with graduate minors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Latino/Latina Studies. As part of her commitment with feminist knowledge and pedagogy, Catalina’s research relies on partnerships, collaborations, and multiple forms of dialogue. The interdependence between her feminist and art-based scholarship and teaching is also reflected in work’s public circulation, which includes publications, paper presentations, academic and public workshops, and participation in different arts venues.

  • Interdisciplinary gender studies
  • Critical and Feminist Education, curriculum, and pedagogy
  • Arts-based research
  • Affect, emotion, embodiment
  • Politics of difference, place, and memory
  • PhD – Art Education, certificates in Gender and Women’s Studies, and Latino/a Studies. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • EdM — Curriculum and Instruction. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.A — Sociology. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
  • B.A — Political Science. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
  • Editorial Review Board - Art Education, (Journal of the National Art Education Association)
  • Associate Digital Curator – Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education (CSTAE), National Art Education Association
  • Board Member, Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art Nature and Dance (iLAND), NYC
  • Member of Mapping Future Imaginaries network
  • National Art Education Association
  • National Women’s Studies Association
  • Latino/a Studies Association
  • Dance Studies Association
  • American Studies Association
  • Latin American Studies Association
  • Donald and Barbara Smalley Graduate Research Fellowship, Department of Gender and Women's Studies, Spring 2022
  • Dr.  Melanie Buffington Social Theory in Art Research and Teaching Grant, The Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education (CSTAE), 2021
  • College of Fine and Applied Arts —Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship 2020-2021.
  • Center for Advanced Studies Miller Visiting Professors & Scholars Program—Granted for art residency of Brazilian artist Ricardo Basbaum in Spring-Fall 2021

Edited Books

  • Lucero, J. and Hernández-Cabal, C. (Eds.) (2023). What Happens at the Intersection of Conceptual Art & Teaching?. Amsterdam University of the Arts.
  • Travis, S., Lucero, J., Guttemberg, A. and Hernandez-Cabal, C. (in-progress). Experiments in Art Research

Journal Articles

  • Hernández-Cabal, C. “Inhabiting Borders: A Shared Practice”, Women & Performance Special issue "Border Encounter, Performing Thresholds" Editors: Cynthia Citlallin Delgado Huitrón and Yarden Stern, New York University. https://doi.org/10.1080/0740770X.2023.2206193
  • Hernández-Cabal, C. (2021) “Sharing Walks as a Witnessing Practice: Exploring Movement-Based Pedagogies”, Journal Feminist Pedagogies. 2(3) Special Issue on Witnessing. Edited by Rachel Silverman. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/feministpedagogy/vol2/iss3/4
  • Hernández-Cabal, C (2021) “Encontrarnos de otras formas: Movimientos con figuras de cuerdas”. (2021). Boletina Anual Vol.9, Escuela de Estudios de Género. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. https://www.humanas.unal.edu.co/2017/unidades-academicas/escuelas/application/files/7516/3907/9235/Boletina_9_web_21.pdf
  • Stokes-Cassey, J, Hernández-Cabal, C, & Yolaç, A. “Walking Self-Portraits: Scores for Creative Exploration of Space” In: Journal of Feminist Pedagogies.
  •  https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/feministpedagogy/vol3/iss4/9

 

Book Chapters

  • Hernández-Cabal, C. and Espinel, N (2023). “”. In: Lucero, J. and Hernández-Cabal, C. (Eds.) (2023). What Happens at the Intersection of Conceptual Art & Teaching?. Amsterdam University of the Arts.
  • Hernández-Cabal, C. “Scores for Walking-With: Exploring Difference and Space Through Collective Practice”, in: “Walking as Critical Inquiry, Studies in Arts-Based Educational Research 7” Edited by, Alexandra Lasczik, Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles & David Rousell. Springer’s Studies in Arts-Based Research [SABER] series. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29991-9
  • Hernández-Cabal, C. “Witnessing Spaces Through Shared Walking: Scores as Curricular Resources”. Edited E-Book. “Playfully Walking with A/r/tography”. Editors: Rita L. Irwin, Daniel T. Barney, Nicole Y. S. Lee, Joanne M. Ursino. International Society for Education Through Art [InSEA] (Accepted. In Press)

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