Marcela Valencia Tsuchiya

Marcela Valencia Tsuchiya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Foreign Languages at Notre Dame of Maryland University, part of the School of Arts, Sciences & Business. She teaches courses in Spanish language, advanced grammar and composition, and Hispanic literature and culture.

Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies and an M.A. in Spanish from the University of Kentucky, and a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and Literature from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP).

Dr. Valencia specializes in 20th-century Latin American literature, with a particular focus on Peruvian poetry and the Hora Zero Movement. Her research examines the transformative role of poet Jorge Pimentel in reshaping Peruvian literary expression. This work formed the basis of her book Jorge Pimentel, Hora Zero y el cambio de época en la poesía peruana, which expands upon her doctoral thesis.

Before joining NDMU, she taught at the University of Kentucky, Stephen F. Austin State University, and South Dakota State University. She has also worked professionally in Peru as an English instructor, translator, journalist, editor, and art gallery director, and in New York City as an editor for a translation company.

• Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies – University of Kentucky
• M.A. in Spanish – University of Kentucky
• B.A. in Linguistics and Literature – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)

Dr. Valencia has not been mentioned as receiving any scientific awards or fellowships in the provided text.

She has advised no named students in the available information, and no grant funding or research projects beyond her published book are detailed. Her interdisciplinary background bridges literary scholarship, cultural studies, and language education.

There is no mention of labs, research teams, or institutional research centers associated with her current role at NDMU.