Research interests
• Writing centers
• Gender
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Renaissance female literature and women's marital literature
Dr. Alejandro Caamaño Tomás holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Philology with Honors (Mención Honorífica) from the Universidade da Coruña (Spain, 2015), a Postgraduate Certificate in Pedagogical Training (1996), and a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Philology (1995) from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). He holds the rank of National Researcher Level I in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadoras e Investigadores (SNII).
He serves as a Full-Time Professor in the Department of Humanities within the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Azcapotzalco, where he has been a faculty member since 2011. He teaches "Reading and Writing I and II" within the General Core Curriculum, "Research: Techniques and Procedures" for the Law degree program, as well as "Competency-Based Literature Teaching and Learning and the Development of Didactic Materials" in the Master’s program in Contemporary Mexican Literature, where he also supervises graduate theses.
In research and academic administration, he is Head of the Academic Area of Comparative Literature, Applied Linguistics, and Information and Communication Technologies (LICOTIC). Since 2020, he has led the project "Writing Center at UAM-A: Support for Students at the Azcapotzalco Unit" and serves as coordinator in charge of the Azcapotzalco Writing Center (CEAZ), operational since October 2023. He also coordinated the "Social Discourses and Communication" research group (2014–2017), which created the web portal "Del ensayo y su escritura en la UAM". He is a member of the Consolidated Academic Group "Cultural Studies: Gender, Languages, and Sustainability" and has served on the Editorial Committee of the journal Fuentes Humanísticas since 2012. His academic output includes research articles and essays on linguistics, gender, late medieval and Renaissance Spanish literature, education, and academic literacy.
*Courses are conducted in spanish
| Num. | Trim. | Course Name | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Enseñanza-Aprendizaje de la Literatura Basado en Competencia | Posgrado | ||
| Introducción a la Didáctica de la Literatura | Posgrado | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Elaboración de Material Didáctico | Posgrado | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Seminario de Investigación IV. Elaboración Final del Trabajo de Investigación | Posgrado | ||
| Seminario de Tesis III | Posgrado | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Seminario de Tesis II | Posgrado | ||
| Seminario de Investigación III. Aplicación de Teorías, Métodos y Estrategias de Investigación | Posgrado | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Enseñanza-Aprendizaje de la Literatura Basado en Competencia | Posgrado | ||
| Lectura y Escritura II | Licenciatura | ||
| Seminario de Investigación II. Diseño de Investigación | Posgrado | ||
| Temas Selectos de la Literatura Mexicana del Siglo XX y Contemporánea | Posgrado | ||
| Seminario de Tesis II | Posgrado | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Lectura y Escritura I | Licenciatura | ||
| Seminario de Investigación II. Diseño de Investigación | Posgrado |