World Languages and Cultures
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Ph.D., Secondary Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Spanish-Indigenous Bilingual Education in Chenalhó, Chiapas in Southeast Mexico
Certificate in French Language and Culture, European Summer Exchange Program, Catholic University of Lille, France
MA, Applied Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Social Factors, Language Preservation and Attitudes Towards Spanish and Tzotzil in San Pedro Chenalhó in the State of Chiapas, Southeast Mexico
BA with honors, Teaching of English as Second Language (ESL) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico
2024-Present, Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
2020-2024, Associate Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
2019-2020, Associate Professor of Teaching English as Second Language, Research and Service, Hispanic Studies Department, University of Northern Colorado, Tenure Track and Graduate Faculty
Teaching Demonstration Photos: Spanish for Bilingual Education II- Fall 2017
2014-2019, Assistant Professor of Teaching English as Second Language, Research and Service, Hispanic Studies Department, University of Northern Colorado, Tenure Track and Graduate Faculty
2006-2014, Instructor of Spanish, World Languages and Cultures and Cultural Studies Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Teaching Spanish, Research and Editorial Assistant for the International Research in Children’s Literature (IRCL) Journal
2005-2006, Instructor of ESL, Department of English and French, Technical Institute of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
2002-2006, Instructor of ESL, Department of ESL, Lincoln Institute-English School, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
2000-2005, Instructor of English and Italian, Department of Languages, Eurocenter School of Languages, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
2005, Instructor of Italian, Department of Languages, Autonomous University of Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
2003, Instructor of ESL, Language Institute, Global English Language Institute, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2023). Educación intercultural bilingüe: El pueblo tsotsil
en Chiapas, México. Journal Synergies – Educational dialogues for social change(15), 83-94. https://www.2013-2021sinergiased.org/index.php/revista
Journal article: Sinergias Publication(2023)-1.pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2023). Tsotsil students and subtractive bilingual education in Chiapas, Mexico. South Florida Journal of Development, 4(3), 192-200.. DOI: 10.46932/sfjdv4n3-
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2023). The situation of Indigenous students. International Multilingual Journal of Contemporary Research, 10(1), 1-6. http://imjcr.com/vol-10-no-1-december-2022-current-issue-imjcr. DOI: 10.15640/imjcr.v10a1
Journal article: Publication (May 2023)-1.pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2023). Motivating language learners through a variety of activities. Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers (CCFLT)(January Issue). https://www.ccflt.org/post/motivating-language-learners-through-a-variety-of-activities
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2023). In United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Ed.), Chiapas, Mexico and the indigenous language Tsotsil. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): International Year of Indigenous Languages. https://en.iyil2019.org/
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2023). In Guanajuato Newspaper (Ed.), The need to respect and promote cultural and linguistic diversity. Celaya, Guanajuato: Migrantes Noticias. https://migrantenoticias.com/sobre-la-necesidad-de-respetar-y-promover-la-diversidad-linguistica-y-cultural/
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2022). El docente, el alumno y la educación con sonrisa. International Multilingual Journal of Contemporary Research, 9(2), 30-35. http://imjcr.com/. DOI: DOI: 10.15640/imjcr.v9n2a4
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2022). In Faculty of Languages, Autonomous University of Chiapas (Ed.), Interlinguistic methodological perspectives: Tsotsil and Neapolitan (Perspectivas metodológicas interlingüísticas: Tsotsil y Napolitano) (vol. 1, pp. pp. 23-31). Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas: Faculty of Languages, Autonomous University of Chiapas. file:///C:/Users/karla/Downloads/LIBRO%20INVESTIGACI%C3%93N%20HUMAN%C3%8DSTICA%20PRIMERAS%20PUREBAS%20(3).pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2022). In Faculty of Languages, Autonomous University of Chiapas (Ed.), Derechos lingüísticos, culturales y de género: El caso del napolitano y del tsotsil (vol. 1, pp. pp. 283-288). Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas: Faculty of Languages, Autonomous University of Chiapas. file:///C:/Users/karla/Downloads/LIBRO%20INVESTIGACI%C3%93N%20HUMAN%C3%8DSTICA%20PRIMERAS%20PUREBAS%20(3).pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2022). In “Gabinete de Comunicación y Logística Internacional S.A. de C.V.” y con el Registro Federal de Contribuyentes: GCL2112213D2. (Ed.), A woman from Chiapas with a backpack full of dreams/Una chiapaneca con una mochila llena de sueños”. Guanajuato, Guanajuato: Immigrants Newspaper. https://migrantenoticias.com/
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2021). Peace education as an instrument to validate linguistic
and cultural human rights. International Multilingual Journal of Contemporary Research, 9(1), 1-8. http://imjcr.com/. DOI: 10.15640/imjcr.v9n1a1
Journal article: Karla Del Carpios Publication (June 2021)-1.pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2021). La importancia de la multidisciplinariedad para preservar
y difundir las lenguas tsotsil y napolitana. Revista Radicales, 1(1), 35-42. https://ojs.lenguasradicales.cl/index.php/LenguasRadicales01
Vista de La importancia de la multidisciplinariedad para preservar y difundir las
lenguas tsotsil y napolitana-1.html
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2021). Human Rights Violations: The Neapolitan and Tsotsil
Linguistic Communities. Idiomática: Revista Universitaria de Lenguas (Idiomatica: University Journal of Languages),
2(4), Online publication. https://idiomatica.enallt.unam.mx/index.php?journal=idiomatica&page=about&op=editorialPolicies#focusAndScope
Journal article: Publication-9.docx
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2021). Education an excellent opportunity to respect, maintain
and promote indigenous children’s cultural and linguistic richness. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 12(3 (May 2021)), 325-332.. DOI: https://jltr.academypublication.com/index.php/jltr/article/view/878
Journal article: jltr1203 (publication) May 2021-1.pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2021). In United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Ed.), 2021 IMLD Report Fostering Multilingualism: Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society (pp. 1-6). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):Section of Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality. file:///C:/Users/karla/Downloads/376982eng.pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2021). In UNESCO (Ed.), 2021 International Mother Language Day; The Neapolitan and Tsotsil Languages (pp. 1-8). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO). https://en.iyil2019.org/?post_type=resources&p=35066&preview=true.
2021 International Mother Language Day-2.pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2020). In UNESCO (Ed.), Preserving and Promoting Minority Languages: The Neapolitan and Tsotsil Linguistic Communities. Paris: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2020). In Academia Journals and IEU University (Ed.), The impact of COVID-19 on linguistic minority communities in Mexico and Italy (5th ed.,vol. 12, pp. 971-976). San Antonio Texas: Academia Journals. http://www.academiajournals.com/puebla-aj
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2020). In RIED and CLACSO (Ed.), "Los niños tsotsiles son agentes
activos de preservación lingüística y cultural”. Bogota: Red Iberoamericana de Estudios
del Desarrollo (RIED) y el Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO).
https://riedesarrollo.org/wp content/uploads/2020/04/Memorias
V-Foro-Bienal.pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2020). El sistema educativo como instrumento para revitalizar lenguas. International Multilingual Journal of Contemporary Research, 8(2), 1-6. http://aripd.org/browse/multi_language. DOI: DOI: 10.15640/imjcr.v8n2a1 Journal article: Publication (December 2020)-1.pdf
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2020). Otra educación y escuela son posibles: El caso de los niños tsotsiles. Revista de Educación de Puerto Rico (REduca), University of Puerto Rico, 3(1), 1-19. https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/index Full Text: Acceptance confirmation email (Feb 12 2020)-1.docx
Del Carpio Ovando, K. (2020). Let’s create a harmonious and peaceful world through quality bilingual education! Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 11(2), 139-144. http://www.academypublication.com/jltr/. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1102.01
Del Carpio, K. “El docente reflexivo y el alumno como oportunidad de aprendizaje”, International Multilingual Journal of Contemporary Research, 7 (1), American Research Institute for Policy Development, Texas A&M University – Kingsville, United States (article published on July 31st, 2019).
Del Carpio, K. “Lenguas minorizadas y el sistema educativo: El caso del español y
el gallego”,
Revista Internacional de Ciencias Sociales Interdisciplinares, 7 (2), pp. 71-85, ISSN:
2474-6029 (versión impresa), ISSN: 2254-7207 (versión electrónica); Common Ground
Research Networks, University of Illinois Research Park, Champaign, Estados Unidos
(article published on May 22, 2019).
Del Carpio, K. “La educación y la escuela: Herramientas de esperanza”, Revista Nacional e Internacional de Educación Inclusiva, 11 (2), pp. 41-50, ISSN: 1889-4208.; e-ISSN 1989-4643, University of Almería, Spain (published in December 2018).
Del Carpio, K. “La sociedad actual y la educación como derecho humano”, Revista Eletrônica de Educação (REVEDUC), 12 (3), pp. 929- 941, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Del Carpio, K. “Reflexionando sobre el aprendizaje de la lengua en los niños y los desafíos en el sistema educativo”, International Multilingual Journal of Contemporary Research, 6 (1), pp. 1-11, ISSN: 2372-4846 (Print), 2372-4854 (Online), American Research Institute for Policy Development. Madison, Wiscosin, United States (published in June 2018)
Del Carpio, K. “Los niños tsotsiles y la escuela “bilingüe” en los Altos de Chiapas,
México” (Tsotsil children and the bilingual school in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico),
Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Indigenous Peoples in Latin America,
19th-21st centuries: Advancements, perspectives and challenges, September 20-24, 2016,
Santa Rosa (La Pampa) Argentina; pp. 261-272, ISBN: 978-950-863-331-6, proceeding
published in May of 2018:
http://www.unlpam.edu.ar/cultura-y-extension/edunlpam/catalogo/actas-de-eventos-academicos/los-pueblos-indigenas-de-america-latina-cipial
Del Carpio, K. “Los niños del pueblo originario en el sureste mexicano y la educación intercultural bilingüe (Indigenous children in southern Mexico and intercultural bilingual education)”, Revista Cadernos Cenpec- Pesquisa e Acao educacional, 7 (1), pp. 132-155, Center for Studies and Research in Education, Culture and Community Action, Sao Paulo, Brasil (Manuscript accepted on May 10th, 2017 and published in May of 2018)
Del Carpio, K. & Vargas, L. Maia Tsotsil Translation. Martin Codax’ cantigas in 55 minorized languages. Department of Galician and Latin Philology, University of Vigo, Galicia, Spain
Del Carpio, K. “Mexican indigenous children and elementary bilingual education”, International Journal of Scientific Research, 6 (4) (April 2017): 608-610, Gujarat, India
Del Carpio, K. “La realidad del pueblo hablante del Bats'ik'op en Chiapas: La lengua, la cultura y la escuela (The reality of the speakers of Bats'ik'op in Chiapas: Language, culture and school)”, libro colectivo interinstitucional: Didáctica de lenguas: Transversalidad y transdiciplina, pp.76-88, Colección de Libros Académicos, Editorial El Taller del Poeta, Pontevedra, España, ISBN: 978-84-946004-4-9 (book chapter)
Del Carpio, K. “La sociedad y la escuela deshumanizadas: El pueblo hablante del Bats'ik'op (Society and dehumanized school: The speakers of Bats’ik’op)”, Revista Educativa Devenir, Cuerpo Académico Educación y Desarrollo Humano, 31 (9) (July-December, 2016): 183-195, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Mexico
Del Carpio, K. “Los pueblos indígenas y la educación intercultural bilingüe (Indigenous peoples and intercultural bilingual education)”, Revista Correo del Maestro: Revista para Profesores de Educación Básica, 251 (April 2017): 33-43, Estado de México, México
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