Specializations
- Hispanic linguistics
- LGBTQ+ studies
- Latin American and Latinx studies
Research Area
Biography
Ernesto Cuba (茅l/he) is a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics at The Graduate Center (CUNY). He obtained his BA in Linguistics and a diploma in Gender Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica del Per煤. His area of interest is the study of language, gender and sexuality in Spanish-speaking communities. The subject of his doctoral research is the discursive and linguistic practices of 贵茅尘颈苍补蝉, a transgender activist group based in Lima, Peru. Ernesto has published articles, book chapters, guidelines, and essays on gender and language in Spanish, English, and French languages. During the 2024-2025 academic year, he will work as a UW postdoctoral scholar on the project titled 鈥淒eveloping a Spanish-language Homosaurus: Using Multi-language Linked Data to Enhance LGBTQ Resource Discoverability.鈥 Ernesto will bring his expertise in sociolinguistics, Hispanic dialectology, and LGBTQ+ lexicography to the Spanish-language Homosaurus project.
Education
- Ph D, Hispanic Linguistics, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2024
- Mphil, Hispanic Linguistics, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2021
- Diploma, Gender Studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, 2013
- BA, Linguistics, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, 2010
Awards
- Paul Monette-Roger Horwitz Dissertation Prize - Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS), The Graduate Center (CUNY), 2025
- Honorable Mention: First Linguistic and Cultural Sound Recording Lab - WikiAcci贸n Per煤, 2024
- Dissertation Fellowship - The Graduate Center (CUNY), 2022
- Doctoral Student Research Grant Award: Round 17 - The Graduate Center (CUNY), 2022
- Louise Lennihan Arts and Sciences Grant - The Futures Initiative, The Graduate Center (CUNY), 2021
- Summer Research Travel Fellowship - Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies, The Graduate Center (CUNY), 2021
- IGALA 9 USA-Based Scholar Travel Grant - National Science Foundation, 2016
- Presentation Travel Grant - Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Literatures & Languages, The Graduate Center (CUNY), 2016
- Summer Research Travel Fellowship - Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies, The Graduate Center (CUNY), 2016
- Research Initiation Support Program Award - Academic Research Directorate, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, 2009
Publications and Contributions
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Journal Article, Academic Journal(2024)Gender and Development, 32(1-2), pp. 333-352
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Ph.D. Dissertation(2024)
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Journal Article, Academic Journal(2024)ex 忙quo, 49, pp. 53-67
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Journal Article, Academic Journal(2024)Onoma, 59, pp. 91-113, ISBN/ISSN: 0078-463X
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Book Review(2023)Gender and Language, 17(2), pp. 1-6
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Magazine/Trade Publication(2023)Revista digital Cr贸nicas de la Diversidad, pp. 34-37
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Journal Article, In-House Journal(2022)LL Journal, 17, Dossier de Ling眉铆stica Feminista: Una experiencia indisciplinada, pp. 140-161
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Journal Article, In-House Journal(2022)LL Journal, 17, Dossier de Ling眉铆stica Feminista: Una experiencia indisciplinada, pp. 31-42
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Journal Article, Professional Journal(2022)Rethinking Queer and Trans Latinx: Latinx Talk Mini-Reader #4, pp. 9-20
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New(2021)Escritura Acad茅mica con Perspectiva de G茅nero: Propuestas desde la Comunicaci贸n Cient铆fica, pp. 19-35
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Book Entry, Almanac or Encyclopedia(2021)Diccionario Latinoamericano de la Lengua Espa帽ola (Notas)
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Journal Article, Academic Journal(2019)Anuario de Glotopol铆tica, 2, pp. 21-40
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Journal Article, Academic Journal(2018)GLAD! Revue sur la Langage, le Genre, les Sexualit茅s, 4, pp. 1-13
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Journal Article, In-House Journal(2016)LL Journal, 11(2), pp. 31-42
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Journal Article, Professional Journal(2015)Esferas, 5, pp. 46-54
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Inclusive Language Guide(2013)pp. 1-54
Presentations
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La apuesta glotofeminista, una agenda de investigaci贸n
(2024)
Open lecture: C谩tedra Libre en Glotopol铆tica (facilitated by Daniel Rudas), Instituto Caro y Cuervo - Bogot谩, Colombia
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Panel of Lengua y G茅nero
(2024)
III Congreso Anual del Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York: "Lengua e identidad: Hablantes, Tradici贸n y Cultura" - New York, NY
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Productivity and Self-Care in Alexandra R. DeRuiz's "Cruc茅 la frontera en tacones"
(2024)
2024 Latinx Studies Association Conference, Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ
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"I rename me after her": Popular feminine-sounding names among transgender women in Peru
(2023)
CSSN 2023: Canadian Society for the Study of Names 57th Annual Meeting, York University - Ontario, Canada
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"New" morphemes and gender identities in tension: Fragmentations and divergences in metadiscourses about gender-inclusive language in the Peruvian activist scene
(2023)
Gender-Neutral / Fair/ Inclusive / Nonbinary/ Non-sexist languages and their dis/contents seminar, University of Chicago, Center in Paris - Paris, France
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"Why [Insert Name]?" Renaming Strategies in a Community of Transgender Women of the City of Lima, Peru
(2023)
ASN 2023: American Name Society Annual Meeting - Virtual
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Is there a queer language in Peru? Reflections on empirical data and metadiscursive representations of the lexicon of Peruvian gay men and transgender women
(2023)
2023 Language, Gender, and Sexuality: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives Conference, University of Helsinki - Helsinki, Finland
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"驴Con qu茅 palabra te identificas: transg茅nero o travesti?" Elecci贸n l茅xica de g茅nero, discursos p煤blicos activistas y pr谩cticas ling眉铆sticas comunitarias entre mujeres trans de Lima, Per煤
(2022)
Instituto de Ling眉铆stica de la Universidad de Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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"驴Existe una 'lengua trans' en Lima?" Actitudes ling眉铆sticas y metapragm谩ticas entre activistas trans femeninas de Per煤
(2022)
Semana UNIPE Virtual 2022, Universidad Pedag贸gica Nacional - Virtual
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"To You, What Does It Mean to Talk Like a Woman?" Ideologies of Gendered Language among Transgender Women in the City of Lima, Peru
(2022)
Sociolinguistics Lunch Lecture Series, The Graduate Center (CUNY) - New York, NY
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"Transg茅nero" or "Travesti"? Gender Label Choice in a Community of Transgender Women of the City of Lima, Peru
(2022)
2022 Annual Society for Linguistic Anthropology Conference, University of Colorado Boulder - Boulder, CO
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Activismo Trans Femenino y Lenguaje Inclusivo / No Binario en Lima, Per煤
(2022)
Course: Advanced Spanish: Identidad, G茅nero y Naci贸n (taught by C茅sar Romero), Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton University - Princeton, NJ
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Activismo Trans y Reforma Ling眉铆stica No Binaria en Lima, Per煤: Una Alianza Problem谩tica
(2022)
Quinto Congreso Latinoamericano de Glotopol铆tica - Montevideo, Uruguay
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Different Approaches to Naming Gender-Inclusive Language in Spanish: A Data-Driven Contribution to the Transnational Debate
(2022)
International Conference 鈥淎ttitudes towards gender-inclusive language. A multinational perspective鈥, Queen Mary University of London - Virtual
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El lenguaje inclusivo como oportunidad epistemol贸gica en la escritura acad茅mica
(2022)
Course: M谩s all谩 del concepto de lengua: Introducci贸n a la investigaci贸n glotopol铆tica (taught by Daniel Rudas), Seminario Andr茅s Bello, Instituto Caro y Cuervo - Bogot谩, Colombia
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Lenguaje Inclusivo en Espa帽ol
(2022)
Course: Language and Identity in the Spanish-Speaking World (taught by Lydia Manatou), Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Fordham University - New York, NY
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Ling眉铆stica feminista y activismo ling眉铆stico en Latinoam茅rica
(2022)
Facultad de Filosof铆a y Humanidades de la Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba - C贸rdoba, Argentina
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Experiences from the First Spanish Feminist Linguistics Edith-a-thon
(2021)
Digitorium 2021 Conference, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Feminismo y Apuesta Glotopol铆tica: Contexto y Nuevas Direcciones
(2021)
Course: Criticism and Critical Documentation: Racioling眉铆stica y las Fronteras (taught by Claudia Holgu铆n Mendoza), Department of Hispanic Studies of the University of California Riverside - Riverside, CA
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Glotopol铆tica de la Ling眉铆stica Descriptiva en el Per煤 durante el Siglo XX. Una Nota Especial sobre la Figura de Martha Hildebrant
(2021)
International Seminar: Espa帽ol de Am茅rica (taught by Soledad Ch谩vez Fajardo), Filosof铆a y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile - Santiago, Chile
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Indisciplinadxs: Construyendo una Ling眉铆stica Feminista desde Latinoam茅rica
(2021)
12th Annual Virtual Graduate Student Conference of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Colorado Boulder - Boulder, CO
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On Transgender Speakers of Peruvian Spanish
(2021)
Workshop on Cross-cultural Sociolinguistics, University of Cologne and New York University - Cologne, Germany
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Panel of Modos de representaciones drag
(2021)
El fuego drag de Yma S煤mac, Centro Cultural de Espa帽a - Lima, Peru
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Sexismo como Problema Transnacional: Inclus茫o em Otras L铆nguas
(2021)
Course: Ativismo Lingu铆stico, G锚nero e Sexualidade: Perspectivas Hist贸ricas e Problemas Atuais (taught by Rodrigo Borba), Programa Interdisciplinar de Lingu铆stica Aplicada of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The Theoretical Tenets of Queer Linguistics: The Case of Mexican Online Platforms
(2021)
LinguA3 鈥 Lectures on Language of Leibniz Universit盲t Hannover - Hannover, Germany
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Panel of Lenguaje Inclusivo, Feminismo y Sexualidades Disidentes at the Escuela de Verano
(2020)
Lengua y acci贸n pol铆tica en el siglo XXI, University of Chile - Santiago, Chile
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Panel of Todes: La construcci贸n de la realidad a partir de la palabra at Plaza Tomada
(2020)
Teatro La Plaza - Miraflores, Peru
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Panel of G茅nero, Lengua y Traducci贸n
(2019)
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas - Santiago de Surco, Peru
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Panel of Language and Transgender Identity. What is Transgender Language, and Who Uses it?
(2019)
Swarthmore College - Rhode Island
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Panel of Sociolinguistics
(2019)
XX Di谩logo de Estudiantes de Ling眉铆stica, Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica del Per煤 - San Miguel, Peru
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Haiga: Historia Pol铆tica de un 'Barbarismo'
(2018)
Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2018, University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
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Hashtagging Sexism in Twitter: The (Non) Feminist Use of #Onvre
(2018)
25th Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, Rhode Island College - Providence, Rhode Island
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Higiene Verbal a la Peruana: El Caso de Haiga
(2018)
9th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics, Queens College (CUNY) - New York, NY
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Panel of Society and Bilingualism
(2018)
9th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics, Queens College (CUNY) - New York, NY
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When YouTube Becomes the Classroom: Language Ideologies in Online Spanish Language Lessons
(2018)
Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2018, University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
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Describing the Spanish(es) of America in the Twentieth Century: Linguistic Science and the Geopolitics of Standardization in the Modern History of Spanish
(2017)
2017 Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference, New York University and CUNY Graduate Center - New York, NY
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Muyertz: Una Innovaci贸n Ling眉铆stica Queer en Redes Sociales Mexicanas
(2017)
22nd Annual Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages Graduate Student Conference, The Graduate Center (CUNY) - New York, NY
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Norma Culta y Guerra Fr铆a. Panamericanismo, Panhispanismo y el Instituto Caro y Cuervo de Colombia
(2017)
Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Glotopol铆tica - Hannover, Germany
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Panel of Language and Gender
(2017)
2017 Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference, New York University and CUNY Graduate Center - New York, NY
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Teaching Spanish via Youtube videos
(2017)
4th Annual Language, Linguistics and Life Conference - Philadelphia, PA
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Anti-Language Practices of Transgender Women and Gay Men in Peru: The Case of El Hungarito
(2016)
9th International Gender and Language Association Conference, City University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong
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Compa帽eras Lesbianas Latinoamericanas: El Papel de la Interseccionalidad en la Construcci贸n de la 鈥淓xperiencia Com煤n鈥 en las Primeras Narrativas de Mujeres Lesbianas Latinas
(2016)
VI Coloquio 驴Del Otro La鈥檕?: Perspectivas sobre Sexualidades Queer, Recinto Universitario de Mayag眉ez - Mayag眉ez, Puerto Rico
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El Criterio de Correcci贸n en el Trabajo Lexicogr谩fico de Martha Hildebrandt. Notas para una Historia Glotopol铆tica del Per煤 en el Siglo XX.
(2016)
21st Annual Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages Graduate Student Conference, The Graduate Center (CUNY) - New York, NY
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El Hungarito: An Affective and Linguistic Resource of Transgender Women and Gay Men in Peru
(2016)
23rd Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, American University - Washington, DC
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Imaginando las Lenguas en/y el Espacio P煤blico en el Per煤: Hildebrandt y Sumire en el Congreso de la Rep煤blica
(2016)
Segundo Congreso Latinoamericano de Glotopol铆tica - Bogot谩, Colombia
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Teaching Spanish to Non-Spanish Speakers with Youtube Videos. Mapping Tendencies of Multiliteracies and Multimodalities on the Internet
(2016)
Multilingualism and Language Empowerment: A Response to Inequality, The Graduate Center (CUNY) - New York, NY
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Pol铆ticas Ling眉铆sticas e Indigenismo Peruano. El Caso de las "Brigadas de Culturizaci贸n Ind铆gena" de Puno
(2015)
Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Glotopol铆tica, Universidad de Chile - Santiago, Chile
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Queer as Lady Gaga or Cuirsh como La Gagis? Performative and Indexical Work of Mexican Youtube Videobloggers
(2015)
CLASP IV: 4th Culture, Language and Social Practice Conference - Boulder, CO
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Yo Soy Muyerts. No, No Soy Mujer. Clase, G茅nero y Sexualidad Disputados por Videobloggers Mexicanos J贸venes
(2015)
20th Annual Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages Graduate Student Conference, The Graduate Center (CUNY) - New York, NY