SOFÍA MONZÓN
Sofía Monzón
Translator Professor
Poet
My Story
Sofía Monzón Rodríguez is an Assistant Professor of Translation and Interpretation at Utah State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Transnational and Comparative Literatures from the University of Alberta (Canada), an MA. in Spanish from Auburn University (United States), an MA. in Public Service Translation and Interpreting and a BA. in Modern Languages and Translation Studies, both from Universidad de Alcalá (Spain).
Dr. Monzón’s research explores the intersection of translation, censorship, and affect, focusing on the production and circulation of censored materials via translation across the Spanish-speaking world. Her poetry books, Los afectos multilingües (Valparaíso, 2024) and Alas (Editorial Club Universitario, 2019), have won or been shortlisted for several poetry awards in Spain.
Her works have appeared in specialized journals such as Mutatis Mutandis, Entreculturas, Translation Matters, Transcultural, and the publishers John Benjamins and Editorial Comares. She combines teaching and research with creative writing and literary translation.
Poetry
Scholarship
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor of Translation and Interpretation at Utah State University (Logan UT, USA) | 2023- .
Co-Director, Translation and Interpretation Program. World Languages and Cultures at Utah State University |2023- .
Lecturer & Principal Instructor at the University of Alberta (Edmonton AB, Canada) | Winter and Fall 2022.
Research Assistant at the University of Alberta (Edmonton AB, Canada) | 2018-2022.
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Auburn University (Auburn AL, USA) | 2016-2018.
Education
2018-2023
University of Alberta, Canada
Ph.D. Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (Transnational and Comparative Literatures)
Affective Matters: Translation, Censorship, and the Circulation of ‘Romans-à-clef’ from Argentina to Franco’s Spain (1960-1980).
Doctoral Dissertation, defended in August 2023.
2016-2018
Auburn University, USA
MA. Spanish
“Tras la pista de la censura franquista: traducción, edición y censura en Primavera negra de Henry Miller.” MA. Thesis, 2018.
2015-2016
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
MA. Public Service Translation and Interpreting
“An Overview of the Current Public Service Interpreting and Translation Map in the Autonomous Community of Madrid and Castile-La Mancha.” MA. Thesis, 2016.
2011-2015
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
BA. Modern Languages and Translation Studies
“Literary Translation and Censorship in Sylvia Plath’s Works.”
BA. Thesis, 2015.