Mara

de los ngeles Picone

221 Bowden Hall 561 South Kilgo Cirlce,
Atlanta, GA 30322 678-612-3849

mapicone@emory.edu
http://mapicone.wordpress.com - @mdlapicone

EDUCATION
Emory University PhD student
Advisors: Prof. Jeffrey Lesser and Prof. Thomas Rogers.
Comprehensive Examinations scheduled for November 2015.
Universidad Catlica Argentina
BA (Licenciada) in History (2012).
KNOWN L ANGUAGES

Spanish: Native speaker.

English: Proficient

French: Intermediate

Portuguese: Intermediate

FELLOWSHIPS & A WARDS

Professional Development
Fund for Research (Laney
Graduate School)

Summer 2014: National Archive (Buenos Aires, Argentina), the

Army Historical Services Archive (Buenos Aires, Argentina),
the National Geographic Service Archive (Buenos Aires,
Argentina), the Library of the School of War of the Army
(Buenos Aires, Argentina), the Ernesto Tornquist Library at the
Central Bank of Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina), the Frey
and Moreno Archives at the Patagonia Museum (Bariloche,
Argentina), the repositories in the Documentation and Studies
in Humanities Program, Universidad de los Lagos (Osorno,
Chile), Regional Archive (Temuco, Chile), and the local
libraries and cultural centers in Puerto Montt, Valdivia, and
Coyhaique, Chile.

Laney Graduate School (Emory Tuition Scholarship and Doctoral Fellowship for five years
University) Doctoral
Fellowship
The Fund for American Studies The Institute for the Leadership in the Americas Fellowship.
Santiago de Chile January 2011.

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TEACHING E XPERIENCE
Higher E ducation
Brazil, c ountry o f t he f uture ( Teaching A ssistant t o P rofessor T homas R ogers, F all
2014)
Secondary Education
Teacher of history (Secondary Level) at Oakhill School, Newman School, and St. Matthews
School in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2008 Aug 2013)
Primary Education
Teacher of English and Teacher Assistant (Primary Level) at Woodville School (Bariloche), St.
Lukes, Milenio III, Eccleston, Del Arce, Oakhill, Studio School of English (Buenos Aires,
Argentina). (2002-2012)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Windows into English Avenue and Vince City website in collaboration with other six students.
This was a final project for Global Migrations and Local Diasporas course taught by Dr. Jeffrey
Lesser (Fall 2013). Besides collaborating with the content, I helped code the site.
http://seventeensixteen.com/windows-into-eavc/
PUBLISHED W ORK
La idea de turismo en San Carlos de Bariloche a travs de dos guas (The idea of tourism in
San Carlos de Bariloche in two guidebooks), Estudios y Perspectivas en Turismo. March
2013.
El p royecto d e t urismo e n S an C arlos d e B ariloche a t ravs d e d os g uas t ursticas
(1938), P . N EZ ( comp.), M iradas t ranscordilleranas: s eleccin d e t rabajos d el I X
Congreso A rgentino-Chileno d e E studios H istricos e I ntegracin C ultural ( San
Carlos d e B ariloche: I IDyPCa, U NRN C ONICET, 2 011). I SBN 9 78-987-2619-8-5-5.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
San Carlos de Bariloche: del paisaje no europeo al ideal de la Suiza Argentina (1900-1940)
(San Carlos de Bariloche: from non-European landscapes to the ideal of the Argentine
Switzerland) presented at the 8th Congress on Early Modern and Modern History organized by
the School of Language and Philosophy of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires
(Argentina), 2012.
Problematizando al Estado en un territorio de frontera: El aporte de la historia regional (The
question of the State in borderlands: contributions from regional history) presented at the 2nd
CONFERENCE OF YOUNG SCHOLARS organized by the Institute of Social and Economic
Development (IDES) Buenos Aires (Argentina), 2012.
The project of tourism in San Carlos de Bariloche in two guidebooks (1938) presented at the 9th
Argentine-Chilean Congress of Historical Studies and Cultural Integration organized by the

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National University of Ro Negro (Argentina), 2011.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Establishing Best Practices in Graduate Mentoring Panel (September 2014)
Laney Graduate School Executive Committee.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
Service Desk Supervisor at Woodruff Library, Emory University, 2013-present.