Ketevan Kupatadze
Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultures
Department: World Languages and Cultures
Email: kkupatadze@elon.edu
Phone number: (336) 278-5846
Brief Biography
Ketevan Kupatadze received her Ph.D. in Spanish and Spanish-American literature from Emory University and joined ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty in 2007. Her teaching and research interests include contemporary, post-Boom Spanish-American narrative and the intersections of literature, identity, and socio-political discourses. Her disciplinary recent research examines the possibilities of rethinking cosmopolitan tradition through its relationship with the practice of hospitality from a Spanish-American perspective, particularly in the works by Manuel Puig, Rodrigo Fresán, and Ignacio Padilla.
Ketevan is also actively involved in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She has been serving as the Associate Editor of TLI, the ISSoTL Journal since 2021 and she is actively collabroating with Latin SoTL community to advance global SoTL. Her most recent projects include students-as-partners pedagogy and other collaborative and democratic approaches to teaching and learning. She has led planning and implementation of new Spanish curriculum at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Department of World Languages and Cultures, which focuses on the development of students’ intercultural competence and critical thinking abilities, in combination with the advancement of their linguistic competence. She has also co-led the department’s efforts to integrate meaningful writing assignments throughout the language curriculum as part of the University’s Writing Excellence Initiative.
News & Notes
Education
Ph.D. (2007) Emory University, Department of Spanish.
M.A. (2001) Georgia State University, Department of Modern Languages.
Diploma (B.A.) Tbilisi State University, Department of Western European Languages and Literature.
Leadership Positions
Spanish Section Co-coordinator, 2025-present (also served as Spanish Section Coordinator between 2012-2015)
Associate Editor, Teaching and Learning Inquiry (TLI), the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL), 2021-present.
Current Projects
Grants Awarded
CATL Scholar, 2022-2024 (co-recipient with Dr. Elena Schoonmaker-Gates). Project: “Online Language Tools: From Taboo to Opportunity.”
Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) Scholar, 2017-2019. Project: "Faculty-Student Partnerships on Teaching and Learning.”
CATL Scholar, 2010-2012. Project: "Rethinking the value and nature of Advanced Composition and Grammar courses in Foreign Languages."
Publications
Nira Rahman and Ketevan Kupatadze. 2026. “Creation and Nurturing of Staff-Student Partnerships: Unspoken Challenges.” International Journal of Students as Partners.
Elena Schoonmaker-Gates and Ketevan Kupatadze. 2026. "Machine Translation and L2 Anxiety Among L2 Learners: Patterns, Motivations, and Pedagogical Implications." L2 Journal. Vol 18 (1), 1-16.
Woolmer, Cherie, Nattalia Godbold, Isabel Treanor, Natalie McCray, Ketevan Kupatadze, Peter Felten, and Catherine Bovill. 2023. “Using Scenarios to Explore the Complexity of Student-Faculty Partnership”. Teaching and Learning Inquiry 11 (September). https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.11.26.
Ketevan Kupatadze and Eric Hall. 2022. "How Can Students-as-Partners Pedagogy Succeed When It Is Not Actively Supported by the Institution and/or Goes Against Institutional Culture?" Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, Vol 8, No 2.
Carmen Monico and Ketevan Kupatadze. 2020. "Developing Meaningful and Practical Global Experiences through Student-Faculty-Community Partnerships." International Journal for Students as Partners, 4(2), 9-26. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v4i2.4002
Kupatadze, K. “Opportunities Presented by the Forced Occupation of Liminal Space: Under-Represented Faculty Experiences and Perspectives.” 2019. International Journal for Students as Partners, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v3i1.3744
Kupatadze, K. "Course Redesign with Student-Faculty Partnership: A Reflection on Opportunities and Vulnerabilities." 2018. Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education, 24. https://repository.brynmawr.edu/tlthe/vol1/iss24/2
Kupartadze, K. 2017. “Rodrigo Fresán’s Kensington Gardens: Literature as Home.” Symposium: Journal in Modern Literatures.
Martin Jenkins, Rena Bokosmaty, Melanie Brown, Chris Browne, Qi Gao, Julie Hanson, Ketevan Kupatadze. 2017. “Enhancing the Design and Analysis of Flipped Learning Strategies.” ISSoTL Journal for Teaching and Learning Inquiry.
Stacey Cozart; Tine Wirenfeldt Jensen; Jitte Wichmann-Hansen; Ketevan Kupatadze; Scott Chien-Hsiung. 2016. “Negotiating Multiple Identities in Second or Foreign Language Writing in Higher education.” Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer. Perspectives on Writing. Anson, Chris M. & Moore, Jessie L. (eds). Fort Collins, CO. 303-334.
Kupatadze, K. 2012. “Magic of the City: Travel Narratives of the Project Año 0.” Topodynamics of Arrival. Essays on Self and Pilgrimage. Ed. Gert Hofmann and Snjezana Zoric. New York and Amsterdam: Rodopi. 203-16.
Kupatadze, K. 2011. World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Maureen Ihrie and Salvador A. Oropesa. 3 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood/ABC Clio. Authored Entries: C.A.D.A.; Donoso, José; Generation "Crack" or "Crack Group"; Journals in Spanish America; McOndo; Piglia, Ricardo; Project "Año 0"; Rulfo, Juan; Saer, Juan José.
Kupatadze, K. 2008. "The Theme of Hospitality in Manuel Puig’s Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages". Dissidences. Hispanic Journal of Theory and Criticism.
Presentations
Pedagogy/SoTL Conference Presentations
2025 LATIN SoTL. Keynote Speaker. “De Perspectivas Locales a Conversaciones Globales: estrategias para una difusión y publicación efectiva de SoTL.” Costa Rica, October 2, 2025.
2025 LATIN SoTL. Workshop Facilitator. “De frustración a oportunidad: Explorando el potencial de publicación internacional de su trabajo.” Costa Rica, October 2, 2025.
2025 ECAD (Encuentro de Centros Académicos de Docencia). Keynote Speaker. “SoTL en la práctica: El rol de los centros de enseñanza y aprendizaje en el fomento de la investigación educativa.” Talca, Chile, November 19, 2025.
2025 ECAD. Workshop Facilitator. “De la Práctica a la Publicación: Identificando problemas transformadores y desarrollando investigación SoTL publicable.” Talca, Chile, November 19, 2025.
2025 LATIN SoTL Pre-conference Webinar co-facilitator. "Comunicar SoTL." May 19, 2025. Online Webinar for Latin American SoTL Community.
2025 LATIN SoTL. Pre-conference Webinar co-facilitator. "Errores comunites al momento de publicar." June 5, 2025. Online Webinar for Latin American SoTL Community.
2025 "Exploring Lived experiences with SoTL through Personally Meaningful Artifacts to Foster an Inclusive and Socially Connected SoTL Space." Workshop co-facilitator. EuroSoTL, University of Groningen, Netherlands, June 17-22.
2024 TLI Regional Webinar facilitator. Offered in Spanish for Latin SoTL community.
2024 TLI Regional Webinar co-facilitator. Offered to the US SoTL community.
2024. “Machine Translation and Ungrading.” Co-presenter with Dr. Elena Schoonmaker Gates. Grading Less Teaching More through Ungrading in World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. University of Southern California. Jan. 26 (virtual).
2023. “Machine Translation in the Spanish Language Classroom.” Co-presenter with Dr. Elena Schoonmaker Gates. South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Atlanta, GA, Nov. 8-10.
2023. “Co-Creation in the Classroom: Experiences of student-faculty partnerships from a faculty perspective.” CEL Conference on Engaged Learning. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, NC. June 25-26.
2022. ISSoTL TLI editorial Panel co-facilitator, Kelowna, Canada.
2021. ISSoTL TLI Editorial Panel co-facilitator (virtual).
2021. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Global Education Pedagogy Workshop, “Inclusive Pedagogy in Global Education,” Panel co-facilitator (virtual).
2021. Euro SoTL Panel co-leader (virtual).
2021. Session co-leader. “Students as Partners: Lessons from a Practicum Abroad.” NCAT (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) Teaching and Learning Conference (virtual).
2019. Pre-conference Workshop co-organizer and co-leader. “But how do we do it?’ Implementing student-faculty partnerships in SoTL.” ISSoTL 2019: International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Atlanta, GA.
2019. Panel co-organizer and participant. “Equity-seeking faculty/staff perspectives on and experiences with student-faculty partnerships. ISSoTL 2019: International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Atlanta, GA.
2019. Workshop co-organizer. “Scaling up and Trickling out Access to Students as Partners Pedagogy.” ISSoTL 2019: International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Atlanta, GA.
2019. “Developing the Culture of Partnership between Students and Faculty.” Workshop co-organizer and leader. 16th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, NC.
2019. “World Languages Departments and Ethical Global Citizenship.” Roundtable Discussion co-organizer. American Association of Colleges and Universities Conference. San Antonio, TX.
2018. Keynote address and workshop organizer on student-faculty partnerships. Title: “Student-faculty Partnerships: Democratizing Higher Education.” Tarleton State University, Texas. Service Learning Week, April 25-28.
2018. “Inclusivity in Academia.” ISSoTL 2018: International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Bergen, Norway.
2018. “Student-Faculty Partnerships in Teaching and Learning: Democratizing Higher Education.” Workshop organizer and leader. 15th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, NC.
2017. “Hospitality in Academia: Perspectives and Experiences of International Faculty.” ECER 17: European Conference on Education Research. Panel co-organizer and participant. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017. “Teaching Students to See Their Own Culture in World Languages Courses.” (Re)imagining Humanities Teaching: Innovations in Course Design. Panel co-organizer and participant. Kansas City, Missouri.
2016. “Using Student Reflections to Achieve Deeper and More Visible Learning.” ISSoTL 2016: International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. (Panel participant). Los Angeles, CA.
2015. “Framing Conversations about Diversity.” ISSoTL 2015.
2015. International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Melbourne, Australia. October 27-30, 2015.
2014. “Teaching (about) Diversity in Foreign Language Classroom.” ICERI14: International Conference on Education, Research and Innovation. Seville, Spain. November 17-19, 2014.
2014. Kupatadze, Ketevan, Schott Chien-Hsiung Chiu, Stacey Cozart, and Tine Wirenfeldt Jensen. “Opportunities and Challenges of Writing in a Second Language.” Writing Research Across Borders III. Paris, France. February 19, 2014.
2014. Kupatadze, Ketevan, and Scott Chien-Hsiung Chiu. "Supporting Second/Foreign Language Writing in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Academic Environments." 12th International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Minneapolis, MM. June 14, 2014.
2013. “(Im)possibilities of Transferring Writing Skills in Languages.” ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Conference on Writing and the Question of Transfer. (Panel Organizer and Participant), ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, NC.
2013. “Advance FL Reading and Writing Courses: Critical Transition from Language to Culture.” EDULEARN 2013. (Panel Participant), Barcelona, Spain.
2012. “Rethinking the Value and Nature of Advanced Composition Courses in Foreign Languages.” EDULEARN 2012. (Panel Participant and Session Chair), Barcelona, Spain.
2012. “The Role of Students’ Attitudes Towards Foreign Language Writing and the Problems and Opportunities of Transfer.” SAMLA 2012. (Panel Participant), Durham, NC.
2011. "Developing Students' Advanced Foreign Language Writing Skills." INTED2011: International Conference on Technology, Education, and Development. (Panel Participant), Valencia, Spain.
2010. "Seeing Eye-to-Eye: Using Webcams in the Classroom." ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's 7th Annual Summer Conference: Innovation in Instruction. (Panel Participant), ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, NC.
2009. "Addressing Students' Professional Needs in Foreign Language Literature Classroom." CLAC (Culture and Languages Across Curriculum), Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH.
2009. Panel Participant, “How Can Learning a Language Help You?” Panel Discussion on the Importance of Language at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and Beyond. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.
2009. "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Learning World Languages and Cultures." ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's 6th Annual Summer Conference: Innovation in Instruction. (Panel Organizer and Participant), ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, NC.
Disciplinary Conference Presentations
2024. The Ethics of Writing Fiction in an Unjust World: Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive and Tell me How it Ends. XXXV Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispanicos. Oaxaca, Mexico. March 9-11.
2022. ¡Dime cómo termina! La responsabilidad moral y ética de la autora contemporánea frente a la crisis migratoria infantil.” Futuridades Feministas: Congreso Internacional XXXI AEGS (Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualidad), Valparaíso, Chile.
2016. “Rodrigo Fresán’s Esperanto and the Utopia/Dystopia of Universal Community of Humans.” SAMLA: South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Jacksonville, FL.
2016. "Las identidades falsas y la falsedad de la política de la identidad en Amphitryon de Ignacio Padilla." XVIII CILH. San Sebastian, Spain.
2012. “La visión de la literatura como un hogar en Jardines de Kensington de Rodrigo Fresán.” Asociación Hispánica de Humanidades. (Panel Participant), Madrid, Spain.
2009. “Kensington Gardens: Literature as Home.” American Comparative Literature Association Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
2008. “Hospitality and Hostility of Literature in Ignacio Padilla’s Amphitryon.” MIFLC, Wilmington, NC.
2008. “Magic of the City: Travel Narratives of Project ‘Año 0.’” American Comparative Literature Association Conference. Long Beach, CA.
2007. “Cosmopolitan Mexico in Rodrigo Fresán’s Mantra.” XXVII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Montreal, Canada.
2007. “Cosmopolitans in the City: Urban Narratives of the Project ‘Año 0’” 32nd Annual FSU Conference on Literature and Film. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
2006. “Reflections on Future of the Language or Language of the Future.” American Comparative Literature Association Conference. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
2005. “Cursed Space of Hospitality: Manuel Puig’s Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages.” American Comparative Literature Association Conference. Pennsylvania State University, College Station, PA.