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Elvia Andía Grágeda

Elvia Andía Grágeda

Elvia Andía Grágeda

Contact Information

Associate Professor of Teaching
She/Her/Ella/Pay

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Office Hours

Friday 10:00-11:00 A.M.

Areas of Expertise

  • Indigenous Language Policy
  • Quechua & Spanish language teaching
  • Quechua-Spanish translation

Education

  • M.A., Superior Education: Linguistic Politics of Indigenous Languages, Universidad Cosmos, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2014
  • Certificate, Production of Texts in Quechua, PROEIB Andes, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2010
  • Certificate, University Teaching, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Departamento de Postgrado, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2009
  • B.A., Linguistics Applied to Language Teaching, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2008

Elvia Andía is a linguist specializing in the study and instruction of Bolivian Quechua and Spanish. She holds a Master’s degree in Linguistic Policy of Indigenous Languages in Higher Education, and investigates the role of Quechua in such policies, particularly in the Quechua Public Indigenous University in Bolivia. She has worked as the Departmental Coordinator in the Ministry of Education for the country of Bolivia in Intra- and Intercultural Multilingual Education. Andía joined Ohio State in 2016 and instructs Quechua for both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as beginning Spanish.

Tutoring & Translating Services

  • Spanish Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Tutoring & Translation
  • ACTFL Certified Tester for Quechua
  • Spanish to Quechua interpretation and translation
  • Quechua to Spanish interpretation and translation
  • Quechua Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Tutoring & Translation

     

    Publications:
    Andía-Grágeda, Elvia. 2013. Juch’uy chaki 1. Cochabamba: Kipus.
    Andía-Grágeda, Elvia. 2015. Juch’uy chaki 2. Cochabamba: Kipus.
    Andía-Grágeda, Elvia. 2015. Juch’uy chaki 3. Cochabamba: Kipus.