Simon Ruybalid

Email: sruybalid24@unm.edu

Education

M.A. History

University of New Mexico
2024-2026

B.A. History and Anthropology

University of New Mexico
2022-2024

A.A. Liberal Arts

San Juan College
2018-2022

• Graduated with Honors and a certificate of General Education

Areas of Interest

• Latin American / US relations
• Transnational Studies
• Borderlands / Fronterismo
• Feminism
• Historiography

Professional Experience

Graduate Research Assistant, Digital Heritage Lab

Southwest State University
2021–present

• Developed interactive 3D reconstructions of historic sites for virtual museum exhibitions.
• Managed metadata and digitization workflows for oral history collections.
• Co-designed community workshops on digital storytelling.

Conferences & Presentations

• “Song of the Colibri: An Exploratory Discussion on Chisme” - Asosiation of Joteria Arts, Activism and Scholarship National Conference (2024).

• “Song of the Colibri: Framwords of Chisme Research” — Asosiation of Joteria Arts, Activism and Scholarship UNM Symposium (2024).
• “Song of the Colibri: EE.UU Colonial Chisme” — Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (2024).
• “Nuclear Imaginaries: ACHRE and the nuclear sensitive state” - UNM Southwest Research Symposium

Awards & Fellowships

• Arts and Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research (ASSURE)

Extracurricular Activities

• Co-organizer, Assosiation of Joteria Arts, Activism, and Scholarship first collegic chapter. (2022–present)