Biography
Dr. Stacey Lynn (Barreto) DiLiberto is Associate Lecturer of Humanities and Cultural Studies at UCF. She teaches courses in Latin American Humanities, Latino Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Theory, Environmental Humanities, and general humanities in UCF's General Education Program. She was awarded the 2023 Chuck D. Dziuban Award for Excellence in Online Teaching for her "Monsters and Mad Scientists" themed section of HUM 2020: Encountering the Humanities.
As a proud first-generation college student and UCF alumna, Dr. DiLiberto holds a Ph.D. in Texts and Technology from UCF. Her dissertation on digital translation and Caribbean women's literature and culture earned her a College of Arts and Humanities Innovative Dissertation Award.
Dr. DiLiberto's research in ecocriticism, global and ethnic literatures, translation, and visual/digital cultures is interdisciplinary and comparative. She has also published and presented research on digital learning and teaching strategies, including online environments and gamification, authentic assessments, cultural literacy, and active learning.
Dr. DiLiberto has held faculty positions at Valencia College, Barry University, and Montclair State University. Prior to becoming a professor, she worked in publishing and communications as a writer and translator, and she continues to occasionally freelance and consult, most recently in AI content creation and quality assurance.
Having studied abroad in Italy and France as an undergraduate student, Dr. DiLiberto still travels extensively. Through her work and research, she has participated in NEH grants and travel fellowships to Switzerland, Russia, Mexico, New York City, and Puerto Rico and a service learning trip to the Lakota Sioux Reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. She will be leading a study abroad cohort to the UCF Barcelona Center in summer 2026.
As a proud first-generation college student and UCF alumna, Dr. DiLiberto holds a Ph.D. in Texts and Technology from UCF. Her dissertation on digital translation and Caribbean women's literature and culture earned her a College of Arts and Humanities Innovative Dissertation Award.
Dr. DiLiberto's research in ecocriticism, global and ethnic literatures, translation, and visual/digital cultures is interdisciplinary and comparative. She has also published and presented research on digital learning and teaching strategies, including online environments and gamification, authentic assessments, cultural literacy, and active learning.
Dr. DiLiberto has held faculty positions at Valencia College, Barry University, and Montclair State University. Prior to becoming a professor, she worked in publishing and communications as a writer and translator, and she continues to occasionally freelance and consult, most recently in AI content creation and quality assurance.
Having studied abroad in Italy and France as an undergraduate student, Dr. DiLiberto still travels extensively. Through her work and research, she has participated in NEH grants and travel fellowships to Switzerland, Russia, Mexico, New York City, and Puerto Rico and a service learning trip to the Lakota Sioux Reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. She will be leading a study abroad cohort to the UCF Barcelona Center in summer 2026.
Education
- Ph.D. in Texts and Technology from University of Central Florida (2011)
- M.A. in English: International Literature from Montclair State University (2006)
- B.A. in Foreign Languages: French and Italian from University of Central Florida (2003)
Research Interests
- Literary translation and bilingualism
- Caribbean women's literature
- Postcolonial literature and history
- Latin American and Latino/a studies (Latino/a literature & diaspora identities)
- Puerto Rican studies
- Multicultural, African American, and ethnic literature
- Environmental Humanities: ecocriticism, ecomedia, and speculative fiction
- Digital humanities
- Digital learning: online environments and gamification, AI literacy and ethics
- Teaching Strategies: authentic assessments, cultural literacy, active learning
Publications
Articles/Essays
- DiLiberto, Stacey, Debra Luken, and Amy Sugar. "Creating A Digital Escape Room to Increase Student Engagement in Cultural Literacy." Florida Distance Learning Association Journal, vol 8, Article 1, Spring 2024, https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fdla-journal/vol8/iss1/1
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DiLiberto, Stacey. “Borderlands and Linguistic Mestizaje in U.S. Puerto Rican Literature.” Journal of Literary Multilingualism, vol. 1, no. 2, 2023, pp. 184-199. https://brill.com/view/journals/jlm/1/2/jlm.1.issue-2.xml
https://link.growkudos.com/1mub011z37k - DiLiberto, Stacey. “Affirming Cultural Resilience with Contemporary Latinx Superheroes,” In Media Res: A Media Commons Project, November 16, 2022. http://mediacommons.org/imr/content/affirming-cultural-resilience-contemporary-latinx-superheroes
Book Reviews
- DiLiberto, Stacey. “Review of The Cambridge Companion to Civil Rights Literature,” Studies in Popular Culture, Vol. 38, no. 2, Spring 2016, pp. 130-132, https://www.jstor.org/stable/44259605.
Miscellaneous Publications
- DiLiberto, Stacey. Interview with Raquel Reichard for “I Wonder if I Take You Home,” Alana Casanova-Burgess, La Brega: The Puerto Rican Experience in Eight Songs, Season 2, episode 4, WNYC Studios, 16 February 2023, https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/la-brega/articles/i-wonder-if-i-take-you-home-freedom-freestyle
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DiLiberto, Stacey. “Is Cancel Culture Effective?” Interview by Nicole Dudenhoefer, Pegasus Magazine, Fall 2020, https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/is-cancel-culture-effective/
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DiLiberto, Stacey. “So Relieved When ‘Titi’ Got a Flight Out of Puerto Rico.” Letter. The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Sept. 2017, https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-ed-letter-puerto-rico-aunt-left-20170929-story.html.
Awards
- 2025 UCF CAH Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
- 2024 UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award
- 2023 UCF Chuck D. Dziuban Award for Excellence in Online Teaching
Courses
| Course # | Course | Title | Mode | Days/Times | Syllabus |
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| 12906 | HUM2020 | Encountering the Humanities | Mixed Mode (M) | M,W 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM | Unavailable |
| 12199 | HUM2230 | Culture 17th Cent to Present | Web-Based (W) | 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Unavailable |
| 12868 | HUM3397 | Environmental Hum | Web-Based (W) | 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Unavailable |
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