{"id":240,"date":"2015-08-31T11:47:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T15:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/claudia-aburto-guzman-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:09:53","slug":"claudia-aburto-guzman","status":"publish","type":"faculty-profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/claudia-aburto-guzman\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudia Aburto Guzm\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor Aburto Guzm\u00e1n received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.\u00a0 In addition to language, she teaches courses on Latin American literatures and cultures from 19th century to the present, as well as translation courses. 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