Dr. Nazario Roble-Bastida

Positions

Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Faculty of Arts, Department of Sociology

Contact information

nroblesb@ucalgary.ca

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-3298

Background

Educational Background

PhD in Sociology, University of Calgary , 2019

Masters in Sociology, Universidad Iberoamericana, 2009

Bachelors in Communication Studies, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Campus Toluca, 2003

Biography

My academic interests focus on Sociological Theory, Cultural Studies, Media and Popular Culture. In my practice as an Assistant Professor in the Teaching stream, I have also explored different aspects of the scholarship of teaching and learning, such as gamification and experiential learning. My most recent publication is a book chapter on the book Entering the Multiverse: Perspectives on Alternate Universes and Parallel Worlds, titled TURTLEVERSE! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Multiverse in Media as a Tool to Explore Diverse Genres. In collaboration with Dr. Michael Adorjan, I produce the podcast The Sociological Imagination @ UCalgary.

Research

Areas of Research

Sociological Theory

Courses

Course number	Course title	Semester
SOCI 311	Introductory Social Statistics I
SOCI 315	Introductory Social Statistics II
SOCI 327	Introduction to Criminal Justice
SOCI 331	Classical Sociological Theory
SOCI 333	Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOCI 345	Mass Communication
SOCI 375	Sociology of Ethnicity and Racialization
SOCI 401.57	Advanced Topics in Sociology - Media & Society

Awards

SU Teaching Excellence Award 2023/2024 - Honourable Mention Award - Arts, University of Calgary. 2024

Publications

Journal articles

"Fausto Desbocado: la Irracionalidad en el Pensamiento Político de Carl Schmitt (Faust unleashed: the Irrationality in the Political Thought of Carl Schmitt).". Robles Bastida, Nazario. Iberofórum. 2.4. (2007)
"Los cuatro pilares: ciudadanía, capitalismo, hermandad espiritual y virtù en la ciudad occidental de Max Weber (The four pillars of Max Weber's occidental city: citizenship, capitalism, spiritual brotherhood and virtù).". Robles Bastida, Nazario. Iberofórum 3.5. (2008)
"Sexualidad 2D: Política, Imaginación y Libido dentro de una Subcultura Posmoderna (2D Sexuality: Politics, Imagination and Libido in a Postmodern Subculture).". Robles Bastida, Nazario. Razón y Palabra 16.77. (2011)
"Fans, juegos y carnavales (Fans, play and carnivals).". Robles Bastida, Nazario. Metapolítica 16.77. (2012)
Los juegos de rol como apoyo para el desarrollo de narrativas literarias de fantasía y ciencia ficción. Ricardo Victoria Uribe, and Nazario Robles Bastida, . Journal of Roleplaying Studies and STEAM. (2022)
Dungeons & Dragons in Times of Transmedia. Robles-Bastida, Nazario and Victoria-Uribe, Ricardo. Journal of Roleplaying Studies and STEAM: Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 5.. (2024)

Books and book chapters

Los juegos de rol como herramienta para la creatividad y el intercambio cultural a través del diseño de personaje y manejo de situaciones en el juego. Análisis de experiencias. Ricardo Victoria Uribe, , Juan José López Flores and Nazario Robles Bastida. . Universidad Iberoamericana. (2020)
Turtleverse! The multiverse as tool to explore diverse genre with the same core cast, In Paul Booth (Ed.), Entering the Multiverse: Perspectives on Alternative Universes and Parallel Worlds. Victoria-Uribe, Ricardo and Robles-Bastida, Nazario. Routledge. (2025)