Education
Ph.D. Spanish and Portuguese, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
M.A. Spanish, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
B.A. Tourism Planification, Universidad Hispano Mexicana, Mexico City
Research Interests
Research areas include Latin American and Mexican literature and cultures; 20th and
21st Century representations of Mexico-U.S. Migration: identity, memory; feminist
studies, globalization and femicides. She is also interested in visual art and cinema
from the Borderlands.
Publications
“Immigration’s Crackdown Clouds Future of Daca Dreamers”. Op-ed. Wyofile: People, Places, and Policy. February 14, 2025. (Part of research and publications under the UW WIHR, Democracy Lab. Published.
“Violencia y vaivén de los recuerdos en Barcos en Houston.” Book Chapter. BORDx. Representación de géneros, sexualidades y fronteras. Una aproximación a las literaturas y culturas fronterizas. Editorial Artificios, 2023, pp. 67-92. Peer reviewed. Published.
“Imaginar y (re)construir el hogar en los memoirs de Reyna Grande”. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 49.2, 2023, pp. 1-22. Peer reviewed. Published.
“Ottmar Ette. Literatures of the World: Beyond World Literature. Translated by Mark W. Person. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, 2021. 469p.” Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, 76.2 (Fall 2022). Published peer reviewed. Book review.
“Migración femenina, espacio y memoria en Bajo el puente (2008) de Rosario Sanmiguel.” Signos Literarios. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Vol. 18, no. 35, 2022. Peer reviewed. Published.
“Un personaje de El truhanesco y la “hija de Conquistador” en el teatro virreinal. El Entremés de Diego Moreno y Teresa de González de Eslava.” Co-author with Conxita Doménech. Revista Iberoamericana. Vol. XC, no. 280, 2022. Peer reviewed. Published.
“Performatividad de género durante el tránsito migratorio en De Nadie (2005)”. Ístmica, Revista de estudios Centroamericanos y Caribeños. Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. Vol. 27, pp.29-41, 2021. Peer reviewed. Published.
“El espejismo del desierto: Migración femenina en la literatura mexicana.” Revista de Filología y Lingüística de Costa Rica. Vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 139-50, 2009. Peer reviewed. Published.
Teaching
4190/5190 20th and 21st Century Span-American Texts, Contemporary Latin American Short
Story
4190/5190 20th and 21st Century Span-American Texts, Narrative, Cinema, and Cultural
Productions of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
5120 – Spanish-American Literature, Mexican Revolution Narrative, and Cinema
5120 – Spanish-American Literature, Contemporary Mexican Women Writers
