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
Book Review. Ottmar Ette. Literatures of the World: Beyond World Literature. Translated by Mark W. Person. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, 2021. 469p. Issue no. 76.2 Rocky Mountain Review of Literature. (Fall 2022). Published.
“Migración femenina, espacio y memoria en Bajo el puente (2008) de Rosario Sanmiguel.” Signos Literarios. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Vol. 18, no. 35 (2022). 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). Published.
“Violencia y vaivén de los recuerdos en Barcos en Houston,” BORDX Journal. Accepted First Revision, January 2023.
“Imaginar y (re)construir el hogar en los memoirs de Reyna Grande”. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Accepted. March 3, 2023.
“El espejismo del desierto: Migración femenina en la literatura mexicana.” Revista de Filología y Lingüística de Costa Rica. 35.2 (2009): pp. 139-150.
“Actos performativos de género durante el tránsito migratorio en De Nadie (2005) de
Tin Dirdamal” (2005). Ístmica, Revista de estudios Centroamericanos y Caribeños. Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Submitted for Initial Review, 20 Dec., 2019.
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
