Associate Professor of Spanish
Research and/or Creative Works
Publications
BOOKS
Claiming Home, Shaping Community: Testimonios de los valles. Co-editor with Gloria Cuádraz. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, 2017.
The Drama of Gender: Feminist Theater by Women of the Americas. In the Series "Wor(l)ds of Change: Latin American and Iberian Literature. New York: Peter Lang, 2000; Second printing in paperback, 2002.
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Resistance and Affirmation: Teaching Spanish in the U.S. Academy” In Women Of Color: Taking Their Rightful Place in Leadership. (Birkdale Publishers: San Diego, CA, March 2010. Pgs 127-141.
ARTICLES
“Memory Mambo: Un paso hacia adelante, dos pasos hacia atrás.” Special Issue on U.S. Latino Literature—Culturas híbridas. Alberto Sándoval-Sánchez and Frances Aparicio, Eds. Revista Iberoamericana: No. 212, 2005.
"Autobiography and Performance: New Images in Chicana Theater." Ollantay Theater Magazine. Special Issue—Latina Performance Since the 1960’s. Teresa Marrero, Ed., 2001, Vol IX. 18, pp.104-116.
"Subverting Scripts: Identity and Performance in Plays by U.S. Latinas.” Latinas on Stage: Practice and Theory. Ed. Lillian Manzor and Alicia Arrizón. Berkeley: Third Woman Press, 2000.
"Performing Difference: Intra-Ethnic Theatricalities." Feministas Unidas. 1997. Vol: 17.2, pp. 10-16.
"On Borders, Multiple Migrations, Cultural Diversity, and the Politics of Identity." The Global Citizen. Ed. William Cumiford. Boston: Copley, 1996, pp.136-141.
"Julia Alvarez y !Yo!." Letras Femeninas. Fall 2000.
"Teorías y prácticas en el teatro de hoy (FIIT, Cholula 1997) Latin American Theatre Review. Spring 1998, pp. 197-200.
Awards and Recognition
Associations and Affiliations
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Comparative literature, culture, and performance studies of the Americas (U.S., Latino, Spanish American, and Brazilian)
Education
- Ph.D. Contemporary Latin American and U.S. Latino Literatures, Cornell University
Contact
- (802) 656-3574
506 Waterman
Courses Taught
- SPAN 3110: Composition and Conversation
- SPAN 3610: Analyzing Hispanic Literatures
- SPAN 4110: Advanced Composition and Conversation
- SPAN 4665: Border Literatures
- SPAN 4575: Latin American Performance and Politics
- SPAN 4520: Hispanic Films in Context
- SPAN 4990: Advanced Special Topics: Latin American Women in Literature and Film
- SPAN 3990: Advanced Special Topics: Latin American Short Story
- ENGL 2216: D1: Latino Writers