Areas of Interest
- Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Literatures
- Modern and Contemporary Politics and Social Justice Movements
- Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Translation and Translation Studies
Degrees
- B.A., Spanish, Goucher College
- M.A., Comparative Literature, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Ph.D., Comparative Literature, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Courses Taught
- SPAN 101: Beginning Spanish, Level I
- SPAN 102: Beginning Spanish, Level II
- SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish/Grammar, Conversation, and Composition I
- SPAN 224: Readings in Latin American Cultures
- SPAN 275: “The U.S. Origins of Latinx Immigration”
- SPAN 31108: Gender and Sexuality in Latin American and Latinx Literatures
- FYSM 101: “The Complexity of Home”
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- “The Privilege of ‘Not-Knowing’: Clarice Lispector’s A hora da estrela as Self-Critique.” Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 101.4 (2024): 371-85.
- “‘Hasta tomar el cielo por asalto’: Competing Historical Moods in Patricio Pron’s El espíritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia.” Latin American Literary Review 49.98 (2022): 32-39. Web. 17 October 2022.
- “‘These loins aren’t on fire’: Neoliberalism and the Erotic in Paul Martínez Pompa’s My Kill Adore Him.” Latin American Literary Review 47.93 (2020): 12-19. Web. 18 September 2020.
- “Beyond Marcuse: Guevara’s Influence on the Revolutionary Erotic in Julio Cortázar’s Libro de Manuel.” A Contracorriente 13.2 (Winter 2016): 1-24. Web. 8 March 2016.
- “Deconstructing Psychiatric Discourse and Idealized Madness in Cristina Rivera Garza’s Nadie me verá llorar.” Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana 43.1 (May 2014): 3-14.
- “‘To name that thing without a name’: Linking Poetry and the Child’s Voice in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street.” Letras Femeninas 37.2 (Winter 2011): 139-55.
Other Publications
- Estrada, Oswaldo. “The Weight of Dreams.” Translated by Rebecca Garonzik, Spanglish Voces (2024): n. pag. Web. 16 Jan. 2025.
- “Queering Feminism: Cristina Rivera Garza’s La cresta de Ilión and the Feminine Sublime.” Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Humanísticos y Literatura 14 (Fall 2010): 45-56.
- “Permanencias de Juan Rulfo en la crítica contemporánea.” Rev. of Ecos y murmullos en la obra de Rulfo, Ed. Julio Moguel and Enrique Sáinz. Confluencia 24.2 (Spring 2009): 151-53.
Just For Fun
When I’m not teaching my classes or editing my students’ IS manuscripts, I enjoy dancing, singing, birdwatching with my husband, or going to see whatever new movie is playing at the Lyric.