Ph.D. in Spanish (Central American Lit.), UC Davis
M.A. in Peninsular and Latin American Literature, UC Davis
B.A. in English (Cultural Studies), UC Santa Cruz
Joined CMLL in:
2014
Research Interests
Late 19th and early 20th Century Central American Literature (narrative) and other forms of the region’s cultural production
Latin@ Literature, Latinx cultural production in the South
Culture in the language classroom
Academic writing with cultural specific content
Latin American Cultural Studies
Recent Publications
“Conceptualizing and Problematizing Space: Teaching Central American Literature and Culture in Central America,” Co-authored with Brian Davisson. Forthcoming in Teaching Central American Literature in a Global Context, MLA Anthology Edited by Monica Abizures and Gloria Chacón, 2021
CMLL Symposium Series, The Metaphor of the Monster, Co-Editor with Keith Moser of the first book in the series. Bloomsbury Press, October 2020
"La Siguanaba y la búsqueda de la identidad cultural salvadoreña en los siglos XX y XXI," Istmo 34 (2017)
Awards
Institutional nominee for The Höffmann Academic Award for Intercultural Competence, highly competitive international award University of Vechta, Germany. November 2020
Mississippi State University Diversity Award, ($1000) February 2019. This recognition is awarded on a competitive basis at the university level for efforts made towards advancing awareness and well-being of diverse communities at Mississippi State
Grants
Governor’s Emergency Education Response (GEER)/CARES Act. “MSU Support for Online Language Teaching,” US Department of Education. Award $104,683.
College of Arts and Sciences, Mississippi State University. Strategic Research Initiative grant, awarded December 2019 to conduct archival work in El Salvador; and in preparation of phase I of the “Salarrué Digital Archive” project.
Affiliations
African American Studies Program, Mississippi State University
Program de Maestria en Literatura Centroamericana, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras
Visiting Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
