Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer
Ph.D., in Latin American Literature and Culture, UC Davis Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Methodology & Human Rights
M.A., CSU Long Beach
B.A., UC Irvine
Research Interests:
- Female Militancy
- Latin American Women Writers & Filmmakers
- Documentary-Film
- Southern Cone Literatures
- Feminist Theories
- Second Language Acquisition
Courses
Course Taught:
- SPAN 1N - Introduction to Elementary Spanish
- SPAN 1 - Introduction to Spanish Language & Culture I
- SPAN 2 - Introduction to Spanish Language & Culture II
- SPAN 3 - Introduction to Spanish Language & Culture III
- Cultural analysis; Gender, Race, and Servitude in the Americas
Publications
- Book Review Editor of the Feminist Journal, Ámbitos Feministas: 2022- present
- Research Justice at the Intersections Fellow, Sept. 2021- Apr. 2022
Selected Publications:
- "When Surviving is Not Enough: From Militancy to Collaboration (On the Ethical Implications of Researching the Political Transformations of Marcia Alejandra Merino Vega, Luz Arce Sandoval, María Alicia Uribe Gómez)" Chasqui: revista de literatura latinoamericana, 2021
- "(Re) Signifying Spaces of Violence in Present-Day Chile: The Herstories of Colectivo de Mujeres Sobrevivientes Siempre Resistentes (CMSSR)" Ámbitos Feministas, 2021
- A Contracorriente: una revista de estudios latinoamericanos. “The Convergence of Past & Present Revolutionary His & Herstories in El Subcomandante Marcos-La verdadera leyenda (1995) produced by Carmen Castillo & Tessa Brisaac.” https://acontracorriente.
chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/ acontracorriente/article/view/ 1892
- Spanish & Portuguese Review. Book review on Eugenia Palieraki’s, ¡La revolución ya viene! El MIR chileno en los años sesenta. https://spanportreview.files.
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