Associate Director, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
Research Description
Representation of Latin American women in contemporary film and literature; children and adolescents in contemporary Latin American film and literature.
Education
M.A. University of Texas, Austin
PhD University of Texas, Austin
Grants
Fulbright to Liverpool (2014)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
Recent Publications
- “The Father-Daughter Relationship in Claudia Piñeiro’s Novel of Formation, Un comunista en calzoncillos" Studies in 20 and 21 Century 49.1 (2025): 1-13.
- “The Abject in Claudia Piñeiro’s El tiempo de las moscas”Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 102. 5 (2025): 495-511.
- “María Victoria Menis’ María y El Araña: Portraying Girls’ Sexualization and Child Sexual Abuse” Journal of Romance Studies 24.4 (2024): 381-400.
- “Iniciación femenina en dos novelas de Claudia Piñeiro: Catedrales y El tiempo de las moscas” Ámbitos feministas 12 (2024): 87-103.