Position Title
Lecturer of Comparative Literature
Designated Emphasis in Native American Studies
Adviser(s)
Inés Hernández Ávila
Profile
Ph.D. Candidate, Comparative Literature, Designated Emphasis in Native American Studies
Selected Publications
“The Chiapas Jaguar as Symbol of Maya Resintencia – Resistance and Intention.” The Latin Americanist, 2021. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/787739/summary
“Borges y la Cosmovisión Indígena.” The Quiet Corner Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018. https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi? article=1053&context=tqc
“Balance and Respect vs. Commodification and Control: Conflicting Values in the Work of Maya-Tsotsil Author Mikel Ruiz.” TRANSMODERNITY: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World, 2017. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/58q1190g
Chiapas Maya Awakening: Contemporary Poems and Short Stories, Oklahoma University Press, 2017 [editor, with Nicolás Huet Bautista, and translator].
Rooted/Uprooted: Identity in Chiapas Mayan and Mexican American Literature (master's thesis), 2012.
- B.A. in English with a German minor, College of William and Mary
- M.A. in English, San Diego State University
- COM 002 Major Books, Middle Ages to Enlightenment
- COM 003 Major Books, The Modern Crisis
- COM 004 Major Books, The Contemporary World
- COM 010 Master Authors in World Literature
- COM 151 Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
- NAS 005 Introduction to Native American Literature
- NAS 005A Writing Workshop
- Indigenous Mexican Literature
- Maya Literature and Languages
- Translation Studies
- Ecocriticism
- Chicano Literature
- Environmental Justice