Research
UNCW North Entrance My research interest is primarily in the area of US Latino literature. My research focuses on the contruction of identity thorugh literature. In my present research I am looking at Latino American authors writing about Latin American socio-political issues.
Publications
BOOK CHAPTER
"Daniel Alarcón's Lima: Articulation of Transnationalism through a Discursive and Geographical Space." Negotiating Latinidades, Understanding Identities within Spaces. Ed. Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Forthcoming.
"Environmental Crisis and the Male Culture in Marie Arana's Cellophane." Hispanic Women Writers in the 21st Century: Shaping Gender, the Environment, and Global Politics. Eds. Estrella Cibreiro and Francisca López. New York: Routeledge, 2013.
ARTICLES
“Contesting Identity in Achy Obejas’s Memory Mambo.” Letras Femeninas Forthcoming.
“Negotiating a New Identity for US Latino Literature in Achy Obejas’s Ruins.” Label Me Latin@ Special Edition: Latina Author- Asserting Female Agency. (2012).
"Gaze of the Insider/Outsider: US Latino Authors Writing of Latin America." Hipertexto. 13 (2011).
"Global Health and Politics: Julia Alvarez’ Saving the World." The Coastal Review. 2 (2008).
Conference Papers
"Latin/o American Perspective of the United States in Sam no es mi tío" Latina/o Literary Landscape: A Symposium," Latina/o Literature and Culture Society of American Literature Association, San Antonio, Texas, 2014.
"Daniel Alarcón: A Case Study of a Transnational Author." 26th Annual MELUS Conference:Ethnic Literatures and Transnationalism. Santa Clara University: Santa Clara, California, 2012.
"Environmental Crisis and the Male Culture in Marie Arana’s Cellophane. 25th Annual MELUS Conference:Ethnic Canons in Global Contexts. Florida Atlantic University: Boca Raton, Florida, 2011.
"Locating the Origin of Being: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa’s Daughters of the Stone." 58th Annual SECOLAS Conference: Nation Formation and the Diaspora of Race.University of North Carolina: Wilminton, North Carolina, 2011.
"Negotiating a New Identity for US Latino Literature in a Spanish Curriculum and the Spanish Speaking World." 2nd International Conference on Caribbean Studies. Marquette University: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2010.
"The Implications and Dangers of Disappearing Borders in Daniel Alarcón's Lost City Radio." 3rd Crossing Over Symposium: Cultural Crossings. Cleveland State University: Cleveland, Ohio, 2009.
"Gaze of the Outsider/Insider: US Latino Authors Writing of Latin America." 6th Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages and Literatures. Georgia Southern University: Statesboro, Georgia, 2009
"Constructing the Nation: Julia Alvarez' In the Name of Salomé." Seventh Biennial International/Interdisciplinary Research Conference of the Afro/Latin American Research Association: Cartagena de las Indias, Colombia, 2008.
"Contesting Identity: Achy Obejas Memory Mambo." National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies: 2008 National Conference. Baton Rouge, 2008.
"Global Health and Politics: Julia Alvarez’ Saving the World." 4th Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages and Literatures. Georgia Southern University: Statesboro, Georgia, 2007.
"Reconciling with Memory: Achy Obejas’ Days of Awe.” University of Colorado: Colorado Springs, 2006.
"Recuperating National History: The Mirabal Sisters of the Dominican Republic." Trans/National Film and Literature; Cultural Production and the Claims of History: 30th Annual Conference on Literature and Film. Florida State University: Tallahassee, 2005.
"The Self and the Collective: Judith Ortiz Cofer’s Silent Dancing." National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies: 2005 National Conference. Omni Houston Hotel Westside: Houston, 2005.
"Rites of Passage: The Adolescent’s Journey in Judith Ortiz Cofer’s Narrative." Cultural Encounters Conference. Tulane University: New Orleans, 2004.
"An Identity of Difference: A Reconstruction of the Hybrid Identity of the US-Latino in Dolores Prida’s Botánica (1990)" The Global Diaspora Conference. Florida Atlantic University: Boca Raton, 2002.
"The Evil in Federico García Lorca’s Bodas de sangre (Blood Wedding)." Lorca Centenary Celebration. India International Center, New Delhi, 1998.