Courses offered:
All levels of Spanish, Latin American Culture and Society, Hispanic Women’s Voices and Images, Latin American Literature since 1910, Hispanic Caribbean Literature and Popular Culture, Syntax and Substance: Spanish Grammar.
Teaching Interest:
Caribbean Literature and Popular Culture, Latin American Contemporary Fiction, Spanish language, Latino/a Literature.
Research Interest:
Cuban and Cuban American Literature, Latino/a literature in the context of the Americas, women’s writings, and the use of technology and multimedia in the classroom.
Recent Publications:
“Reading Lives in Installments: Autobiographical Essays by Women of the Cuban Diaspora. ” Forthcoming in Negotiating Identities in Art, Literature and Philosophy: Cuban Americans and American Culture. Eds. Isabel Alvarez-Borland and Lynette Bosch. New York: SUNY Press
"'That's My Theme: The Human Adventure.' An Interview with Ena Lucía Portela." Forthcoming in The Portable Island: Cubans at Home in the World. Eds. Ruth Behar and Lucía Suárez. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
“Trading Sea(wo)men and Tillers of the Soil: A Review of Three Anthologies on Short Fiction from Cuba” [on Havana Noir (New York: Akashic Books, 2007), ed. Achy Obejas; New Short Fiction from Cuba (Northwestern University Place, 2007), eds. Jacqueline Loss and Esther Whitfield; and Cuba on the Edge: Short Stories from the Island (Nottingham, GB: CCC Press, 2007), eds. Mary G. Berg, Pamela Carmell, and Anne Fountain]. Forthcoming in Caribe.
“Hogar, ¿dulce hogar?: Asedios a casas de La Habana en la narrativa femenina de hoy.” A Living Legacy: CCNY Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Undergraduate Alumni Conference. Eds. Bettina R. Lerner and Juan Carlos Mercado. New York: Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs, 2006.
Grants:
Ramapo Foundation Grant Proposal - "Faculty Colloquia through the Disciplines: Economic Crisis and The Worker: Historical Perspectives, Global Challenges".
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