Employed Since:

2009

Educational History:

B.A., Spanish, University of Virginia; M.T., Foreign Language Education, University of Virginia; M.A., Spanish (Literature), University of Virginia; Ph.D., Spanish (Literature), University of Virginia

Fields of Expertise:

Latin American film; Latin American literature; race and gender in Latin American cultural production

Personal Highlights:

My favorite things to do are speak Spanish, read, eat, travel, and watch sitcoms, telenovelas, and women’s basketball. I also love to walk for hours on end, preferably with my dogs or in a new city.

Professional Highlights:

I have taught Spanish courses in language, literature, and culture at the University of Virginia, Shenandoah University, and Semester at Sea. My peer-reviewed publications have appeared in journals such as Hispania, Ciberletras, Mise-en-scène, and Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas. You also can find my chapters in books published by academic presses in the US, UK, Peru, and Argentina. In addition to my own writing, a cornerstone of my scholarship is my role as the editor for the academic journal MIFLC Review, where I spearheaded the journal’s transition from print to online publication and now oversee all of the journal’s operations.

Research:

I mostly research and write about South American film, and I’ve recently started writing about Spanish-language television. In practice, this means that I analyze the ways that filmmakers and showrunners represent gender and/or race, and why it matters. I am always looking for students and colleagues to talk about movies and shows with me, and I especially enjoy teaching students how to start analyzing film for themselves.

Quote:

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”—Eleanor Roosevelt “We should sprint toward compassion and crawl toward judgement.”—Jason Reynolds