In This Section

Degree Major Emphasis Institution Year
Ph.D. Spanish, Afro-Caribbean Literature University of Texas at Austin 2002
M.A. Spanish Middlebury College 1994
B.A. Romance Languages Washington & Lee University 1991

Spanish Language
Spanish Literature

Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Literatures
Second Language Acquisition
Spanish Peninsular Literature

Assistant Professor, California State University at San Bernardino
Lecturer, African American Literature, Texas A&M University
Instructor of Spanish, University of Texas at Austin
Fellow, Washington & Lee University

PUBLICATIONS:

“Rewriting the Other: Manuel Zapata Olivella Redefines Mestizaje.” Letras Hispanas. On-line publication: http://letrashispanas.unlv.edu.

Testing the Colorline: Multi-Consciousness and Language in Down These Mean Streets.” On-line publication of proceedings: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/iradac/conference/index.html.

“Fidel Castro.” The Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature, volume on Hispanic America Literature. Ed. Luz Elena Ramirez. Facts on File, 2008.

“History Will Absolve Me.” The Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature, volume on Hispanic America Literature. Ed. Luz Elena Ramirez. Facts on File, 2008.

“Death and the Maiden.” The Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature, volume on Hispanic America Literature. Ed. Luz Elena Ramirez. Facts on File, 2008.

PRESENTATIONS:

“He visto la noche: Manuel Zapata Olivella Investigates ‘Blackness’ in the Americas.” “Luso-Hispanic Voices: Nation, Language & Identity,” conference, Amherst College, April 27-29, 2007.

“Nancy Morejón: Redefining the Afro-Cuban Woman,” the American Association of Teachers to the Afro-Cuban Woman of Spanish & Portuguese Conference, UCLA, April 8, 2006.

“The Stranger Within: Negotiating Racial Identity in Zapata Olivella’s ’Un extraño bajo mi piel,’” 2006 Latin American Studies Conference, “Study of the Americas,” CSUSB, February 23-24, 2006.

“Manuel Zapata Olivella and the Question of Mestizaje,” Caribbean Studies Association Conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 31, 2005.

“Rewriting the Other: Manuel Zapata Olivella Redefines Mestizaje,” SCMLA (South Central Modern Language Association), October 29, 2005.

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- Romans 12:1-2, NASB