About Our Faculty
Borders & Languages

Areas of Expertise:

• U.S. Latina/o Literature
• Chicana/o Studies
• Women's and Gender studies
• Spanish for Second Language Learners 
• Spanish for Heritage Speakers

Education:

• Ph.D., in Spanish, with subspecialties in US Latino/a and Latin American Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Houston, 2016
• Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, University of Houston, 2014
• M.A., Spanish Latin American Literature, University of Texas-Pan American, 2009
• B.A., Spanish, University of Texas-Pan American, 2007

Areas of Expertise:

• Spanish
• Linguistics
• Teaching diverse students
• Discourse analysis
• Creative Writing

Education:

• Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics, University of Florida, 2014
• M.A., Hispanic Linguistics, Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Colombia, 2006
• B.A., Comparative Literature, Universidad del Valle, Colombia, 2003

Areas of Expertise:

• Horror and Monstrosity in Latin American Film
• Monstrosity in Early Modern and Colonial Hispanic Literature and Culture 
• Cultural Criminology and Critical Theory 
• Law and State of Exception in Colombia
• Spanish for the professions

Education:

• Ph.D., Hispanic Studies / Spanish, University of Florida, 2016
• M.A., Spanish, University of Florida, 2016
• LL.M., Administrative Law, Universidad Santiago de Cali (Cali, Colombia), 2006
• Lawyer, (L.L.B, five years program) St. Bonaventure University (Colombia), 2001