Expertise
Postcolonial medievalism (the matter of Islam vs. the matters of France and England); Geographical and encyclopedic representation of otherness; Representation of Islam in Europe (Middle Ages to eighteenth century); Monstrous races in western European Medieval and Early Modern Literatures; Women writers (and writing practices) during the Middle Ages; Women studies (particularly in relationship to reading and writing practices). Her teaching and research interests are related to medieval and early modern depictions of contact and cultural exchange between Islam and Western Christendom in epics and chivalric romances, with secondary specializations on monstrosity and medieval women’s writing.
Past Affiliations

PhD Student, Department of Literature, Division of Arts and Humanities, University of California, San Diego (past)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Literature and Language, College of Arts and Sciences, East Tennessee State University (past)

Affiliate Faculty, Women's Studies Program, Department of Literature and Language, College of Arts and Sciences, East Tennessee State University (past)

Instructor, English, Auburn University (past)

Communities
English
Degrees
PhD, University of California-San Diego, Comparative Literature, 2013
MA, San Diego State University, Women’s Studies, 2006
BA, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexic, 1984
Languages
English, French, Medieval Castilian, Middle English, Spanish
Associations
Southeastern Medieval Association
Société Rencesvals