Expertise

Spanish language and pedagogy, Argentine literature and culture, 20th century prose fiction of Latin America, GLBTQ Literature of Latin America, Jorge Luis Borges, Latin American Modernism and Avant-Garde, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Methodology.

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Modern and Classical Languages, Ball State University (past)

Assistant Professor, Spanish

Research Assistant, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (past)

Associate Professor, Women's Studies Program, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Director, Department of World Languages and Cultures, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Associate Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Language Studies
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spanish American Literature, 1990
MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Teaching of Spanish, 1985
BA, Dominican University, Spanish and French, 1980
Keywords
argentina literary criticism language and or literature, translation spanish language or literature latin american languages or literature critical theory gay or lesbian studies
Languages
French, Portuguese, Spanish
Associations
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Modern Language Association