Expertise

Research Interests:

  • Latin American Cultural Studies, Mexican Literature and Culture, Screenwriting Studies, and Latinas in the U.S.

Research Interests

  • Modern Languages
  • Cultural Studies
  • Literature and cinema
  • Screenplay Studies
  • Feminist Theory
  • Mexican Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Latin American literature
  • Film Studies
  • Women and Gender Studies
  • Culture Studies
  • Agency
  • Women's Studies
  • Hélène Cixous
  • Maras
  • Comics and Graphic Novels
  • Gayatri Spivak
  • Enrique Dussell
  • Anibal Quijano
  • Gloria Anzaldua
  • Spinoza
  • Mary Louise Pratt
  • Homi Bhabha (Cultural Theory)

Dr. DePaoli’s research is interdisciplinary, focusing 20th-century and contemporary Latin American & Latinx Literature and Culture, with a specific interest in Mexican cinema and screenwriting studies.

Past Affiliations

Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, American Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Assistant Professor, American Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Faculty, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Communities
Women's Studies, Language Studies, North American Studies, Gender Studies, International Studies
Degrees
PhD, Purdue University, Latin American Literature and Culture and Latino Studies, 2001
MA, Purdue University, Spanish, 1995
DVMS, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mexico, 1990