As a scholar with an interdisciplinary background in American Studies, African American Studies, Latin American Studies and Latinx Studies, I have long developed an interest in popular culture starting with hip hop and street literature and later leading to writings on comic books and television. At the same time, my last six years teaching Latinx Literature at Lehman College has inspired me to enter more into literary studies, leading to new interdisciplinary projects and approaches. Currently I am working on a scholarly manuscript combining undocupoetics with film, theater, memoir admits political, legal and historical backdrop in immigration studies. Below, a sampling of my most recent leanings in these areas:
Book Chapters
“Yo Tambien?: Sexual Assault Narratives in Chicana Memoirs”: Routledge Companion to Latinx Life Writing. Maria Joaquina Villaseñor and Christine J. Fernández editors, Routledge Press, 2024. “Cristela Alonzo’s Subversive Humor: Sitcoms, Nostalgia and the New Latino American Dream”: LatinxTV in the Twenty-First Century. Frederick Aldama editor, University of Arizona Press, 2022. “Mexican Manhattan: Mexican Literary Migrations through New York City and Latinx Literature”: Communicative Spaces in Bilingual Contexts: Discourses, Synergies and Counterflows in Spanish & English. Jessica Retis and Ana Sanchez Muñoz editors, Routledge Press, 2022. “Blurring Genres, Blurring Borders: Contemporary Poetic Memoirs of Afro-Dominicanas in the United States”: AfroLatinas/LatiNegras: Culture, Identity, and Struggle from an Intersectional Perspective. Concetta Bondi and Rosita Scerbo editors, Lexington Books, 2022. 
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Edited Volume
Y Yo Tambien: Latinas Respond to #MeToo (edited volume): Rutgers University Press (in progress). Peer Reviewed Articles “Superheroine Latinidad: The Diasporic Identities of America Chavez & La Borinqueña.” The Journal of Popular Culture (Oct. 1, 2021). “It’s her Goooaaalll!!!!!!: Centering Latina Athletes in Yamile Saied Méndez’s Furia.” Lable Me Latina/o (June 7, 2021). “Latino Enough?: Whiteness, Latinidad and Identity in Memoirs of Finding “Home.” Prose Studies, 41:2 (Fall 2020). 
Book Reviews
Book Review of Vanessa Angélica Villarreal’s Magical / Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy and Borders (Invited). Latinx Pop Mag. May 2024. Book Review of José Olivarez's Citizen Illegal (Invited). Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. 44.2 (Fall 2019), p. 251-254. Presentations (Invited & Conference) Invited Lectures & Conference Presentations : “Blurring Genres, Blurring Borders: Contemporary Poetic Memoirs of Afro-Dominicanas in the United States.” Northwestern University (May 12, 2023). Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, PA (Jan. 4-7, 20204): Chair & Session Presenter: “Niños sin Papeles”: An Exploration of Child Migrant Experiences through Undocumented Writers’ Narratives” Latin American Studies Association, Vancouver, Canada (May 24-27, 2023): Chair & Session Presenter: “US immigration policy and child migrant mental health through undocumented writers narratives.” American Studies Association, New Orleans, LA (Nov. 3-6, 2022): Session Presenter & Organizer: “Latinx Studies on Fire: Art, Scholarship in a Time of Crisis.” |
