a few words about me:
Department of Spanish, and Portuguese
B.A.—California State University, Chico
M.A., Ph.D. —University of California, Santa Barbara
Fields
of Specialization:
US/Mexico
Border studies; Mexican literature; Chicano and Chicana literature;
and US Latino literature.
Publications include short stories in international literary journals
and newspapers (The Barcelona Review, El País Digital, Los
universitarios)
as well as in major anthologies on contemporary literature in the Americas
(1998, Líneas aéreas; 2000, Se
habla español,
voces latinas en USA).
Academic publications include articles on Chicano poets Juan Felipe
Herrera and Ricardo Sánchez, as well as on northern Mexican
borderlands cultures, and the contemporary Mexican short story. Current
projects include a recently completed novel, Esperando en el lost
and found, and a book manuscript on Mexican border
culture, Inter/Sections.
Wandering and Cultural Liminality in the Northern Mexican Borderlands.