Professor/Department Chair
Education
- B.A. (Spanish and Government) College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- M.A. (Spanish Language and Literature) Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
- Ph.D. (Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Academic Interests
Cultural politics in Latin America, globalization, public art and social movements, contemporary narrative in the Americas, and popular cultural practices
Publications
- On the Graphic Novel,2015
- “An Unauthorized History of Post-Mexican School Muralism,” book chapter, Mexican Muralism: A Critical History, 2012
- “A Week in Guatemala: Assorted Mental Souvenirs,” article, Headwaters, 2010
- ¡Viva la historieta! Mexican Comics, NAFTA, and the Politics of Globalization, 2009
- “Assembly Poetics in the Global Economy: Nicaragua,” book chapter, Poetry and Cultural Studies: A Reader, 2009
- “Signs of Empire in Mexican Graphic Narrative: A Research Agenda,” book chapter, Spanish and Empire, 2007
- “Verse and Reverse: Contesting Public Authority in Nicaraguan Newspaper Poetry,” book chapter, Into the Mainstream: Essays on Spanish American and Latino Literature and Culture, 2006
- Mexican Murals in Times of Crisis, 2003