Education
Ph.D. Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish), Harvard University
• Graduate student exchange, Universidad de Sevilla
M.A. Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish), Harvard University
Non-degree auditor/Fulbright teaching assistant, Université de Toulouse/Lycée Paul-Sabatier de Carcassonne
B.A. Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis.
• Junior year abroad, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Publications
BOOKS:
SELECTED ARTICLES/CHAPTERS:
- “Ulysses and the Spanish Novel: Religious Connections in Camilo José Cela’s San Camilo, 1936 and Juan Goytisolo’s Don Julián.” Romanic Review vol. 116, no. 1, May 2025, pp. 173–92.
- “Gender and Adaptation in the Filmic Legacy of Emilia Pardo Bazán.” Bulletin of Spanish Studies vol. 101, no. 10, 2024, pp. 1421–44.
- “Martyrs and Saints of the Spanish Civil War Era: Enshrinement of the Right and Historical Memory.” Rite, Flesh, and Stone: The Matter of Death in Contemporary Spanish Culture, 1959-2020. Edited by Daniel García Donoso and Antonio Córdoba. Vanderbilt University Press, 2021, pp. 97-118.
- “Transatlantic Musical Crossover: Miguel Bosé in the U.S.A. and Bruce Springsteen in Spain.” Imperialism and the Wider Atlantic: Essays in the Literatures, Politics and Aesthetics of Transatlantic Cultures. Edited by Francisco LaRubia-Prado and Tania Gentic. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, pp. 135-156.
- “El feminismo en la ficción de Clara Sánchez y de Gómez de Avellaneda.” Analecta Malacitana / AnMal Electrónica vol. 42, June 2017, pp. 179-87.
- “Luis Buñuel.” Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies. Edited by Krin Gabbard. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
- “The Metaphysics of Espronceda’s Romanticism in El estudiante de Salamanca.” Bulletin of Hispanic Studies vol. 93, no. 1, 2016, pp. 46-62.
- “Pedro Almodóvar and the Professions: The Case of La piel que habito.” MIFLC Review vol. 16, 2012-2014, pp. 81-92.
- “Victors, Villains, and Ghosts: Filmic Intertextuality in Javier Marías’s Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí.” Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos vol. 28, no. 2, Winter 2004, pp. 391-410.
- “Mapping out the Cartas marruecas: Geographical, Cultural, and Gender Coordinates.” Revista de Estudios Hispánicos vol. 33, no. 1, January 1999, pp. 65-83.
- “Antonio Machado’s Fountains: Archeology of an Image.” MLN vol. 113, no. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 305-323.
- “Pascual Duarte y los asesinos en serie.” Actas del Duodécimo Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas. Vol. 5. Edited by Derek Flitter. Birmingham, U.K.: University of Birmingham and Doelphin Books, 1998, pp. 250-256.
- “Conversación con Antonio Muñoz Molina.” España Contemporánea vol. 7, no. 1, Spring 1994, pp. 69-82.
- “Vinculada a les flors: Flowers and the Body in Jardí vora el mar and Mirall trencat.” The Garden Across the Border: Mercè Rodoreda’s Fiction. Edited by Kathleen McNerney and Nancy Vosburg. Cranbury, NJ: Susquehannah University Press, 1994, pp. 73–84.
Memberships
MLA: Modern Language Association
AATSP: American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas
SCMS: Society of Cinema and Media Studies
Asociación Internacional de Galdosistas
Feministas Unidas