Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Women's & Gender Studies

Education:
BA, English, Stanford University, 1998;
MA, English, Cornell University, 2003;
PhD, English, Cornell University, 2005

Research Interests:
Comparative ethnic studies; lesbian and gay/queer studies; U.S. Latina and Latino literature and culture; literary theory

Selected Publications:
“Dying to Know: Suicidal Knowledge, Identity, and Responsibility in Baldwin’s Another Country,” PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language Association, forthcoming.

Works in Progress:
Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader, co-edited with Michael Hames-García (under review)

“Shifting the Site of Queer Enunciation: Manuel Muñoz and the Politics of Form,” (in Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader)

Research Groups:
Coordinator for the CSWS Research Interest Group “The Projects of Queer Studies: Race, Pedagogy, and Social Theory” at the University of Oregon; Member of the national coordinating team for the Future of Minority Studies (FMS) Research Project.

Recent Courses:
WGS 422/522 Queer Ethnic Literature (Spring 2008; Fall 2006)
ES 254 Introduction to Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies (Winter 2008; Fall 2006)
ES 498 Theories of Race & Ethnicity (Winter 2007)