 Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies
Education:
BA, Comparative Literature, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, 2001;
PhD, Literature, University of California, San Diego, 2007
Research Interests:
Transnational Carribean literatures and cultures
Selected Publications:
“Capital neoliberal, raza, migración: relaciones domínico-haitianas y domínico-puertorriqueñas” (“Neoliberal Capital, Race, Migration: Haitian-Dominican Relations and Dominican-Puerto Rican Relations”), Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales (February 2008).
“Anowa and Tituba, Witch or Feminist?: A Comparative Study of Two Postcolonial Characters,” conference proceedings, African Diasporas: Ancestors, Migrations and Boundaries, Africa World Press, 2007.
Works in Progress:
"Racial Geopolitics: Interrogating Caribbean Cultural Discourse in the Era of Globalization" (book manuscript)
Recent Courses:
ES 250 Introduction to African American Studies: Hemispheric Legacies of the Plantation (Winter 2008; Winter 2007)
ES 407/507 Narrating the Americas: Gender, Race, and Globalization (Fall 2007)
ES 101 Introduction to Ethnic Studies (Fall 2007; Fall 2006)
ES 399 Caribbean Migrations in the Literary Imagination (Spring 2007)
ES 410/510 Latin American and Latino/a Cultural Studies (Spring 2007)
ES 407/507 Approaches to Race in Globalization and Postcolonial Studies (Winter 2007)
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