Spanish Department
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
Portland, OR 97202
About
I hold a PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish) from the University of Michigan (2012) and joined Reed in August 2014. I also hold a master’s degree in urban planning and studies from Michigan, and was a practitioner architect before turning to academia. My area of specialization is 20th and 21st century Latin American literature and culture with an emphasis on contemporary Central America, Mexico and Peru. My research interests include critical, political and spatial theory, state violence and the languages of resistance, and the relation between culture, politics and the production of space. I have published articles on Latin American guerrillas, insurgent and counterinsurgent discourse, and contemporary Central American literature. I have taught classes on critical posthumanism; the relation between space and power; Latin American revolutions; and immigration, gangs and the drug trade in the Americas.
Education
Ph.D. Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish), University of Michigan, 2012
M.A. Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan, 2006
B.A. Architecture (Licenciatura en Arquitectura), Universidad Francisco Marroquín, 2000
Professional Appointments
Associate Professor of Spanish and Humanities. Spanish Department, Reed College. 2019 – present
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Humanities. Spanish Department, Reed College. 2014 – 2019
Assistant Professor of Spanish. Spanish Department, Sewanee: The University of the South. 2012 – 2014