Research Interests
Hispanic Cultural StudiesSpanish Youth CultureTransnational MigrationTranscultural MigrationSpanish and Collaborative European CinemaSpanish Horror FilmEuropean ImmigrationFilm and Cultural Theory
Opportunities
Work Study Positions Available: No
Grant Funded Positions Available: No
Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No
Volunteer Research Positions Available: No
Biography
I was fortunate to join the WCU “Foreign Languages” Department in 1998 after teaching literature and film as a graduate student. I was happy to move back east and to participate in the great project of Public Education in what we now call “Languages and Cultures.” I participated in renaming and reshaping our current programs to better reflect our understanding of Spanish and International Studies as integral to global participation in the 21st century. My teaching, scholarship, and service to the field of Hispanic Cultural Studies has included a focus on Contemporary Spain, in particular Peninsular literatures and films regarding issues of migration, gender, class, and most recently, Spanish youth culture. I have created, too, opportunities for Study Abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico, and more recently in Barcelona, Spain. I am always delighted to work with students interested in the Humanities and in the world beyond their known political, cultural and virtual borders.
