Hannah Palmer

Assistant Director of Academic Programs and Projects

Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Staff
Tulane Affiliation
Administrator
Region
  • Central America

Biography

Hannah Palmer, who joined the staff in 2019, oversees summer abroad initiatives and academic-year programming at both the Stone Center and the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute. Before coming to Tulane, she worked in Latin American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as Graduate Program Coordinator for the Institute for the Study of the Americas, Resident Director for the Yucatec Maya Summer Institute, and a teaching fellow of Spanish-language and English-literature courses while completing her Ph.D. Her interests include contemporary Maya literatures, critical Indigenous studies, gender and sexuality studies, contemporary Latinx literatures, and interdisciplinary and decolonial methodologies. In her research, teaching, and administrative work alike, she enjoys exploring new areas of inquiry and forums of instruction.

Courses

Indigenous Voices of the Americas, Approaches to Latin American Studies: Indigenous Feminisms, Perspectives on Global Citizenship

Additional Info

Key Responsibilities

  • Organize and administer Summer in Brazil, Mayan Language Institute, Summer in Cuba, and Summer in Panama programs
  • Manage ongoing digital humanities projects, such as the Latin American Writers Series, Cuba in New Orleans: An Oral History Project, and Centennial Celebration project
  • Serve as the principal liaison with Latin Americanist Graduate Organization
  • Plan and coordinate humanities on-campus and virtual programming for the Stone Center and the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute
  • Coordinate Undergraduate funding competitions and collaborate on additional Undergraduate enrichment programs

Research

Indigenous Language and Literatures, Decolonial Theory, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Contemporary Central American Literature

Degrees

  • B.A. (Hons.), Samford University, English and Spanish, 2009
  • Ph.D., English and Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2019

Distinctions

  • President’s Award for Excellence, Tulane University, 2021
  • Latin Americanist Graduate Organization (LAGO) Outstanding Staff Member Service Award, 2020, 2021

Languages

  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Yucatec Maya

Overseas Experience

  • Spain
  • Mexico
  • Guatemala

Related Experience

  • Assistant Director for Academic Projects and Programs, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 2022-
  • Program Manager for Special Projects, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 2019-2022
  • Graduate Program Coordinator, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016-2019
  • Resident Director, Yucatec Maya Summer Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017-2018
  • Visiting Lecturer, Department of English and North American Literature, University of Seville, 2014-2015

Selected Publications

  • 2020. “U Nojil a Ch’i’ibal: Briceida Cuevas Cob’s Poetic Empowerment of Yucatec Maya Women.” Studies in American Indian Literatures 32.1: 26-51.