Teresa Clifton

Teresa Clifton

Special Collections & Engagement Librarian- Latin American Library

People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Core Faculty

Research

Colonial Latin American Literature & Visual Culture, Pastoral Literature, Ecocriticism & Environmental Humanities, Material History of Literature

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Brown University, Hispanic Studies, 2019
  • M.A., Brown University, Hispanic Studies, 2014
  • B.A., Tulane University, English and Spanish, minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 2012
  • B.S., Tulane University, Linguistics, 2012

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Assistant Professor of Spanish, Berea College, 2022-2024
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, 2020-2022
  • Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, 2018-2020
  • Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, 2018-2022

Distinctions

  • J.M. Stuart Fellowship, Brown University, 2017–2018

Languages

  • Spanish

Selected Publications

  • Forthcoming. “Mexico City, 1620: Pastoral Fiction and Cultural Adaptation in Spain and Spanish America.” Textuality and Diversity: A Literary History of Europe and its Global Connections, 1545–1661, edited by Warren Boutcher, Oxford UP, 2027
  • 2022. “‘Escribieron en mi memoria’: Ekphrasis in the Pastoral Fiction of New Spain.” Ekphrastic Image-making in Early Modern Europe and the Americas, edited by Art di Furia and Walter Melion, Brill, 2022, pp. 789-807.
  • 2017. “Arcadia en el Nuevo Mundo: La literatura pastoril de la Nueva España.” Topografías literarias: El espacio en la literatura hispánica de la Edad Media al siglo XXI, edited by Alba Agraz Ortiz & Sara Sánchez-Hernández, Biblioteca Nueva, 2017, pp. 103

The Effect of Oversight on the Quantity and Quality of Policing

The Public Opinion and Political Behavior Speaker Series brings together leading scholars examining the relationship between democracy, political institutions, and citizen attitudes and behavior in Latin America. Join CIPR for these presentations exploring how political institutions and public opinion shape democratic outcomes across the region. 

Speaker: Dorothy Kronick (University of California, Berkeley) 

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Join the weekly Spanish language meet-up! Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. We will have different snacks from all over Latin America every week.

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Join the weekly Spanish language meet-up! Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. We will have different snacks from all over Latin America every week.

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Join the weekly Spanish language meet-up! Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. We will have different snacks from all over Latin America every week. 

Tulane Brazilian Jazz Ensemble

This ensemble, comprised of Tulane students, focuses on the intersections of Brazilian music with jazz. Bossa nova, samba jazz, baião, choro, ijexá, and many other traditional Brazilian rhythms integrate the repertoire. The ensemble performs music from Tom Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal, João Bosco, João Donato, Gilberto Gil, and Pixinguinha. Geovane Santos, LAST PhD Candidate, is the director of the Tulane Brazilian Jazz Ensemble.

Music at Midday – Geovane Santos: Ballet and Beyond

Geovane Santos, an Afro-Brazilian guitarist, vocalist, composer, and educator from Belo Horizonte, brings his rich cultural heritage to New Orleans' vibrant music scene. Recognized as the city's "best Brazilian jazz guitarist" by OffBeat Magazine, he is the founder of New Orleans Brasil Day and a dedicated scholar exploring race, transculturation, and cultural appropriation in music. 

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