Degrees

• B.A., Wofford College, History and Spanish, 1994
• M.A., University of North Carolina, Romance Languages, 1997
• Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Romance Languages, 2004

Academic Experience

• Associate Director, Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute 2012-
• Lecturer, Tulane University, 2008-
• Assistant Professor, Regis University, 2005-2008
• Instructor, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2004-2005
• Lecturer, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2003-2004
• Teaching Fellow, University of North Carolina, 1994-2002

Distinctions

• Simón Rodríguez Award for Best Undergraduate Teaching, 2013
• NEH Grant, 2006
• University of Florida Research Grant in Latin American Studies, 2005
• FLAS Fellowship, 2001-2002

Languages

• Spanish
• Portuguese

Overseas Experience

• Cuba
• Brazil
• Mexico
• Spain

Related Experience

• Co-Director, Tulane’s Summer Program in Havana, 2012-
• Course Coordinator, Tulane University Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Spring 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, Academic year 2013-2014
• Resident Director, Newcomb-Tulane Junior Year Abroad in Cuba, 2009
• Academic Policies and Standards Committee, Regis University, 2007-2008

Selected Publications

• 2013. “Madres, tiranas y rebeldes: los personajes femeninos en la obra teatral de Pedro R. Monge Rafuls.” Pp. 112-123 in Celebrando a Virgilio Piñera. Miami: Pro Teatro Cubano.
• 2012. “Aquí, allá, ahora: Un ciclo de lecturas necesarias.” Tablas: Revista Cubana de las Artes Escénicas Vol. XCVIII: 100-102.
• 2009. “Una cubana in the Borderlands in La hija de la Llorona by Teresa Dovalpage.” Latin American Theatre Review, Fall: 27-39.
• 2007. “El teatro bufo.” In The Colombia Encyclopedia of Modern Dance, Vol. I. Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn, eds. New York: Columbia University Press. 203-204.
• 2007. “Review of Family and Identity in Contemporary Cuban and Puerto Rican Drama, by Camila Stevens.” Hispanófila. June: 107-108.
• 2007. “Review of El teatro cubano durante la república: Cuba detrás del telón by Matías Montes Huidobro.” Hispanófila. January: 91-92..
• 2004. “The Queering of Cuban History: Carmelita Tropicana and Memories of the Revolution.” Latin American Theatre Review. Spring: 127-140.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: 

• Introduction to Hispanic Literatures
• Social Problems in Latin American Literature
• Introduction to Latino Studies
• SPAN 3130: Introduction to Latin American Culture
• Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition