Degrees

• B.A., University of San Agustin, Literature and Linguistics, 1994
• Licentiate, University of San Agustin, Literature and Linguistics, 1995
• M.A., Princeton University, Latin American Literature, 2001
• Ph.D., Princeton University, Latin American Literature, 2006

Academic Experience

• Associate Professor, Tulane University, 2013-
• Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2007-2013
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2006-2007
• Visiting Instructor, Moravian College, 2004-2006
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of San Marcos, Peru, 2002
• Teaching Assistant, Princeton University, 2000-2004

Distinctions

• University Fellowship, Princeton University, 1999-2004
• William Ebenstein Student Research Fund Award, Princeton University, 2003
• Caretas “El cuento de las mil palabras” award, 1992

Languages

• Spanish
• French
• Italian
• Portuguese

Overseas Experience

• Peru

Related Experience

• Member, Brazilian Studies Association, 2008-
• Member, Latin American Indian Literatures Association, 2006-
• Member, Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, 2005-
• Member, Modern Language Association, 2003-

Selected Publications

• 2016. “Words Under the Fog.” Edited by Jeremy Tambling. The Palgrave Handbook of the Literature and the City. London: Palgrave Mcmilliam.
• 2016. “La escritura post-catastrófica de Eielson.” Edited by Sandro Chire Jaime and Javier de Taboada. Palabra, color y materia en la obra de Jorge Eduardo Eielson. Lima: Casa de la Literatura/Ed. Animal de Invierno, 185-191.
• 2016. “Arguedas y la escritura envenenada.” Edited by Ana Gallego Cuiñas, Christian Estrade and Fatiha Idmhand. Diarios latinoamericanos del siglo XX. Bruxelles: P.I.E. Peter Lang, 133-144.
• 2015. “El relato del crimen: Intento de una explicación formal y su correlato social.” Campo Letrado 4(5): 24-38.
• 2014. “From Natiion’s Ear to God’s Eye to the Language of Reconciliation: The Commission and Reconciliation in Peru.” Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana, 43(1).
• 2013. “Writing the sexual-cultural encounter in the Andes: La hora azul by Alonso Cueto.” Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 90(7): 853-866.
• 2011. Dar la palabra. Ética, política y poética de la escritura en Arguedas. Madrid/Frankfurt: Iberoamericana-Vervuert.
• 2011. “La escritura de la reciprocidad en Arguedas.” Lienzo 31: 39-92.
• 2010. “El indio no es un indio: el indigenismo y la narrativa de Arguedas, revisitados.” Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana 72: 205-216.
• 2009. “Mariátegui: la escritura de la travesía.” In José Carlos Mariátegui y los estudios latinoamericanos. Mabel Moraña and Guido Podestá. Pittsburgh: Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, 257-282.
• 2008. “La alcoba de Garcilaso, erotismo y violencia en el ‘encuentro’ cultural: La hora azul.” Lhymen: Revista de cultura y literatura. 7 (5): 103-115.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: 

• Modern Readings in Spanish
• SPAN 4350: Topics in Spanish American Literature