Credentials:

Doctor of Philosophy, Latin American literature, minor in Brazilian language and literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Master of Arts, romance languages, State University of New York at Binghamton

Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, College of St. Elizabeth

Expertise:

Spanish and Latin American Literature, Spanish and Latin American History, Spanish and Latin American Film

Awards:

Embassy of Spain Scholarship for post-doctoral study at the University of Granada, 2004

Tinker Foundation Award for Dissertation Research, 1991

Sigma Delta Pi (National Hispanic Honor Society) Scholarship for Study in Mexico, 1990

Publications:

"Jorge Enrique Adoum," Dictionary of Literary Biography: Latin American Poets, Vol. 1, 2004

"Rosario Castellanos," Dictionary of Literary Biography: Latin American Poets, Vol. 2, 2004

"Rosario Castellanos," A Reference Guide to Short Fiction, 1994