Education

Ph.D., Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010
M.A., Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Nevada, Reno, 2004
B.A., Modern Languages and Literatures, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 2003

Courses I teach at Pacific U:

SPAN 101 Beginning Spanish I

SPAN 102 Beginning Spanish II

SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I

SPAN 303W Introduction to Literature

SPAN 315W Advanced Grammar and Composition

SPAN 406 The Invention of Cuba

WORL 325 Mentoring and Tutoring in the Languages

Recent Publications

“Becoming Casal. Itinerant Identities in 20^th Century Cuban Poetry.” Book manuscript in progress.

“Creator not Muse: ‘Juana Borrero’ by Julián del Casal.” Hispanófila, vol. 204, 2025, p9.. 55-71.

Review of Azares de lo cubano. Lecturas al margen de la nación by Montero, Óscar J. Ciberletras,

      January 2023, pp. 140-43.

“An Improbable Precursor: Reassessing Poveda's negrismo." Afro-Hispanic Review, vol. 38, no. 

     1, 2019. 

“Becoming Casal: José Manuel Poveda’s “Canto élego” and “Para la lectura de las 
Rimas de Julián del Casal.” Ciberletras vol. 41, 2019, pp. 24-37.

“El alma cubana de José Manuel Poveda.” Confluencia, vol. 34, no. 1, 2018, pp. 36-46.

“Nomadic Identity and lo cubano in José Manuel Poveda.” Latin American Literary 
Review, vol. 44, no. 87, 2017, pp. 16-23.

“Gender and Poetic Voice in Alma Rubens.” Chasqui, vol. 46, no. 1, 2017, pp. 167-77.

“Hablar de la nieve: Intertextualidad en Julián del Casal y Fina García Marruz.” La Habana Elegante, vol. 53, 2013. Web.

"The Case of Alma Rubens or the Trans-Gendered Imagination in José Manuel Poveda." Rocky Mountain Review, vol. 67, no. 1, 2013, pp. 27-40.