Marina Perez de Mendiola,
Professor of Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures; Richard Armour Chair in Modern Languages
Academic History
- University of Paris-Sorbonne IV, Ph.D., Latin American Literatures and Cultures
- University of Paris-Sorbonne IV, M.A., Spanish Civilization and Economy
- University of Paris-Sorbonne IV, B.A., Spanish and Latin American Literatures and Spanish Linguistics
Academic Focus
- Mexican Literature and Culture (19th & 20th Century novel, drama, short story, essay, visual arts)
- Transatlantic Studies
- Comparative Literature
- Spanish Contemporary Literature and Culture
- Critical Theory
- Visual Culture
- Cultural & Post-Colonial Studies
Interests
Transatlantic studies, Postcolonial theory, Cultural and visual studies.
Courses Taught
- Humanities Core I: ""Rethinking the Enlightenment and its Legacies""
- Core II: Surrealism in Literature and the Visual Arts; The Politics of Culture; The City and the Detective Novel.
- Core III: Race and Education in the Americas
- Introduction to Literary Analysis in Spanish
- Spain's Transition to Democracy in Cinema and Literature
- Gender and Identity Formation in Mexico
- Romance Novels and Nation Building in Latin America
- Schools of Culture and Criticism
Selected Research and Publications
- Bridging the Atlantic: Latin American and Iberian Thought. Editor (State University of New York Press, 1996)
- Writing and Dissent: Essays on Gender and Identity Formation in Contemporary Mexican Literature. (Garland/Taylor Francis Group, London & New York, 1998)
- Going Transatlantic: Toward an Ethics of Dialogue, editor (Chasquí: revista de literatura latinoamericana. State University of Arizona, Special Issue 3, 2006)
Awards and Honors
- 2009 Mary W. Johnson teaching Award
- 2009 Professor of the Year Award for the Excellence in and outside the Classroom (Scripps Associated Students)
- 2004 Mary W. Johnson Research Award (Scripps)
- 2004 Sabbatical Award (Scripps)
- 2003 Mary W. Johnson Teaching Award (Scripps)
- 1999-2006 Summer Research Grants (Scripps)