- 20th Century American literature and Cultural Studies
- Chicana/o and Latina/o literature and cultural production
- Gay/Lesbian studies and Queer Theory
- Comparative Sexualities: U.S. Pan-Latina/o formations
2001 Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley (English Literature)
1995 M.A. Eastern Michigan University (English Literature)
1987 B.A. Laredo State University (English Literature/Political Science)
Dissertation: "Irreconcilable Histories: Postnationality iin Chicano/a Literature and Culture."
Postnationalism: The Emergence of Chicana/o Transnational Culture (Austin: University of Texas Press, forthcoming 2009
“The Future Perfect: Chicana Feminist Critical Analysis”
Chicana/ Latina Studies: Journal of MALCS, 5 (Spring 2006), 60-91
“Chronotope of Desire: Emma Pérez’s Gulf Dreams,” in Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader, eds. Aida Hurtado, Gabriella Arrelano, Norma Klahn and Patricia Zavella (Durham: Duke University Press, 2003), 155-177
“Chicana/o Fashion Codes: The Political Significance of Style,” in Chicana/o
Manual of Style, ed. Chon Noriega (Los Angeles: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, 2008), in press
“From Object to Subject: A Review of Chicana Without Apology, by Eden Torres,” Women’s Review of Books, 11 (June 2004), 17-18
“Memory of the Mestiza Consciousness” La Voz de la Esperanza, 17 (July/ August 2004), 22-23
“Norma Alárcon,” The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinas and Latinos in the United States, vol. I, eds. Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. González (New York:
Oxford University Press. 2005), 52-53
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