EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Spanish, Duke University, 1994 (Major field of concentration: 20th-century Spanish American literature).
Certification, Latin American Studies, Duke University, 1994.
Certification, Women’s Studies, Duke University, 1990.
A.M. Spanish, Duke University, 1989.
A.B. cum laude Spanish, Davidson College, 1986.
RECIPIENT OF GRANTS from The Evergreen State College, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Tinker Foundation, and Duke University.
MEMBER OF THE FACULTY at The Evergreen State College since 1992.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING: I have lived and conducted extensive research in Chile, Argentina, and Spain; made shorter visits to Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, and Uruguay; travelled with students and coordinated academic programs in Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Spain.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
Thurston-Santo Tomás Sister County Association (in cooperation with the Comité de Desarrollo Comunal of Santo Tomás, Nicaragua)
Bridges Not Walls Immigrant Ally Group (see also BNW leaf at the Olympia-Rafah Mural Project)
Advisor to Evergreen’s Chicano-Latino Archive
BLAST FROM THE PAST (yes, I’m in it): 1995 Evergreen Admissions Video
PERSONAL TRIVIA: I grew up in Marion, Virginia; once played the trumpet; and am a fan of felines.