Position Title
PhD Candidate in Latin American Languages and Literatures
Diana Aramburu-Advisor
Position Title
PhD Candidate in Latin American Languages and Literatures
Diana Aramburu-Advisor
She/her(s) /ella(Sp)
Sproul Hall 611
Office Hours
SQ 24: Monday and Friday 10:30-11:30
In-person (Remote by previous appointment)
In-person (Remote by previous appointment)
Education and Degree(s)
- San Diego State University (MA)-Spanish
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (B.A.)- English Studies
Honors and Awards
- 2022 Dissertation Writing Fellowship – Winter Quarter (Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UC Davis).
- 2019 Hemisphere Institute on the Americas - Summer Field Research Award (UC Davis).
- 2017 Outstanding M.A. Comprehensive exam (Spanish and Portuguese Department SDSU).
Courses
- SPA 1, SPA 2, SPA 3, SPA 21, SPA 23, SPA 24, SPA 33, SPA 100; HUM 1: The Decolonial Caribbean
Research Interests & Expertise
- 20th and 21st century Puerto Rican and Caribbean literatures, Decolonial Feminism, Gender Studies, women’s genealogies, depictions of motherhood, ageism, transfeminist alliances, trauma and memory, and collective modes of resistance to social vulnerabilit
Publications
- “Representaciones de la cotidianidad de la mujer envejeciente en la narrativa puertorriqueña contemporánea”. Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura, vol. 39, no. 1. Forthcoming Fall 2023.
- “Estado de emergencia ante la violencia de género: una conversación con la coalición feminista puertorriqueña Coordinadora Paz para las Mujeres” (Interview). CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, vol. 35, no. 2. Forthcoming Summer 2023.