Professional Bio
Ph.D., Spanish, University of Connecticut - 2008
Master of Arts, Spanish, University of Connecticut - 2002
Licenciatura en Comunicación Social - 1995
Research & Scholarship
2010: Literatura liminal y movilización social en Chile: las transformaciones del campo cultural durante el régimen militar [Liminal Literature and Social Mobilization in Chile: Transformations in Cultural Production during the Military Regime]. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.
2001: “Hacia una lectura de lo político en La nueva novela de Juan Luis Martínez.” Comuniquiatra 2 (Sept. 2001). Universidad de Sevilla, España. http://www.comuniquiatra.org
Awards & Recognition
Academic & Professional Honors & Awards
2007-2008: Graduate Fellowship. Department of Language and Culture Studies, Trinity College.
2007: Nathan Whetten Fellowship. Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Connecticut.
2007: Summer Research Fellowship. Department of Modern & Classical Languages, University of Connecticut.
2006-2007: Graduate Fellowship. Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Trinity College.
2005-2006: Graduate Fellowship. Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Trinity College.
2005: Summer Research Fellowship. Department of Modern & Classical Languages, University of Connecticut.
2004-2005: Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. Department of Modern & Classical Languages, University of Connecticut.
2004: Summer Research Fellowship. Department of Modern & Classical Languages, University of Connecticut.
2003: Summer Research Fellowship. Department of Modern & Classical Languages, University of Connecticut.
1997: Premio a la Labor Periodística, Colegio Médico de Valparaíso. [Journalist of the Year Award given by the Medical Association of Valparaíso, Chile].