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Contact Information

4027 LCLB
Instructor

Education

2025                 Ph.D. Spanish, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2019                 M.A. Spanish, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2014                 M.A. Teaching English as a Foreign Language, University of Sevilla, Spain

2013                 M.A. English, University of Sevilla, Spain

2012                 B.A. English Studies, University of Sevilla, Spain

Courses Taught

Elementary Spanish I

Intensive Elementary Spanish

Spanish in the Professions

Spanish Composition

Premodern Spanish Literatures & Cultures

Additional Campus Affiliations

Program in Jewish Culture and Society, Affiliate

academic interests

My research focuses on imperial cross-cultural perceptions and representations in Renaissance and Baroque literature, particularly in theater and relaciones de sucesos (news pamphlets). I am especially interested in how literary texts reflect and shape the dynamics of cultural and religious exchange between Catholic Spain and the Protestant world, both within Europe and across the globe. My work explores how literature portrays the coexistence and interaction of different confessional groups, with a particular emphasis on the Early Modern period—a time marked by unprecedented global connectedness, as Africans, Asians, Americans, and Europeans increasingly undertook transoceanic journeys.

selected publications

2024     “La vida de San Pedro Nolasco de Lope de Vega: un modelo de santidad a través de la hibridación genérica.” Bulletin of Spanish Studies