Associate Professor of Spanish
Email: yihernandez@loyola.edu
Phone: 410-617-2463
Office: Maryland Hall 456
Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.A., Ph.D.
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Tecnol贸gico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, M茅xico, B.A.
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Latino and Latina Studies
- Travel Writings of the New World
- Chronicles of Conquest, Resistance and Transculturation
- From Baroque to Enlightenment: Novo-Hispanic Perspectives
- Visual Culture in Colonial Latin America
- Composition and Conversation
- Intermediate Spanish II
Publications
Articles
- 鈥淢elindrosas, b谩rbaras y maternales: El oficio de las parteras en la discusi贸n period铆stica de la Gaceta de M茅xico y el Diario de M茅xico.鈥� Letras femeninas 2014, XL (2): 63-77.
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鈥淓nfermedades pol铆ticas de Hip贸lito Villarroel: migraci贸n, higiene y orden social en la Nueva Espa帽a a finales del siglo XVIII.鈥� Chasqui. May 2015, 44 (1): 77-90.
Book Reviews and Encyclopedia Entries
- Encyclopedia Entry: 鈥淩etablos (Religious Paintings)鈥�, Encyclopedia of Latino Folklore. Herrera-Sobek, Mar铆a,ed. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2012.Vol. 3.
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Book Review: Historia de la literatura mexicana 3. Cambios de reglas, mentalidades y recursos ret贸ricos en la Nueva Espa帽a del siglo XVIII. Coord. Nancy Vogeley y Manuel Ramos Medina. M茅xico: Siglo XXI Editores, 2011. Colonial Latin American Review.
Areas of Specialization
- Colonial Spanish American Literatures and Cultures
- Visual Culture in Spanish America
Honors, Awards and Grants
- Summer Research Grant (Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Loyola University Maryland), 2015
- Summer Research Grant (Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Loyola University Maryland), 2014
- Professional Development Grant (Office of the Provost, Lycoming College), 2011
- Tinker Field Research Grant (Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), 2006
Presentations
Lectures
- 鈥淢igration, reclassification and displacement: The case of errant populations in late colonial Mexico.鈥� Presented at Adams State University, Alamosa, CO. October 2014.
Conferences
- 鈥淭here is No Productivity in Seamstresses, Wet-nurses, and Maids: The Case of Women鈥檚 Work in Late Colonial Mexico.鈥� 46th Annual Meeting of the Association of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. March 2015.
- 鈥淢aternidad a finales de la colonia novohispana.鈥� XL Congreso del Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI) in El Colegio de M茅xico. Mexico City. June 2014.
- 鈥淣i帽os de nadie, ni帽os de Dios: La funci贸n de la Casa de Ni帽os Exp贸sitos en la colonia tard铆a novohispana.鈥� LASA, Chicago, IL. May 2014.
- 鈥淐hildren of God: Motherhood and child abandonment in late colonial Mexico.鈥� ASECS, Williamsburg VA. March 2014.
- 鈥淢edicina y prensa: El papel de la Gaceta de M茅xico en la salud p煤blica de M茅xico a finales de la colonia.鈥� LASA, Washington D.C. May-June 2013.
- 鈥淢edicine, Women鈥檚 Health, and Press: The Role of Gaceta de M茅xico and Diario de M茅xico in Public Health in Late Colonial Mexico.鈥� South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, Austin, TX. February 2013.
- 鈥淲itchcraft, Power, and Death: Dangerous Women in Northern Mexico in the Late Colonial Period.鈥� SEA Seventh Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA. March 2011.