Education
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Licenciada en Filolog铆a e Idiomas (espa帽ol/ingl茅s). Monograph: "An谩lisis sociolol贸gico de Un chistoso de aldea de Soledad Acosta de Samper"
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Master in Latin American and Colombian Literature. Thesis: "Trilce. En busca de un lenguaje competente"
- The University of Iowa, Ph.D. in Hispanic American and Latin American Literature. Dissertation: "Representaciones ficcionales de la criminalidad juvenil del narcotr谩fico"
Courses Taught
- SN 104 Intermediate Spanish II
- SN 201 Spanish Conversation and Composition
- SN 203 Introduction to Reading Literature
- SN 302 Culture and Civilization of Latin America
- SN 308 Violence and Culture: Colombia in the 20th Century
- SN 366 Latin American Testimony
- SN 381 Latin American Avant-garde
- ML 392 Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies
Publications
Book
- La novela sicaresca. Testimonio, sensacionalismo y ficci贸n. Fondo Editorial Universidad EAFIT. Medell铆n: 2009.
Book Chapters
- "Lenguaje e impunidad en La Virgen de los sicarios." Fernando Vallejo. Condici贸n y figura. Ed. Eufrasio Guzm谩n Mesa. Medell铆n, Colombia: Taller El 脕ngel Editor, 2005. 129-153.
Volume Edited
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La otra mirada: victimarios en la literatura latinoamericana reciente. Ana Mar铆a Mutis and Margarita J谩come. M茅xico: Bonilla-脕rtigas Editores (forthcoming 2021).
Articles
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鈥淭estaferrato narrativo en El resucitado.鈥&苍产蝉辫;La otra mirada: victimarios en la literatura latinoamericana reciente. Edited by Ana Mar铆a Mutis and Margarita J谩come. M茅xico: Bonilla-脕rtigas Editores (forthcoming 2021)
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鈥淚ntroducci贸n.鈥&苍产蝉辫;La otra mirada: victimarios en la literatura latinoamericana reciente. Edited by Ana Mar铆a Mutis and Margarita J谩come. M茅xico: Bonilla-脕rtigas Editores (forthcoming 2021).
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"Deseo, memoria y liberaci贸n en la poes铆a de Luz Argentina Chiriboga" Poemas y cantos. Antolog铆a cr铆tica de autoras afro-descendientes de Am茅rica Latina. Edited by Mercedes Jaramillo and Betty Osorio. Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Online, 2020.
- "Narrar la historia: identidades armadas en la narcoliteratura colombiana reciente." Narcodependencia. M茅xico: Humbold-Kolleg-Colegio Nacional, 2018.
- 鈥溌縉arco-novela o novela del narcotr谩fico? Apuntes sobre el caso colombiano.鈥&苍产蝉辫;Narcoficciones en Colombia y M茅xico. Madrid: Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2016, pp. 27-52.
- 鈥淩et贸ricas del desplazamiento forzado en Lugares ajenos鈥&苍产蝉辫;Hispan贸fila, 173, January 2015, pp. 379-394.
- 鈥淩econfiguraci贸n del sicario en Felicidad Quiz谩s de Mario Salazar Montero y Los restos del vellocino de oro de Alfredo Van铆n.鈥 Per铆frasis 4.5 (enero-junio 2012): 98-111.
- "Rosario Tijeras: novela sicaresca sentimental." Colombia: Tiempos de imaginaci贸n y desaf铆o. Edici贸n y pr贸logo Jos茅 Eduardo Jaramillo Zuluaga. Bogot谩: Asociaci贸n de Colombianistas, Spring 2007. 202-217.
- "Polifon铆a y silencio: subversi贸n del "谩ngel del hogar" en la obra de Carolina Coronado." Torre de Papel. Iowa City, 2004. Volumen XIV: 22-30.
Book Reviews
- 鈥淔rancisco Villena Garrido. Las m谩scaras del muerto:autoficci贸n y topograf铆as narrativas en la obra de Fernando Vallejo.鈥 Revista de Estudios Colombianos 2012, 39: 65.
Translations
- "La sociabilidad plebeya en las pulper铆as y tabernas de Lima y Cusco, 1600-1690. "M谩s all谩 de la dominaci贸n y la resistencia: Ensayos de historia peruana. Paulo Drinot and Leo J. Garofalo, eds. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2005. 104-135.
Areas of Specialization
- Latin American narratives of violence and displacement
- Colombian literature and culture
- Latin American and Latino studies
Presentations
Lectures
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Invited Commentator: 鈥淭he Contexts and Receptions of Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez.鈥 The Johns Hopkins University. Department of German and Romance Languages and Literature. March 10, 2017.
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Invited Presenter: 鈥淣arconarratives in Colombian Culture.鈥&苍产蝉辫;VPAA Faculty Scholarship Series. 成人抖阴. February 24, 2017.
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Invited Speaker. "Narrar la historia: protagonismo armado en la narco-literatura colombiana reciente". Narcodependencia: Simposio sobre Narconarrativa/Narcocultura en el Hemisferio Occidental. Colegio Nacional, M茅xico City, April 27-29, 2015.
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Keynote Speaker. 鈥溌縉arco-novela o novela del narcotr谩fico? Apuntes sobre el caso colombiano.鈥&苍产蝉辫;International Conference 鈥淣arcoficciones en Am茅rica Latina鈥. Universit茅 de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, April 3-5, 2013.
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"Hit men in Colombian fiction: Consuming the Drug-trafficking Culture of Violence." Denison University, October 16, 2009.
- Presentation of the book La novela sicaresca. Testimonio, sensacionalismo y ficci贸n. 22. Feria Internacioal del Libro. Bogot谩, August 14, 2009.
- Invited Speaker: "The Sicario Culture and its Depiction in Colombian Narratives." Latin American Colloquium. The University of Iowa, April 2005.
Conferences
- "Identidades forzadas en "El metro m谩s limpio y ordenado del mundo." XIX Congreso de la Asociaci贸n de Colombianistas. Medell铆n, July 1-3, 2015.
- "Reconfiguraci贸n del sicario en Felicidad quiz谩s de Mario Salazar Montero y Los restos del vellocino de oro de Alfredo Van铆n." XVII Congreso de la Asociaci贸n de Colombianistas. Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, August 2011.
- "La novela sicaresca en el rese帽ismo cultural de la globalizaci贸n." XV Congreso de la Asociaci贸n de Colombianistas. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogot谩, August 2007.
- "La Virgen de los sicarios y Rosario Tijeras: la novela sicaresca en el cine." Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana. Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogot谩, August 2006.
- "Sangre ajena: la voz infantil de la violencia." 26th Cincinnati Conference of Romance Languages and Literatures. Cincinnati, May 2006.
- "Rosario Tijeras: novelas sicaresca sentimental". XIV Congreso de la Asociaci贸n de Colombianistas. Denison University, August 2005.
- "Literatura y Mercado: del Siglo de las Luces al Show de las estrellas." Department Colloquium. The University of Iowa, April 2002.
- "Influences of the Writing Tutor on Student Revision in L2." Flare Series. University of Iowa, October 2001.
- "Characters as Ghosts in Three Short Stories by Cristina Peri Rossi." Symposium of Hispanic Women Writers. Denison University, March 2000.
- "Creaci贸n de lo fant谩stico en los cuentos de Cristina Peri Rossi," International Conference of Literature and Visual Arts, University of West Georgia. Atlanta, November 1999.
Service Activities, Memberships in Academic Societies
Service: College Activities (Representative Assignments)
- Faculty Evaluation Committee. Fall 2016-Present.
- Kolvenbach Committee. Fall 2015-Present.
- Head. Spanish section. Fall 2014-Spring 2016.
- Honors Council. Fall 2013-Spring 2016.
- Education for Life. Fall 2013-Spring 2015.
- Chair. Language Learning Center Oversight Committee. Spring 2013-Spring 2015.
- Latin American and Latino Studies Steering Committee. Fall 2009-Present.
- Student advisor for exchange programs traveling to El Salvador, Chile and Argentina. 2010-Present.
- Sigma Delta Pi Adviser. Fall 2009-Spring 2013.
- 26th Hanna Geldrich-Leffman Colloquium on Language, Literature and Society: 鈥淚nternationally Criminal: Contexts and Practices of Detective Fiction,鈥 on April 18, 2012. Co-organizer with Prof. Jinghua Wangling, Prof. Andrea Thomas, and Prof. Matthew Harper.
- Search Committee. The Cardin Chair in the Humanities. Fall 2010-Spring 2011.
- Board on Discipline. Spring 2010-Fall 2011.
- Exchange student host. Office of International Programs. Spring 2011.
- 24th Hanna Geldrich-Leffman Colloquium on Language, Literature and Society: 鈥淢usic and the Art of Subversion: the Meaning Behind the Melody,鈥 on April 13, 2010. Co-organizer with Prof. Ursula Beitter, and Prof. Ana G贸mez-P茅rez.
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Lectures Organized: Martha Rodr铆guez (2008); 鈥淐orn and Social Movements鈥 (2013, co-organized with Johns Hopkins).
Memberships in Academic Societies
- Association of Colombianists
- Latin American Studies Association
