Just in time for Halloween! I spoke with The Brink about the historical roots of the zombie as well as why I love horror.
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For Halloween 2023, I wrote about my love and fear of monsters: why we continue to gravitate towards horror and many functions it has.
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I wrote a short piece for Latinx Heritage Month, meditating on what it means to read and teach Latinx literature now (2023). In the short essay, I touch on the origins of the field in the student and identity movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and consider how Latinx literature and literary studies is changing. I also give some great reading recommendations!
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Since joining Boston University, I’ve been asked by BU Today, the university’s daily website, to contribute my thoughts on the use of “Latinx” and book recommendations for Latinx Heritage Month. The turn to the “x” to supplant “Hispanic,” “Latino/a,” and “Latin@” in recent years has been the subject of much debate. In the interview, I offer my thoughts on why I prefer this term and its use in the contemporary moment. In my list of books to read during Latinx Heritage Month, I provide some of the most exciting new texts published by Latinx authors in the past five years.
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I’m so happy to announce that I will be joining the English department at Boston University in Fall 2022! The graduate student organization added me to their April newsletter to welcome me to the department. Looking forward to joining this fantastic group of scholars!
The @UMLConnector published an article about my visit to “Rhetorics of Social Movements” class and the organization of events for Indigenous People’s Day.
The newspaper for UMass Lowell, @UMLConnector, wrote a short article about a letter campaign I began to change the October holiday to Indigenous People’s Day at UMass Lowell. Ashley Rivera, a fantastic student at UML, interviewed me for the article.
May 2020: I filmed a short message to graduating English majors. Congratulations class of 2020! I hope to celebrate you in person soon!
April 2020: UMass Lowell is having a virtual Welcome Day, and I was asked to welcome prospective students, tell them a little about myself and my work, and what makes UML’s English program so special. You can check out the videos here!
March 2020: I was asked by @UMassLowell for resources in case you’re going stir-crazy during the pandemic. Check it out!
October 2018: Katherine Webster, writer for UMass Lowell University Relations, wrote a feature story about the various monster classes taking place in the English department in fall 2018. One of these classes is my Special Topics in Latinx Literature and Culture: “Monsters, Hauntings, and the Nation.” Todd Avery, Interim Chair of the English Department, and I sat down for a conversation about monsters and how they function in our class. You can read the story here: Monster Mash: Literature Classes Explore the Humanity of Monsters.