Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Education: Ph.D., University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Research & Teaching Interests: Research interests include modern and contemporary Latin American Theater with a focus on use of metatheater in the dramaturgy of Cuba and Mexico. Teaching interests include Latin American literature, fine arts, and commerce.

Department Appointments: Undergraduate Director, Spanish; Coordinator of Proficiency Exam

Awards: Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant 2008-2009

• "Panameñas e historia en el teatro de Rosa María Britton". Rosa María Britton ante la crítica. Ed. Humberto López, Ph. D. Madrid: Verbum, 2007. 97-105.
• Sueños: Aproximaciones a la dramaturgia de Guillermo Schmidhuber. Miami: Ediciones Universal, 2006.
• "La dramaturgia de estética e identidad nacional puertorriqueña de Francisco Arriví". Círculo: Revista de Cultura. XXXII 2003: 240-246.
• "Sanguivin en Union City: Pluralidad en el exilio". OLLANTAY: Theater Magazine. XI. 21. 2003: 36-47.