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Professor Fern谩ndez-Dominguez鈥檚 courses focus on Spanish grammar and composition, Hispanic American literature and colonial Latin American culture. In addition, she directs the college鈥檚 summer program in Puebla, Mexico. In recent years her travel-study courses during Hope鈥檚 summer terms have included Spanish and Andalusian Culture (taught in Spain) and Mexican Popular Art & Culture (in Puebla, Mexico).

Before joining the 91自拍论坛 faculty in 2008, Dr. Fern谩ndez-Dominguez served as the on-site director of the Kentucky Institute for International Studies in Morelia, Mexico, and as a professor of Spanish at other institutions in the U.S. and Mexico.

She is a member of the Asociaci贸n Canadiense de Hispanistas, Asociaci贸n Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hisp谩nica, Latin American Studies Association, and American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

Areas of Expertise

• Colonial Latin American culture and literature
• Resistance and semiotic practices by indigenous subjects in colonial Latin America

Education

• Ph.D., Spanish American literature, University of Kentucky, 2005
• M.A., Spanish American literature, University of Kansas, 1997
• B.A., English, University of Veracruz (Mexico), 1989

Selected Publications and Presentations

• 鈥淓spacios digl贸sicos en la literatura ind铆gena alternativa: Micaela Bastidas y la Rebeli贸n de T煤pac Amaru II en el Per煤 del siglo XVIII,鈥� presentation at Congreso internacional de literatura: memoria e imginaci贸n de Am茅rica Latina y el Caribe (por los derrroteros de la oralidad y la escritura), Guanajuato, M茅xico, 2019
• 鈥淥ralidad y escritura: sitios para la resistencia y la construcci贸n de (nuevas) identidades. El caso de Micaela bastidas en el Per煤 del siglo XVIII,鈥� in La mujer en la literatura del mundo hisp谩nico (Instituto Literario y Cultural Hisp谩nico Alba de Am茅rica), 2016
• 鈥�(Des) enmascarando el mito del sue帽o americano en Cajas de cart贸n de Francisco Jim茅nez,鈥� Mediazioni, 2015
• Ritmos: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture, Live Oak Multimedia, 2012
• 鈥淎 Historical Parade of The Day of The Dead: Its Birth, Evolution and Transformation,鈥� presentation at Holland (MI) Art Council Viva la Vida festival, 2012
• 鈥淥ralidad y Literatura: sitios para la Resistencia y la construcci贸n de (nuevas) identidades. El caso de Micaela Bastidas en el Per煤 del siglo XVIII,鈥� presentation at Simposio Internacional de Literatura, California State University-Dominguez Hills, 2012
• 鈥淪educir y desafiar por medio de la palabra: el caso de Micaela Bastidas en el Virreinato peruano,鈥� presentation at International Congress of Literature, Lima, Peru, 2010
• 鈥淢icaela Bastidas en la historia, literatura y cultura peruanas: an谩lisis de sus (re)configuraciones discursivas,鈥� presentation at Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanistas, Ottawa, 2009
• 鈥淟as pr谩cticas de resistencia de un sujeto colonial femenino en el Per煤 del siglo XVIII: el caso de Micaela Bastidas,鈥� presentation at Primeras Jornadas de Cultura, Lengua y Literatura Coloniales conference, UCLA, 2009