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Biography

I hold an MA in Hispanic studies from Tulane University and a doctoral degree from the University of British Columbia. I worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Albany SUNY 2011-2012, before joining the Hispanic Studies department in January 2013.

Internal Memberships

• Undergraduate Programme Coordinator Spanish and Latin American Studies

Research Overview

20th-21st century Spanish literature, film and culture. Environmental humanities, ecomedia. 

Current Research

My current research project is Frames of Nature: Ecology and Politics in Spanish Cinema (1928–2024). The project explores how historical and contemporary Spanish media engage with ecological themes, within a political and cultural landscape where the natural environment is often framed as a static backdrop for conflicts over wealth distribution, historical memory, and national identity.

Past Research

This project builds on my earlier work on individualism and intersubjectivity. My 2017 monograph, , analysed 21st-century Spanish novels and films that identify individualism as a root cause of social, economic, and psychological crises. Over the past few years, I have expanded this inquiry through articles and video essays on spirituality and ecology, incorporating texts from Europe, North America, and Asia.

Teaching Responsibilities

• Spanish Language 7
• Spain: Texts and Contexts
• Youth in the Fiction and Films of the Spanish Dictatorship
• Imagined Cities: Spanish Urban Culture in Fiction and Film
  
• Playful Fictions: Cervantes, Borges, Cortázar
  
• Iberian Crossroads: Contemporary Spanish Film