Invited Talks
“Muchachas de uniforme: Una discusión con la Dra. Alejandra Márquez de Michigan State University.” Department of World Languages and Cultures. Northeastern Illinois University. February 8th, 2023.
“Conversations on Global Gender & Sexuality.” International Studies and Programs and the Center for Gender in Global Context, Michigan State University. January 30th, 2023.
“Los estudios lésbicos”. Invited Guest. Curso de Experto universitario en estudios culturales y pedagógicos LGBTIQ+. Dr. Rafael Manuel Mérida Jiménez and Dr. Jorge Luis Peralta. Universidad de Lleida (Spain). November 2nd, 2021.
“Feminicidio in Mexico”. Invited Guest. POLI-366-001 Women and Global Politics. Dr. Jessica Trisko Darden. Virginia Commonwealth University. April 21st, 2021
“Hidden Latinx Identities: A Discussion with Dr. Alejandra Márquez.” AKIN. Duke University. Durham, NC. October 15th, 2018.
“Lesbianism and Female Masculinity in Contemporary Mexican Literature.” Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Duke University. Durham, NC. March 23rd, 2017.
Roundtables
“‘An exotic little something’: Subverting Race and Gender in Silvia Moreno-García’s Mexican Gothic.” Roundtable: “Women and the Gothic in Latin America and Spain.” Northeast Modern Language Association Convention. Baltimore, MD. March 10-13, 2022.
“Persistencia queer/cuir/kuir en América Latina: Impasses presentes y posibilidades futuras.” Modern Language Association Convention. Virtual Conference. January 6-9, 2021.
Conference Presentations
Panels Organized
“Dragging It Straight: Visibility and Camouflage in Contemporary Mexican Cultural Production.” Modern Language Association Convention. New Orleans, LA. January 9-12, 2025.
“Operación temporal a la utopía cuir: el caso mexicano.” Latin American Studies Association Conference. Bogotá, Colombia. June 12-15, 2024.
“Collapse, Recomposition, and Reaffirmation of Masculinities in Contemporary Mexican Literature.” Latin American Studies Association Conference. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. May 24-27, 2023.
“Reclaiming Our Stories: Mexicana/Chicana Celebrity Studies.” National Women’s Studies Association Conference. Minneapolis, MN. November 10-13, 2022.
“Problematizing Gendered Constructions in Twentieth Century Mexico.” Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, 66th Annual Conference. Oaxaca, Mexico. March 26-31, 2019.
“Inscripciones de violencia y transgresiones sexo-genéricas en la narrativa latinoamericana de los siglos XX y XXI.” West Georgia Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities. University of West Georgia. Carrollton, GA. October 26-28, 2017.
Papers Presented
“La fem fatal: Feminidad subversiva en Crema de vainilla de Artemisa Téllez.” Latin American Studies Association Conference. Bogotá, Colombia. June 12-15, 2024.
“Masculinidad, sexualidad y trauma en Furia de Clyo Mendoza.” XXXII Congreso de la Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades (AEGS). Querétaro, Qro., México. October 5-7, 2023.
“‘Más que un hombre’: La masculinidad como maldición y trauma intergeneracional en Furia de Clyo Mendoza.” Latin American Studies Association Conference. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. May 24-27, 2023.
“Laughing at machismo: Ana Julia Yeyé and Female Masculinity Through Comedy.” National Women’s Studies Association Conference. Minneapolis, MN. November 10-13, 2022.
“La posibilidad de ser feliz también existe: Maternidad travesti en Las malas (2019) de Camila Sosa Villada.” IX Coloquio Del otro la’o: Perspectivas y debates sobre lo cuir. Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Mayagüez. Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. March 1-3, 2022.
“‘Tu idea ésta de tener hijos’: Temporalidad y espacio queer en Rhyme & Reason (2008) de Criseida Santos Guevara.” I Coloquio Internacional: Perspectivas críticas del norte de México. Virtual conference. Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. September 17-19, 2020.
“Cosas de hombres: Masculinidad femenina en la narrativa lésbica mexicana.” Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana. Virtual Conference. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, August 4-7, 2020.
“Diluvio de violencia: Masculinidad y (trans)feminicidio en Temporada de huracanes (2017) de Fernanda Melchor.” Transient Bodies and Gender Politics in 21st Century Mexico. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapell Hill, NC. October 25-27, 2019.
“Marimachos, lenchas y manfloras: cartografías de masculinidad femenina en representaciones de lesbianismo en la literatura mexicana contemporánea.” Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, 66th Annual Conference. Oaxaca, Mexico. March 26-31, 2019.
“‘Es usted muy bonita, coronel’: masculinidad femenina en ‘De un pestañazo’ (1997) de Victoria Enríquez”. IV Congreso Internacional de Narrativa Mexicana Contemporánea. Universidad de Guadalajara. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. November 15-16, 2018.
“Imagining an Intersectional Lesbian Feminist Academic Praxis.” National Women’s Studies Association Conference. Baltimore, MD. November 16-19, 2017.
“Homosexualidad y nacionalismo en Los cuarenta y uno: una novela crítico-social (1906) de Eduardo A. Castrejón y México marimacho (1933) de Salvador Quevedo y Zubieta.” West Georgia Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities. University of West Georgia. Carrollton, GA. October 26-28, 2017.
“Masculinidad femenina en Sandra, secreto amor (2001) de Reyna Barrera y “¡Pantera! ¡Pantera!” (2010) de Elena Madrigal. Tercer Coloquio Internacional de Escrituras Sáficas. Colegio de México. Mexico City. July 27-28, 2017.
“Queer Subjects in the Contemporary Mexican Chronicle.” Modern Language Association Convention. Philadelphia, PA. January 5-7, 2017.
“Belleza, enfermedad y mirada masculina en Vapor, de Julieta García González.” XIX Congreso de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea. University of Texas at El Paso. El
Paso, TX. April 6-8, 2014.
“Historia, mito y calle en Muertes de Aurora (1980) de Gerardo de la Torre.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. April 17-20, 2013.
“Un acercamiento a La virgen de los sicarios de Fernando Vallejo desde la teoría queer.” Texas A&M Pathways Symposium. Texas A&M University at Galveston. Galveston, TX. November 9-10, 2012.
“José Kozer: La dualidad del exilio.” Roundtable with José Kozer. Texas A&M International University. Laredo, TX. November 14th, 2011.
