Faculty Highlights

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  Zimmermann Damer Published

  Erika Zimmermann Damer, associate professor of classical studies and WGSS, published Travel, Geography, and Empire in Latin Poetry with Routledge.

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  Herrera Awarded Grant

  Dr. Patricia Herrera, associate professor in theatre and dance, along with UR colleagues was awarded grant support for the inter-campus collaborative project, "Participatory History and Archiving: An Initiative to Promote and Support Undergraduate Instruction and Project Outcomes in Community-Based Research and Archiving." Read More

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  Méndez Invited to Brazil

  Mariela Méndez, associate professor and chair of LALIS, was invited to Brazil in December ’20 and January ’21 to give lectures at Universidade Federal de São Paulo and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro on Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector.

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  Méndez Published

  Mariela Méndez, associate professor and chair of LALIS, just published a co-edited volume of essays on contemporary Argentinean writer María Moreno titled El Affair Moreno (Buenos Aires: Editorial Mansalva, 2020).

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  Singh Published

  Julietta Singh, associate professor of English and WGSS, has partnered with Daunt Books Publishing who acquired The Breaks, a nonfiction book about race, inheritance, and mothering at the end of the world.

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  Mifsud Published

  Mari Lee Mifsud, professor of rhetoric, published the chapter, “A Feminist Praxis of Comparative Rhetoric,” in the Routledge Handbook of Comparative World Rhetorics.

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  Herrera Published

  Patricia Herrera, associate professor of theatre, published Nuyorican Feminist Performance From the Café to Hip Hop Theater University of Michigan Press.

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  Mifsud Published

  Mari Lee Mifsud, professor of rhetoric, published the chapter, “A Feminist Praxis of Comparative Rhetoric,” in the Routledge Handbook of Comparative World Rhetorics.

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  Herrera Published

  Patricia Herrera, associate professor of theatre, published Nuyorican Feminist Performance: From The Café to Hip Hop Theater (Michigan University Press). Nuyorican Feminist Performance examines the contributions of 1970s and ‘80s performeras and how they challenged the Café’s gender politics.

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  Méndez Published

  Mariela Méndez, associate professor of LALIS and WGSS, published “Operación Araña: Reflections on How a Performative Intervention in Buenos Aires's Subway System can Help Rethink Feminist Activism.” in a renowned history journal from Brazil.