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14th Annual Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award, Delta Tau Lambda Sorority. Michigan State University.

La posibilidad de ser feliz también existe": Maternidad travesti en Las malas (2019) de Camila Sosa Villada

Ya es hora: La mirada femenina en la producción cinematográfica de Alejandra Márquez Abella

Enfermedad, belleza y mirada masculina en Vapor (2004) de Julieta García González

Alejandra Márquez is an Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018. She also has an M.A. in Spanish from Texas A&M International University. Her research interests span a wide range of topics, including contemporary Latin American literature, queer/cuir studies in Latin America, contemporary Mexican chronicle, gendered narratives of northern Mexico, gender identity and transgressions, depictions of state-sponsored violence, and Latinx literature and culture. She has published articles in academic journals such as Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, Chasqui, iMex, and the Latin American Literary Review. She has also published a book chapter on gender violence in northern Mexico in the edited collection Senderos de violencia. Latinoamérica y sus literaturas armadas. Her current book project focuses on representations of lesbian desire in contemporary Mexican literature.

Contemporary Latin American Literature

Queer/Cuir Studies in Latin America

Contemporary Mexican Chronicle

Gendered Narratives of Northern Mexico

Gender Identity and Transgressions

Depictions of State-Sponsored Violence

Latinx Literature and Culture

Michigan State University Profile

Center for Gender in Global Context

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'I want to be mindful of how students feel': Professors make accommodations

Shanquella Robinson’s death is being investigated as a femicide. Here is what it means

“‘Tu idea ésta de tener hijos’: Temporalidad y espacio queer en Rhyme & Reason (2008) de Criseida Santos Guevara”

“Cosas de hombres: Masculinidad femenina en la narrativa lésbica mexicana”

“Diluvio de violencia: Masculinidad y (trans)feminicidio en Temporada de huracanes (2017) de Fernanda Melchor”

Assistant Professor of Romance and Classical Studies

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