My research interests are interdisciplinary with a common focus on the relationship between literature and popular music, gender, and performance studies in three closely related areas: Latinx, Latin American & Caribbean, and Dominican Studies. My first line of research examines the presence of popular music in contemporary Latinx and Caribbean literature and performance with a special focus on Dominican/Dominican-York cultural production. My second line of research explores the marginalization of Latinas in U.S. intellectual history.

Research Areas:

Latin American, Iberian & Latinx Studies

Transatlantic & Diaspora Studies

Media, Visual Culture, & Performance Studies

My research has been featured in various peer-reviewed journals, edited volumes, and The Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography. Visit my CV for more details.

My most recent research has been featured in Small Axe , Chasqui. Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana Vol. 47.1 and Revista Conjunto.

Grants:

2024: Franklin College for the Arts & Humanities First Book Subvention Grant 

2024: Nina Salant Hellerstein Professional Development Fund

2023-2024: Willson Center Distinguished Artist Grant (Co-Proposed with Dr. Lesley Feracho)

2023-2024: Willson Center Distinguished Artist Grant (Co-Proposed with Dr. Betina Kaplan)

2022-2023 Willson Center Distinguished Artist Grant (Co-Proposed with Dr. Betina Kaplan)

2022: Willson Center Distinguished Artist Grant

2022: Department of Romance Languages Grant

2022-2023: Teaching Academy Fellowship

2020-2021: Willson Center Fellowship   

2019-2021: Lilly Teaching Fellowship  

2019:Willson Center Department-Invited Artist

2016-2018 Dominican Studies Fellowship