About
I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. I earned my bachelor's degree in Spanish and Latin American Cultures at Barnard College.
My dissertation project examines and problematizes the notion and assumption of translatability that is implicit in the process of narrative formation. Specifically, I study the institutionalization of migration narratives and consider the production of legal claims themselves as a mode of translation that reflects social and cultural value- as processes that perpetuate their own violence.
My research is interdisciplinary and focuses on the contemporary period, drawing from literary studies, film and media studies, as well as the sociological and anthropological fields.
My interests include, but are not limited to: migration studies, border studies, embodiment, and trauma studies.
Publications:
Review: "Refugees and Migrants in Contemporary Film, Art and Media". Film Quarterly, vol. 76, no. 2, 2022, pp. 117-119.
