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Dr. Megan Velazquez, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Department
Ancient & Modern Languages & Cultures
College
College of Arts & Sciences
Contact
mvelazquez@jcu.edu
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Areas of Expertise

  • 20th and 21st century Latin American literature and culture

Research Interests

Literary and cultural representations of migration; New Song in Latin America; testimonial narratives; women writers; border studies

Education

B.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas M.A., University of New Mexico

Courses Taught

  • All levels of Spanish: SP 1010, 1020, 1030, 2110, 2210, 2220
  • Advanced Courses: \SP 3310 Popular Cultures of Spanish-Speaking Countries (HUM)
  • SP 3320 Hispanic Culture Through Food (HUM)
  • SP 3360 Magical Mythmaking (HUM)
  • SP 3450 Perspectives on Nations and Cultures of Latin America (EGC)
  • SP 3610 Migrant Voices (ISJ)
  • SP 3620 Contemporary Mexican Literature and Culture (HUM)
  • SP 4900 Capstone

Publications

Book Chapters •“Learning Through Service: Teaching Migration in the Spanish Language Classroom.” Teaching Migration in Literature, Film, and Media. Ed. Masha Salazkina and Yumna Siddiqi. MLA, 2025, pp. 244-49.Refereed Journal Articles•“Musical Resistance in Nicaragua: Protesting the Ortega-Murillo Regime” (in progress)•“Reimagining Nicaragua’s Volcanto Tradition through the Music of Perrozompopo.” Studies in Latin American Popular Culture 35 (2017): 116-37. •“Negotiating Nicaraguan Identity in Costa Rica: The Performance of Affect in Desde el barro al sur.” Hispanic Journal 37.1 (2016): 11-27. •“A Postwar Perversion of Testimonio in Horacio Castellanos Moya’s El asco.” Hispania 97.2 (2014): 207-19. •“Epigraphs, Intertextuality, and Exile: Reading the Poetry of Zoé Valdés.” Letras Femeninas 39.2 (2013): 151-65. \Book Reviews•Rev of Capitán Latinoamérica: Superheroes in Cinema, Television, and Web Series, by Vinodh Venkatesh. Hispania 105.3 (2022): 467-68.•Rev. of Spiral of Silence [Espiral de silencios], by Elvira Sánchez Blake. Trans. Lorena Terando. Hispania 103.1 (2020): 149-50.•Rev. of Poéticas de los (dis)locamientos, ed. Gisela Heffes. Hispania 96.4 (2013): 787-88.

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