Marisel Moreno
Assistant Professor of Spanish (on leave AY 2009-2010)
Romance Languages and Literatures
(PhD, Georgetown University, 2004)
172 Decio
574-631-6737
email: Moreno-Anderson.1@nd.edu
http://romancelanguages.nd.edu/people/moreno-anderson-marisel/
Geographic focus: Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic and the US
Thematic interests: Latino/a literature and culture, with a particular interest in the production of Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican authors in the US.
Current research: Puerto Rican women authors, on both the island and the US mainland.
Selected publications: “Debunking Myths, Destabilizing Identities: A Reading of Junot Díaz’s ‘How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie,’” Afro-Hispanic Review 26, 2 (Fall 2007); “‘More Room:’ Space, Woman, and Nation in Judith Ortíz Cofer’s Silent Dancing,” Hispanic Journal 22, 2 (Fall 2001).
