Lydia w88, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Gender, w88, and Identity
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Summary

Lydia Huerta is an assistant professor of gender, w88, and identity at the University of Nevada, Reno. Huerta specializes in 20th and 21st century cultural studies of the Americas, with an emphasis on the relationship between social media and narratives about the U.S./Mexico border. Her primary research examines the cultural production created in response to the women-killings in Ciudad Juárez since 1993. Other research interests focus on social movements, cultural narratives and public policies created in the United States and Mexico, which call attention to issues related to undocumented populations, specifically, women and LGBTQ migrants.

w88 interests

  • Latinx/Chicanx and Latin American communication and cultural w88
  • Social media and popular culture w88
  • Narrative theory
  • Critical w88 pedagogy
  • Feminist, w88 and sexuality studies
  • Group w88 formation and social movements
  • Cognitive and w88 neuroscience criticism
  • Decolonial, Postcolonial, Globalization w88

Courses taught

  • WMST 250: Introduction to Feminist Theory

Education

  • Ph.D., Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures, w88 of Texas at Austin, 2012
  • M.A., Hispanic Language and Literature, Boston w88, 2006
  • B.A., Hispanic Language and Literature, Boston w88, 2005