Nancy Bird-Soto

Degree(s)

PhD, Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA, Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA, Spanish, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Diploma in Hispanic, European and Latin American Studies, Fundación José Ortega y Gasset, Toledo, Spain

Research Interests

Latin American literature, Women writers of the late Nineteenth Century and early Twentieth Century in Puerto Rico, Transatlantic approach to 1898, U.S. Hispanic Literature via Luisa Capetillo, Latino/a Literature, gender studies and literatura obrera.

Courses Offered

Spanish 318 – Advanced Speaking and Listening
Spanish 350 – Introduction to Literary Analysis
Spanish 371 – Introduction to U.S. Latino Literature in English
Spanish 373 – Topics in U.S. Latino Literature: Latina Writers
Spanish 472 – Spanish-American Literature and Civilization
Spanish 507/769 – Gender and Resistance in Latin American Literature
Spanish 577/781 – The Latin American Essay
Spanish 720 – Approaches to Hispanic Literary Theory and Criticism

Selected Publications