Kristin Pitt

Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Education

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003

Office Hours

No regular office hours for summer 2026. Please contact me to schedule an appointment.

Teaching Interests

World Literature
Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latine Studies
Women's and Gender Studies

Research Interests

Modern and contemporary narrative in the Americas
Discourses of the body
Representations of feminicide

Selected Publications

"Imagining an End to Feminicide: Failures of Solidarity in Alicia Gaspar de Alba's Desert Blood." Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, forthcoming, 2026.