Dr. Garcia is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work focuses on representations of gender, race, and sexuality in Latina women’s literature and Latinx Children & Young Adult literature.  Her first book, Healing Memories: Puerto Rican Women’s Literature in the U.S. was published in 2019 and focused on the representation of Puerto Rican women’s history in the United States in literary works by Puerto Rican women authors.

Her current research focuses on representations of gender in Latinx children and young adult literature. She’s held faculty and administrative positions at Hunter College, Connecticut College, Wesleyan University, and the University of Florida. 

Ph.D., Comparative Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Comparative Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley
B.A., American Civilization/Economics, Brown University

Works in Progress

Malcriadas: Feminist Disobedience in Latinx Young Adult and Children’s Literature (book manuscript)

Books:

Healing Memories: Puerto Rican Women’s Literature in the United States, University of Pittsburgh Press, January 2019.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

“Race, Class, and Masculinity in Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,” Frontiers, Fall 2022.

“Latina Feminist Agency: Manifestations of a New Mestiza Consciousness in Gloria Anzaldúa’s Children’s Books,” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, 46:2, Summer 2021.

“Medicinal History: the future of the past” Rethinking History, 12:2, June, 2008.

“The Making of the Curandera Historian: Aurora Levins Morales” Centro Journal, Spring 2005.

“’Degrees of Puertoricanness’: A Gendered Look at Esmeralda Santiago’s When I was Puerto Rican” Latino Studies, Fall 2004.

Book Chapters

“Healing Narratives: Historical Representations in Latinx Young Adult Literature,” Ethnic American Literatures and Critical Race Narratology, co-edited by Alexa Weik von Mossner, Marijana Mikic and Mario Grill, Routledge, Fall 2022.

Book Reviews:

“Calling the Soul Back: Embodied Spirituality in Chicanx Narrative by Christina Garcia Lopez” Chasqui, 50.1, May 2021.

“Family Matters: Puerto Rican Women Authors on the Island and the Mainland by Marisel C. Moreno” Centro Journal, Fall 2013.

“Book Review of Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture by Frances Negron-Muntaner,” Centro Journal, Spring 2007.

“Book Review of Latino Boom eds. John S. Christie and Jose B. Gonzalez” Centro Journal, Fall 2006.

Encyclopedia Entries:

“Aurora Levins Morales,” Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, ed. Suzanne Oboler and Deena Gonzalez.  NY: Oxford University Press, 2005.

 “Esmeralda Santiago,” Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, ed. Suzanne Oboler and Deena Gonzalez.  NY: Oxford University Press, 2005.

 “Nicholasa Mohr,” Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, ed. Suzanne Oboler and Deena Gonzalez.  NY: Oxford University Press, 2005.

“El Comite,” Civil Rights in the United States, ed. Waldo E. Martin, Jr. and Patricia Sullivan.  NY: MacMillan Reference, 2000. 

“League of United Latin American Citizens,” Civil Rights in the United States, ed. Waldo E. Martin, Jr. and Patricia Sullivan.  NY: MacMillan Reference, 2000.

“Mexican American Student Organizations,” Civil Rights in the United States, ed. Waldo E. Martin, Jr. and Patricia Sullivan.  NY: MacMillan Reference, 2000.

“Movement for Independence,” Civil Rights in the United States, ed. Waldo E. Martin, Jr. and Patricia Sullivan.  NY: MacMillan Reference, 2000.

“Salt of the Earth Strike,” Civil Rights in the United States, ed. Waldo E. Martin, Jr. and Patricia Sullivan.  NY: MacMillan Reference, 2000.

Other Publications:

“Jennifer De Leon’s White Space a Review,” Blog Post, Latino Stories, September 6, 2021. https://latinostories.com/white-space-review/

“Documenting the Silencing of Latinx Voices” Blog Post, Latino Stories, June 22, 2021. https://latinostories.com/silencing-latinx-voices/

“Hope, Thy Name is Lina,” Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul, ed. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Susan Sanchez-Casal.  FL: Health Communications, Inc. pp. 123-125.

ETST 3704: Culture, Racism, and Alienation

ETST 3108: Chicano/a and Latino/a History

ETST 2000: Introduction to Ethnic Studies

ETST 4574: Special TopicsTopics in Ethnic Studies: Latina Narratives

ETST 4574: Special TopicsTopics in Ethnic Studies: Latina Feminisms