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Luz Kirschner

Luz A Kirschner

Title

Associate Professor

Office Building

Lincoln Hall

Office

315

Mailing Address

Lincoln Hall 315
School of American & Global Studies-Box 2212
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

  • Ph.D. in department of comparative literature; minor in criticism, theory and aesthetics | Pennsylvania State University
  • M.A. in comparative literature | University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • M.A. in american and literary studies | Bielefeld University, Germany
  • B.A. in modern languages | Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Academic Interests

  • Latin American literatures and cultures
  • Latina/o literatures and cultures
  • Inter-American Studies
  • Diaspora
  • U.S. ethnic literatures
  • Globalization
  • Human rights
  • Transatlantic studies
  • Transnationalism
  • Minority writing
  • Cultures in Germany

Work Experience

  • 2022 to present - associate professor, South Dakota State University
  • 2016- 2022 - assistant professor, South Dakota State University
  • 2008-2016 - permanent full-time tenured lecturer, Bielefeld University, Germany
  • Summer 2010-2016 - visiting professor, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Summer 2012 and 2013 - short-term visiting research scholar at Penn State University

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