Academic Degrees
Ph.D., M.A., Bryn Mawr College; B.A., Westhampton College, University of Richmond, Virgina
Research Areas
Early modern Spanish literature; theology and religious culture; women’s studies and feminist theory
Publications and Papers
Books
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The Unrecognized Precursors of La Diana by Montemayor. Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1992. |
María de Zayas y Sotomayor. 
Editor, This Tight Embrace: Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza (1566-1614). Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2000.
Recent Articles and Book Chapters
“Gender in the Night. Juan de la Cruz y Cecilia del Nacimiento.” Studies on Women’s Lyric Poetry of the Golden Age. Tras el espejo la musa escribe Ed. Julián Olivares. Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2009. 202-17.
“Mysticism and History: The Case of Spain’s Golden Age.” Approaches to Teaching Teresa of Avila and the Spanish Mystics. Ed. Alison Weber. New York: MLA, 2009. 47-56.
“The Economics of Salvation in El esclavo del demonio.” Bulletin of the Comediantes, 59.2 (2008). 281-302.
“Join the Jesuits, See the World: Women and the Society of Jesus.” The Jesuits II. Cultures, Sciences and the Arts, 1540-1773. Eds. John W. O’Malley et al. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. 33-47.
“Redressing Ana Caro’s Valor, agravio y mujer.” Hispanic Review 73.3 (2005). 309-28.
Recent Papers and Presentations
“Visual Literacy and the Art of Inquisitorial Spain.” In conjunction with the exhibit, El Greco to Velázquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III. Nash Museum, Duke University. October 2008.
“What is Mysticism?” Dept. of Humanities, Duke University, October 2008.
“The Arts of Inquisition during the Age of Velázquez and El Greco.” In conjunction with the exhibit, El Greco to Velázquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March-April 2008.
“Who Was Mary Magdalen? A Conversation.” St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Wellesley, MA., November 2007.
“Mary Magdalen: A Literary Archeology.” Center for Twenty-first Century Studies. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, November 2006.
“Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza: To the Greater Glory of God.” Dallo Spirito alla Struttura: Le Constituzioni e lo sviluppo della cultura gesuitica. Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Roma, October 2006.
“Spain’s Sonnet ‘No me mueve, mi Dios,’ Antidote to Mel Gibson.” The Gifford Lecture. Tufts University, Boston, MA, April 2004.
