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Department of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

Mariselle Meléndez



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Associate Professor of Colonial Spanish American Literatures and Cultures

Affiliated Faculty: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latina/Latino Studies

Education
  • Ph.D. (1993) University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • M.A (1987) University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • B.A (1986) Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras
Contact information

4032 FLB
(217) 333-1075
(217) 333-3390
melendez@uiuc.edu

Areas of Specialization
  • Colonial Spanish American literatures and cultures (special emphasis on the eighteenth century)
  • Gender, race, and cultural studies
  • Colonial and postcolonial theory
  • Visual studies
  • Nineteenth-century female essayists

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