Education
PhD, Latin American Literature & Film, Emory University
MA, Latin American Studies & Spanish, University of Alberta
BA, Latin American Studies (Philosophy minor), University of Alberta
Background
Dr. Navarro's research and teaching focus on Spanish and Latinx literature, film, and culture. Her areas of specialization include childhood studies, film theory, and the intersections between race and gender. She is currently working on a manuscript analyzing the representation of children in contemporary Argentine film.
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Interests
- Latin American Cultural Studies
- Hispanic Film
- Latin American Literature
- Childhood Studies
Scholarly Works
Book Chapters
Sandra V. Navarro (2024). DE VIENTRAS Y AQUAS: WOMEN AND LANDSCAPE IN EL NIÑO PEZ AND EL VERANO DE LOS PECES VOLADORES. In (Eds.), Crisis y transformaciones: Cinematic Landscape and Emerging Identities in Contemporary Latin American Film: Lexington Books.
Sandra V. Navarro (2020). Espacios inhóspitos: clase, género, y encierro en La nana (2009) de Sebastián Silva. In (Eds.), Inusuales: hogar, sexualidad y política en el cine hispano: Iberoamericana Vervuert.
Journal Articles
Sandra V. Navarro (2017, September). The Silent Other: The Latino Figure in No Country for Old Men and Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. Latino Studies, 15, 309-322.
Courses Taught
- Cultures 191 Latin American and Latino Youth Culture
- The Child in World Cinema
- Cultures 250 Modern Latin America
- Cultures 299 Culture and History of Southern Spain
- Cultures 390/Film 312 Youth in Revolt: Young People and Counterculture in Hispanic Cinema
- Spanish 101 Beginner's Spanish
- Spanish 203 Intermediate Spanish I & II
- Spanish 290 Literary and Intellectual Currents in the Spanish-speaking World
- Spanish 290 Detective Fictions
- Spanish 305 Advanced Conversation I & II
- Spanish 306 Latin American Culture on Film
- Spanish 390 Hispanic Culture Through the Ages
- From Goya to Almodóvar
- Cultures of the Southern Cone
- ENGL 336 Ethnic American Literature
