Anna M. Nogar

Anna M. Nogar is Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of New Mexico. She serves as Associate Dean for Humanities and Interdisciplinary Units in the College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in Nuevomexicano cultural memory, colonial Mexican literature, and oral history methodologies. Her research bridges academic and community engagement through the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute and Latin American and Iberian Institute.

Education:

• PhD, University of Texas at Austin (2008)
• MA, University of Texas at Austin (2004)
• BS, University of New Mexico (2000)

Nogar's scholarly output focuses on three key areas: (1) literary recovery of marginalized voices in the Hispanic Southwest, exemplified by her prizewinning edition of Felipe M. Chacón's bilingual poetry collection; (2) transatlantic studies of colonial Mexican religious writing, highlighted by her award-winning monograph on Sor María de Ágreda; and (3) archival and pedagogical innovation in Mexican and Borderlands literatures. Her Google Scholar profile reveals a sustained engagement with interdisciplinary methodologies across 18 publications since 2004.

Key Research Trends: Her work examines mystical female figures like Sor María de Ágreda, early Mexican American literary production, and collective memory formation in the American Southwest. She systematically employs archival research, oral history, and postcolonial theory to reframe historical narratives.

Scientific Awards:

• 2020 International Latino Book Award (History & Religious categories)
• 2022 International Latino Book Award Bronze Medal for Translation
• 2017 Southwest Book Award & 2018 New Mexico-Arizona Juvenile Book Award
• ALA Outstanding Academic Title (2017) for A History of Mexican Literature

Contact: anogar@unm.edu | Office: Ortega Hall 415 | Phone: 505-277-5907