Elizabeth Marchant

Elizabeth Marchant is an Associate Professor with dual appointments in Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She serves as Chair of the Gender Studies Department and contributes to interdisciplinary programs such as Latin American Studies. Her academic career spans institutions like UCSB, Brandeis University, NYU, and Stanford, combining teaching, administration, and cultural research.

• Doctorate in Spanish and Portuguese, New York University
• Master’s in Latin American Studies and Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University
• Bachelor’s degree, Smith College

Dr. Marchant's research explores Latin American cultural studies, focusing on comparative race and feminisms in the Americas, Afro-Brazilian expressive culture, and 19th- to 20th-century Latin American literature and film. Her work interrogates themes of cultural inclusion, citizenship, and gendered/racialized identities through transnational frameworks like the 'Black Atlantic.'

Her recent publications and book projects highlight intersections between Afro-Brazilian culture and Atlantic diasporic studies, literary modernism, and feminist theory. She has co-edited special volumes on comparative black Atlantic perspectives, emphasizing Brazil's role in redefining transnational cultural narratives.

• UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award (2005)

Dr. Marchant has held administrative roles including Graduate Vice-Chair of Women’s Studies at UCLA, Director of the Brazil Travel Study Program, and Chair of the Latin American Studies Program on Brazil. She has advised graduate students in interdisciplinary research areas, though specific names are not provided in the text.