Lucía García-Santana

Lucía García-Santana serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish at The University of the South (Sewanee), where she contributes to Hispanic and Latin American studies through teaching and research. Her academic focus centers on marginalized cultural narratives and power dynamics across transnational contexts.

Her educational background includes:

• B.A. from Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
• M.A. from the University of Connecticut
• Ph.D. in Spanish and Latin American Studies from the University of Connecticut

Professor García-Santana's research critically examines transnational cultural production, displacement and social exclusion, and coloniality in the Global South, with particular emphasis on Women's and Gender Studies across the Americas and Spain. Her work investigates how peripheral communities navigate identity and representation within dominant cultural frameworks, utilizing decolonial and feminist theoretical lenses to analyze literary and cultural artifacts. This interdisciplinary approach bridges Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, and Postcolonial Theory to address systemic inequalities in cultural production.

Her scholarly activities focus on:

• Power structures in transnational cultural exchange
• Gendered experiences of displacement
• Decolonial methodologies in Global South contexts
• Representation of marginalized voices in Hispanic literature