Tabea Alexa Linhard

Tabea Alexa Linhard is Professor of Global Studies and Spanish, serving as Director of Global Studies at Washington University. Her research examines displacement experiences from 1930s-1940s through literary and cultural lenses.

Current work explores refugee experiences in Mexico and Spain through narrative traditions. Her courses bridge literary analysis with human rights frameworks, examining migration patterns, cultural memory, and identity formation.

• Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award recipient

She leads the Moving Stories initiative and coordinates Hostile Terrain 94, participatory art projects documenting migration experiences.