Alana Reid

Alana Reid is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Director of the School of Language and Literature at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). She joined UCA in 2009, teaching Spanish courses ranging from elementary language classes to graduate-level Latin American literature, alongside English-taught courses such as Latinos in the U.S., Latin American Film, and Latin American Women Writers.

• Ph.D., University of Michigan

Her research focuses on gender and sexuality in 20th- and 21st-century Hispanic culture, often incorporating creative pedagogy with projects like student films and community collaborations. She has published in journals such as Letras Femeninas, Hispania, and Hispanófila, and is currently working on a book manuscript analyzing cross-dressing pirates in Latin American fiction.

Her office is located in Irby 207D, and she can be reached at (501) 450-5096 or areid@uca.edu.