Amy Sara Carroll

Amy Sara Carroll is an Associate Professor of Literature and Literary Arts at the University of California, San Diego, with affiliations in Latin American Studies, Critical Gender Studies, Chicanx and Latinx Studies, Global South Studies, and Film Studies. Her interdisciplinary practice bridges poetry, performance art, and digital humanities, focusing on U.S.-Mexico border issues, migration, and technopolitical resistance.

• Education: Ph.D. and M.A. in Literature (Duke University), M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Cornell), M.A. in Anthropology (Chicago), A.B. in Anthropology and Poetry (Princeton)

Research Themes: Carroll’s work interrogates border aesthetics, undocumentation, and digital activism, often collaborating with Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0/3.0 on projects like the Transborder Immigrant Tool. Her publications span art history, queer theory, and transnational feminist critiques.

Scientific Awards:

• Poets Out Loud Prize (2012)
• Golden Crown Literary Society Poetry Award (2013)
• Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005-06)
• MLA Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize Honorable Mention (2017)

Exhibitions & Collaborations: Her projects have been exhibited at venues including the Getty Foundation, Cantor Arts Center, and ZKM Karlsruhe, with residencies at Cornell’s Society for the Humanities and UCLA’s Luskin Institute. Recent collaborations include staging performances at the Calexico-Mexicali border wall and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.