Carmiña Palerm

Carmiña Palerm serves as Associate Professor and Director of the Hispanic and Latino Studies program within Pacific Lutheran University's College of Liberal Studies. Her academic leadership spans interdisciplinary research in Hispanic and Latino cultural production, with institutional affiliation centered in Tacoma, Washington.

Her educational foundation includes:

• Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from Stanford University (2001)
• M.A. in Hispanic Studies from Stanford University (1994)
• B.A. in Spanish Literature from University of California, Santa Barbara (1993)

Professor Palerm's research synthesizes literary analysis with cultural geography and postcolonial theory. Her work critically examines gendered narratives of trauma in 20th-century Spanish literature, spatial politics in urban/rural representations, and transnational migration discourses across Iberian and American contexts. Notably, she bridges Latina/o literary traditions with Indigenous epistemologies through analysis of creation stories, revealing enduring cultural legacies across the Americas. This interdisciplinary approach positions her scholarship at the intersection of memory studies, border theory, and decolonial frameworks.

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