Catalina Rodríguez

Catalina Rodríguez is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Boston University, specializing in Latin American Literature and Culture. She previously served as an Assistant Professor (CLTA) at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on gender and sexuality studies, ecofeminism, and queer literature, with a particular emphasis on 19th-century Latin American writers and the use of gendered pseudonyms. Rodríguez is currently completing her first book on gendered authorship in Latin America and has co-curated an anthology of early Colombian writer Josefa Acevedo. She holds a PhD in Spanish and Portuguese from Northwestern University and has received prestigious awards including the LASA Best Dissertation Award (2023).

Education:

• Licenciatura, Universidad de los Andes
• PhD, Northwestern University

Teaching & Research: Courses include Latin American Literature, Gender Studies, and Queer Literature. Her work bridges literary analysis with feminist and queer theory, exploring themes of authorship, national identity, and historical representation.

Awards:

• LASA Nineteenth Century Section Best Dissertation Award (2023)
• Presidential Fellowship (Northwestern University)
• Mellon Foundation/Newberry Library Seminar Fellowship
• SSRC Dissertation Development Program

Publications: Recent works include contributions to Latin American Literary Review, Revista de Estudios de Literatura Colombiana, and co-curation of Proscrita en esta tierra (2023).