Christina Garcia Lopez

Christina Garcia Lopez is an Associate Professor at the University of San Francisco, affiliated with the Chicanx-Latinx Studies Program and serving as Director of both the Chicanx-Latinx Studies Program and Critical Diversity Studies. She holds a PhD in American Studies with a portfolio in Mexican American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, alongside an MA in American Literature and Culture from the University of Leeds and a BA in English Literature from the University of North Texas.

• PhD, American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
• MA, American Literature and Culture, University of Leeds
• BA, English Literature, University of North Texas

Her research focuses on Latinx and Chicanx literature, exploring intersections with gender, sexuality, religion, spirituality, and U.S.-Mexico border dynamics. Her work analyzes how narratives reframe consciousness through embodied spirituality and cultural critique.

Selected publications span 2016–2019, including a monograph on Chicanx narratives and articles examining feminist knowledge in Viramontes’ work, political-spiritual intersections in Urrea’s fiction, and compassionate storytelling in transnational Latina/o texts.