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Diana Lee serves as Assistant Professor of Spanish in the World Languages and Cultures Department at Hope College since 2020, following prior appointments at University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pepperdine University, and University of Wisconsin–River Falls.
Her academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. in 20th- and 21st-century Latin American literature from University of California-Riverside (2015)
- M.A. in Spanish from University of California-Riverside (2012)
- M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary (2008)
- B.A. in Spanish and international studies from Pepperdine University (2004)
Dr. Lee's scholarship centers on ecocritical approaches to Latin American literature, examining biopolitics, environmental violence, and urban ecologies in contemporary Hispanic texts. She developed the course Ecoliterature and Environmental Themes in Latin America and teaches Spanish language, literature, and Medical Spanish, connecting environmental humanities with cultural studies.
Her publication record (2019-2025) reveals consistent focus on ecological crises in Latin American fiction, with analyses spanning Colombian, Mexican, Bolivian, and Ecuadorian contexts across journals like Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment and Ecozon@, demonstrating how literature interrogates extractive industries, radioactive contamination, and animal-human relationships.
