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Elizabeth Monasterios is a Full Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Pittsburgh and co-editor of the Bolivian Studies Journal. She is a foundational member of JALLA (Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana) and the LASA-Bolivia Section, with additional affiliations at the Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil), FLACSO Argentina, and Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (Bolivia).
Her research centers on Latin American literary giants including Bolivian poets Jaime Saenz and Blanca Wiethüchter, Mexican poet José Emilio Pacheco, and Peruvian writer Gamaliel Churata. Current interests explore post-humanism and post-anthropocentric theories intersecting with Andean epistemologies, non-human others, multispecies worlding, and feminist philosophy. She actively teaches graduate courses on avant-garde movements, Gamaliel Churata, and post-anthropocentric turns in Latin American thought, alongside undergraduate courses spanning Hispanic civilizations, Andean popular culture, and the history of chocolate.
Monasterios' recent publications reveal a sustained intellectual trajectory examining Andean thought systems through Gamaliel Churata's work, challenging Western philosophical paradigms while constructing decolonial knowledge frameworks. Her scholarship consistently bridges literary criticism with philosophical inquiry, indigenous epistemologies, and environmental ethics, demonstrating how Andean perspectives reorient cultural production and knowledge systems in Latin America.
Her scholarly contributions have been recognized with the Premio Roggiano de la crítica Literaria Latinoamericana 2016 for 'La vanguardia plebeya del Titikaka'.
- Premio Roggiano de la crítica Literaria Latinoamericana 2016
Professor Monasterios has mentored 18 doctoral students to completion, with graduates securing faculty positions at institutions including Emory University, Haverford College, University of California Chico, and Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. Her current doctoral candidates include César Ruiz Ledesma, Isabel Velasco, and Magnolia Ortiz. Her extensive editorial work includes the Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress) and Oxford University Press publications, reflecting sustained engagement with major academic infrastructure projects.
- Current doctoral students: César Ruiz Ledesma, Isabel Velasco, Magnolia Ortiz
- PhD graduates: Paul Guillén (Peru), Jillian Kite (USA), Fernando Iturralde (Bolivia), Hernán Medina (USA), Ximena Postigo (USA), Hannah Burdette (USA), Raquel Alfaro (USA), Gina Villamizar (USA), Carolina Rueda (USA), Alicia Ortega (Ecuador), Jorge Zavaleta (Peru), Mauricio Duarte (Kuwait), Rosario Rodríguez (Bolivia), Aurelia Gómez de Unamuno (USA), Emil’ Keme (USA)
She actively shapes scholarly discourse through leadership roles in JALLA, LASA-Bolivia, and international doctoral programs, fostering transnational academic networks that connect Latin American, European, and North American institutions.
