Eloísa Palafox

Eloísa Palafox is an Associate Professor in the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures at Washington University. She holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University and specializes in Spanish medieval and Renaissance literature, with a focus on Celestina, exempla, and the interplay of oral traditions, religious thought, and ethical questions in written texts. Her research explores how medieval discourses of power shaped later secular and religious frameworks.

Educational background: Ph.D., Michigan State University.

Research interests include analyzing medieval exempla as ethical frameworks, the role of oral traditions in shaping written works, and the textual evolution of Celestina. Her book, The Ethics of the Exemplum, proposes a theoretical model for studying exemplarity in medieval thought.

Current projects include a monograph on Celestina and articles on the Libro del Conde Lucanor and Libro de los exemplos por abc. She serves on the editorial board of Celestinesca and maintains its annotated bibliography.