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Leisa Kauffmann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Wayne State University, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on colonial Latin America, particularly the cultural encounters between Nahua peoples and Spanish colonizers, with emphasis on gender studies and indigenous historiography.
Dr. Kauffmann holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Hispanic Literatures from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2004 and 1997 respectively). She has been recognized with the Humanities Center Resident Scholar award (2011-2012) and a University Research Grant from Wayne State (2010).
Her scholarship explores themes such as the reinterpretation of indigenous rulers like Nezahualcoyotl, colonial governance dynamics, and the intersection of myth with colonial writing practices. Recent work examines Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s historiographical contributions and the representation of colonial power structures through literary and ethnohistorical analysis.
Teaching includes courses on colonial Latin American literature, cultural analysis, and advanced composition. Her research has been published in venues such as Colonial Latin American Review, MELUS, and A Contracorriente.
