Lina Geriguis

Lina Geriguis is a Lecturer in the Department of English at Santa Clara University. She received her Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University and specializes in literary theory, critical thinking, and multicultural literatures.

Her research examines disability representation in American realism, ecoliteracy in literary texts, and Edith Wharton's works. Geriguis has conducted archival research at Yale and Stanford University libraries through a grant from the Edith Wharton Society.

Geriguis has received the Edith Wharton Society Award and serves as book review editor for Pacific Coast Philology Journal. Her publications investigate equity of expression in rare editions, ecosomatic paradigms in literature, and pathological representations in early literary criticism.

Courses taught include Critical Thinking and Writing, with pedagogical approaches emphasizing textual criticism and ecoliteracy development.