Rebecca M. Stephanis

Dr. Rebecca M. Stephanis is a Professor and Department Chair of Modern Languages and Literature at Gonzaga University. She earned her Ph.D. in Latin American Literature and Cultures (2008) from Princeton University, alongside an M.A. in Education (Stanford University) and an M.A. in Latin American Studies (Tulane University). Her research focuses on the representation of the Amazon rainforest, extractivism in literature/film, and cinematic portrayals of the Colombian conflict.

• Ph.D., Princeton University
• M.A., Stanford University
• M.A., Tulane University
• B.A., Occidental College (Diplomacy & World Affairs, Russian, Economics)

Her work spans Latin American cinema, spatial theory in literature, and postcolonial environmental discourse. She has taught courses such as Intermediate Spanish, Advanced Grammar, and seminars on Latin American cinema, jungle spaces, and Colombian conflict representation. Recent publications analyze the Amazon's cinematic portrayal, Borges' spatial poetics, and Argentine literary geography.