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Sandra Navarro serves as Associate Professor of Spanish within the English & Cultural Studies department at Western New England University, specializing in Hispanic cultural production with critical focus on identity intersections.
Education:
- Ph.D., Latin American Literature & Film, Emory University
- M.A., Latin American Studies & Spanish, University of Alberta
- B.A., Latin American Studies (Philosophy minor), University of Alberta
Her research interrogates representations of marginalized subjects through frameworks of childhood studies, film theory, and race-gender dynamics. Current work analyzes child figures in contemporary Argentine cinema, examining how visual narratives construct identity within post-dictatorship sociopolitical contexts. She consistently explores spatial politics, bodily autonomy, and resistance in Hispanic film and literature.
Recent publications demonstrate sustained engagement with Latin American cinematic traditions, particularly Chilean and Argentine works. Her scholarship reveals patterns in depicting domestic labor, borderland identities, and ecological relationships, with recurring emphasis on silenced voices and spatial confinement as metaphors for systemic oppression across 21st-century Hispanic cinema.
Dr. Navarro teaches diverse courses including Cultures 191 (Latin American and Latino Youth Culture), The Child in World Cinema, and advanced Spanish literature/film seminars. Her curriculum bridges language instruction with critical cultural analysis, emphasizing youth countercultures and cinematic representations of the Southern Cone.
