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Sarah D. Harris is a Professor at Bennington College's Isabelle Kaplan Center for Languages and Cultures, where she has taught since 2009 through Spring 2025. She holds a PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UCLA, an MA in Spanish from UCLA, and a BA in Spanish and International Studies from Yale University. Harris previously served as Associate Dean for Advising (2020-2022) and Dean of Faculty (2021-2024), demonstrating significant institutional leadership alongside her scholarly work.
Her research focuses on contemporary Spanish fiction, sequential art (comics), trauma and memory studies, Peninsular film, migration, monstrosity, and gender and identity studies. Harris was a visiting researcher in Spanish literature at the Universidad de Oviedo and recipient of the José Monleón postdoctoral fellowship for research and teaching.
Harris's scholarship reveals how comics uniquely process historical trauma, particularly regarding the Spanish Civil War and Franco dictatorship. Her work examines the visual-verbal metaphors in Spanish graphic narratives that represent historical memory, trauma, and intergenerational transmission of memory. She has published extensively on authors including Paco Roca, Pedro Almodóvar, Carlos Giménez, and Francisco de Goya.
Her publications show a consistent trajectory exploring how Spanish comics represent historical trauma and memory, with particular attention to visual metaphors, intergenerational transmission, and the relationship between national memory and personal narrative. The articles demonstrate interdisciplinary engagement with trauma theory, memory studies, visual culture, and Spanish history.
- 2025 Whiting Fellow (Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation)
Harris has advised numerous students in Spanish literature, comics studies, and film studies. Her research has been supported by prestigious fellowships including the José Monleón postdoctoral fellowship. She has presented her work at international conferences on Iberian studies, comics studies, and trauma studies.
She has contributed significantly to the development of comics studies as a legitimate academic field, particularly regarding Spanish graphic narratives. Her work connects literary analysis with visual culture studies to reveal how comics uniquely process historical trauma in post-dictatorship Spain.
