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Dr. Shannon Dowd serves as an Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages within Niagara University's College of Arts and Sciences, where she teaches Spanish language acquisition and Latin American literature and culture courses for both second-language and heritage speakers.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish) from the University of Michigan
- M.A. in Modern Languages and Critical Theory from the University of Nottingham
- B.A. in Spanish and Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan
Research Focus: Her scholarship critically examines twentieth and twenty-first century Latin American literary and cinematic production through theoretical frameworks. Current projects analyze toxicity in contemporary fiction, poetic structures and glyph systems, and conceptual novelty, with particular attention to how cultural artifacts challenge border politics, sovereignty, and historical narratives. Her monograph The Other Border Wars: Conflict and Stasis in Latin American Culture (2024) investigates Central and South American border conflicts through literary and filmic representations.
Publication Trends: Dowd's recent scholarship demonstrates interdisciplinary engagement across Latin American literary studies, film theory, and political philosophy. Her work consistently explores intersections of war archives, pharmacological metaphors, decolonial theory, and transnational poetics, frequently analyzing Argentine, Paraguayan, and Bolivian cultural production. Publications appear in leading journals including Hispanic Review, Revista Hispánica Moderna, and Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, reflecting sustained contributions to understanding how literature mediates historical trauma and geopolitical conflict.
Academic Service: Dr. Dowd actively contributes to institutional governance as a faculty senator in the Academic Senate and mentors student engagement through her role as faculty advisor for the Spanish Club.
