Sharrah Lane

Sharrah Lane is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work focuses on 20th and 21st century Latin American literature and film, with an emphasis on intersections between neoliberalism, childhood studies, and cultural production.

Education:

• Ph.D., Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky, 2020
• M.A., Spanish, University of Virginia, 2012
• B.A., Spanish (Concentration: Literature and Culture), University of Virginia, 2010
• A.A., Liberal Arts, Piedmont Virginia Community College, 2006

Research interests include analyzing children protagonists in Latin American cinema as reflections of neoliberal capitalism's impact on familial and social structures. Ongoing projects examine the role of the fantastic in Latin/x American media as a tool for resisting colonial power dynamics. No scientific awards or grants are listed in the profile. Courses taught include SPAN 351 and SPAN 203. No lab affiliations or teams are explicitly mentioned.