Yolopattli Hernandez Torres

Yolopattli Hernandez Torres is an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish at Loyola University Maryland. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.A. from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, México. Her academic work focuses on colonial Spanish American literatures, cultures, and visual representation in Latin America.

• Education
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: M.A., Ph.D.
  • Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, México: B.A.

Her research explores themes such as gender roles in colonial journalism, public health policies in late colonial Mexico, and transculturation in Novo-Hispanic art. She has authored studies on midwifery, child abandonment, and witchcraft in colonial contexts.

She has received multiple research grants, including the Tinker Field Research Grant (2006), Professional Development Grant (2011), and Summer Research Grants (2014-2015). Her publications appear in journals like Letras femeninas and Chasqui, with encyclopedia contributions on religious art traditions.