Professor Mérida M. Rúa will join a panel of faculty this Saturday to honor colleague and friend to the Williams College Latina/o Studies Program, Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez.
Sandoval-Sánchez is honored for his 30 years of service to Mt. Holyoke College and Latina/o Studies. Professor Sandoval-Sanchez is Professor of Spanish at Mount Holyoke College, which in 1993 produced his theatrical piece Side Effects, based on his personal experiences with AIDS. He is the author of José Can You See?: Latinos On and Off Broadway and co-editor of yPuro Teatro: A Latina Anthology. His present research and scholarship center on the staging of monstrosity, enfreakment, queerness, and abjection on Broadway and minority theatre.
WHEN: January 25, 2014 / 4:00pm
WHERE: New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, Mount Holyoke College
Panel/ Retrospective
Opening Remarks:
*Lynn Pasquerella, President, Mount Holyoke College
Introductions:
*Mari Castañeda, Associate Professor of Communication,
University of Massachusetts Amherst
*David Hernández, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and
Latin American Studies, Mount Holyoke College.
Panelists:
*Frances Aparicio, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Northwestern
University
*Micaela Díaz-Sánchez, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies, Mount Holyoke College
*Israel Reyes, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Dartmouth College
*Mérida Rúa Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies and American Studies, Williams College.
Megamenu Social