Metropolitan State University of Denver

Dr Margarita T Barcelo

Educational Biography

BA, English, Santa Clara University
CPhil and PhD, English and American Literature, University of California, San Diego
President's Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley

Research Areas/Interests

Most recent publication: "Tapestries of Space-Time: Urban and Institutional Spaces in Helena María Viramontes's Short Fiction." _Rebozos de Palabras: An Helena María Viramontes Critical Reader_. Ed. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs_. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 2013. 122-144. Print. Research areas/interests: social geographic theory and Chicana literature; contemporary and 19th-century American literature and popular culture; critical theory; autobiography; gender studies; contemporary Latin American literature.

Professional Affiliations

Chair, MSCD Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee (2010-11); Secretary, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS, 2007-08); Modern Language Association of American (MLA); former co-chair and member of the Committee for Literatures by People of Color in the U. S. and Canada (CLPC), MLA.

Personal

I am a third-generation Xicana, originally from the South Bay area in Southern California. Currently, I am an associate professor in the Department of English. What little precious time remains is spent writing, working out and/or cooking with the love of my life.

Courses Taught

CHS-2010,CHS-3400,ENG-1010,ENG-1020,ENG-1100,ENG-2100,ENG-2120,ENG-2210
,ENG-2220,ENG-2410,ENG-311A,ENG-3480

Office Hours

Tuesday - [02:00 to 03:00]
[11:00 to 12:00]
Wednesday - [12:45 to 01:45]
Thursday - [02:00 to 03:00]
[11:00 to 12:00]