Poland, 2019.

Panel Organized

  • “Show Me the Body: Asian-Latin American Intersections and the Representation of Xenophobia, Exploitation, and Objectification in Cultural Production.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress. May 26-29, 2021.

Panel Chaired

  •  “Densidades corporales en poesía y arte (audio)visual.” Carolina Conference on Romance Studies, Chapel Hill, NC. March 26–27, 2021.

Papers Presented

  • “Plasticity and Authenticity: The Re-Represented Chinese Brazilians in Plastic City (2008).” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress. May 26-29, 2021.
  • “Dragon, Serpent, or Lizard? The (Lost) Chineseness of Chinese-Mexicans as Allegorical Reptiles in Ojos de Lagarto (2012) by Bernando Fernández and ‘La serpiente de Beijín’ (2013) by Guadalupe Nettel.” Conference on East-West Cross-Cultural Relations. Warsaw-Cracow-Bielsko Biala, Poland. May 9-12, 2019.
  • La historia ‘contrabandeada’ del encuentro transpacífico en La rosa de la China.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress. Barcelona, Spain. May 23–26, 2018.
  • “La musa ecléctica y asimétrica: Las colisiones de semiósferas en ‘Kakemono’ de Julián del Casal.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY. April 19–21, 2018.
  • “Mímesis y alteridad como estrategias: la representación del sistema de Manila en La rosa de la China.” Conference of the Consortium in Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Duke University, Durham, NC. February 16-17, 2018.
  • “Tras tres prismas: La ‘mirada trasatlántica’ al Lejano Oriente en ‘Li-Po’ de José Juan Tablada.” Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Wilmington, NC. October 5–7, 2017.
  • “Chromatic Signifiers as the Vehicle to Construct the Heroic Figure in Selma.” Carolina Conference on Romance Studies, Chapel Hill, NC. March 30–April 1, 2017.