Laguna de Apoyo, Nicaragua (2009)
 

STACEY ALBA SKAR, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPANISH

WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
181 WHITE STREET
DANBURY, CT 06810

OFFICE: BERKSHIRE HALL, ROOM 215A, MIDTOWN CAMPUS

PHONE: (203) 837-8485
FAX: (203) 837-8912

EMAIL: skars@wcsu.edu

Dr. Alba Skar completed her B.A. in Spanish at the University of Illinois at

Champaign-Urbana, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish-American Literature at

the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her doctoral dissertation completed in

1997 focused on representations of political violence in narrative from Chile

and Argentina. Since that project, she has written numerous articles and book

chapters on human rights issues in Latin America, women's studies, and

Latino/a literature. Dr. Skar has published two books. The first, Voces

 Híbridas: La Literatura de Chicanas y Latinas en Estados Unidos is a study of

Chicana and Latina women writers in the United States and transculturation.

The second, The Inferno: A Story of Terror and Survival in Chile is a translation

with notes of a testimonial memoir by Luz Arce, a militant in the resistance and

then collaborator with the military dictatorship.  Dr. Skar currently teaches

courses at Western Connecticut State University in Spanish Language,

Hispanic Cultures, and Latin American and Latino Literatures. She is currently

researching intersections of globalization and representations of

Latin American and Latina women in film and literature.

WEBSITE: HTTP://PEOPLE.WCSU.EDU/SKARS/