STACEY ALBA D. SKAR, PH.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPANISH & CHAIR

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

and collaborator with the military dictatorship.  Dr. Skar recently published a

translation with Duke University Press: Adiós Muchachos: A Memoir of the

Sandinista Revolution by Sergio Ramírez, former Vice-President of Nicaragua

and well-known literary author. She currently teaches courses at Western

Connecticut State University in Spanish Language, Translation,

Hispanic Cultures, and Latin American and Latino Literatures. Her latest

research explores intersections of globalization and representations of

Latin American and Latina women in film and literature.

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