ADRIANNA M. SANTOS, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Arts and Humanities
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Central Academic Building Ste. 319A
One University Way
San Antonio, TX 78224
(210) 784-2278
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, Feminist Studies Doctoral
Emphasis: Specialization in Aesthetic & Cultural Studies, and Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies – The University of California, Santa Barbara (2014)
M.A., Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies: Specialization in Chicana/o
Literature, Feminist Studies, and Cultural Studies – The University of California, Santa Barbara (2010)
B.A., Department of English: Specialization in 19th Century Literature, Minor in Modern Philosophy – The University of Texas at Austin (2002)
RESEARCH EXPERTISE
Mexican American/Latinx literature & culture with an emphasis in narrative, film & media studies, woman of color feminisms, gender & sexuality, queer studies, performance, pedagogy, and trauma & violence studies
PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming “Performing The Panza Monologues: Staging Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga’s Homage to Tejana-Chicanas in San Anto.” Teaching Mexicana and Chicana Writers of the Twentieth Century. MLA’s Options for Teaching Series. Ed. Elizabeth Martinez. (2018).
Forthcoming Broken Open: Anzaldúa’s Coyolxauhqui Imperative in Isabel Quintero’s Gabi, A Girl in Pieces and Erika L. Sánchez’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Nerds Goths, Geeks, and Freaks: Outsiders in Chican@/Latin@ Young Adult Literature. Eds. Trevor Boffone and Cristina Herrera. (2019).
In Revision “Surviving the Alamo: Violence, Healing, & Women’s Relationships in Emma Pérez’s Forgetting the Alamo.” (Accepted with revisions by Journal of Critical Latina Feminisms Nov 2017).
Development “Licking the Wounds of Colonization: Nepantlera Aesthetics in Laurie Ann Guerrero’s A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying.” Article manuscript in preparation for submission to Multiethnic Literature of the United States Journal in December 2018.
Development Beyond Survival: Trauma Studies and Chicanx Poetics in the Literary Borderlands. Monograph manuscript in preparation for submission to Palgrave Macmillan’s Literatures of the Americas Series in September 2019 by invitation of the editor, Dr. Norma E. Cantú.
2018 “Why didn’t your mother leave?’: Domestic Violence, Migration, and Survival in Josie Mendez-Negrete’s Las hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed.” In Review with Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of MALCS : Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social.
2016 “Pedagogy of the Panza featuring Adrianna M. Santos.” The Panza
Monologues Blog.
2016 HowlRound “Pedagogy Notebook: Student Performances in the
Introductory Latinx Literature Classroom” for Café Onda: The Latinx
Theatre Commons Blog.
2015 “Healing Our Wounds through our Words: Anzaldúa, Violence, and
Storytelling.” El Mundo Zurdo 4: Selected Works from the Meeting of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa, 2013. Eds. Jackie Cuevas, Larissa Mercado-López, and Sonia Saldívar-Hull. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.
2015 “Review of The Panza Monologues” Aztlán: A Journal of
Chicana and Chicano Studies 39.1 (Fall).
2012 “Cascarones,” “Chili Queens,” “La Adelita,” and “Piñatas,”
Entries in Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions. Ed. María Herrera-Sobek. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
CONFERENCES AND PUBLIC LECTURES
2018 “Broken Open: Anzaldúa’s ‘Coyolxauhqui Imperative’ in Isabel Quintero’s Gabi, A Girl in Pieces and Erika L. Sánchez’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.” National Latino Children’s Literature Conference. University of Texas at San Antonio. (February). Featured Speaker.
2017 “How are We Going to Do All this Work?”: Women’s Labor and Reproductive Justice in Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga’s The Panza Monologues. Place, Race, Gender, and Food Panel. Hidden Sonoma: Laboring Bodies and Hidden Voices. Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social Conference. Sonoma State University. (July). Panelist.
2017 “Performing Tejana-Chicana: Voices of Empowerment and Identity in
Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga’s The Panza Monologues.” Site Specific: Region, Place, and Latinx Representation Panel. Boundary Conditions: Presidential Theme Selection. Modern Language Association Convention. Pennsylvania Convention Center. (January). Panelist.
2016 “Sustaining Your Self, Transforming the Academy: Latina Feminist
Strategies.” Skill-building Workshop. Latina Researchers Conference. Latina Researchers Network. University of the Incarnate Word: San Antonio, TX. (July). Panelist.
2016 “Vehiculo for a Voice: Testimonio, Trauma, and Resistance in Josie
Méndez-Negrete’s Hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed.” Women, Migration and Art Panel. Bridging Through Stories: Families, Work, Across the Global Village. Women and Gender Research Collaborative. Center for Diversity and Gender Studies. Texas State University: San Marcos, TX. (March). Panelist.
2016 “Transformative Narratives of the Border: Gender, Politics, & Desire in
Emma Pérez’s Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory.” Chicana Feminisms Panel. Frontiers and Borders in American Literature Symposium. American Literature Association. (February). Panelist.
2014 “Radical Storytelling in Chicana Survival Narratives.” Latina/o Literary
Landscapes Symposium. American Literature Association. (March). Panelist.
2013 “Healing Our Wounds through Our Words: Anzaldúa, Violence, and
Storytelling.” El Mundo Zurdo: The Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa Conference. University of Texas at San Antonio. (November). Panelist.
2010 “The Mestiza Way: Steps Toward Ending Violence.” El Mundo Zurdo:
The Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa Conference. University of Texas at San Antonio. (November). Panelist.
2009-2010 “Practical Strategies for Creating and Maintaining Feminist Classrooms,”
“Pedagogies of ‘Witnessing’: Films as Teaching Tools in Feminist Classrooms,” and “Critical Pedagogy in Feminist Classrooms: Teaching War and Sexual Violence.” Feminist Pedagogy Series 2009-2010, Feminist Studies Department. University of California, Santa Barbara. (October, February, May). Feminist Pedagogy Coordinator/Lead Teaching Assistant.
2007-2009 “Cultivating Leadership for Positive Change.” Women of Color in
Academia. Graduate Student Colectiva, Asian Pacific American Graduate Students & Women’s Center Symposium. University of California, Santa Barbara. (March). M.C./Steering Committee.
2008 “Sexual Violence in Chicana Cultural Production: Complicating Rape as a
Metaphor in Ana Castillo’s So Far From God” Poesía, Baile y Canción: The Politics, Implications and Future of Chicana/os’ Cultural Production. National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference. Austin, Texas. (March). Panelist.
2007 “Viewing Quinceañera through the Lens of Hegemony: Chicana
Spectator Studies” Eyes on the Mosaic: De-Mythifying Raced Bodies Minority Graduate Student Association Conference. University of Chicago. (April). Panelist.
2002 Las Tejanas: 100 years of Texas Women’s History – A
Symposium. History Department, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. (January). Participant and Volunteer.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-SAN ANTONIO
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
2014-present
Graduate Seminars
Studies in Multicultural Literature:
Border Narratives
Chicana Writers
Special Topics in Literature:
Banned Books
Tejana/o Writers
Upper-division Undergraduate Courses
Latina/o Literature
Chicana/o Literature and Culture
Multiethnic Literatures of the United States
Women of Color Writers
Coming of Age in American Literature
20th Century American Literature
Texas Mexican Literature
Early American Literature: Colonial to Civil War
Introduction to Advanced Literature
Teaching Literature: Theory & Praxis
Special Topics in Writing:
Social Issues
Invention Writing
Lower-division Undergraduate Courses
First Year Composition
Children’s Literature
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies
2012 A Survey of Chicana/o Literature
2011 The Chicana/o Novel
2010 Chicana Writers
TEACHING ASSISTANT
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies
2006-2012 Chicana Studies – Dr. Edwina Barvosa
2012 The Chicana/o Novel – Dr. Georgina Guzman
2011 Spoken Word Art Performance Activism – Dr. Chela Sandoval
2010 Chicana/o Studies 1B: Gender – Dr. Horacio Roque-Ramirez
2010 Barrio Popular Culture – Dr. Dolores Inés Casillas
2009 Transnational Chicana/o Studies – Dr. Teresa Vasquez
2008 Latino Media – Dr. Dolores Inés Casillas
2008 Survey of Chicano Literature – Professor Graciela Limón
2007 Chicano Cultural Studies – Dr. Guisela Latorre
2007 The Chicano Novel – Dr. Francisco Lomelí
Department of Feminist Studies
2009-2010 Feminist Pedagogy Coordinator/Lead T.A.
2006-2011 Representation & Cultural Production – Dr. Jacqueline Bobo
2008 Culture & Society – Dr. Siobhan Brooks
STUDENT AFFAIRS INTERN
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Women, Gender and Sexual Equity Department: Women’s Center
2010-2012 Outreach and programming for women of color, graduate students,
international students and non-traditional students. Programs included: The annual Inspirations Series "Welcoming New Women," “Celebrating New Women Authors and Newly Tenured Women," "Graduate Student Symposium," and "Non-Academic Career Panel."
WRITING CENTER TUTOR
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
Cartwright Learning Resource Center
2008-2010 Supported students in to become confident in writing abilities and
achieve academic success.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2016 “Introduction to Oral History for Social Change” Groundswell: Oral
History for Social Change. (April-May). Participant.
2016 “Command the Room: Executive Presence for Women.” Latinas in
Higher Education. Texas A&M University-San Antonio. (February). Participant.
2014 “Rise to the Top” LatinaVIDA. Texas State University. Maria Hernandez,
Ph.D., and Santalynda Marrero, Ed.D. (April). Participant.
2013 “Five Secrets to a Productive Semester.” National Center for Faculty
Development and Diversity. Kerry Ann Rockquemore, Ph.D. (November). Participant.
2012 “Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social Annual Writing Workshop –
The Academic Article.” Dr. Karen Mary Dávalos, Professor and Chair, Chicana/o Studies Department, Loyola Marymount University and former editor of Chicana Latina Studies: The MALCS Journal. (July) Participant.
2011 University of California Summer Research Mentor Program. Miriam Polne-
Fuller, Director of the Research Mentor Program, Summer Sessions. (June-August). Research Mentor.
2010 University of California Diversity Initiatives for Graduate
Study in the Social Sciences Research Symposium. Dr. Beth Schneider, Professor and Director McNair Scholars Program, Department of Sociology and Department of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. (April). Participant.
2006-2008 Chicana/o & Latina/o Folklore Project. Dr. María Herrera-
Sobek, Vice-Chancellor of Diversity, Equity and Academic
Policy and Professor, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies,
University of California, Santa Barbara. (Academic Year). Research Assistant.
2000 Oxford Study Abroad Program. Dr. Jerome Bump, Professor,
Department of English, University of Texas at Austin. (July-August). Participant.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, & AWARDS
2016 Latina Researchers Conference Scholarship Stipend Recipient
2016 National Women’s Studies Association Women of Color Leadership
Project Honoree
2012 Academic Senate Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Nominee
2011-2012 University of California Center for New Racial Studies Graduate Student
Research Grant Recipient
2011-2012 University of California, Santa Barbara Chicano Studies Institute Graduate
Student Research Grant Recipient
2011 University of California Graduate Dean’s Advancement Fellowship
Recipient
2006-2011 University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Chicana and
Chicano Studies Graduate Student Fellowship Recipient
2010 Jose Tarango and Susana Escamilla de Tarango Graduate Student Grant
Recipient
2009-2010 University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Feminist Studies
Outstanding Service Award for Leadership as Pedagogy Series Coordinator
2008-2009 University of California, Santa Barbara Chicano Studies Institute
Graduate Student Research Grant Recipient
2007 Diversity Initiative for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences Grant
Recipient
2002 University of Texas at Austin Dean’s List
1998-1999 Baumberger Endowment Scholarship Fund Recipient
SERVICE
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY – SAN ANTONIO
2017 Arts & Humanities Diversity Matters Series, Chair
2017 Sociology Job Search Committee
2017 History Job Search Committee
2016-Present First Year Composition Committee
2016-Present Mexican American/Latinx Studies Program Curriculum Committee
2016 English Edjunct Search Committee
2015-Present Faculty Advisor – Mexican American Student Association
2015 Graduate Student Thesis Committee
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
2012 Committee Member, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS)
Institute Site Committee
2010-2012 Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Student Support Network
2009-2011 Member, Women Of color Revolutionary Dialogues (WORD)
2006-2011 Committee Member, Graduate Student Colectiva
2006-2009 Historian (06-07) Member, Department of Chicana/o Studies Graduate
Student Association
2006-2009 Founding Member & Officer, Women of Color in Academia Graduate
Student Association
COMMUNITY
2009-2011 Crisis Intervention Counselor and Advocate, Speaker’s Bureau, Weekend
Hotline Assistant, Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
Modern Language Association
American Literature Association
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social
National Women’s Studies Association
American Association of University Women
National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change
Somos MAS: Mexican American Studies Educators
REFERENCES
María Herrera-Sobek, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Academic Policy, and Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies
Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor
5105 Cheadle
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
805-893-5114 ~ FAX: 805-893-7712
Jacqueline Bobo, Professor
Department of Feminist Studies
4631 South Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7110
805-893-7123 ~ FAX 805-893-8676
Dolores Inés Casillas, Associate Professor
Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies
1713 South Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
805-893-3213
Georgina Guzman, Assistant Professor
Department of English
California State University, Channel Islands
One University Drive
Bell Tower West 1175
Camarillo, CA 93012
805-437-3871
Amber Rose Gonzalez, Assistant Professor
Department of Ethnic Studies
Fullerton College
321 E. Chapman Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92832
714-992-7504