Alessandra Luiselli

Alessandra Luiselli studied her B.A. at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Her doctorate studies were completed at the University of New Mexico. She has published three books: El sueño manierista de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (UAEM, 1993), La instrucción del Inca Titu Cusi Yupanqui (UNAM, 2001), and Letras Mexicanas: Ensayos sobre escritores mexicanos de la segunda mitad del siglo veinte (UNAM, 2006). Professor Luiselli also co-authored the widely used anthology Huellas de las literaturas hispanoamericanas (Prentice Hall-Pearson), in its third edition this year. In addition to her books, Professor Luiselli has published many articles in academic journals in the United States, Mexico, and Spain. She has traveled extensively giving lectures on Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and other writers of the Colonial Period. Her most recent book, Letras Mexicanas, studies, among other topics, the influence of the colonial period on writers like Octavio Paz and Rosario Castellanos. Last year, Professor Luiselli received a distinguished university award because of her quality teaching supporting diversity. She is currently an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University.