Research Interests
Cinema StudiesCultural StudiesIndigenous StudiesCaribbean StudiesContemporary Latin AmericanFilm and LiteratureEthics and AestheticsViolence and Inequality
Opportunities
Work Study Positions Available: No
Grant Funded Positions Available: No
Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No
Volunteer Research Positions Available: No
Open to Faculty Mentoring: Yes
Biography
Dr. Iliana Pagán-Teitelbaum is an Associate Professor of Languages and Cultures at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She obtained a BA in Latin American Studies at the University of Puerto Rico and a PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University. She was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Caribbean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the Graduate Coordinator for the MA in Languages and Cultures, and she teaches courses on Latin American film and Spanish language. Her research focuses on cultural representations of inequality and violence in the Americas, as well as the critical discourse analysis of media representations of indigenous peoples from the Andes. As a filmmaker, she directed Twin Tongues: Learning English in América, a nonfiction film about the politics of bilingualism and identity in the Hispanic community of Philadelphia (in post-production).
