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Odette Casamayor-Cisneros
Assistant Professor
 Education
2002: Ph.D. Sciences du langage, option : Ars et littératures (Summa cum laude).
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France.
Areas of Expertise
Twentieth-century and contemporary Latin American and Caribbean literatures, cultures and societies, Latin American and Spanish cinema, African Diaspora, Transatlantic Studies, Cultural Studies in Post-cold war era societies.
Contact Information
Office/Hours: ARJ 232 Tue and Thu: 11-12
Phone: 860-486-3314
E-mail: odettecisneros@uconn.edu
Website
Bio:
Odette Casamayor Cisneros is Assistant Professor at The University of Connecticut-Storrs. She received her doctorate in Language Arts and Literature from the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), in Paris. Having concentrated her research on Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures, Odette Casamayor was also the recipient of a 2005 Rockefeller Foundation Post-doctoral fellowship, which sponsored her as a Visiting Research Scholar at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In 2003, her paper titled “Negros de papel. Algunas apariciones del negro en la narrativa cubana después de 1959” received the “Juan Rulfo” literary essay award, which is granted by Radio France Internationale. She is currently writing a book about Post-Soviet Cuban Literature and conducting a research project on racial inequalities in Contemporary Caribbean Societies.
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