Year of MA/PhD: 1st year of M.A. in Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies

Isabel was born and raised in Seville, Spain, where she also graduated from the University of Seville with a B.A. in English Studies (English Literature and English Language and Linguistics) in 2023. During her time as an undergraduate student, she spent a year abroad at the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, and collaborated in a research project on (self)censorship in En>Es LGBTIQ+ narrative translation and publication during Franco's dictatorship in Spain (catálogo TRACEni_lgbt+ 1939-1983). Currently, she works as a Teaching Assistant at Texas Tech University while pursuing her M.A. in Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies.

Research interests; thesis topic/title:

Translation Studies, Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Ecocriticism and Ecofeminism, Contemporary Spanish Literature, Latinx Studies, SLA and Spanish as a Heritage Language

Academic Background (previous studies):

B.A. in English Studies (English Literature and English Language and Linguistics)

University of Seville (Seville, Spain)

Email: isalmeid@ttu.edu