Crystal R. Perez Faculty Profile

Research interests:

Latinx coming-of-age novels; ethnic detective fiction; Latina/Chicana feminisms; Latinx visual art; social justice and education; women of color narratives; immigration and labor in literature

• Ph.D. Literature and Cultural Studies - University of California, San Diego

Not teaching this semester.

Under Review “Detecting the Past in the Present: Conscious Anachronism as Teaching Practice of Historical Ethnic Detective Fiction.” Race in the Multiethnic Literature Classroom. Edited by Cristina Stanciu and Gary Totten.

“The Chicana Detective: Reimagining Archetypes and Chicana Histories in the Historical Mystery.” Diálogo, an Interdisciplinary Studies Journal, vol. 24, iss. 1, 2022.

“Lienzo urbano: hitos del arte público chicano de Los Ángeles, 1968-2014.” Porciúncula: geografías culturales del pueblo de nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, edited by Salvador Fernandez and Juan Carlos Ramirez-Pimienta. Mexico City: Two Shores Publishing, 2019, pp. 303-321.