Teresa Longo
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
Office: On leave Fall 2009Phone: (757) 221-3682
Email: [[tvlong]]
Areas of Specialization
Longo's research focuses on the ways in which US-Latin American relations are articulated and negotiated through cultural production. Her current project, Visible Dissent, explores the role several small publishing houses, a prominent filmmaker and a few international poetry festivals play in making dissent public. See http://tvlong.wmblogs.net/2008/09/07/visible-dissent/ .
Background
Teresa Longo earned an MA from the University of Montana and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a specialist in contemporary Latin American literature and culture. Her teaching has been recognized through various awards including William and Mary's Thomas Jefferson Teaching award and a Case-Carnegie Virginia Professor of the Year award. Teresa's spring and fall 2008 courses are Local/Global Issues, Urban Images, Issues in Mexican Culture and Introduction to Hispanic Studies. See http://tvlong.wmblogs.net .
Publications
Longo is the editor of Pablo Neruda and the U.S. Culture Industry published by Routledge Press in 2002. The volume, part of the Hispanic Issues series, includes work by contemporary critics and poets as well as Longo's own essays, "Poetry Like Wonderbread" and "Beyond Wonderbread." She has also published articles in journals such as The Latin American Literary Review, The Peace Review and Chasqui. She recently published "A Poet's Place 2004: From Macchu Picchu to a Starbuck's Parking Lot" in the journal Critica Hispanica.
