Laura Fernandez, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies at the University of Richmond

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

So excited to have accepted a tenure-track position with @urichmond’s Department of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies!!! Can’t wait to develop some new Latinx Studies curricula!!!

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

https://t.co/yaxrOX3yMq

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@nramosflores @maquinolandera2 @EggSastre @IsraelR44914768 @lasapuertorico See you there!!!

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@marisel_moreno Scavenger hunt type activities (find someone in the class that…) always seem to work well and gets students up and moving. I also have been doing “question of the day” when I take attendance and it’s a fun way for students to learn random facts about each other all semester

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

Dear, #latinostudies Twitter, trying to build up my personal research library (gotta use up my startup funds somehow) --> what are some interesting/new/key texts you suggest?
#latinxstudies #latinestudies #latinxacademia

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@mexopolis Rewatching "Maya and the Three" and getting ready to teach it to my "Intro to Latin American Lit" class as a way of tying precolonial texts with contemporary Latinx cultural productions. Thanks for making my job a lot more exciting!!

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

ARGENTINA!!! What a game!!! Heart attack right until the end!!! Messi!!!! #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCupFinal #Qatar2022 #Messi𓃵

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@caesarologia Gotta watch with Telemundo. They are going crazy

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

anyone else on #AcademicTwitter hate the feeling of being forced to teach on days when you have ZERO motivation, thereby putting on a lackluster performance for your students, then fearing it'll come back to bite you in the ass in your evals cuz you're a young WOC professor??

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@digamesea @leilavieira_31 @hannah_graciela jaja pues tengo listas y listas de nombres entonces...

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@digamesea @leilavieira_31 @hannah_graciela #1: Borderlands (Anzaldua)
From there it all depends on what you're looking for:
Novels: Díaz, Cisneros, Tobar, Acevedo, Piri Thomas...
Poetry: Corky Gonzalez, Acevedo, Alvarez
Theory: Cherrie Morraga, Jose Limon, Americo Paredes, Aldama, Aparicio, Davila, Pérez Firmat...

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@digamesea @leilavieira_31 @hannah_graciela What genre? It’s a very broad category…

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@ashenpashen I have them for interviews, but I don’t think I’ve ever taught in one. I def try to push back against the idea that I have to wear one to be taken seriously as a prof (interviews are a whole different monster of problematic standards for women in academia)

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@MichelleLKahn @urichmond Thank you! I’m looking forward to it and I’m all for grabbing coffee in the future!

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

So excited to have accepted a tenure-track position with @urichmond’s Department of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies!!! Can’t wait to develop some new Latinx Studies curricula!!!

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@doc_yvette @urichmond Thank you! I got a very positive sense of things when I visited, but there’s still work to be done!

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

I’m torn between “The Book of Life” and “Maya and the Three” as the most visually stunning work I’ve seen. @mexopolis you continue to knock it out of the park!!! Your work makes my job as a Latina academic studying Latinx Pop Culture so gratifying and fun!!

[Jorge R. Gutierrez @mexopolis]

Nn behalf of every single artist, artisan and producer who worked on Maya and the Three, thank you and gracias!!! This teaser is a but little taste of what's to come this fall on @netflix

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@MikelBermello I’m pretty sure that’s the only way I got through grad school

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@leilavieira_31 Not even us!

[Laura Fernandez, PhD @91LauraMichelle]

@leilavieira_31 No one reads our work!!