People
Encarnación Juárez-Almendros
Associate Professor
of Spanish
Degrees
Licenciatura, University of Barcelona, Spain; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Research Profile
Professor Juárez specializes in Golden Age Spanish literature. Her research interests include Quevedo and Cervantes's works, autobiographical and picaresque prose, women writings, cultural and disability studies. She has published Italia en la vida y obra de Quevedo (1990) and El cuerpo vestido y la construcción de la identidad en las narrativas autobiográficas del Siglo de Oro (Tamesis Books, 2006). Her articles have appeared on Cervantes, MLA, Bulletin of the Comediantes, La Perinola, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, and Revista Canadiense. Juárez has been appointed to the MLA Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession (2005-2008). She is presently working on a book length project entitled Mujeres y discapacidad en la España pre-moderna: dueñas, prostitutas y santas.
Contact Information
154
Decio Faculty Hall
631-7126
juarez.6@nd.edu
