Editorial Team | English Studies in Latin America: A Journal of Cultural and Literary Criticism

Andrea Casals

Héctor Calderón

Professor Andrea Casals’ special academic interests are ecocriticism or green cultural studies, poetry and children’s literature. Besides reading…in her spare time, she enjoys yoga, trekking, family bonding and a coffee cup for warm conversations. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5940-1050

Professor Héctor Calderón is a specialist in Spanish American, Mexican, and Chicano literature and cultures at UCLA. Before coming to UCLA, he was Professor at Scripps College (1989-1991) and Associate Professor at Yale University (1983-1989).

Susan Foote

Susan Foote was born in San Diego, California and studied Spanish at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She teaches English Literature in the Foreign Language Department at the Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Her interests include 20th century American poetry and Postcolonial literature in English as well as Mapuche testimony and poetry.

Thomas Rothe

Thomas Rothe holds a PhD in Latin American Literature from the Universidad de Chile and is an adjunct professor at the Universidad Católica de Chile. His lines of research include Latin American and Caribbean literature with a focus on translation, cultural magazines, and literary history.

Francisco Lomelí

Distinguished Professor in Chicana/o Studies and Spanish & Portuguese, Professor Francisco Lomelí has been faculty at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) since 1978 as part of a joint appointment between the Spanish & Portuguese and Chicana/o Studies Departments.

Alejandra Ortiz Salamovich

Professor Alejandra Ortiz is full-time lecturer at the Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades of the Universidad de Chile. She teaches English literature modules in the Licenciatura en Lengua y Literatura Inglesas.

Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Literature of the Facultad de Letras UC. He is the author of the novels El púgil (2008), Zombie (2009), Rockabilly (2011) and Leñador (2013).

María Inés Zaldivar

María Inés Zaldívar holds a PhD in Literature and is a professor, essayist and poet. She is the author of multiple books of poetry including Reiterándome, o la elevación frente a la negación (1994) and La mirada erótica, (1998).


Editor Allison Ramay, PhD aramaya@uc.cl	Professor Allison Ramay studies indigenous writings of the past and present in Abiayala, intercultural theory, gender, and critical indigenous studies. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3968-7092
Assistant Francisca Fernández Arce francisca.fernandez@ug.uchile.cl	Francisca Fernández Arce is a former student of Lingüística y Literatura Inglesas at Universidad de Chile and holds a MA on Modern and Contemporary Literature from the University of York. Her academic interests range from contemporary poetry, Northern Irish literature, and the intersection between the visual and the textual.
Layout Design and Web Management Tamara Cubillos tecubillos@uc.cl	Tamara studied English Literature and Linguistics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and is currently working as a Conversation Designer.
Illustrator Catalina Salvatierra catipsr@gmail.com	Catalina Salvatierra is a Chilean illustrator and tattoo artist, with a diploma in illustration from Universidad de Chile (2017) where she was also a TA in 2018. Formerly a nutritionist, Catalina transformed her passion for drawing and tattooing into her main activity, which she performs as an independent artist.

Name	Dates involved	After working with ESLA
Constanza Brahm	2011	M.F.A in Screenwriting at the New York Film Academy
Francisco Aranguiz	2010 – 2012	MSc in Literature and Modernity at University of Edinburgh
Beatriz Rengifo	2010 – 2012	MA in English in Education at King´s College London
Manuela Mercado	2010 – 2012	MSc in Literature and Modernity. University of Edinburgh
Francisca Ibaceta	2010 – 2012	N/A
Juan Pablo Vilches	2010 – 2012	MA in Cultural Heritage Studies at UCL
Valeria Tapia	2014	Union College – New York
Kattia Ansieta	2014	Programa de Formación Pedagógica UC
Valentina Rivera	2014	Programa de Formación Pedagógica UC
Valeska Miranda	2014	MA in Applied Linguistics in EFL, UC
Margarita Maira	2010 – 2014	MA in 19th Century Literature, University of York
Florencia Roncone	2017 – 2018	International Affairs Office at UC
Felipe Acevedo	2015 – 2018	Doctor of Philosophy in Literature ©, UC
Javiera Sepúlveda	2013 – 2022	Translator
Carolina Osorio	2017 – 2022	Editor and Translator

Andrea Casals Héctor Calderón	Professor Andrea Casals’ special academic interests are ecocriticism or green cultural studies, poetry and children’s literature. Besides reading…in her spare time, she enjoys yoga, trekking, family bonding and a coffee cup for warm conversations. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5940-1050 Professor Héctor Calderón is a specialist in Spanish American, Mexican, and Chicano literature and cultures at UCLA. Before coming to UCLA, he was Professor at Scripps College (1989-1991) and Associate Professor at Yale University (1983-1989).
Susan Foote	Susan Foote was born in San Diego, California and studied Spanish at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She teaches English Literature in the Foreign Language Department at the Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Her interests include 20th century American poetry and Postcolonial literature in English as well as Mapuche testimony and poetry.
Thomas Rothe	Thomas Rothe holds a PhD in Latin American Literature from the Universidad de Chile and is an adjunct professor at the Universidad Católica de Chile. His lines of research include Latin American and Caribbean literature with a focus on translation, cultural magazines, and literary history.
Francisco Lomelí	Distinguished Professor in Chicana/o Studies and Spanish & Portuguese, Professor Francisco Lomelí has been faculty at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) since 1978 as part of a joint appointment between the Spanish & Portuguese and Chicana/o Studies Departments.
Alejandra Ortiz Salamovich	Professor Alejandra Ortiz is full-time lecturer at the Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades of the Universidad de Chile. She teaches English literature modules in the Licenciatura en Lengua y Literatura Inglesas.
Mike Wilson	Mike Wilson, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Literature of the Facultad de Letras UC. He is the author of the novels El púgil (2008), Zombie (2009), Rockabilly (2011) and Leñador (2013).
María Inés Zaldivar	María Inés Zaldívar holds a PhD in Literature and is a professor, essayist and poet. She is the author of multiple books of poetry including Reiterándome, o la elevación frente a la negación (1994) and La mirada erótica, (1998).