Professor Susan Schaffer
Spanish Lecturer
Lecturer Emeritus, University of California Los Angeles
Ph.D. and M.A., University of California Los Angeles
B.A., Scripps College

Office: University Hall 3906
Phone: 310.258.5421
Email: sschaffer@lmu.edu

Area of Specialization:

Latin American Contemporary Literature, Mexican Contemporary Narrative, Latin American Women's Literature, Second Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Instructional Technology

Selected Publications:

  • "El eterno femenino de Rosario Castellanos: Revista femenina teatral",  forthcoming in Homenaje a Rosario Castellanos, ed. Elena Urrutia, México: Colegio de México, 2006.
  • "La viñeta en Lilus Kikus de Elena Poniatowska",   forthcoming in Homenaje a Elena Poniatowska, eds. Elena Urrutia y Sara Poot Herrera, México: Colegio de México, 2005.
  • "Parábola óptica: La encrucijada entre la fotografia de Manuel Alvarez Bravo y Tinisima de Elena Poniatowska", in En gustos se comen géneros Vol. II, ed. Elena Urrutia y Sara Poot Herrera, Merida: Secretaria de Gobernacion de Yucatan, 2004, 305-321.
  • "Elena Poniatowska's Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela: A Re-vision of Her Story" in The Effects of the Nation: Mexican Art in an Age of Globalization, eds. Carl Good and John V. Waldron, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 73-97.
  • A manera de ensayo.  Co-authored by Rebeca Acevedo.  New York: Houghton MIfflin, 1998.