Jacqueline Martínez Cerna
PhD Student
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Interests: Central American Literature, Salvadoran Writers, Latin American Literature and Gender & Sexuality Studies
Raquel García Perales, MA
3rd year PhD Student
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Interests: Peninsular Literature, Latin American Literature &
Women and Cultural Studies
Verónica Valencia González
PhD Student
Department of Criminology, Law and Society
Interests: Veronica graduated from the University of California – Irvine (UCI) with a B.A. in Psychology & Social Behavior and a B.A. in Criminology, Law & Society in 2017. As an undergraduate student, she was involved in community-based research in partnership with the Orange County Family Justice Foundation (OCFJC) an organization that assists survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The experience motivated her to continue her education at UCI where she is currently a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law & Society. Veronica’s research focus continues to be IPV and is presently working on a project which explores the help-seeking behavior of Latinx undocumented survivors of IPV in the current tumultuous anti-immigrant political climate.
Samari Yanira Batres, MA
PhD Candidate
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Interests: 20th century Latin American poetry and contemporary Central American literature
Blanca García, MA
PhD Candidate
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Interests: Contemporary Mexican Literature and Latin American Literature