Lori Celaya,Ph.D.
College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences
Department of Modern Languages & Cultures
Assistant Professor of Spanish and U.S. Latinos
With UI Since 2011
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1998, B.A., East Tennessee State University, Spanish
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1998, B.S., East Tennessee State University, Dietetics and Food System Management
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2001, M.A.,The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Spanish Literataure and Culture
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2008, Ph.D., The University of Tennessee-Knoxville,Spanish Literature and Culture, second concentration in Portuguese and a cognate in Cuban literature
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Latino Studies,Modern Latin American Literature,Brazil, and Cuba
“México visto desde su literatura norte: Identidades propias de la transculturación y la migración" (Forthcoming, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012).
Dr. Celaya examines the dynamics of Mexican migration occurring at the Border between Mexico and the United States, and the cross-cultural manifestations brought about by the contact between these nations.