Natalia Camacho
- Contemporary Latin America
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Spanish & Portuguese
Contact Info
Lawrence
Lawrence, KS
Biography —
Natalia Camacho is a lecturer in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Spanish, as well as a B.A. in Modern Languages. Her current research explores power representations and identities in and through music & literature, with emphasis in contemporary Latin American and transnational narratives examined through the lens of gender identities and subjectivities. She explores cultural productions & Identity with a particular interest in women and gender studies, social agency and Intersectionality.
Education —
Research —
Natalia's research focuses on an examination of transsubjective negotiations & power representations in and through music & literatures. With a Contemporary Latin American focus, and a critical framework center around Cultural productions & Identity, Women and Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Music in Popular Culture & Intersectionalities, Natalia explores the scope of social agency of a variety of transnational narratives re-examined through the lens of popular culture understood as a process.
Research interests:
- 20th & 21st Century Latin American Literatures, Music & Film
- Cultural Productions, Identities & Intersectionalities
- Women & Gender Studies
- Social Justice
- Latin American & transnational Cultural Productions
- Popular culture, sonic ecosystems & Agency
- Decolonialism
- Urban Studies
Awards & Honors —
2024 University Graduate Fellowship, Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of Kansas.
2021 Robert Granberg Award for Excellence in Teaching, Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of Kansas.
2020 Summer Research Scholarship, Graduate Studies, University of Kansas
2020 George Woodyard Fellowship, Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of Kansas.