Jan Mennell
Associate Professor
PhD
Spanish, LLCU
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Arts and Science
* on leave July 01, 2023 - June 31, 2024
Associated with Cultural Studies
Research interests: Jewish Latin American Literature, Latin American Women’s Literature, Latin American Film, Latin American Development, Indigenous Issues of Latin America and Politics of Minority Identities in Latin America.
Education
Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford, 1993
A.M. in Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford, 1987
M.A. in Spanish, University of British Columbia, 1984
B.A. (Hons.) in French and Spanish, University of British Columbia, 1978
About
Professor Mennell is passionate about Latin American culture in all its manifestations, from music to art, film and literature. Her main interest is the issue of identity and minority cultures, especially in the Southern Cone region of Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay.
At the present time, she is finishing a manuscript on Argentine Jewish women novelists, and is beginning a new project on the marginalized indigenous cultures in Argentina and their struggles for recognition and preservation of their heritage.
Teaching
Professor Mennell teaches the following course(s):
LLCU 310: Jewish Latin America
SPAN 351: Panorama literario latinoaméricano I
SPAN 352: Panorama literario latinoaméricano II
SPAN 428/LLCU 328: Gender, Development and Film in Latin America
SPAN 302: Gramática avanzada y composición II
SPAN 354: Cultura femenina latinoamericana
SPAN 458: Cine latinoamericano