Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
rmedina@wisc.edu
(608) 265-2693
1140 Van Hise
Professor Medina specializes in Mexican and Chicano/a literature and culture, with a particular focus on canonical and non-canonical writers, intellectual history, film studies, and Mexican migration to the United States. His book Autor, autoridad y autorizacion: Escritura y poetica de Octavio Paz (Colegio de Mexico) was published in 1999. He has also published several articles on Modern Mexican and Chicano/a literature in several journals, and two books of poetry: Bailame este viento, Mariana (1980) and Amor de Lejos . . . Fools' Love (1986).
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of California-San Diego