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Ana Almeyda-Cohen

Title

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Department

Spanish

Information

Office Hours

Fall 2022 - T: 1-2 p.m.; W: 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Current Courses

CRS Title Sec
SP125 Elementary Spanish I A
SP125 Elementary Spanish I B
SP239 Latin America at the Movies A
SP357 Borderlands Cinema: Latinx Media Representations 20th and 21st Century A

Education

  • Ph.D., Hispanic Studies, University of Pennsylvania
  • M.A., Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Stanford University
  • B.A., Colgate University

Areas of Expertise

  • 20th and 21st-Century Latin American Film,
    with a focus on Mexico and the Caribbean
  • Latinx Studies

Personal Information

Ana Almeyda-Cohen is originally from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She recently earned her Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Since 2016, she has taught Spanish from Elementary to advanced levels at different institutions of higher education, including Latin American literature and film. At Colby College, she teaches courses on Latin American cinema and culture. Her research analyzes representations of popular cultural figures within Mexican culture and media and the Caribbean. Her work takes an interdisciplinary approach that draws from critical theories of race and gender, eco-criticism, Mexican visual studies, anthropology, border studies, and Latino/a studies.