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Cristina Santos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Brock University. She completed her PhD at the University of Toronto in 2001, focusing on Spanish and Portuguese. Her research interests encompass sexuality and gender studies from an intersectional feminist perspective, examining themes of monstrosity and representation in literature, film, television, and popular culture. Santos investigates the constructs of political and social deviance, trauma, and life narratives, which challenge official histories and patriarchal narratives. She is the author of "Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires, Virgins" (2016) and her recent work, "Untaming Girlhoods: Storytelling Female Adolescence" (2023), explores the complexities of female adolescence within contemporary contexts. Currently, she is involved in a SSHRC-funded project titled "(Re)appearing Desaparecidos: Testimonial Mural Art and Intergenerational Trauma of the Argentinean Dictatorship (1976-1983)," which focuses on the authenticity of human experiences related to trauma and memory.
This entry applies to the general Graduate Studies standard for departments such as English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, and Sociology.