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Gloria E. Chacón is a Professor in the Literature Department at the University of California, San Diego. She earned her PhD in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Chacón regularly teaches courses on Contemporary Indigenous literatures, late twentieth-century Latin American literature, Central American literature, and Chicanx/Latinx literatures. Her research explores questions related to national canons, literary theory, and indigenous cultural productions in Latin America and Abiayala. She has published extensively in high-impact journals and authored various academic texts, focusing on the intricate relationship between literature and cultural identity. Chacón is recognized for her contributions to the understanding of indigenous perspectives in literature, particularly in the context of translation and cultural representation. Through her work, she contributes to the academic discourse surrounding identity politics and the representation of marginalized voices in literary studies.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Teaching courses and conducting research in the field of literature, with a focus on Indigenous and Latin American literatures.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).