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Victoria Ruétalo specializes in Latin American film and cultural studies, with a focus on exploitation cinema and critical theory. She is a professor at the University of Alberta's Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, where she has published extensively in prestigious journals such as Porn Studies and Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. Ruétalo obtained her Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto, a Master's degree from McGill University, and a PhD from Tulane University in 2002. She has served as Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and has been instrumental in reimagining graduate programs within her department. Her current research project, 'Hot Flicks Cold War', investigates the distribution of sexploitation films in Latin America during the Cold War, contributing significantly to the understanding of cultural politics in cinema.
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management