Assistant Professor of Spanish Olin Hall 311
(509) 527-5756
solorzn@whitman.edu
A faculty member at Whitman since fall of 2003, Prof. Solórzano-Thompson teaches courses in Spanish, Latin American, and US Latino film, theater, and language. Her research focuses on the portrayal of Chicano and Mexican men in contemporary US and Mexican film and performance.
Ph.D. in Hispanic Literatures, Department of Romance Studies, Cornell University (2003)
Minors in Latin American Studies, U.S. Latino Studies, and Women’s Studies
Dissertation: Act Like a Man: Portrayals of Mexican and Chicano Lower-Class Masculinity, 1950-2000
M.A. in Hispanic Literatures, Department of Romance Studies, Cornell University (2002)
M.A. in Spanish Literature, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University (1999)
Scholar Exchange Program, Department of Hispanic Studies, Brown University (1998 – 1999)
B.A. in Spanish Literature, Department of Romance Studies, Cornell University (1996)
Distinction in all Subjects, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Honors Thesis: Mujeres y la Novela de la Revolución Mexicana
“Performative Masculinities: the Pachuco and the Luchador in the Songs of Maldita Vecindad and Café Tacuba” Studies in Latin American Popular Culture. 26 (2007): 79-86.
“Family, Fatherhood, and Masculinity in Gregory Nava’s Mi Familia.” Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos. (In press)
“Vicarious Identities: Fantasies of Resistance and Language in Juan Ibáñez’s Los caifanes (1966).” Film and History. 34.2 (2004): 38-45.
“Performing Identity in Alina Troyano’s Milk of Amnesia.” Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura. 19.1 (Fall 2003): 83-91.
2007 Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar on “Brazilian Literature and Culture: From the Baroque to Modernism,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
2006 – 2007 Woodrow Wilson National Foundation Junior Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship
2004 Louis B. Perry Grant for Faculty and Student Collaborative Research, Whitman College
2003 – 2004 Social Science Research Council – Mellon Mays University Fellow Postdoctoral Grant
2002 – 2003 Fulbright-García Robles Scholar, Mexico
2002 – 2003 Mellon Minority University Fellows Dissertation Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation (offered, but chose Fulbright-García Robles)
1997 – 2001 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education
Spring 2007 Wolfe, Lacey Jane, Spanish honors thesis, “La culpa y la agencia: Los niños de la calle en el cine latinoamericano”
Spring 2007 Battle, Lisa, Theater honors thesis, “A Magic Orange Tree and a Moon Playing a Violin: The Use of Magical Realism and Surrealism in the Theatre of José Rivera”
Spring 2006 Sachs, Adam, Latin American Studies thesis, “How a Hallucinogen Can Create the Illusion of Individualism: The Implications of Ritualistic Ayahuasca Use in the Amazon”
Spring 2006 Stoltenberg, Daniel, Theater senior project, “Federico García Lorca’s Asi que pasen cinco años: Translation and Performance”
Spring 2005 Carlisle, Chandra, Spanish honors thesis, “Narcorridos and La reina del sur: Teresa Mendoza as a Modern Narco-Heroína”
Spring 2005 Herrera, Luis, Anthropology thesis, “The Globalization of Salsa: From Latino Barrios to Japan”
Spring 2005 Stoll, Emily, Sociology honors thesis, “Recalling Pentecost: The Importance of Language in the Religious Experience of Mexican American Catholics”
Spring 2004 Barceló, Julia B., Spanish honors thesis, “Amor, casamiento, y sociedad: Las mujeres en La dama boba (1613), por Lope de Vega, y La casa de Bernarda Alba (1936), por Federico García Lorca”
National Association for Chicano and Chicana Studies (NACCS)
Service: NACCS Secretary (2004-2006; 2006-2008) and Pacific Northwest Foco Rep. (2004-2006)
Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Asociación de Literatura Femenina Hispánica (ALFH)
SSRC - Mellon Mays University Fellows Program
Service: Conference Planning Committee Member (2000-2002)
