Sharina Maillo Pozo

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Assistant Professor of Spanish/Latinx Studies

I specialize in Latinx and Caribbean literature and culture, with special attention to the cultural production of the Dominican Republic and its diaspora in the United States. Some of my research papers and reviews have appeared in edited volumes, and mid-high tier academic journals, Ciberletras, Centro Journal, The Black Scholar, Chasqui. Revista de literatura latinoamericana, Small Axe, and Cuadernos de literatura (forthcoming). I was the 2016-2017 Dominican Studies Fellow.

My single-authored book, Bridging Borderlands. Popular Music in Contemporary Dominican/Dominican-York Literature and Performance (1990-2020) is currently under contract with UT Press and forthcoming in Spring 2025. The co-edited Volume, Embodiment and Representations of Beauty co-edited with Dr. Esther Hernández-Medina is forthcoming in summer-fall 2024 in Advances for Gender Research.

I am working in two additional book projects:

Through the Eyes of Dominicanyork and Nuyorican Youth: Coming of Age Afro-Latinx in New York City 1970-2024. (Beginning stages)

Tracing the Legacy of Camila Henríquez Ureña through Translation and Beyond with Dr. Annee Roschelle

For recent media appearances regarding my research on Camila Henríquez Ureña, please visit the following sites:

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

2023 “Y tú, ¿qué dices?” Acento TV (Dominican Republic): “Zaida Capote y Sharina Maillo valoran y

resaltan calidad intelectual de Camila Henríquez Ureña”

La Nota. Podcast Informativo de SEMlac (Cuba): “Camila Henríquez Ureña, su dimensión feminista”

Research

Research Areas:

Latin American, Iberian & Latinx Studies

Transatlantic & Diaspora Studies

Media, Visual Culture, & Performance Studies

Research Interests:

My research interests are interdisciplinary with a common focus on the relationship between literature and popular music, gender, and performance studies in three closely related areas: Latinx, Latin American & Caribbean, and Dominican Studies. My first line of research examines the presence of popular music in contemporary Latinx and Caribbean literature and performance with a special focus on Dominican/Dominican-York cultural production. My second line of research explores the marginalization of Latinas in U.S. intellectual history.

Grants:

Selected Grants and Fellowships

2023-2024 Willson Center Distinguished Artist Grant

2023 Faculty of Color Working Group Symposium.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

2022-2023 Willson Center Distinguished Artist Grant

2022-2023 Teaching Academy Fellowship

2022 Willson Center Distinguished Artist Grant

2022 Department of Romance Languages Grant

2022 Pilot workshop “Reflections on Race”

2022 Caribbean Studies Initiative Research Support

2021 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award

2020-2021 Willson Center Fellowship

2019-2021 Lilly Teaching Fellowship

2019             Willson Center Department-Invited Artist


2019      Travel Ambassador Award

2019 Caribbean Studies Initiative

2016-2017 Dominican Studies Institute Fellow

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

Please visit the following link:

https://sharinamaillopozo.com/research/

Other Relevant Information

Of note:

I am a Dominicanyork, Caribeña, Latina in Academia who is very committed to empowering women of color in academic and artistic spaces. Review on my recent talk on Women of Color in academia was featured in The New Paltz Oracle

I have served as Modern Languages Assembly Delegate (2015-2018) and I was recently elected as secretary/treasurer for the Latino Studies section of the Latin American Studies Association “LASA” (2018-2020).

As part of the Latinx Heritage Month celebration, I was featured inThe Red and Black: https://www.redandblack.com/culture/a-home-on-her-back-celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month-in/article_9a4630d8-bd23-11e8-8884-47b1cea6e128.html

Education

Education:

Ph.D. The Graduate Center-City University of New York August 2014 Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages.

M.Phil. The Graduate Center-City University of New York August 2010 Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Literatures and Languages

M.A. Lehman College-City University of New York May 2007 Master’s of Arts

Spanish Literature B.A. Lehman College-City University of New York May 2004 Bachelor of Arts, Majors in Spanish Literature and Psychology

Contact Information

SHARINA.MAILLOPOZO@uga.edu

Office: Gilbert Hall 360C
Office Hours: To schedule an appointment with me during spring 2023 OH, please visit the following link: https://calendly.com/sharina_maillopozo/spring2023?month=2023-02