Elisa Fernández Rodríguez

Elisa graduated in English Studies with honors at the University of Oviedo in 2020, where she also obtained a MEd in Secondary Education in 2021. She graduated from the Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany, with a BA in English and Spanish Studies through a double degree program as well (2020). Elisa also worked as an Adjunct Lecturer in Spanish at the State University of New York at New Paltz, USA (2021-2022). 

She holds an MA in English Literature from the Autonomous University of Madrid, where she is currently pursuing her PhD with a focus on gender, border, queer and motherhood studies under the supervision of Dr. Laura Arce Álvarez. Her research focuses on the US/Mexican border, the female body and how both are represented in contemporary literature. She has taught literature courses dealing with 19th century British Literature, Postmodern American Literature and Intersectional Literature. 

CONFERENCES (among others):

• “In for the same: Violence and Trauma in the Chicana Daughters of Carla Trujillo’s What Night Brings”. BAAS Anual Conference, UK. April 10-12, 2024.

• “A border between your legs”: Motherhood and the Borderlands in Gabriela García’s Of Women and Salt” PopMec, Frontiers and Wastelands Conference. Universidad de Alcalá. November 25-27, 2024.

• “A Borderland Comparison Between the Mother-Daughter and the Mother-Son Bond in  Angie Cruz’s Dominicana (2019) and How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water (2022)” 17th SAAS Conference, American Dreams, American Nightmares, American Fantasies. Universidad de Alicante. April 8-10, 2025

• "Women and Waste, Bodies and Borders: sylvia Aguilar Zeleny's Trash" 48th AEDEAN Conference, Universidad del País Vasco. November 12-14, 2025. 

• "The Revolution Begins at Home: Notions of Un/Belonging(s) in Carla Trujillo's What Night Brings" Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture , Universidad de Valladolid. November 24-26, 2025.