Ana Zapata-Calle, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish
School of Humanities College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

678-839-6515
azapata@weGcqzDLIk4lGT7XBGyDfquXsBOiOMprP4OfYA7jTystga.edu

Boyd Building - Room 210
Office Hours
by appointment almost every day

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Ana Zapata-Calle, Ph.D.
Biography

Ana Zapata-Calle is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of West Georgia. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia (2014). Her dissertation focused on contemporary Afro-Cuban poetry, but her current interdisciplinary research also encompasses Afro-Hispanic culture from a range of countries. She has published articles in journals such as Revista Iberoamericana, Chasqui, Decimonónica, Afroeuropa, and Centro Journal, among others. Recently she has published an issue of the Afro-Hispanic Review Journal as a guest editor about the theme of the Afro-Aesthetics and Hair, and in 2024, her book La poesía testimonial womanista y transnacional de Nancy Morejón: de la mujer negra cubana a George Floyd was published by University of Seville Press. Simultaneously she is writing about novels written by Afro-European authors. 

 

Education / Degrees
  • Filología Hispánica, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, 2001
  • Master of Arts in Spanish, Ohio University, 2006
  • Ph.D in Spanish Literature, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2014
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