Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, Professor

Building 260, Room 227
650 723 4219
yyb@stanford.edu

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Interests

Chicana/o cultural studies with an emphasis on gender and queer theory; race and nation; interrogating critical concepts in Chicana/o literature; and representations of race, sexuality and gender in cultural production by Chicanas/os and Latinas/os

Education

Ph. D. Spanish, Harvard University, 1976

M. A. Spanish, Harvard University, 1971

B. A. with distinction, German, University of Washington, 1970

B. A. summa cum laude, Comparative Literature, University of Washington, 1969

Current Courses

The Body in Chicana/o Cultural Representations
Chicana Feminisms in the Twenty-First Century
In the Archive: Chicana/o Cultural Studies
Interrogating Critical Concepts in Chicana/o Literature
Visual Studies and Chicana/o Art
Introduction to Chicana/o Literature and Visual Art
Introduction to Chicana/o Cultural Studies
Race and Sex in Cultural Representations

Selected Publications

The Wounded Heart: Writing on Cherríe Moraga. (The University of Texas Press, forthcoming Fall 2001).
Feminism and the Honor Plays of Lope de Vega. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1994.
McKenna, Teresa, Richard Griswold del Castillo, Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, eds. Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation. Los Angeles: Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, 1991.
The Tradition of the 'novela' in Spain from Pedro Mexía to Lope de Vega 'Novelas a Marcia Leonarda.' New York: Garland Press, 1991.

Current Projects

Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano works in the field of Chicana/o cultural studies with an emphasis on gender and queer theory. She is the author of Feminism and the Honor Plays of Lope de Vega (1994), The Wounded Heart: Writing on Cherríe Moraga (2001), and co-editor of Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation (1991). She has published numerous articles on Chicana/o literature and culture. She teaches Introduction to Chicana/o Studies and a variety of undergraduate courses on literature, art, film/video, theater/performance and everyday cultural practices. Her graduate seminars include topics such as race and nation; interrogating critical concepts in Chicana/o literature; and representations of race, sexuality and gender in cultural production by Chicanas/os and Latinas/os.

Since 1994, Professor Yarbro-Bejarano has been developing “Chicana Art,” a digital archive of images focusing on women artists. Professor Yarbro-Bejarano is chair of the Chicana/o Studies Program in Stanford’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.

Professional Activities

Chair, chicana/o Studies, CSRE ('02-)
Steering Committee, Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Stanford University (2004-)
Modern Thought & Literature Program, Committee in Charge ('02-'05)
Selection Committee, Ford Spirit of Accomplishment (March 2004)
USC Irvine Summer Dissertation Workshop (June 2004)
PMLA Advisory Committee ('03-)
Dolores Huerta Foundation Advisory Board ('03-)
CSRE Curriculum Committee
CLAS Affiliated Faculty ('03-)
Interim Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (Fall 2002)
Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (1998-2001)
Senate of the Academic Council (1999-2001)
Committee on Committees ('00-'01)