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Kathryn McKnight is a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She has also served as the department chair.
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McKnight's work focuses on colonial Latin American literature, particularly Afro-Latin American and Indigenous voices in historical texts. She explores themes of resistance, identity, and cultural expression in colonial-era writings.
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She has authored “The Diary of Joseph de la Borda: The Voice of a Slave Who Became a Spanish American Entrepreneur” and co-edited “Afro-Latin American Studies: An Introduction.” Her work has been published in various academic journals and books on colonial Latin America and Afro-Hispanic studies.
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McKnight has received grants and fellowships supporting her research in Latin American literary and cultural studies.
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In addition to her scholarly work, she actively engages in projects that amplify historically marginalized voices in Latin American history and literature.
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McKnight received her doctorate in Hispanic Literature from the University of Texas at Austin. She earned her master’s in Spanish from the University of Virginia and her bachelor’s in Spanish from Davidson College.
Areas of Interest
Afro-Latin American literature and history, colonial Latin American studies, Indigenous voices in historical texts, and resistance narratives in Hispanic literature.
Contact
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