Alicia gaspar de alba biography of donald
Alicia gaspar de alba biography of donald
Alicia Gaspar de Alba - University of Minnesota Twin Cities!
Alicia Gaspar de Alba
American critic and writer
Alicia Gaspar De Alba | |
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Gaspar de Alba at the 2023 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | (1958-07-29) July 29, 1958 (age 66) El Paso, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Scholar |
| Known for | Chicano/a Studies |
| Notable work | Desert Blood, Calligraphy of the Witch, Sor Juana's Second Dream |
| Spouse | Alma Lopez (married 2008-present) |
| Website | aliciagaspardealba.net |
Alicia Gaspar de Alba is an American scholar, cultural critic, novelist, and poet whose works include historical novels and scholarly studies on Chicana/o art, culture and sexuality.[1]
Biography
Gaspar de Alba was born on July 29, 1958, in El Paso, Texas, near its border with Ciudad Juárez.[2] She received a bachelor's in 1980 and a master's in 1983 in English from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a Ph.D.
in American Studies in 1994 from the University of New Mexico.[3] She teaches classes on bord