Sarah Revilla-Sanchez

About

I am a PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies at UBC, where I am supervised by Dr. Tamara Mitchell. My research lies at the intersection of gender and cultural studies in contemporary Mexico, with a particular interest in gendered violence, 21st Century Latin American literature, popular culture, and artivism (art+activism).

Before coming to UBC, I completed a master’s degree in Sociology at the University of Victoria (2019–2021) with Dr. Steve Garlick and a master’s degree in Comparative Literature at Brock University (2017–2018) with Dr. Cristina Santos.

Research

Book chapters:

“La Llorona Hauntings: Storytelling Feminicide at the Purgatorial Mexico/US Border.” Female Identity in Contemporary Fictional Purgatorial Worlds, edited by Simon Bacon, Bloomsbury, 2023, pp. 55–68. Coauthored with Cristina Santos.
“Witches, Stepmothers and Princesses: Rethinking Gender and Money in NBC’s Grimm TV Series.” Grimm Realities. Essays on Identity and Justice in the Television Series,edited by Daniel Farr and Melanie D. Holm, McFarland Books, 2023, pp 140–154.

Book reviews:

Gothic Imagination in Latin American Fiction and Film (University of New Mexico Press, 2019) by Carmen A. Serrano. A Contracorriente: Una revista de estudios latinoamericanos 19.3 (May 2022): 403-407.
Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance (Routledge, 2019) by Jonathan A. Allan. Popular Culture Studies Journal 10.1 (April 2022): 374-376.

Non-peer reviewed:

Haunting Murders: Feminicide, Ghosts, and Affects in Contemporary Mexico. University of Victoria, 2021. (MA thesis.)

Teaching

Mentorship:

International TA Consultant. Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 @ UVic.

TAing:

SPAN 102: Beginners’ Spanish II. Winter 2024 @ UBC.
SPAN 101: Beginners’ Spanish I. Fall 2023 @ UBC.
RMST 201: Introduction to Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World I: Medieval to Early Modern. Fall 2022 @ UBC.
PORT 405: Studies in Portuguese and Brazilian Culture. Spring 2022 @ UBC.
SOCI 389: Death and Dying. Fall 2020 & Summer 2021 @ UVic.
SOCI 281: Sociology of Genders. Spring 2020 & Spring 2021 @ UVic.
OCI 331: Political Sociology: Sociological Theories of the State and Resistance. Summer 2020 & Spring 2021 @ UVic.
CS 101: Canadian Studies and Advanced English. Summer 2020 & Summer 2021 @ UVic.
SOCI 285: Sociology of Health Over the Life Course. Fall 2019 @ UVic.
SPAN 1F00: Introductory Spanish Language. Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 @ Brock.

Instructor:

SPAN 1F00, Introductory Spanish Language. Summer 2023 @ Brock University. (Online.)
Publishing Seminar. Spring 2019 @ Vértice Anáhuac México.
Literary Criticism in Italian. Spring 2019 @ Anáhuac México.
Advanced English Language. Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 @ Anáhuac México.

Contact

revillas[at]student[dot]ubc[dot]ca
Page at UBC FHIS.