St. Mary's University
Director English Literature Graduate Program
Director Las Américas Letters
Dr. Gwendolyn Díaz was reared in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
After moving to the U.S. she obtained a Ph.D. in Spanish Language
and Literature with a concentration in French from the University
of Texas at Austin. She is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese,
and French and publishes in both English and Spanish. Dr. Díaz
specializes in the works of contemporary Latin American women authors
and authors of the Latin American Boom Period. She is the founder
and director of the Las Americas Letters Series in Literature and
the
Arts.
She
has spoken at conferences worldwide and has served on the Executive
Committee of the South Central Modern Language Association and
the Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica,
as well as several editorial boards. Her awards include a Fulbright
Grant at the Universidad Católica in Buenos Aires, a Carnegie
Mellon Fellowship, St. Mary's University's Distinguished Professor
Award and an Honorary Professorship from the Universidad Católica
de Salta, Argentina. She is the Director of the
Graduate English Literature and Language Program at St. Mary’s
University and is active in international education and in various
arts and cultural organizations.
