PATRICIA GONZÁLEZ

Patricia González Gómez Casseres came to Smith in 1981 after receiving a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, taught courses in Latin American theater and literature for five years and went back to her home in Colombia. In 1998 Prof. González rejoined the Spanish and Portuguese Department at Smith and since then she has been teaching courses in Spanish language and Caribbean literature and culture courses. In fall 2005 Prof. González traveled to Puebla, México to become the Resident Director of our consortium Program for Mexican Culture and Society in Puebla for three years until spring 2008. Publications include two books, La sartén por el mango, Huracán, Puerto Rico, 1982, and Confluencias en México. Palabra y Género, BUAP, Fomento Editorial, Puebla, Mexico, 2007. Current research centers on Cuban Ritual Theater and Latin American women writers. Recent articles published include “Yoruba Vestiges in Nancy Morejón’s Poetry,” Callaloo, Volume 28, No. 4, 2005, pp. 952-966 and “Protagonistas de Elena Garro: Mujeres acuosas, viajeras míticas, tristes rebeldes” in Los colores de la memoria, Percepciones sobre Elena Garro. Puebla, Mexico: Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, 2007, pp. 77-85.

Phone: 413-585-3651
Building: 8 College Lane # 202
E-mail:pgonzale@email.smith.edu