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Dr. Sara A Ramirez

  • Assistant Professor - English
Portrait of Dr. Sara A Ramirez

Biography and education

B.A., University of Notre Dame, English and Pre-Professional Studies
M.A., University of Texas at San Antonio, English
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Comparative Ethnic Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Comparative Ethnic Studies

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Ramirez, S. A. (2024). “‘Ser mexicanx es magia’: Integrando el trauma y re-ordenando el Yo en Your Healing Is Killing Me (Tu sanación me está matando).” Hispanic Issues On Line, 33, 48–71. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/11299/265846
  • Ramirez, S. A. (2024). “‘Hay Que Inventarnos/We Must Invent Ourselves’: The Impact of Alarcón and Cisneros’s Friendship on Chicana Feminist Literature.” In !Ay Tú! Critical Essays on the Work and Career of Sandra Cisneros. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press.
  • Ramirez, S. A. (2024). “Making (Sense of) Place: Sandra Cisneros’s Literary Arts Activism in the Midwest.” American Studies, 62(4). Retrieved from https://journals.ku.edu/amsj/article/view/18556
  • Ramirez, S. A. (2019). “We Need Myths/Words + Magic.” In L. Mercado-Lopez & S. Saldivar-Hull (Eds.), El Mundo Zurdo 7: Selected Works from the 2018 Meeting of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa (Vol. 7). San Francisco, California, USA: Aunt Lute Press.
  • Ramirez, S. A. (2019). “A Call for Anti-Discrimination: Embracing Difference through Respect, Responsibility, and Reciprocity.” In Cuentos and Testimonies: Diversity and Inclusion at Texas State (p. n.p.). San Marcos, Texas, USA: Texas State University, Office of the Provost.
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  • Award / Honor Nominee: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University, Department of English. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University, College of Liberal Arts. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: University of Texas at San Antonio, Lavender Faculty Award, University of Texas at San Antonio. May 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Service, Texas State University. 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Keith Thomas Memorial Scholarship, Department of English, Classics, and Philosophy at University of Texas at San Antonio. 2007
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  1. Member

    First-Gen Committee

  2. Member

    Lindsey Literary Committee

  3. Editor

    Third Woman Press: Feminist of Color Publishing

  4. Co-Chair

    Student Curriculum Subcommittee

  5. Member

    Modern Language Association Chicana/o/x Literature Executive Form

  6. Member

    Monarch Center for Immigrant Students

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