Biography and expertise
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
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
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Ethnic Studies
Univ of California, Berkeley, 2016
Master's Degree
MA in Ethnic Studies
Univ of California, Berkeley, 2010
Master's Degree
MA in English
Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 2007
Bachelor's Degree
BA in English
University of Notre Dame, 2005
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Ramirez, S. A. (n.d.). Crossing Borders with Racha in Andrea Muñoz Martinez’s Performance and Visual Art. In Changing Our Minds with Anzaldúa. Austin, Texas, United States: University of Texas Press.
- Ramirez, S. A. (2025). “Integrating Fractured Subjects in Virginia Grise’s blu.” Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas En Letras y Cambio Social, 24(2), 60–84.
- Ramirez, S. A. (2024). [“‘Being Mexican Is Magic’: Integrating Trauma and Re-Ordering the Self in Your Healing is Killing Me”]"’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.
- 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 (pp. 173–193). Austin, Texas, United States: 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), 45–68.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Sigma Tau Delta Outstanding Professor of the Year, Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society. 2026
- Award / Honor Recipient: “Theoretically Innovative Essay” Award, Chicana/Latina Studies Journal. June 2026
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Honor Society. 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Service, Texas State University. 2023
- Award / Honor Nominee: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University, Department of English. 2021
Featured service activities
- Editorial Review Board Member
Latinx Talk Editorial Board
- Member
First Gen Student Success at TXST Steering Committee
- Secretary
Modern Language Association Chicana/o/x Literature Executive Form
- Member
First-Gen Committee
- Member
MA/Literature Committee
- Member
Lindsey Literary Committee