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
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
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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: 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.
- Ramirez, S. A., & Cantú, N. E. (2017). “Publishing Work that Matters: Third Woman Press and Its Impact on Chicana and Latina Publishing.” Diálogo, 20(2), 77–85.
- Ramirez, S. A. (2010). “Chicana/o Movement.” In C. L. Bankston, III. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American Immigration (Vol. 1, pp. 177–179). Pasadena, California, USA: Salem Press.
- Ramirez, S. A. (2010). “Mexican Deportations of 1931.” In C. L. Bankston, III. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American Immigration (Vol. 1, pp. 703–704). Pasadena, California, USA: Salem Press.
Featured awards
- 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: “Theoretically Innovative Essay” Award, Chicana/Latina Studies Journal. June 2026
- Award / Honor Recipient: Sigma Tau Delta Outstanding Professor of the Year, Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society. April 2026 - April 23, 2026
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Honor Society. 2024
Featured service activities
- Member
First-Gen Committee
- Member
Lindsey Literary Committee
- Co-Chair
Curriculum Revision (Student Subcommittee)
- Member
First Gen Student Success at TXST Steering Committee
- Member
Modern Literature Association’s Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada
- Member
Modern Language Association Chicana/o/x Literature Executive Form