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Dr. Alexandra Gonzenbach Perkins

  • Associate Professor - Dept of World Languages & Literatures
Portrait of Dr. Alexandra Gonzenbach Perkins

Biography and education

Alexandra Gonzenbach Perkins received her B.A. in Spanish and Art History and M.A. in Spanish from The University of Alabama. She holds a Ph.D. in Romance Studies from the University of Miami.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Carter, Kamarie B, Adi, Mohamad Nadim, Perkins, Alexandra Gonzenbach, Royal, Cindy L, Evans, Mark William, Burke, Patricia Jean, Shroff, Piyush Ravindra, Hustvedt, Gwendolyn, Rathore, Heena, Blasingame, Dale C, King, Jennifer Anne, Van Loan, Zengara A, Moon, KeriAnne Mauch, Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth, Taylor, Adrienne, Mondal, Sejuti. CAP: Expanding AI Curriculum and Infrastructure at Texas State University to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Grow a Diverse AI Workforce, NSF, Federal. (Funded: December 2024 - Present). Grant.
  • Perkins, Alexandra Gonzenbach (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Portaro, Iliana (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, National Endowment for the Humanities and American Library Association, Federal, $3000. (Submitted: 2015, Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Perkins, Alexandra Gonzenbach (Principal). Transforming Technologies in Times of Crisis: Performance and Digital Media Across the Caribbean, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University, $2000. (Submitted: November 2023, Funded: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024). Grant.
  • Perkins, Alexandra Gonzenbach. LASA Non-Tenure Track Faculty Grant, Latin American Studies Association, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1000. (Submitted: 2017, Funded: 2017). Grant.
  • Perkins, A. G. (2024). The Seeing I: Queer Desire in Rosario Ferré’s  “When Women Love Men.” Ámbitos Feministas, (12), 67–86.
  • Perkins, A. G. (2021). Queering Autobiography: Polyphony and Multiple Identifications in Milk of Amnesia/Leche de amnesia. Romance Notes, 61(2), 341–352.
  • Perkins, A. G. (2021). Mapping the Hyperlocal Body: Queer Interventions in the Performances of Felipe Rivas San Martín. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 17, 356–372. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2021.1982498
  • Perkins, A. G. (2019). Transtemporality in Twenty-First Century Queer Representation. Wasafiri.
  • Perkins, A. G. (2017). Representing Queer and Transgender Identity: Fluid Bodies in the Hispanic Caribbean and Beyond. Bucknell University Press.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award - Teaching, College of Liberal Arts. May 2023
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Excellence Award, College of Liberal Arts at Texas State University. May 2022
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Excellence Award, Texas State University College of Liberal Arts. August 10, 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alumni Association Teaching Award of Honor, Alumni Association of Texas State University. May 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Southern Utah University Influencer Award, Southern Utah University. 2016
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  1. Undergraduate Advisor

    Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, Epsilon Beta Chapter

  2. Co-Chair

    Latin American Studies Association Sexualities Section Track Chair

  3. Chair

    College Chair University Research Enhancement Committee

  4. Member

    Humanities Center Task Force

  5. Member

    Digital Humanities Search Committee

  6. Member

    Outreach Committee

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