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
Featured grants
- 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.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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.
Featured awards
- 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
Featured service activities
- Undergraduate Advisor
Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, Epsilon Beta Chapter
- Chair
College Chair University Research Enhancement Committee
- Member
Humanities Center Task Force
- Member
Digital Humanities Search Committee
- Member
Outreach Committee
- Member
Applied Humanities Doctoral Program Proposal Working Group