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• Ph.D. in English, University of Miami
• M.A. in English, University of Miami
• B.A. in English, with a minor in Theatre, Florida International University

Cultural Theory and Criticism, Comparative Literature

Dr. Mendible's interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching examine links between national politics, identity, and cultural production. Her students engage a variety of perspectives and historical, political, and cultural representations, exploring the diverse ways these help constitute social and national identities and shape intergroup relationships.

• Cultural Critique
• Cultural Studies and Popular Arts
• Literature and Politics
• Ethnic Studies
• Comparative Lit
• Interdisciplinary Explorations of the Body in Lit and Culture

Dr. Mendible's work has appeared in books published by the University of Texas Press, Indiana University Press, Routledge, Oxford University Press, University of California Press, and more. Her articles have been published in a range of national and international peer reviewed journals, including War, Literature, and the Arts, Ethnic Studies Review, Cultural Critique, Postcolonial Text, Humanities, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, The International Journal of the Humanities, Radical Psychology: A Journal of Psychology and Politics, Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, International Fiction Review, Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, and others.

Dr. Mendible has presented her research at multiple regional conferences, as well as national venues such as the American Association of Comparative Literature, Harvard University, National Association for Ethnic Studies Conference, University of Mississippi, the American Studies Association Conference, Washington, DC and the Association of African American and Latino Studies Joint National Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and international, such as the International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, University of Granada, Spain and the Oxford Roundtable at Oxford University in the UK.