Maria Luisa Ruiz  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Associate Professor

Departments:
International Area Studies
   School of Liberal Arts
Modern Languages
   School of Liberal Arts
Women's Studies
   School of Liberal Arts

Office:
Dante Hall - 301

Office Hours:
Tuesday: 3:00 - 5:30
Thursday: 3:00 - 5:30 (And By Appointment)

Contact:
Phone: 4568
Email: mlruiz@stmarys-ca.edu
Mail: P.O. Box 4730

Courses Recently Taught:

• JanTerm 136: Border Crossings: A literary and visual history of Latin America
• JanTerm: Constructing the City: Limits, Boundaries and Alternative Spaces (team-taught course)
• Spanish 130: Representing the Latin American Body: Race, Class and Gender in Latin American Literature, Film and Photography
• Spanish 141: Survey of Latin American Literature II
• WOMST 100 Body of the Nation: Mapping Gender, Identity and Performance in Latin America

Courses Regularly Taught:

• Spanish 106: Advanced Conversation
• Spanish 10: Conversation and Composition
• Spanish 11: Introduction to Literature
• Spanish 9: Spanish for Spanish Speakers