Stephanie Becker

Dr. Stephanie Becker, who earned her doctorate from UNM’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese while serving as a Cinematic Arts TA, unites research and writing in Mexican/US Latino Studies. Her studies include comparative analysis of gender construction and performance in Chicano film and literature. A presentation on femicide in Juárez, juxtaposing Lourdes Portillo’s Señorita Extraviada and Gregory Nava’s Bordertown, is in the works.