Carmen E. Lamas

Carmen E. Lamas is Assistant Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Virginia. Her research examines nineteenth-century Latino history and literature from a hemispheric perspective. She is a co-founder of the Latino Studies Association, an academic organization that brings together scholars, students, and activists in the study of Latino concerns. Her work has appeared in Revista Hispanica Moderna, Latin American Research Review, Latino Studies, Oxford Bibliographies, The...See more

Carmen E. Lamas is Assistant Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Virginia. Her research examines nineteenth-century Latino history and literature from a hemispheric perspective. She is a co-founder of the Latino Studies Association, an academic organization that brings together scholars, students, and activists in the study of Latino concerns. Her work has appeared in Revista Hispanica Moderna, Latin American Research Review, Latino Studies, Oxford Bibliographies, The Latino Nineteenth Century and the Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature. See less