Isabel Balseiro

ISABEL BALSEIRO is Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvey Mudd College in California. Her books include Running towards Us: New Writing from South Africa (2000), To Change Reels: Film and Film Culture in South Africa (2003), and South Africa: A Traveler's Literary Companion (2009). A visiting research associate at the University of Cambridge, the Federal University of Pernambuco, and the University of Cape Town, she is the recipient of fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,...See more

ISABEL BALSEIRO is Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvey Mudd College in California. Her books include Running towards Us: New Writing from South Africa (2000), To Change Reels: Film and Film Culture in South Africa (2003), and South Africa: A Traveler's Literary Companion (2009). A visiting research associate at the University of Cambridge, the Federal University of Pernambuco, and the University of Cape Town, she is the recipient of fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the James Irvine Foundation, among others. See less