Amelia Maria de la Luz Montes

Amelia Maria de la Luz Montes (amontes2@unl.edu), Associate Professor of English and Ethnic Studies, teaches nineteenth-century and contemporary American literatures. In nineteenth-century literatures, she has established a firm tradition of Mexican American studies through her work on the author Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton. In contemporary literatures, she is a scholar of feminist, lesbian, Chicana and Latina theory and cultural studies. Montes also teaches creative writing and publishes fiction. Among her scholarly publications are a co-edited anthology, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton: Critical and Pedagogical Perspectives, and "Tortilleras on the Prairie: Latina Lesbians Writing the Midwest" (Journal of Lesbian Studies). Her most recently published short fiction includes "Amigdala" in River City Journal, and "R for Ricura, " in Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the Millennium. Her current writing projects include a critical book entitled, Corazon y Tierra: Latinas Writing on the Great Plains & Midwest and a collection of short stories entitled, "While Pilar Tobillo Sleeps." She holds a PhD from the University of Denver. Dr. Montes was born and raised in Los Angeles,California.