Megan L. Corbin

Megan L. Corbin
  • Associate Professor of Languages
  • Department: Languages and Cultures
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: MCorbin@wcupa.edu

Education

  • BA Political Science and Spanish Studies, University of Minnesota, 2008. MA and PhD in Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics. University of Minnesota, 2014.

Research Interests

Contemporary Latin AmericanLiterature and CultureSouthern ConeNarrative and CulturalTestimonioHuman RightsMemory StudiesTrauma TheoryObject-Oriented PhilosophyMaterial Culture StudiesSpectral TheoryWomen's WritingFeminist Theory

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: Yes

I am always interested in mentoring students in research. Feel free to email me with any independent study work or research projects you may have interest in, especially if they require fluency in Spanish to execute. I'm also available to serve as a mentor for WCU's Summer Undergraduate Research Institute.

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

My research examines cultural production in the post-dictatorship period of Southern Cone Latin America, with a special focus on the use of objects and sound to relate experiences of atrocity.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-738-0440

List of Publications

  • Corbin, Megan. “¿Cómo se describe una generación?” Generación Hijes: memoria, posdictadura y posconflicto en América Latina. Eds. Carolina Añón Suárez y Ana Forcinito. Hispanic Issues On Line 30 (2023): 240-251.
  • Corbin, Megan. “Everything but the Smell: The Ethics of the “Connective Turn” in Argentinian Memory Activism.” The Memorial Museum in the Digital Age. Ed. Victoria Walden, Sussex: REFRAME, 2022.
  • Corbin, Megan and Daniela Johannes. “Activating Affect Aura: Clothing as Witness.” Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities. Special Issue: Witnessing After the Human, 2022.
  • Megan Corbin. Haunted Objects: Spectral Testimony in the Southern Cone Post-dictatorship. North Carolina: Editorial A Contracorriente, 2021.
  • Megan Corbin and Karín Davidovich. “Vestigios del pasado: Los sitios de memoria en el Cono Sur.” Eds. Megan Corbin and Karín Davidovich. Hispanic Issues On Line 22 (2019): 1-36

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