Associate Professor

 Office: 422 AH
 Phone: (713) 743-3068
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 Curriculum Vitae

 Dr. Bencomo is a scholar of Contemporary Latin American Literature with a focus in Mexican Studies. She is currently the Chair of Hispanic Studies, where she previously served as Graduate Director. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the UH Center for Teaching Excellence (http://cte.uh.edu/), and she is a recipient of the 2011 UH Teaching Excellence Award. Bencomo received her MA in Latin American Literature from the Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela) in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999.

Research and Teaching Interests

Dr. Bencomo has published two books on Mexican Chronicle, she is co-editor of a volume on Transnational Studies, and author of many academic articles/book chapters. She regularly writes book reviews for the cultural magazine Literal (www.literalmagazine.com). Her present research on Mexican Narrative (i.e. Narconarratives, Urban Chronicle, and Postmodern Fiction) fits in the crossroads of Literary Studies, Critical Theory, and Cultural Studies. She actively participates in national and international conferences in her field, and she has been an invited lecturer in Mexico, Venezuela, and Germany.

Prof. Bencomo's teaching interests include 20th century Latin America Narrative, Contemporary Mexican Literature, Critical Theory/Cultural Studies, Latin American Film, and Spanish Language.

Courses

20th century Latin American Narrative

• SPAN 4397 Short Latin American Novel
• SPAN 6379 The "Rómulo Gallegos" Literary Prize and The Formation of the Canon of the Contemporary Latin American Novel.
• SPAN 4339 20th/21th Century Latin American Short Story.
• SPAN 6397 How to teach Gabriel García Márquez’ works.
• SPAN 4398 Short stories written in US by Latin American authors

Contemporary Mexican Literature

• SPAN 6398 (Independent Study-2) 20th Century Mexican Novel
• SPAN 7391 20th century Mexican Chronicle
• SPAN 6398 Women Mexican Writers
• SPAN 4368  Mexican Literature in the 20th century.
• SPAN 6397Mexico City: An Interdisciplinary Experience
• SPAN 6397 21th. Century Mexican Narrative.

Critical Theory/Cultural Studies

• SPAN 6398 20th century.Latin American Critical and Cultural Theory 
• SPAN 7304 Critical Theory (Sections at UH and UTPA) 
• SPAN 6397 Globalization and Transnationalism Studies.

Latin American Film

• SPAN 4397/6397 Latin American Film, Literature and Globalization
• SPAN 3394 Representation of Women in Latin American Film

Spanish Language

• SPAN 3301 Oral Communication in Spanish
• SPAN 2307 Spanish for Spanish Speakers I
• SPAN 2308 Spanish for Spanish Speakers II
• Span 3302  Composition in Spanish
• SPAN 3384 Introduction to Hispanic Literature

Selected Publications

• Entre héroes, fantasmas y apocalípticos. Testigos y paisajes en la crónica mexicana. Colección Voces del Fuego. Cartagena: Pluma de Mompox, 2011.
• “Nota roja, narcocorrido y violencia: las leyendas del narcotráfico según Monsiváis”. Revista Taller de Letras. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 50 (Forthcoming, 2012)
• “Juan Villoro en prosa breve: Llamadas de Ámsterdam”. Una selva tan infinita. La novela corta en México (1872-2011), México: UNAM, (Forthcoming, 2012) 293-312
• “El orientalismo en Verónica Murguía”. Narradoras mexicanas y argentinas (Siglos XX-XXI). Coords. Maricruz Castro Ricalde & Marie-Agnès Palaisi-Robert. Paris: Mare &Martin, 2011. 257-276.
• “Carlos Monsiváis: discurso a dos voces”. Textos Híbridos. Revista de estudios sobre la crónica Latinoamericana. 1.1 (2011): 43-58 (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/901488gc#page-3)
•  “Los relatos de la violencia en Sergio González Rodríguez: Huesos en el desierto, El vuelo y El hombre sin cabeza”. Andamios. Revista de Investigación Social. 8.15 (2011): 13-35 (http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/listaarticulos?tipo_busqueda=EJEMPLAR&revista_busqueda=7831&clave_busqueda=279460)
• “Geopolíticas de la novela hispanoamericana contemporánea: En la encrucijada entre narrativas extraterritoriales e internacionales”. Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana. 69 (2009): 33-50
• Ir y Venir. Procesos transnacionales entre América Latina y el norte. Co-editor with Marc Zimmerman and Sonia Báez Hernández. Chile: Lacasa/Bravo y Allende editores, 2007