Dr. Cristina Herrera was born and raised in Oxnard, California and arrived to PSU in 2021. She earned her PhD in English from Claremont Graduate University, specializing in contemporary Chicana/Latina literature. In 2014, she published her first book, Contemporary Chicana Literature: (Re)Writing the Maternal Script. She published the first book on Chicana young adult literature in 2020, ChicaNerds in Chicana Young Adult Literature: Brown and Nerdy. In her spare time, she enjoys long phone calls with her identical twin sister, reading, and spending time with her family at dog parks and beaches.
Research Interests:
Chicana/Latina young adult literature, Chicana feminism, Chicana memoirs and life writing