Doctoral Student in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California
About
Cecilia Caballero is a PhD candidate in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC. She also holds BAs in English and Chicanx Studies from UC Berkeley and an AA in Liberal Arts from Los Medanos Community College. Her dissertation focuses on narratives of Chicana mothering, feminism, gender, sexuality, and spiritual activism in Chicana literature, cultural production, and digital storytelling. In addition, she researches the intersections between Black and Chicana feminist speculative theory by Octavia Butler and Gloria Anzaldua.
Cecilia is an essayist, poet, and creative writer. Her research has been supported by the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, the Woodrow Wilson Travel and Research Grant, the Social Science Research Council, and more. Her scholarly and creative writing has been published by Chicana/Latina Studies, Third Woman Press, The Acentos Review, The Body is Not An Apology, and more. She is also a co-editor of the book, The Chicana M(other)work Anthology from the University of Arizona Press and The Feminist Wire Book Series.
Current Work:
Cecilia Caballero researches narratives of Chicana mothering, feminism, gender, sexuality, and spiritual activism in Chicana literature, cultural production, and digital storytelling. In addition, she researches the intersections between Black and Chicana feminist speculative theory by Octavia Butler and Gloria Anzaldua to explore what she calls an Afro-Xicana imaginary.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Chicana and women of color feminism, motherwork, gender and sexuality, Chicana literature, Octavia Butler, Gloria Anzaldua
