Dr. Maria Celleri

Assistant Professor · Tenure-Track

Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

She/Her/Hers/Herself

About

Dr. María Célleri received her Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego. She also has a Master’s in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies from Ohio State and a Master’s in Hispanic Language’s & Literature from Stony Brook University. Her book project, Uncovering the Virgen del Panecillo: Quito’s Postcolonial Urban Transformation & Decolonial Future Imaginaries is a cultural analysis of the monument of the Virgen del Panecillo constructed in 1976 in Quito, Ecuador.

Research interests

Her research interests include Latin America & Caribbean Studies (Andean Studies); decolonial feminisms; reproductive justice; urban studies; cultural studies

Teaching interests

At UMBC, she teaches Introduction of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies; Feminist Methodologies; Transnational Feminist Film; and Gender, Human Rights + Political Violence in Latin America.

Education

  • Ph D, Ethnic StudiesUniversity of California San Diego (2019)
    "From Quito to Kitu: A Transhistorical Analysis of Quito's Urban Transformation from the 16th Century to the 22nd Century"
  • MA, Women's, Gender and Sexuality StudiesThe Ohio State University (2013)
  • MA, Hispanic Languages & LiteraturesState University of New York Stony Brook (2011)
    “‘Hablo por mi diferencia’ The Rebirth of Lemebel from Los incontables to ‘Manifiesto”’
  • BA, Comparative Literature and SpanishState University of New York Binghamton (2009)