Silvia Serrano, Lecturing Fellow and Coordinator in the Spanish Language Program

Please note: Silvia has left the "Romance Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Research Interests: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies; Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies; Intersections of Literature and Media; Media and Social Change; Vernacular Culture; Andean Rural Cultural Productions.

Education:
PhD Romance Studies (Latin American Studies), Duke University, Durham, NC, 2019

MA Humanities, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, PA, 2011

BA Communication and Media Studies, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 2000

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2122 Campus Drive, Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:

Teaching (Fall 2025):

• SPANISH 203.01, INTERMEDIATE SPANISH 1 Synopsis

  Class Bldg 137, MTuTh 08:45 AM-09:45 AM

• SPANISH 203.05, INTERMEDIATE SPANISH 1 Synopsis

  Friedl Bdg 240, MTuTh 03:20 PM-04:20 PM

• SPANISH 301.04, ADV SPANISH WRITING Synopsis

  Class Bldg 135, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	Duke University	2019
M.A.	Penn State Harrisburg	2011
A.B.	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)	2000

Specialties:

Spanish
Latin-American Studies
Modern and Contemporary

Areas of Interest:

Latin American Literature
Latin American and Caribbean Popular Culture
Popular music

Recent Publications

1. Serrano, S, Weaving Words and Meanings for the Colombian Countryside: Jorge Velosa’s Carranguera Lyrics., in Territories of Conflict Traversing Colombia Through Cultural Studies (April, 2017), Boydell & Brewer, ISBN 1580465803  [abs]
2. Serrano, S, Wearing Ruana and Tie: Trino Epaminondas Tuta Negotiates Power and His Rural Origins in the City., Revista De Estudios Colombianos no. 48 (December, 2016)
3. Serrano, S, Review of Aurality: Listening and Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Colombia, CROLAR, Critical Reviews on Latin American Research, vol. 4 no. 2 (August, 2015), pp. 30-32