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Esther Gabara

Professor of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
Box 90257, Department of Romance Studies, Durham, NC 27708-0257
212 Language Center, Department of Romance Studies, Durham, NC 27708-0257
Office hours Thursdays 3-5 pm and by appointment. 212 Languages  

Advising & Mentoring


Dissertations Directed:

Romance Studies:
Laura Cobian (2010)
Beatriz Rodríguez Balanta (2010)
Amanda Suhey (2016)
Candela Marini (co-directed with Ricard Rosa, 2018)
Marcelo Noah (2022)
Ninel Valderrama Negrón (2022)
Ian Erickson-Kery (in process)
Samuel Hunnicut (in process)

Art, Art History & Visual Studies:
Kency Cornejo (co-directed with Kristine Stiles, 2014)
Alfredo Rivera (co-directed with Rick Powell, 2015)
Camila Maroja (co-directed with Kristine Stiles, 2015)
Rosalía Romero (2019)
Serda Yalkin (in process)
Jasmine Magaña (in process)

Dissertation Committees:

Romance Studies: Andrea Junguito, Karen Serwer Secrist, Ana Ugarte, Silvia Serrano, Stephanie Reist, Raúl Ferrera-Balanquet

Art, Art History & Visual Studies: Sinan Goknur, Lidia Klein, Alexander Strecker (in process)

Literature: China Medel

External to Duke: Rebeca Barquera, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, México (2022)

Undergraduate Theses:

Director:

Molly Superfine, awarded highest distinction (Art, Art History & Visual Studies, 2013), Zarah Udwadia, awarded highest distinction and departmental prize (Art, Art History & Visual Studies, 2017)

 

Committees:

Kimberly Gordon, Lara Pomerantz (Spanish and Latin American Studies), Vania Ma (Romance Studies, 2016), Mycroft Zimmerman (Art, Art History & Visual Studies, 2019), Savannah Norman (Romance Studies, 2020)