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Stephanie Contreras

Lecturing Fellow of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
205 Languages Center, Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708
205 Languages Center, Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


Caribbean Diaspora and Exile; Contemporary Latin American Literature and Film; U.S. Latina/o/x Literature and Performance; Second Language Acquisition; Heritage Language Learning

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


The Immigrant Communities of Florida and José Martí in Cuban Independence and the Dawn of the American Century · June 2023 - July 2023 Participant · Awarded by: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute
Bacca Fellowship · 2022 - 2023 Awarded by: Language, Arts and Media Program (LAMP) https://lamp.duke.edu/people/bacca-fellows
Celebrating Latinx Culture: A Spanish Reading Program · 2022 - 2023 Team Leader · Awarded by: Bass Connections https://bassconnections.duke.edu/project-teams/celebrating-latinx-culture-spanish-reading-program-2022-2023