What I'm watching

“Torture and Truth in Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden” appeared in Revista Hispánica Moderna 62.2 (2009): 177–92.

“Introducing Human Rights and Literary Forms; Or, The Vehicles and Vocabularies of Human Rights” appeared in Comparative Literature Studies special issue on “Human Rights and Literary Forms.” Eds. Sophia A. McClennen and Joseph Slaughter. 46.1 (2009): 1–19.

“E Pluribus Unum/ Ex Uno Plura: Legislating and Deregulating American Studies post 9/11” appeared in CR: The New Centennial Review 8.1 (2008): 145–75.

“Introduction” appeared in Representing Humanity in an Age of Terror, the thematic issue of CLC Web: Comparative Literature and Culture 9.1 (2008) (with Henry James Morello).

“Neoliberalism and the Crisis of Intellectual Engagement” appeared in Academic Freedom and Intellectual Activism in the post-9/11 University. Works and Days 51/52, 53/54.26–27. (2008–09): 459–70.

“The Humanities, Human Rights, and the Comparative Imagination” appeared in Representing Humanity in an Age of Terror. Eds. Sophia A. McClennen and Henry James Morello. Thematic issue of CLC Web: Comparative Literature and Culture 9.1 (2008).' sm_writing_cats:

• Essays

“Area Studies Beyond Ontology: Notes on Latin American Studies, American Studies, and Inter-American Studies” appeared A contracorriente 5.1 (2007): 173–84.

“Countering the Assault on Higher Education” appeared in a special issue of Radical Teacher 77 (2007): 15–19.

“Repression and Resistance in Higher Education” appeared in a special issue of Radical Teacher 77 (2007): 15–19.

“The Geopolitical War on U.S. Higher Education” appeared in College Literature 33.4 (Fall 2006): 43–75.