Vanessa Gubbins
Assistant Professor, Romance Studies
Academic focus:
Latin American poetry, politics and theory since the 1800s (Andean region and Southern Cone, including indigenous philosophies) and its conversations with German literature and philosophy; critical theory; feminist theories; Marxism and psychoanalysis
Current research project:
“The Poem and Social Form: Making a People out of a Poem in Peru and Germany”
Academic background:
- Ph.D., Comparative literature, Yale, 2021
- M.A., Comparative literature, Yale, 2018
- M.Phil., Comparative literature, Yale, 2018
- B.A., Comparative literature and philosophy, New York University, 2013
Last book read:
“Terminal Boredom” by Izumi Suzuki
In your own time/when not working:
Reading/watching speculative fiction; hiking with my dog; dancing and attending live music events
Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching:
Dreams and Resisting Totalitarianism courses this fall and Poetry After the Invention of America in the spring
What most excites you about Cornell:
Collaborating with students and faculty across disciplines to reflect on and address issues facing our present world
