Her research interests include the portrayal of the maternal in contemporary Spanish novels and also representations of violence and gender. Recent publications include: “Artifacts of Memory in Almudena Grandes’s El corazón helado.” Letras Hispanas 10.1 (2014) and “Spiritual Mother or Complete Human? Gender and Existence in Miguel de Unamuno’s San Manuel Bueno, mártir. Hispánofila 169 (2013).