He teaches undergraduate and graduate classes on Spain's 20th century literature and culture. His research focuses on intellectual elites during late-Franco regime and the Transition to democracy. Dr. Villamandos has worked on graphic fiction, gender studies, and immigration studies. He is the author of El Discreto Encanto de La Subversión: Una Crítica Cultural de La Gauche Divine (2011) and coedited Un Hispanismo Para El Siglo XXI (2011). His most recent publications are the following: - "Searching in the City of Lost Memories: Woman without Piano (2009) and Post-March 11th Trauma."