Sara Rico Godoy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Tennessee Knoxville
  • M.A., Southern Illinois University
  • B.S., Universidad Pedagogica Nacional Francisco Morazan

Research & Academic Interests

  • Central American fiction/Latin American literature & film
  • Migration & border/diaspora studies
  • Creative writing
  • Teaching & pedagogy

Publications

  • Rico-Godoy, Sara, 2023. “Aquellos que fuimos” (Those we used to be) in anthology Desde el centro de America (From the Center of America) edited by Gloria Hernandez. Alfaguara, Penguin Random House. Mexico.
  • Rico-Godoy, Sara. 2022. “Del juego a la exploración de la identidad: El uso del vestido como lenguaje en El pergamino de la seducción”,(From playing to the exploration of identity: the use of dress as language in The Scroll of Seduction). Latin American Literary Review. Spring issue, pp. 73-76.
  • Rico-Godoy, Sara, 2022. "Sueño americano" (American dream) in anthology Todos somos inmigrantes (We’re all immigrants), Benma, pp. 182-183.

Associations, Affiliations & Work History

  • American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
  • Modern Language Association
  • South Central Modern Language Association
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Sigma Delta Pi

Awards & Accolades

  • Yates Dissertation Fellowship
  • MFLL Grant for Doctoral Research