Morehouse College
Humanities, Social Sciences, Media, And Arts Division Faculty
Florida State University
Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs and Political Science
Florida State University
Master of Arts, Spanish
Vanderbilt University
Doctor of Philosophy, Spanish and Portuguese
Dr. Denise Mattey received her M.A. in Spanish from Florida State University and her Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese with a certificate in women and gender studies from Vanderbilt University. She specializes in contemporary Latin American poetry, Central American women writers, Afro-Latin American literature, and Lusophone studies. She is also the faculty director for the Morehouse in Brazil Study Abroad program. Her latest research project is a book manuscript that analyzes the relationship between aesthetics and democracy in the poetry of the Costa Rican poet and politician Carmen Naranjo (1928-2012).
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