Dolores González Ortega

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Ph.D. Student, Spanish and Portuguese

Dolores González Ortega is a PhD candidate from Mendoza, Argentina. She holds a bachelor's degree in Literature and Spanish Language Teaching from the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and an MA in Literatures, Languages, and Cultures from the University of Connecticut. Her dissertation, titled Uncaring Fictions: Feminism and Negative Affects in 21st Century Latin American Speculative Fiction, examines the role of negative affects such as refusal, apathy, and indifference in contemporary feminist political imaginaries.

Research Interests: 
  • Contemporary Latin American and Spanish Science Fiction.
  • Women and Gender Studies.
  • Literary Theory, Philosophy and Cultural Studies.