Lisa Guerrero is is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies. Her areas of scholarly research include African American literary traditions, African American history, African American cultural movements, African American masculinity, race and popular culture, gender and sexuality, ethnic American literatures and memoirs, theories and literatures of the African diaspora, and racial identiy formation in the US.
Born and raised in Santa Clara, California, otherwise known as Silicon Valley, Lisa Guerrero decided to forgo a career in computers, (read: technically challenged), to spend her life reading books, watching movies, listening to music, and getting paid to do it. Educated near two of the most beautiful beaches in the world, Lisa earned her B.A. in English and Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1993.
Eight years later, in 2001, she earned her Ph.D. in American Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the home of the "Fighting Banana Slugs." Since graduation Lisa has served as a post-doctoral fellow at UCSC, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at Bowling Green State University, and most recently has become the newest Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies here at Washington State University, teaching courses in African American history, literature, and culture.
e-mail: laguerre@wsu.edu |
