Carolina Rocha was born in Rosario, Argentina. She completed her BA in History at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. She has a Master and PhD. from the University of Texas in Austin. Her dissertation explored the social construction of memory after the trauma of state-inflicted violence during the most recent militray dictatorship. Her articles about this topic have appeared in Hispanic Culture Review, Hispanic Journal and CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture.
Rocha's research interests also include film studies and contemporary Southern Cone popular culture. Her articles have been published in Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, Nuestra América, Studies in Latin American Popular Culture and Ciberletras.
In 2007, she coedited with Professor Hugo Hortiguera Argentinean Cultural Production during the Neoliberal Years. In the summer of 2007 Rocha received two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships. She took part of a summer seminar, "Jewish Buenos Aires." Her interest in Jewish-Argentine culture has led to publications in Letras Hispanas and the Delaware Review of Latin American Studies.
Education
- Ph.D. Hispanic Literature 2001 University of Texas at Austin
- M.A. Hispanic Literature 1995-1997 The University of Texas at Austin
- Licenciatura in Latin American History 1994-1995 Argentine Catholic University (Argentina)
- B.A. in Latin American History 1987-1992 Argentine Catholic University (Argentina)
Honors, Fellowships, Awards
- 2010 STEP, Southern Illinois University
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2009
- Summer Research Fund, Southern Illinois University
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2008
- University of Illinois Exchange in Catholic University in Leuven (Belgium)
- Scholars Travel Fund, awarded by the Vice-Chancellor of Research, UIUC to present a paper at the Popular Culture Association, San Francisco.
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2007
- Scholars Travel Fund, awarded by the Vice-Chancellor of Research, UIUC to present a paper at LASA, Montreal.
- Scholars Travel Fund, awarded by the Vice-Chancellor of Research, UIUC to present a paper at Kentucky, University of Louisville.
- NEH Summer Institute From Baroque to Modernism: Brazilian Literature and Culture. (offered and declined)
- NEH Summer Institute Jewish Buenos Aires. (offered and accepted)
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2006
- Scholars Travel Fund, awarded by the Vice-Chancellor of Research, UIUC to present a paper at LASA, Puerto Rico.
- Scholars Travel Fund, awarded by the Vice-Chancellor of Research, UIUC to present a paper at the International Conference of Americanists, Seville, Spain.
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2005
- Title VI grant, awarded by CLACS to conduct research in Argentina during summer 05.
- Scholars Travel Fund, awarded by the Vice-Chancellor of Research, UIUC to present two papers at the Society of Latin American Society in Derby, England.
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2004
- Travel grant from the Modern Languages and Cultural Studies Department to present a paper in the Conference "Negotiating Identities in Latin American Cultures", Calgary, Canada
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2003
- Professional Travel Development Award to present a paper in the "XIV Colloquium of German Hispanists", awarded by the Vice-President of Academic Affairs, High Point University.
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2001
- Professional Travel Development Award and Amelia Paredes Fellowship from the Graduate School of the University of Texas at Austin to present a paper in the "VI Congreso Nacional de Hispanistas", San Juan, Argentina.
- Summer Tuition Fellowship awarded by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese of the University of Texas at Austin.
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2000
- Bruton Fellowship, awarded by the Graduate School, University of Texas at Austin.
- Outstanding Instructor, awarded by the Distance and Continuing Education Center, University of Texas at Austin.