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Orquidea B. Morales
Assistant Professor of American Studies and Media & Communication Studies
State University of New York, Old Westbury
Education/Degree:
1 American Culture (University of Michigan)
About
Dr. Orquidea Morales is an assistant professor of American Studies and Media & Communication Studies at the State University of New York, Old Westbury. Morales received her PhD in American Culture from the University of Michigan after which she was the César Chávez Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College. She is currently working on her book manuscript entitled Border Horrors: Filmic Lives and Deaths on the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Current Work
Dr. Morales's research looks at the intersection of Latina/o studies and horror studies particularly studying the representations of the U.S.-Mexico border in film and other cultural productions
Research Area Keyword(s)
border, film, horror