April Overstreet
Associate Professor of Spanish; Co-Chair, Department of Spanish
- Departments
- Spanish,
- Women's and Gender Studies
- Pronouns
- She/her/hers
Bio
Professor Overstreet came to Willamette after holding temporary visiting positions at the University of Iowa and Williams College. An enrolled member of the Muscogee/Creek nation, Dr. Overstreet has focused her scholarship on contemporary fiction from Spain, particularly by women authors. Among the areas of her scholarship focus, Professor Overstreet has conducted interviews with authors Luis Landero, Alicia Giménez Bartlett and Almudena Grandes. Recently she has expanded her research into the area of literature of the economic, political and social crises in Spain starting in 2008.