Melero is a Mexican-born professor, researcher, writer and journalist. She has received a grant to develop a collection of short stories titled “Mujer Libre” and is working on a novel on gender and violence during the Mexican war on drugs. She also has written a play and three other books and has had other works widely published.
Melero has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and worked as a journalist in Wisconsin and Texas. She earned a master’s degree in Spanish from the University of Texas at El Paso and a Ph.D. in Contemporary Latin American Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She now works as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, teaching Spanish language, culture and literature as well as Chicanx and U.S. Latinx literature. She also serves as coordinator of Race and Ethnic Studies.
The event is sponsored by Marshall’s Department of Modern Languages in the College of Liberal Arts, and Libraries and Online Learning. All are welcome. For more information, contact Dr. Cristina Burgueño at burgueno@marshall.edu or 304-696-2746.