Naomi Lindstrom is the Gale Family Foundation Professor in Jewish Arts and Culture. She is the author of books and articles on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American literature and is also a translator of Latin American novels and poetry. Her areas of interest include comparative study of Jewish life in the Americas, gender, Latin American Jewish Studies, and sociology of the arts. She works primarily in Spanish American literature and culture, with a secondary interest in Brazil. As well as being in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Dr. Lindstrom coordinates the Gale Collaborative for the Study of Jewish Life in the Americas at the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies.
Ph.D.
in Spanish, Arizona State University, 1974
M.A.
in Spanish, Arizona State University, 1972
B.A.
in Romance Languages, University of Chicago, 1971
Gender and the Study of Latin American Literature, Latin American Jewish Studies, On-Line Scholarly Resources, and Sociology of the Arts, Comparative study of Jewish life in the Americas (Latin America, United States, Canada)
Associate Director,
Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, University of Texas at Austin (2011 - Present)
Associate Editor,
Editorial Board, Latin American Research Review (2003 - 2007)
Chair,
Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin (2002 - 2004)
Vice President,
Executive Committee, Latin American Jewish Studies Association (1996 - 2003)
Member,
Editorial Board, Latin American Heritage Series, Oxford UP (1996 - 2003)
Reviewer,
Translations Program, National Endowment for the Humanities (1994)
Member,
Editorial Board, Studies in Latin American Popular Culture (1983 - 2000)
Member,
Editorial Board, Religious Studies and Theology
Member,
Editorial Board, Cubanabooks
President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award
- University of Texas at Austin (2012)
Deans Fellowship
- University of Texas at Austin (2005)
Liberal Arts Dean's Award for Research Excellence
- University of Texas at Austin (2001)
