Lora Romero
Lora Romero | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 23, 1960 |
| Died | October 10, 1997 (aged 37) |
| Occupation | Professor |
Lora Patricia Romero was an American assistant professor of English at Stanford University. She specialized in 19th and 20th century American literature, Chicano/a cultural studies, and gender theory.
Life and work
[edit]Romero was born in Chino, California in 1960. She graduated from Stanford University and earned her master's and doctoral degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. Romero was a former Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and also served as a member of the National Council of the American Studies Association. She taught at Princeton University and the University of Texas before accepting a position in the Stanford English Department in 1993.[1][2]
Her first and only book, Home Fronts: Domesticity and Its Critics in the United States, 1820-1870, was published by Duke University Press and appeared in print just days after her death.[3]
Legacy
[edit]The American Studies Association annually awards the Lora Romero First Book Prize in her honor.[4]
The University of Texas at Austin offers a scholarship entitled the Lora Romero Memorial Award for Interdisciplinary Research in Race, Ethnicity and Gender. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Memorial scheduled for English professor (10/97)". Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "The Stanford Daily Archives". Stanforddailyarchive.com.
- ^ "Duke University Press - Home Fronts". Dukeupress.edu. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Lora Romero Prize". Theasa.net.
- ^ "UT College of Liberal Arts". Liberalarts.utexas.edu.
