Department
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Phone
+1 (210) 9998092
Email Address
dochoa@trinity.edu
Room
250
Website
Debra Ochoa's Digital Commons Page

Debra J. Ochoa specializes in contemporary Spanish cultural production. She has co-edited two critical volumes: Gender in Spanish Urban Spaces: Literary and Visual Narratives of the New Millennium (Palgrave; Hispanic Urban Studies)  and Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000): Conversing Across the Genres in Poetry, Short Stories, and Theatrical Works (Liverpool University Press). Additionally, she has published in journals including Hispania, Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Confluencia, Ámbitos feministas, Letras femininas, and Letras hispanas

Education

  • Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
  • M.A., The State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • B.A., Boston University
  • Coursework at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Selected Publications

Book:

  • Mayock, Ellen, and Debra J. Ochoa, eds. Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000): Conversing Across the Genres in Poetry, Short Stories, and Theatrical Works. Liverpool University Press, 2026.
  • DiFrancesco, Maria, and Debra J. Ochoa, eds. Gender in Spanish Urban Spaces: Literary and Visual Narratives of the New Millennium. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Selected Publications:

  • “Toward a Crip Futurity in Mar Coll’s Tots volem el millor per a ella (2013) and Roser Aguilar’s Brava (2017).” Hispania, vol.109, no. 1, 2026, pp.  47–54.
  • “The Journey Toward the Non-Place from Carmen Martín Gaite’s “Callejón sin salida” (1947–1948) and Entre visillos (1958) to La hermana pequeña (1959).” Carmen Martín Gaite (1925-2000): Conversing Across the Genres in Poetry, Short Stories, and Theatrical Works, edited by Ellen Mayock and Debra J. Ochoa,  Liverpool UP, 2026, pp. 153–66.
  • “Comedies of Crisis in Post-2008 European Cinema: La vida inesperada and Casse-tête chinois.” European Film and Television: Crisis Narratives and Narratives of Crisis. Ed. Ana Corbalán and Betty Kaklamanidou, Routledge, Forthcoming 2019.
  • “Female Subjects in Carmen Martín Gaite’s New York Texts.” Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies. 18.3 (2017): 1-20.
  • “Music and Migratory Subjects in Pedro Almodóvar’s Todo sobre mi madre, Hable con ella, and Volver.” Confluencia. 29.2 (2014): 129-141.

Subjects Taught

  • Spanish Cinema
  • Spanish Women Writers
  • Gender and Violence in Spain
  • Spanish Language and Culture
  • Popular Spanish Culture
  • Spanish and Latin American Women Film Directors
  • First Year Experience: Inventing Mexico
  • Contemporary Spanish Urban Culture: Encounters and Transitions
  • First Year Experience: Literature and Contemporary Spain

Community Service & Involvement

Trinity Involvement

  • University Curriculum Council
  • Faculty Senate
  • Mexico, the Americas, and Spain
  • Organizer of the MAS Program Alvarez Seminar on  Contemporary Spanish Culture: Encounters and Transitions (Spring 2017)