Notable Achievements

Assistant Professor of English Sonia Del Hierro presented a paper titled “Aesthetics in the flesh: Las Brown Berets and Chicana Resistencia” at the 11th Annual El Mundo Zurdo conference, hosted by Trinity University in San Antonio from November 6–8. This year’s theme was “Hope Sin Fronteras: Reclaiming Fluidity, Empowering Communities, and Enacting Resistance.”

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Sonia Marie Del Hierro

Assistant Professor of English

Expertise

19th and 20th century U.S. literature, Mexican American literature, Chicane/x and Latine/x literature, Chicana feminisms, Digital Humanities, Fashion studies, Literary theory and criticism

Dr. Del Hierro is an assistant professor in the English Department at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Her research brings together fashion studies, Chicana feminism, and literary studies. She also co-published the first season of a podcast called Señora Power, an investigation of Mexican American women in Houston and Los Angeles.

  • Biography

    Dr. Del Hierro is an assistant professor in the English Department at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Her research brings together fashion studies, Chicana feminism, and literary studies. She also co-published the first season of a podcast called Señora Power, an investigation of Mexican American women in Houston and Los Angeles.