On the Scene with Migration and Dictatorship: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Work of Uruguayan Playwright Dino Armas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781548977313)

Dr. Gabriela Christie Toletti was born in Montevideo (Uruguay) as Gabriela Toletti Altieri. She is a professor of Spanish and academic director of Foreign Languages, Art, Theater and Communication Studies, Philosophy, and Religion at Tidewater Community College (Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.). She is also assistant professor of literature and world cultural studies at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.). Previously she taught Spanish and literature at Wingate University (Wingate, North Carolina, U.S.), and English at the Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos (Montevideo, Uruguay). She has specialized in the areas of Latin American literature, Hispanic theater, world studies, psychology, pedagogy, academic program development, and Spanish and English teaching and translation. She graduated as Teacher of English as a Second Language from the Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos, as clinical psychologist from the University of the Republic (Montevideo, Uruguay), and with an MA and PhD in Latin American Literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo, New York, U.S.). She has been a speaker at literature conferences and she has been interviewed on TV and radio on issues of Hispanic heritage. She has written articles, has translated plays, and has been granted scholarships to carry out literary research. She has also dabbled in drawing. Among her articles, which deal mainly with issues of migration, oppression, dictatorship, cultural identity, and group dynamics, "El reencuentro de una familia del R? de la Plata" stands out and was included in a book on experiences of migration. She also authored the book Migration & Dictatorship on the Scene: An Approach to the Work of the Uruguayan Playwright Dino Armas. She resides in Norfolk (Virginia, U.S.) with her husband Charles Cody Christie, Jr. and their pets.