April 24-26 — Mexico City (MX)

From the Bosphorus to the Broadcast: Serial Storytelling and Turkish Travels

This summer, my family and I traveled to Istanbul, a city where East and West meet not just geographically, but narratively. Between ferry rides across the Bosphorus, endless cups of çay, and strolls through neighborhoods rich with history, I found myself thinking...

Family, Storytelling, and Hum Log: Travels to India

This summer, my family and I traveled to Pune, India, to visit my in-laws—a much-needed time of reconnection, rest, and reflection after an intense academic year. Walking the vibrant streets of the old city, sharing meals across generations, and listening to family...

A Past That Won’t Stay Buried: Remaking El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar in 2025

In the ever-shifting landscape of contemporary television, few revivals feel as richly symbolic or as culturally layered, as the recent remake of El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar. Originally aired in 1988 during the twilight of Televisa’s golden age, the show was a...

May 23-26 — San Francisco (US)

Highlights from LASA 2025: Book Award, Mexico Section Officer, and Scholarly Presentation My sabbatical year culminated with a memorable and productive time at the 2025 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress in San Francisco. I was deeply honored that my...

“Who’s Your Mother?”: Reflections on Melodrama, Seriality and the 2024 AS/COA “Telenovela Convening”

This past May, I had the distinct honor of participating in the 2024 Scholars Convening on the Telenovela, hosted by the Americas Society / Council of the Americas. Held in New York City on May 23, this intimate, invitation-only gathering brought together a vibrant...

A Visit with Maestro Miguel Sabido: On Mexican Storytelling and Legacy

While in Mexico City this spring for the SECOLAS conference, I had the extraordinary privilege of visiting Miguel Sabido, the legendary writer, producer, and architect of socially conscious telenovelas in Mexico. Often called el maestro de la telenovela mexicana,...

March 26-29 — Mérida (MX)

FILEY Mérida & UC-Mexicanistas Congress This month, I was privileged to participate in two exciting literary events in Mérida: Feria Internacional de la Lectura Yucatán (FILEY)FILEY transformed Mérida’s Siglo XXI Convention Center into a playground for...

Sanity & Sickness in the Soaps: Diana Salazar’s Multiple Returns Across Time

So much happened at the start of this year at the MLA convention that I couldn’t talk about it all in just one blog post. In addition to receiving an award for Serial Mexico, which was honored with an MLA Katherine Singer Kovács Honorable Mention, I had the...

March 20 — Mexican Studies Research Collective (MX)

Invited Speaker — Mexican Studies Research Collective (MSRC) Online Event I was honored to present my book Serial Mexico: Storytelling Across Media, from Nationhood to Now at the Mexican Studies Research Collective (MSRC)—an international, scholar-led forum for...