Lucia Montas

Dr. Lucía M. Montás received her BA (2007) and MA (2009) in Spanish literature from the University of Florida, followed by an MA (2015) and PhD (2018) in Hispanic Studies from the University of Kentucky. She has previously held the position of Lecturer of Spanish at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Dr. Montás is now a Senior Lecturer of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of New Hampshire, where she teaches courses including Intermediate Spanish, Spanish for Business Professionals, Introduction to Latin American Culture, and Hispanic Cultural Studies. She serves as the coordinator for the Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Minor, Faculty Advisor for the Spanish Club and Language Ambassadors at UNH, and Faculty Director for the Cuba J-Term Study Abroad Program.

Her interdisciplinary research focuses on Urban Cultural Studies and Contemporary Latin American literature, with an emphasis on Caribbean women writers. Her academic work has been published in journals such as Cuadrivium: Revista del Departamento de Español UPR Humacao and Voces del Caribe, along with other peer-reviewed publications. She is currently preparing her first book on urbanism in Caribbean literature.