Jennifer Vilchez

I am a Ph.D. candidate completing her dissertation at Rutgers University in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. I teach courses in my department at lower and upper division levels, including courses such as 101 "Introduction to Gender, Race, and Sexuality," 257 "Gender and the Body: Representation and Pornography," 258 "Gender, Race, and Contemporary Art," and 317 "Gender and Consumption." Since 2020, I have also been a peer fellowship advisor for Rutgers graduate students, where I have supported successful applications to external awards such as the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Research Program, Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion, Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship, as well as Fulbright I.I.E. and Hays. In 2022-23, I received the P.E.O. Scholars Award in recognition of my contributions and commitments to women and students in pursuing higher education and professional careers. 

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2016-current / Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Committee Chairs: Ed Cohen and Carlos Decena

2014 / GEMMA Erasmus Mundus European Master’s Degree in Women’s and Gender Studies with Distinction
Dual-Degree Granted by Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, and University of Granada, Spain
Thesis: “The Body, the Abject and Horror in Claudia Llosa’s La teta asustada” 
Committee Members: Jasmina Lukić and Adelina Sánchez Espinosa

2008 / Double B.A. Degrees in Film and Spanish Language and Literature with Distinction
University of California, Berkeley