The School of Arts and Humanities at the University of California, San Diego has announced the appointment of four women to its faculty.
Mariana Katz is an assistant professor of history specializing in modern Latin America, with a focus on nineteenth-century Paraguay and the broader River Plate region. She is currently working on her first book, tentatively titled The Labor of the State: Unfree Workers and the Making of Paraguay’s First Republic (1811-1864). A native of Argentina, Dr. Katz began her academic journey at the University of Buenos Aires and received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University in New York City.
Eve Eure is a transdisciplinary scholar whose work intersects Black studies and Native and Indigenous studies. Dr. Eure was an assistant professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York. Dr. Eure is currently working on a book, The Grammar of Kinship: Black and Native Intimacies in the Nineteenth Century. Dr. Eure is a graduate of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she majored in Portuguese and Brazilian studies. She holds master’s degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
Andrea Caban, an associate professor in the department of theatre and dance, is an actor, director, playwright and expert in voice, speech and accents. She served as head of voice and apeech at California State University Long Beach for 11 years. For over a decade, Caban has led the Knight-Thompson Speechwork Teacher Certification Program. She has also co-authored two widely used texts on inclusive speech and accent pedagogy for teachers. Caban earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre from University of South Florida and a master of fine arts degree in acting from the University of California, Irvine.
Alison O’Daniel, an associate professor in the department of visual arts, was an assistant professor of film at the California College of the Arts. She is a visual artist and filmmaker working across sound, moving image, sculpture, installation and performance. O’Daniel is hard of hearing, and her research, art practice, and teaching are informed by a deep investment in disability justice. She studied at the University of California, Irvine and received a bachelor of fine arts degree at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio.