Elvira Aballi Morell

Graduate Student

Elvira Aballí Morell is a doctoral student in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at Vanderbilt University. Her main field of study is Afro-Hispanic Literature and Culture. She is an editor of the cultural magazine Furman217. She has organized and participated in different panels on cultural studies. Aballí Morell’s dissertation will focus on contemporary Afro-Cuban art and narrative. Her research interest encompasses Caribbean and diaspora writers in the United States, film, music, visual arts, language, and ideology.