Bio

Dr. Osuna earned a doctoral degree in English Literature from ASU; a master’s in literature, culture, and place from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland; and a bachelor’s in English and linguistics from UTEP. With an emphasis on Latinx and Indigenous environmentalisms, her research explores the aesthetics of desert places in literature, art, and film and their impacts on cultural imagination and geopolitical relationships to land. She is an executive council member of the Western Literature Association (WLA), and an active member of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) and the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA).

Awards and Honors

• Mimi Reisel Gladstein Endowment in American Literature - UTEP English Department (10/01/2023-10/31/2023)

• Ph D in English Literature, Arizona State University (2020)
• BA in English and Linguistics, University of Texas at El Paso (2011)

Publications

• "What Dune Should Teach Us About the Beauty of 'Wastelands'" Scientific American (2021), Celina Osuna, Ed Finn, Osvaldo Sala.
• "Color, Place, and Memory in Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes" Lexington Books (2020), Celina Osuna.

Presentations

• “Latinx Method.” (2024), Celina Osuna.
• “Desert From Above: Vertical Aesthetics and Power Structures in Sicario.” (2023), Celina Osuna.
• “Desert Distortion.” (2023), Celina Osuna.
• “Limits of Law and Lawlessness in Wind River and Sicario.” (2023), Celina Osuna.
• “Uncommon Collaborations I: Desert Stories that Challenge the Story.” (2023), Celina Osuna.

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