Mindy Badía
School of Arts and Letters
Expert Bio
Mindy Badía is a professor of Spanish and international studies at Indiana University Southeast. She teaches all levels of courses that focus on the language, literature and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
Badía’s primary research area is early modern Spanish literature with a particular emphasis on drama and contemporary performances of Spanish classical theater. She is a member of the board of directors of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater and has published articles in journals such as Gestos, Comedia Performance and On-Stage Studies.
She is co-editor of the books “Crosscurrents: Transatlantic Perspectives on Early Modern Hispanic Drama” (Bucknell, 2006) and “Reconsidering Early Modern Spanish Literature Through Mass and Pop Culture: Contemporizing the Classics for the Classroom” (Juan de la Cuesta, 2021). She also co-authored “Redes literarias” (McFarland, 2018).
Areas of Expertise
Spanish language, literature, history and culture, early modern Spanish literature, colonial Spanish literature, dramatic performance, U.S. Latino history, literature and culture.