Education
M.A. Spanish, University of California Riverside (2022)
B.A. Spanish, Community and Culture, University of California Los Angeles (2020)
Research
I’m interested in women’s literature in Mexico during the 17th and 18th centuries. In particular the writings of religious women, and the influence of the cloister over their literary production, as well as the influence of men that possibly limited and silenced their creative production.
Publications
McKay, Adela.“Términos Numéricos.” Ballenas en Hormigueros, Editorial Ojo de Pez, 2014.
McKay, Adela. “Madre de humanos.” The Journal of Latina Critical Feminism, vol. 5, no. I, May 2022, pp. 19–20.
McKay, Adela. Review of Ladina Social Activism in Guatemala City 1871-1954 by Patricia Harms. Ámbitos Feministas, vol. 41.2, September 2021, pp. 14-16.