Profile

Nora Muñiz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and holds two bachelor’s degrees: one in Latin-American Literature from Universidad Iberoamericana and another in English Literature from UNAM. Muñiz was awarded the Fulbright García Robles Scholarship for her graduate studies in the United States, the Lassen Fellowship from the Program of Latin American Studies at Princeton, and recently, the Arcadio Díaz-Quiñonez Prize for Excellence in Teaching Award. 

Her work focuses on the figure of the reader, the publishing industry in Latin America, and contemporary Latin-American literature written by women. She currently works as a fellow at Princeton University Press and is a founding member of GESEI, a study group around independent publishing. Her article "Escatón con glitter" earned her the Graduate Essay Student Prize Emilia Pardo Bazán by Feministas Unidas. In 2024 she will publish her first novel, A flor de piel, with Dharma Books.