Edna Rodriguez-Plate

Edna Rodríguez-Plate is an Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies at Hamilton, where she teaches an array of classes, from Hispanic film to Caribbean culture and literature. Her areas of research are Hispanic cinema and contemporary Hispanic Caribbean literature and culture. Professor Rodríguez-Plate is the author of Lydia Cabrera and the Construction of an Afro-Cuban Cultural Identity, and has published a number of articles on Cuban film and Caribbean literature. She has presented her research internationally as well as locally. When she is not at Hamilton, she enjoys spending time watching films, doing martial arts, and practicing Qigong.