M. Carmen Gomez-Galisteo holds a B.A. in English (with honors) from
the Universidad de Alcalá (Madrid, Spain) and a Ph.D.
(sobresaliente cum laude) in American Studies, also from the
Universidad de Alcalá. She has published extensively on early
American literature and history in journals such as Clepsydra,
Sederi: Yearbook for the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance Studies
Association, Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, Americana,
etc. She is referee for the Revista Canadiense de Estudios
Hispánicos. Her main research fields are early American colonial
literature, captivity narratives, women’s studies and popular
culture and literature. She is currently at work in a book
tentatively titled "'En tierra tan mala y tan extraña': Visions and
Representations of America in Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's
'Naufragios' and William Bradford's 'Of Plymouth Plantation.'" Her
first book, a study on intertextuality, parodies, and sequels,
published by McFarland, came out in early 2011. She is currently
teaching at ESNE – Universidad Camilo José Cela (Madrid).