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Clara Oropeza, Ph.D.

Writer, Academic, and Cultural Activist

I am a Latina writer and academic living in Santa Barbara, California. I earned a MA in English Literature from California State University, Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in Comparative Mythology and Literature from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and I am a Professor of English Literature and Composition at Santa Barbara City College.

Exciting news! I have a forthcoming book A Re-mapping of Womanhood and Creativity. Click here to learn more and to pre-order.

I am also the author of Anaïs Nin: A Myth of Her Own, published in 2019 (Routledge). My writing has appeared in Impressions From Paris: Women Creatives in Interwar Years France, Minerva Rising, SageWoman, Ruminate Magazine, and elsewhere.

I’d love to hear from you. E-mail me at: drclaraoropeza@gmail.com.

Photo by Mary Jane Cole.