Deborah Paredez

Deborah Paredez
Born	1970 San Antonio, Texas
Occupation	Professor, poet
Language	English, Spanish
Nationality	American
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	BA, Trinity University; PhD, Northwestern University
Genre	Poetry, Essays

Deborah Paredez (born December 19, 1970) is an American poet, scholar, and cultural critic. She is the author of the poetry collection, This Side of Skin, and the critical study, Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory. She is Co-Founder and Co-Director of CantoMundo, a national organization that supports Latino poets and poetry. She lives in New York City where she is a professor of creative writing and ethnic studies at Columbia University.

Paredez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. She has lived and worked in Seattle, Chicago, Crested Butte, Oaxaca City, Austin, Paris, and New York City.

Paredez earned a BA in English Literature from Trinity University in 1993 and a doctorate from the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Theatre and Drama (IPTD) program at Northwestern University in 2002. She has taught at Vassar College (2000-2003), University of Texas at Austin (2003-2016), Université Sorbonne nouvelle (2014), and Columbia University (2015-present). Along with Norma Elia Cantú, Pablo Martinez, Celeste Mendoza, and Carmen Tafolla, Paredez co-founded CantoMundo in 2009. She writes essays about American performance, Latina/o culture, and divas. Her poetry is influenced by contemporary American poets including Natasha Trethewey, Sharon Olds, and A.E. Stallings.

Her poetry collection, This Side of Skin, was published by Wings Press in 2002. Her scholarly book, Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory, was published by Duke University Press in 2009 and was the recipient of the National Association of Chicana/o Studies Book Award-Honorable Mention and the Latino Studies Book Award-Honorable Mention.

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