Dr. Jill Gibian holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature with an emphasis on Latin American Literature and Translation Studies from Binghamton University (SUNY). Her research interests include Latin American women writers, women in Latin American society, and feminist literary criticism. She has successfully garnered grants as project coordinator from the Oregon Council for the Humanities and the Montana Council for the Humanities for a film and lecture series entitled "Women and Change in Latin America." Dr. Gibian has conducted research in Mexico and Central America via such organizations as Partners for the Americas and Witness for Peace. She is currently working on a project that focuses on issues of power, nationalism, and desire as they relate to the tango and Latin American literature.