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Ibis Gomez-Vega

Associate Professor

Twentieth-Century American literature, Ethnic literature, American Drama, Gay & Lesbian literature

Office: RH 332
Phone: 753-6652
Email: ibis@niu.edu

Educational Background


Ph.D. University of Houston, 1995

M.A. University of Houston, 1979

B.A. University of Houston, 1976


Professional Interests


Ethnic American Literature, including authors Diana Abu-Jaber, Raymond Carver, Julia Alvarez, Ana Castillo

Women’s Studies

Cuban and Caribbean literature


Selected Publications >

Current Courses >

Selected Publications

  • “Naomi Shihab Nye’s Essays and Poems: Extreme Realities.” Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics 30 (Spring 2010): 109-133.
  • “Inscriptions of Race, Class, and Gender in Mariana Romo-Carmona’s Living at Night.” Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura 24.2 (Spring 2009): 40-52.
  • “Losing Everything in David Wong Louie’s ‘In a World Small Enough.’” Short Story 16.2 (Fall 2008): 63-77.
  • “The Memory of Loss in Diana Abu-Jaber’s Arabian Jazz.” South Atlantic Review 72.3 (Summer 2007): 17-37.
  • “Rationalizing the ‘Decentered’ White Male in Neil Simon’s The Prisoner of Second Avenue.” American Drama 16.2 (Summer 2007): 56-79.

Current Courses

CourseMeeting Days / Time / Room
Fall 2013ENGL 607.2 (details)
TH / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH305
Fall 2013ENGL 333.1 (details)
MW / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH305
Fall 2013ENGL 334.1 (details)
MW / 3:30 - 4:45 / RH305
Spring 2013ENGL 682.1 (details)
TH / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH305
Spring 2013ENGL 334.1 (details)
MW / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH 305
Summer 2011ENGL 374.0001 (details)
MW / 3:00 - 5:45 / RH 305
Fall 2011ENGL 333.0001 (details)
MW / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH 305
Fall 2011ENGL 377.0001 (details)
MW / 3:30 - 4:45 / RH 305
Fall 2011ENGL 783.P001 (details)
TH / 6:00-8:40 / RH 305
Spring 2012ENGL 376.1 (details)
MW / 3:30 - 4:45 / RH305
Spring 2012ENGL 607.1 (details)
T / 6:00 - 8:40 / rh305
Summer 2012ENGL 374.1 (details)
MW / 3:00 - 5:40 / RH305
Fall 2012ENGL 333.1 (details)
MW / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH305
Fall 2012ENGL 400.1 (details)
MW / 3:30 - 4:45 / RH305
Fall 2012ENGL 685.1 (details)
TTH / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH305