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Erin Alice Cowling is an associate professor of Spanish at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Canada. Her current research interests lie in how marginalized characters are portrayed, as well as how modern performances can inform and expand our understanding of early modern plays. She is the author of Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature and co-editor of Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theatre, both from the University of Toronto Press. She has previously published in eHumanista/Cervantes, Bulletin of the Comediantes, Hispania, among others.

Ana Karen Rodas Garza is a recently graduated student from MacEwan University, with a BA in English and Spanish. She is particularly interested in translation and how it shapes our understanding of the world.