Carolyn Fornoff of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese is one of five assistant professors from across the U of I campus selected to participate in the 2019-2020 National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity – Faculty Success Program (NCFDD) organized by the Provost Office.

The program is intended for tenure-track and tenured faculty members who are looking for the perfect combination of empirically tested methods to improve research productivity through intense accountability, coaching, and peer support and to propel their work-life balance and personal growth to a completely new level.

Fornoff’s research interests include 20th and 21st-Century Latin American Literature and Film, with a focus on Mexico and Central America; Environmental Humanities: Post-humanism, Ecocriticism, and Animal Studies; and Critical Theories of Race, Gender, and Disability.