Dr. Susan C. Méndez will be presenting the following paper, “‘Type-Cast-Set’: What Autobiographies of Latino/a Performers Can Tell Us About Playing to (Stereo)Type ,” at The 2nd Biennial U.S. Latina/o Literary Theory and Criticism Conference entitled, “Latina/o Utopias: Futures, Forms, and the Will of Literature” at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, from April 23-25, 2015.