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M\u00e9ndez will be presenting the following paper, \u201c\u2018Type-Cast-Set\u2019: What Autobiographies of Latino\/a Performers Can Tell Us About Playing to (Stereo)Type ,\u201d at The 2nd Biennial U.S. Latina\/o Literary Theory and Criticism Conference entitled, &#8220;Latina\/o Utopias: Futures, Forms, and the Will of Literature&#8221; at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2015\/02\/03\/prof-mendez-to-present-on-latinoa-autobiographies-at-national-conference\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Prof. Mendez to Present on Latino\/a Autobiographies at National Conference&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facultynews","category-susan-mendez"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":818,"url":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2017\/04\/03\/dr-mendez-giving-paper-on-author-ana-castillo-in-april\/","url_meta":{"origin":85,"position":0},"title":"Dr. M\u00e9ndez Giving Paper on Author Ana Castillo in April","author":"Dr. Joseph E. 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