Research and Publications
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
2024 International Review of Sociology
“Contesting hegemonic masculinity with a kiss: exploring exótico interventions in Mexican lucha libre.” International Review of Sociology, vol. 34, no. 2, August 2024.
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2021 Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea
“Wrestling with Maskulinity: How Exóticos Challenge Hegemonic Masculinity in Lucha Libre Films.” Revista De Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, no. 82, January–April 2021, pp. 103–121.
Special edition “El cine de luchadores en los estudios mexicanos,” edited by Dr. David Dalton at UNC Chapel Hill for the University of Texas at El Paso’s Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2023 Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Paper presentation, “‘¡Beso! ¡Beso!’: Interrogating Mexican Exótico Wrestlers’ Use of the ‘Beso’ and its Intersections with Performances of Gender and Sexuality,” as part of the panel Literatura, cultura popular, lucha libre y sexualidad en Mexico in the Sexualities and LGBTI Studies Track for the LASA2023 Hybrid Congress: América Latina y el Caribe: Pensar, Representar y Luchar por los Derechos on May 25th, 2023, in Vancouver, Canada.
2022 Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS)
Paper presentation, “The Gender Identities, Character Development, and Performances of Exótico Wrestlers in Mexican Lucha Libre: Preliminary Findings,” for the 56th annual SCOLAS conference on April 7th, 2022.
2022 Tinker Foundation Research Collaborative
Student panelist for “Obstacles and Opportunities: The Changing Landscape of Field Work in Latin America,” hosted by the University of Chicago and moderated by Prof. Ramona Pérez from San Diego State University on April 13th, 2022.
2022 Stone Center Summer Research Symposium
Research presentation, “Research Developments for Wrestling with Masculinities: Exploring the Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, and Nationalism Among Exóticos in Mexican Lucha Libre” for the 2022 annual Stone Center Summer Research Symposium at Tulane University on February 19th, 2022.
2021 Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Paper presentation, “Wrestling with Heteronormativity: Exótico Drag and the Creation of Alternative Discourses of Mexicanidad,” for the Sexualities, embodiment and performance panel at the LASA 2021 Virtual Congress: Crisis global, desigualdades y centralidad de la vida on May 28th, 2021.
2021 Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS)
Paper presentation, “Wrestling with Mask-ulinity: How Exóticos Challenge Hegemonic Masculinity,” for the Masculinities and Oralities in Contemporary Latin America panel at the 68th annual SECOLAS conference, April 16th, 2021.
2021 Latin American Graduate Organization (LAGO)
Research presentation, “Exóticos, Mask-ulinity, and Gender in Mexican Lucha Libre,” for the bi-weekly LAGO graduate student meeting on February 26th, 2021.
2020 Stone Center Summer Research Symposium
Research presentation, “Wrestling with Hegemonic Masculinity: How Exóticos are Changing Mexican Lucha Libre,” for the Exploring Themes of Gender panel at the 2020 annual Stone Center Summer Research Symposium at Tulane University on October 17th, 2020.
2019 Popular Culture Association
Panel presentation, “Netflix’s Dark Tourist and the Narrative of Latin America,” for the Travel and Tourism Area of the 2019 PCA/ACA Conference on April 18th, 2019.
2019 Latin American Graduate Organization (LAGO)
Panel presentation, “Negotiating the Representation of Latin America in Netflix’s ‘Dark Tourist,’” for The Metaphysics of Power panel at the 2019 LAGO Conference sponsored by Tulane University and the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies on February 2nd, 2019.
2018 Tulane University Student Conference on Latin America (TUSCLA)
Panel presentation, “The Influence of Culture on Postpartum Depression in Mexico,” for the panel Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas: Women’s Health and Female Agency in Contemporary Latin America on December 3rd, 2018.
2014 Pacific Sociological Association
Undergraduate Roundtable Presentation, “The Formation of Mexican-American Understandings of Virginity.”
2014 Oregon Academy of Science
Undergraduate Presentation, “The Formation of Mexican-American Understandings of Virginity.”
2013 Pacific Sociological Association
Panel Presentation, “White Privilege on Campus: Feelings of Exclusivity, Discourses of Privilege, and Constructing Racial Boundaries.” Presented by Dr. Daniel B. Eisen, Charlotte Basch, Catherine Prechtel, Ben Sanderlin.
GUEST LECTURES
2022 “Ethics and Methods of Field Research in Mexico: From Extraction to Collaboration”
Guest lecture for Professor Catie Nuckols-Wilde’s LAST 2000 “Indigenous Identity and Resistance” course at Tulane University.
2019 “Negotiating the Representation of Latin America in Netflix’s ‘Dark Tourist’”
Guest lecture for Professor Woodward’s LAST 1020 Introduction to Latin American Studies II course at Tulane University.
2019 “Negotiating the Representation of Latin America in Netflix’s ‘Dark Tourist’”
Guest lecture for Professor Glass’s LAST 1020 Introduction to Latin American Studies II course at Tulane University.
PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP
2022 “Exploring Gender and Sexuality with Mexican Exótico Lucha Libre Wrestlers,” Author
Post for the Tulane University Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking’s “Taylor Hub” Blog.
2020 Tulane University Newcomb Art Museum, Co-Author
Co-author of “El Balcón,” in the virtual gallery exhibition Conexión: Art and Activism in Oaxaca, an online exhibition envisioned and curated by Tulane University students from the Spring 2020 course “Women, Community and the Arts in Latin America: Oaxaca, Mexico.” Eric Charles, Lydia Cruz, Zachary Kanzler, Catherine Prechtel.
Presentation Video: https://vimeo.com/437158267/f850ff88d4
Virtual Exhibition: https://www.conexionoax.info/el-balcon
2016 Center for Latin American & Latino Studies, Co-Author
Post for the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies at American University AULA Blog, “Latin America: Wait-and-See Reaction to Trump – For Now.” Catie Prechtel, Carlos Díaz Barriga. https://aulablog.net/2016/11/15/latin-america-wait-and-see-reaction-to-trump-for-now/