Cincinnati Romance Review

Prof. Moreno holds a Licenciatura en Filosofía y Letras from the University of Alicante, Spain, and a Phd. in Spanish Literature from The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on Contemporary Spanish Poetry, Food Studies (Gastronomy and Culinary Literature), and Spanish Women Writers. She is the author of several scholarly books and critical editions, among them El culturalismo en la poesía de Juan Gil-Albert (IGA, 2000), the critical edition of Juan Gil Albert, Poesía Completa (Pre-Textos, 2004), the volume Cartas a Juan Gil-Albert. Epistolario selecto (IGA, 2016), and the poetic anthology Concha Zardoya. Antología Poética (IGA, 2008). In the area of food studies, she has published two monographs: De la página al plato. El libro de cocina en España (Trea, 2012), and Madrid: A Culinary History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).

Jan Varela is a graduate student pursuing an MA in Spanish and a Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati, where he also serves as a Spanish language instructor and as assistant editor for the “Cincinnati Romance Review”. As an editorial services consultant, Jan has experience in Spanish language editing, English-Spanish translation, and developmental editing and consulting. He has worked as an editor, interpreter, historian and communications specialist for nonprofit organizations, international cooperation agencies and humanitarian action programs, such as the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences. His research interests include Central American Literature, sexuality, sociolinguistics, and publishing studies.