Headshot of Natalie Catasus.
Assistant Professor of Latinx Literature
English
Latino & Puerto Rican Studies Minor
Assistant Professor
English, MA
Contact
ncatasus@ccsu.edu
Office
Willard-DiLoreto Hall
401-17
Tuesday
4:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Wednesday
4:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Thursday
4:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Or by appointment
Education
Comparative Literature
Emory University
Creative Writing
California College of the Arts
Visual & Critical Studies
California College of the Arts
Literature / Spanish Language & Culture
New College of Florida
Areas of Expertise

Latinx Literature

Caribbean Literature & Visual Culture

Literary Theory

Memory Studies

Publications, Research & Presentations

“Art, Relic, or Refuse?: The Abject Exhibition of the Cuban Raft and Its Literary Afterlife in Fiction by Achy Obejas.” Latino Studies, vol. 22, no. 4, 2024, pp. 659–680.

“Cutting Cane: A Cultural Studies-Informed Approach to Trauma and Cultural Competence.” (Co-authored with Carlos A. Larrauri). HPHR Journal (formerly the Harvard Public Health Review), PRISM: Mental Health Through the Lens of Difference, September 2023.

“Mimicking Seas and Malefic Mirrors in Suzanne Césaire: An Ecopoetic Theory of Caribbean Subjectivity,” Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, issue 69, November 2022.

“Echoes off the Straits of Florida: The Rafts of the Cuban Balseros.” Featured in the Smithsonian Learning Lab’s Cuban Balseros: Using Art and Artifact to Explore an American Immigration Story, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, April 6, 2020.

Courses Taught

ENG 209-01 Topics in Equity, Justice, and Inclusion: Introduction to Caribbean Literature

ENG 219 / LTN 219 Introduction to Latinx Literature

ENG 347 / LTN 347 Latinx Literature

ENG 388 Topics in World Literature: Contemporary Caribbean Literature

ENG 388 Topics in World Literature: Gender & Sexuality in Caribbean & Latinx Literature

Honors Writing & Research I

SPRING 2026 COURSES (below)

ENG 219 / LTN 219: Intro to Latinx Literature

  • Section 01: TR 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM
  • Section 02: TR 10:50 AM - 12:05 AM
  • Satisfies the following requirements:
    • Arts and Humanities (was SA1)
    • Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (EJI)
    • Literature

ENG 209-01: Intro to Caribbean Literature

  • MW 12:15 PM - 01:30 PM
  • Satisfies the following requirements:
    • Arts and Humanities (was SA1)
    • Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (EJI)
    • Literature 

ENG 347 / LTN 347: Latinx Literature

  • MW 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM
  • Satisfies the following requirements:
    • Arts and Humanities (was SA1)
    • American Lit : 1865 to Present
    • Literature Elective (300/400)
    • Literature Requirement