Dr. Hodgson obtained her B.A. from Purdue in Spanish, her M.A. from New York University (in Madrid) in Spanish Literature and her Ph.D. from Purdue in Spanish and Latin American Literatures. She has taught at Purdue, Ohio State, California State University at Chico and at Xavier since 1986. She has published articles on Chilean literature and translations of Chilean literature and testimonies as well as translations of Chilean poetry and Latin American liberation theologians. She has also translated the diary of assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador.
