Tanavi Jagdale is a PhD candidate in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the editorial assistant for the MLNHispanic Issue. Her research interests include 20th and 21st century Latin American literature, science fiction, fantastic literature, and comparative literature. Her doctoral thesis studies the works of Alejo Carpentier, V. S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie. She is also interested in examining fictional representation of economic crisis periods in Latin America as well as how cross-cultural narratives emerge—an interests that comes from her rich cultural and multilingual Indian background. Prior to coming to Hopkins, Tanavi completed her MA in Economics from Fergusson College, Pune, and received the equivalent of a BA in Spanish from University of Pune, India. She taught Spanish for six years at Symbiosis Institute for Foreign and Indian Languages (SIFIL) and University of Pune, and also worked as Spanish Section Head at SIFIL, Pune. In addition to her academic work, Tanavi is a trained Indian Classical vocalist and holds a Bachelor equivalent degree in Indian Classical Music.