Esther Teixeira, Ph.D.

• Book Chapters & Reviews

  • Teixeira, Esther."A narrativa de prostitutas por um viés literário: contraste entre as obras de Bruna Surfistinha e Gabriela Leite". In Climent-Espino, Rafael and Michel Mingote, Eds. Perspectivas críticas da literatura brasileira no século XXI: prosas e outras escrituras. São Paulo: EDUC [Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo], 2021. pp. 81-98. Full text available at Academia.edu 

  • Teixeira, Esther. Review of Del manuscrito al libro. Materialidad del texto y crítica genética en la novela iberoamericana: 1969-1992, by Rafael Climent-Espino, Brasil/Brazil: Revista de Literatura Brasileira/A Journal of Brazilian Literature, vol.30, no. 56, 2017. Full tex available at Academia.edu
• Articles & Essays

  • Teixeira, Esther. "Prostitución, colonización crítica y revolución teórica: La reflexión de Gabriela Leite y demás trabajadoras sexuales organizadas y el canon." A Contracorriente, vol. 22, no. 3, Spring 2025, pp. 112–141. Full text available at Academia.edu

  • Laura Murray, Esther Teixeira, and Meg Weeks. Introduction. Daughter, Mother, Grandmother and Whore: The Story of a Woman Who Decided to be a Puta, translated by Meg Weeks, Duke University Press, Durham and London, in press, September 2024. Preview (book cover and table of contents) available at Duke University Press

  • Ciriza, María del Puy and Teixeira, Esther. “On Interdisciplinary Presentism in Hispanic Studies: Notes on Service Learning with the Latino Community” Hispania, 104.1 (2021): 27-30. Full text available at Academia.edu

  • Teixeira, Esther. “La prostitución de la mujer blanca en el contexto peruano decimonónico: análisis de Blanca Sol de Mercedes Cabello” Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 97.10 (2020): 1075-1093. Full text available at Academia.edu 
  • Teixeira, Esther. “Narrativa prostibularia y el imaginario de la blancura en el contexto brasileño finisecular: análisis de O Cortiço de Aluísio Azevedo.” Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association 53.1 (2020): 55-80. Full text available at Academia.edu
  • Teixeira, Esther. “De la repetición naturalista en la literatura latinoamericana: narrativa prostibularia y condición periférica en La novia oscura de Laura Restrepo.” Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades [Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies], 45.2 (2019): 23-47. Full text available at Academia.edu
  • Teixeira, Esther. “A lei do jeitinho ou o sentimento íntimo da brasilidade: análise do conto “O Empréstimo” de Machado de Assis”. Espelho: Revista Machadiana 14/15 (2008-09): 81-96. Full text available at Academia.edu

• “Sex Work Writing in Translation.” 2025 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco, California, May 23-26.(2025)
• “Puta Lives: Gabriela Leite, Carol Leigh and Sex Worker Activism from Brazil to the Bay.” Tenderloin Museum, San Francisco, California, May 22.(2025)
• “The Migrant Sex Worker and the Human Trafficking Narrative in the Spanish film 'Princesas' by Fernando Aranoa.” 2024 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Bogotá, Colombia, June 12-15. (2024)    
• “Sex Work and Liberation Theology in Dialogue in Brazil.” 2024 Women, Human Rights, and Religion Inaugural Conference, Forth Worth, TX, April 18-20. (2024)
• "Heteronationalism and prostitution: The Bad Ones by Camila Sosa Villada and What if I were a Whore by Amara Moira as Trans-gressive Narratives.” 2022 Midwest Modern Language Association, Minneapolis, MN, November 17-20. (2022) 
• "Perspectivas críticas da literatura brasileira do século XXI" organized by the Centro de Estudios Brasileños de la Universidad de Salamanca (Spain),  Virtual, April 20 (2022) YouTube
• "Prostitution and the Imaginary of Whiteness in Late Nineteenth Century Brazil: Analysis of The Tenement (1890) by Aluísio Azevedo." 2021 Midwest Modern Language Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 4-7. (2021)
• “A narrativa de prostitutas por um viés literário: contraste entre as obras de Bruna Surfistinha e Gabriela Leite.” 2021 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Virtual Congress, May 26 – 29. (2021)
• “A Moderated Discussion on Sex Work and Implications for Solutions.” Cross-disciplinary Solutions to Human Trafficking Symposium – Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, February 7. (2019) YouTube

Engage Faculty Award – Leadership & Student Involvement, Texas Christian University (2022)

Wassenich Award for Mentoring in the community, Texas Christian University *Nominated (2020)

Excellence of Scholarship for Doctoral Dissertation – College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University (2017)

Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue  University (2017)

Berenice A. Carroll Feminism, Peace and Social Justice Award, Purdue University (2015)

Association of Gender and Sexuality Studies (AEGS)

Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA)