Letters from Inside a U.S. Detention Center

Jane Juffer holds a joint appointment at Cornell University with the Department of Literatures in English and the program of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, where she is also director. She works in the areas of cultural studies, feminist theory, and Latinx studies and is the author of four books: Don't Use Your Words! Children's Emotions in a Networked World (2019); Intimacy Across Borders: Race, Religion, and Migration in the U.S. Midwest (2013); Single Mother: The Emergence of the Domestic Intellectual (2006); and At Home with Pornography: Women, Sexuality, and Everyday Life (1998). She is also the editor of Millennial Feminism at Work: Bridging Theory and Practice (2021).

Jane Juffer tiene una cita conjunta en la Universidad de Cornell con el Departamento de Literaturas en Ingles y el Programa de Estudios Feministas, de Genero y Sexualidad, donde tambien es directora. Trabaja en las areas de estudios culturales, teoria feminista y estudios latinos y es autora de cuatro libros: Don't Use Your Words! Children's Emotions in a Networked World (2019); Intimacy Across Borders: Race, Religion, and Migration in the U.S. Midwest (2013); Single Mother: The Emergence of the Domestic Intellectual (2006); y At Home with Pornography: Women, Sexuality, and Everyday Life (1998). Tambien es editora de Millennial Feminism at Work: Bridging Theory and Practice (2021).

Carla was born and raised in a small town in El Salvador; she is a devoted daughter, sister, and aunt. She is a cook, artist, and activist who loves music, animals, and football.

Carla nacio y crecio en un pequeno pueblo de El Salvador; ella es una hija, hermana, y tia devota. Es una cocinera, artista, y activista que ama la musica, los animales, y el futbol.

John Kennedy Godoy is a second-generation Guatemalan American scholar and writer. A former Public Humanities Fellow at Humanities New York, he is currently a Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellow who researches migration from Central America and Mexico. His work is forthcoming or published in The Global South and The Latin American Literary Review, and is featured in Harper's Bazaar and LA Times.