Skip to main content
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Latina/Latino Studies

Aja Y. Martinez

Associate Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Professor, Latina/Latino Studies

Recent Publications

Martinez, A. Y., & Smith, R. O. (2025). The Origins of Critical Race Theory: The People and Ideas That Created a Movement. NYU Press.

Martinez, A. Y. (2024). Alejandra Chooses Life: Revising the Resignation Letter toward Counterstory as Epistle. In C. M. Lavecchia, A. D. Carr, L. R. Micciche, H. J. Rule, & J. E. O. Stone (Eds.), Revising Moves: Writing Stories of (Re)Making (pp. 41-47). Utah State University Press. https://doi.org/10.7330/9781646425501-007

Martinez, A. Y., & Maraj, L. M. (2024). Editors’ Introduction. College English, 87(1), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.58680/ce20248715

Martinez, A. Y. (2024). Love, Alice: A CRT Writing Process (counter)Story. Composition Studies, 52(1), 117-135.

Martinez, A. Y. (2023). Critical Race Theory: A Theoretical Overview. In M. A. Raja, & N. T. C. Lu (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice (pp. 98-110). (Routledge Literature Companions). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003246428-10

View all publications on Illinois Experts

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Latina/Latino Studies

1207 W. Oregon Street

MC-136

Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: (217) 265-0370 | Fax: (217) 244-4526

Email: lls-studies@illinois.edu

Login