Irmelin Hanssen

Irmelin Hanssen holds a Master degree in American Studies from Radboud University Nijmegen, the . She studied a semester at  UC Berkeley in the where she specialized in Chicana/o art, literature and culture. She wrote her Master's thesis on  "Redefining Archetypes in Chicana Literature and Art- La Virgen de Guadalupe and La Malinche: ExtremeMake-Overs." She presented her research at two international conferences. She is currently active as a freelance art-writer in the Netherlands and looking into PhD programs in the United States. irmelinhanssen@hotmail.com