USC
1. Sabela Barros Seoane
Title of MA thesis: Revisiting Telenovelas from a Gendered Perspective in Sandra Cisneros’ Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
Supervisor: Dr. Noemí Pereira Ares
Examination Committee:
Committee member 1 (Chair): Dr. Laura Lojo Rodríguez
Committee member 2 (Secretary): Dr. Susana Jiménez Placer
Committe member 3: Dr. Margarita Estévez Saá
Substitute member: Dr. Jorge Sacido Romero
Date, place and time of the oral defence: Tuesday, 15th September 2026, 10:00 (Room 303)
2. Naiara Candelero Martínez
Title of MA thesis:Love and Anime: Cultural Studies Approaches to Heteronormative Relationships and Gender Performativity in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) and My Dress-Up Darling (2022)
Supervisor: Dr. Rubén Jarazo Álvarez
Examination Committee:
Committee member 1 (Chair): Dr. Cristina Mourón Figueroa
Committee member 2 (Secretary): Dr. Martín Fernández Fernández
Committe member 3: Dr. Susana Jiménez Placer
Substitute member: Dr. Manuela Palacios González
Date, place and time of the oral defence: Tuesday, 8th September 2026, 16:30 (Sala académica)
3. Íñigo López Pena
Title of MA thesis: Posthuman Gender Performativity: Drag as a Disruption of Occidental Subjecthood
Supervisor: Dr. María Alonso Alonso
Examination Committee:
Committee member 1 (Chair): Dr. Laura Lojo Rodríguez
Committee member 2 (Secretary): Dr. Noemí Pereira Ares
Committe member 3: Dr. Manuela Palacios González
Substitute member: Dr. Susana Jiménez Placer
Date, place and time of the oral defence: Tuesday, 8th September 2026, 10:00 (Sala académica)
4. Chloe Pennington
Title of MA thesis: Exploring ongoing language variation and change: The role of Gen Z
Supervisors: Dr. María José López Couso and Dr. Belén Méndez Naya
Examination Committee:
Committee member 1 (Chair): Dr. Ignacio Palacios Martínez
Committee member 2 (Secretary): Dr. Cristina Blanco García
Committe member 3: Dr. Paloma Núñez Pertejo
Substitute member: Dr. Zeltia Blanco Suárez
Date, place and time of the oral defence: Friday, 18th September 2026, 12:30 (online, via Microsoft Teams)
5. Daniela Peña Ávila
Title of MA thesis: “Pain is a memory”: Imperial Ecology and Embodied Subjugation in Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Trilogy
Supervisors: Dr. Laura Lojo Rodríguez and Dr. Noemí Pereira Ares
Examination Committee:
Committee member 1 (Chair): Dr. Margarita Estévez Saá
Committee member 2 (Secretary): Dr. Manuela Palacios González
Committe member 3: Dr. Jorge Sacido Romero
Substitute member: Dr. Susana Jiménez Placer
Date, place and time of the oral defence: Wednesday, 16th September 2026, 17:00 (Room B03)
6. Karima Wahmid Ndabdallah
Title of MA thesis: A Multimodal Comparison of Moroccan and U.S. Advertisements: Language, Image, and Cultural Meaning
Supervisor: Dr. María de los Ángeles Gómez González
Examination Committee:
Committee member 1 (Chair): Dr. Teresa Sánchez Roura
Committee member 2 (Secretary): Dr. Elsa González Álvarez
Committe member 3: Dr. Mario Cal Varela
Substitute member: Dr. Susana Jiménez Placer
Date, place and time of the oral defence: Friday, 11th September 2026, 10:30 (Sala académica)