Office Location:
Reynolds Hall 206
Office Available:
By appointment
Dr. Elías graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont with a double major in English
literature and German literature and earned a master’s degree in Hispanic literature
at Middlebury College, Madrid. She completed a doctorate at the University of Texas
with concentrations in Golden Age literature, Spanish theater throughout the ages
and colonial literature. She grew up in Monterrey, Mexico, with parents from two different
cultures, languages and religious traditions. She has lived and studied in England,
the former Soviet Union, Spain and Italy. She joined the Westmont faculty in 1999.
She speaks Spanish, English, and German with native proficiency and has advanced
reading, writing, and speaking skills in Italian.