SONJA STEPHENSON

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Associate Dean of
Academic Affairs for
the College

Ph.D. in Hispanic
Literature from the
University of Tennessee-
Knoxville

Betzaida Nair Hernández

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2 WATSON
Canal Zone trilogy
is centered on the
complexities of the
canal as a catalyst
for social change
and conflict in
Panama.

Watson’s significant
intervention is to
place both these
black Panamanian
communities into
conversation with
each other:
Betzaida Nair Hernández