Faculty Member
Kristina Gibby is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at UVU. She holds a BA in Humanities and MA in Comparative Studies from Brigham Young University and a PhD in Comparative Literature (Minor in Hispanic Studies) from Louisiana State University. She teaches introductory humanities courses, world literature, Caribbean literature, and Latin American humanities. Dr. Gibby's interests include time, memory, history, nature, modern art, and Hemispheric American studies. She has published articles and book chapters on Carson McCullers, Sandra Cisneros, Zoé Valdés, Maryse Condé, and Edwidge Danticat. Her first book, Ancestral Voices, Healing Narratives, released December 2023, analyzes the role of female spirits in contemporary novels from the US and the Caribbean
Major: Comparative Literature
Major: Comparative Studies
Major: Humanities
Ancient Legacies, Spring 2026
Ancient Legacies, Spring 2026
Directed Readings, Spring 2026
Humanities Through the Arts, Spring 2026
Internship, Spring 2026
Topics in Area Studies, Spring 2026
As the chair of the Latin American Studies program I worked with UVU's Dr. Maritza Sotomayor to bring Mexican professor Dr. Maria del Rocio Barajas Escamilla to present on Tariffs and the Mexican Border November 13, 2025. This is a timely topic that our students are eager to understand. I organized two events so that Dr. Barajas could address UVU students in Spanish (tailored to Maria de Dios's Spanish Business classes) and in English (for UVU international business students).
