Dr. Irma López is a professor in the Department of Spanish and is currently serving as interim dean of the Lee Honors College at Western Michigan University.

She has authored two books: Historia, escritura e identidad: La novelística de María Luisa Puga; Confluencias y demarcaciones: la novela mexicana, 1998-2008

She also published articles and papers on the work of Rosario Ferré, Carlos Fuentes, Mayra Montero, Elena Poniatowska, Sara Sefchovich and others. López's area of concentration is Latin American literature with special emphasis in Mexican literature and Latin American women's fiction.