Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, African American Studies, Women's Studies at Lehman College and Women's Studies Quarterly journal board member, her research focuses on the intersection of gender, race, class and trauma in Black Women’s Literature from Cuba, Brazil, US. Past recipient of Fulbright, CUNY Graduate Center for Politics, Culture and Place, FLAS, and internal fellowships at U Pittsburgh, U Indianapolis, and CUNY, Ohmer published articles in the Zora Neale Hurston Forum, Confluencia, and InterFACES.