Dr. Yolanda Iglesias is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, jointly appointed in the Department of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese and the Centre for Medieval Studies. 

She earned her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from Boston University in 2007 and holds an M.A. in Spanish Literature and a B.A. in Spanish Literature and Psychology from the University of Western Ontario. 

Professor Iglesias specializes in medieval Iberian literature, with a focus on legal and social themes in works such as La Celestina, Las Cantigas de Santa María, Las Siete Partidas, and Don Quixote. 

Her research interests include medieval society, minority communities, monasticism, medieval food culture, and the interplay between law and literature in medieval Spain. 

She is also the incoming Director of the Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos. 

Professor Yolanda Iglesias has been awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, a distinction conferred by the King of Spain.