She specializes in Latin American Contemporary Narrative. She has published articles about the literary representations of drug trafficking in Mexico and Colombia in journals such as Revista Iberoamericana, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, and Discourse. Professor Lander teaches courses that explore the cultures surrounding the drug business in Latin America and the USA. She has authored the critical edition of Carlos Fuente’s novel Gringo viejo, the recreation of Ambroise Bierce’s story of an “old gringo,” who dared to cross the border during the peak of the Mexican Revolution.