Her publications include Patria se escribe con sangre (2000), Espiral de silencios (2009), and Latin American Women and the Literature of Madness (2015). After a Fulbright research fellowship in Colombia in 2015, Elvira focused her exploration on women organizations working for peace in Colombia. She currently directs the Revista de Estudios Colombianos. New Agreement with Mexico's CONACYT CLACS Scholarship Competition Threads of Hope: