Daniel Coral Reyes

Daniel Coral Reyes is an MNI Postdoctoral Fellow (Research Fellow) in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Macalester College. His work bridges film studies, cultural studies, and literary history with a focus on Latin American cinema and narratives of the Amazon and Tierra del Fuego.

Education:

• BA: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
• PhD: University of California, Davis

His research investigates dialogue between contemporary cinema and 19th-century visual/literary narratives, tracing how Latin American activists and filmmakers contest colonial archives to envision alternative futures. Teaching emphasizes critical engagement with cultural memory, Indigenous self-representation, and narrative-landscape relationships in Latin America.

Contact details: Humanities Building Room 219, phone 651-696-6395, pronouns he/him/his.