Fernanda Diaz-Basteris

Fernanda Diaz-Basteris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The Ohio State University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis (2019), an M.A. from the University of Cincinnati (2013), and a B.S. from Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (2009).

Her research focuses on U.S. Caribbean/Latinx cultural resistance through literature, visual art, and graphic narratives. Key areas include femicide in Puerto Rico, undocumented experiences, socio-political crises post-disasters, and digital storytelling of forced displacement. She also explores Latinx Comics Studies and Caribbean urban landscapes.

Dr. Diaz-Basteris teaches courses on Latinx Studies, Latino cinema, and Latinx comics. She is a board member of the ICLA Research Committee on Comics Studies and a member of Red de Investigadorxs de Narrativa Gráfica. She contributes to the Latinx Studies program and Comics Studies Society.