Isidro Rivera

Isidro J. Rivera is an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Kansas, focusing on medieval Iberian literature and print culture. His research explores devotional reading, book history, and race in medieval contexts. He serves as Managing Editor of La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Spanish Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies and contributes to editorial boards.

• Education: Ph.D. and A.M. in Comparative Literature (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), A.B. in Comparative Literature (Columbia University)

Research Interests center on late medieval Castile, including the library of Isabel de Castilla, print culture, and strategies of publisher self-identification. His work bridges textual analysis with visual dynamics and cross-cultural interactions in Iberia.

Trends in Scholarship include analyzing fifteenth-century Spanish texts like Celestina, devotional works such as La passion del eterno principe, and the intersection of race and religious identity in medieval narratives.

• Scientific Awards: NEH Fellow (2002), Cramer Award for Teaching (2005), multiple Travel Research Grants (2010–2019), and CTE grants.

Academic Leadership includes directing Graduate Studies and Admissions at KU, organizing conferences, and advancing digital humanities through La corónica Commons.