Jacqueline Alvarez-Rosales

Dr. Jacqueline Alvarez-Rosales is an Associate Professor and Chair of the World Languages and Cultures Department at Spelman College. She teaches courses on Spanish language, Hispanic American literature and culture, and contributes to the African Diaspora and the World Program and the Honors Program. Her academic career spans over a decade at Spelman since joining in 2008.

• Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
• M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Bachelor in Journalism, Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Bolivia

Dr. Alvarez-Rosales specializes in colonial Latin American literature, with a focus on Afro-Hispanic, Afro-Andean, and Equatorial Guinean narratives. Her research explores discourses on nation-building, race, and identities, particularly through ethnic relations in colonial historiography and subversive discourses challenging colonial power structures. She analyzes legal and literary texts to examine construction of the colonial subject and “other” in Andean and Afro-Hispanic contexts.

Her publications examine colonial and postcolonial representations of Afro-descendant populations in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Equatorial Guinea. Key themes include foundational myths, racial identity in colonial texts, and legal-historical narratives of Afro-Andean communities. She has contributed to journals such as Revista Iberoamericana and College Language Association Journal.

• UNCF/Mellon Grant. Faculty Residence Award Recipient, 2014
• Gordon-Zeto Center for Global Education: Globalizing the Curriculum in L.A Studies, 2013
• Co-director of the workshop: “Exploring Connection with the African Diaspora,” August 2011
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Summer Institute, 2008
• Art and Science Graduate Select Scholar Scholarship. Vanderbilt University, 1999-2003
• Dissertation Enhancement Grant. Vanderbilt University, 2004