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Vincent Joos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and specializes in cultural anthropology with a focus on post-disaster reconstruction, Haitian citizenship dynamics, and migration studies. His research examines the intersections of state policies, international aid, and grassroots resilience in the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and France. Joos’ work critically engages with disaster capitalism, documenting how marginalized communities creatively transform urban spaces despite exclusion from formal aid systems. His book *Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships* (2021) analyzes vernacular architectures in post-earthquake Port-au-Prince, while his co-edited volume *Migrants Shaping Europe* (2022) explores historical and contemporary migration impacts. He also researches Calais’ border infrastructure and the literary intersections of ethnography. Teaching includes advanced courses like *Caribbean Music and Politics* and *Graduate Seminar in Cultural Anthropology*, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches. His scholarship spans articles in *Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology*, *The Conversation*, and *Southern Quarterly*, addressing topics from Haitian political crises to African American cultural memory in Mississippi. Vincent Joos actively contributes to public discourse through op-eds in *World Politics Review* and *The Globe Post*, critiquing foreign intervention in Haiti and analyzing systemic governance failures. His research bridges academic rigor with urgent social commentary on migration, disaster, and postcolonial identity.

• Cultural Anthropology
• Haitian Studies
• Immigration Studies
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Dr. Tiffany Fairey is a Senior Research Fellow and visual sociologist at King's College London's Department of War Studies, where she specializes in participatory research and visual peacebuilding. With over two decades of experience, she previously co-founded the award-winning charity PhotoVoice and holds affiliations with the Visual Embodied Methodologies Network and Everyday Peace Indicators. Her research focuses on arts-based peacebuilding, conflict transformation, and ethical dimensions of visual methodologies. Current projects include the Leverhulme-funded Imaging Peace study examining photography's role in peacebuilding across multiple countries, and ESRC-funded work on intersectional gendered violence. Fairey's publications consistently explore participatory visual methods and peace photography, with recent work emphasizing community-centered approaches to reconciliation and strategic narrative development in post-conflict settings. Her 2025 monograph Imaging Peace represents a culmination of her multi-country empirical research. Her contributions have been recognized with prestigious awards including the Royal Photographic Society's Hood Medal and the SSPP Impact Prize. She actively consults on photovoice methodology and serves on advisory boards for organizations including the Post-Conflict Research Centre and Inclusive Rigour Co-Lab.

• Peacebuilding
• Conflict Transformation
• Visual Peace Research
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Ricki O'Rawe is a Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast's School of Arts, English and Languages. He specializes in Hispanic literature, art, and cultural studies, with a focus on Argentine literature, surrealism, and decolonial aesthetics. His research intersects themes of spirituality, political aesthetics, and identity in Latin American contexts. PhD Supervision Areas: Argentine Literature, The Fantastic in Art, Hispanic Surrealism, Religion & Art, Decolonial Approaches Current Research Project: 'Women and Religion in the Hispanic World' (2019–present) He actively engages in academic networks such as the International Society for the Study of Surrealism and organizes conferences like the Society for Latin American Studies Annual Conference (2023). His work has been recognized with the AHSS Faculty Research Initiatives Fund Award (2017). Key contributions include analyses of Samanta Schweblin's political narratives, Borges' poetry, and Remedios Varo's feminist surrealist art. He also explores coloniality in contemporary art through writings on the Turner Prize and pandemic-era religious imagery in Hispanic art.

• Argentine Literature and Art
• The Fantastic in Literature/Art/Film
• Hispanic Surrealism and Avant Garde Movements
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Charlotte Rogers is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia, where she is a core faculty member in the Environmental Humanities, founding director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship in Caribbean Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, and co-founder of the Greater Caribbean Studies Network. She is also an affiliate of Latin American Studies and active faculty in the Ph.D. program in Spanish. Currently on leave for the 2024-2025 academic year, Rogers has held the Lisa Smith Discovery Chair (2020-2023) and will join the Editorial Board of the University of Virginia Press beginning in 2025. Rogers specializes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature, art, and culture from Latin America and the Caribbean, examining representations of the tropical Americas from decolonial and environmental humanities perspectives. Her research explores how literary texts and works of art engage with environmental change and imagine possible ecological futures. She has published extensively on Caribbean and Latin American literature, with a particular focus on the Amazon, Puerto Rico, and ecological themes. Rogers's scholarly work reveals strong trends in environmental humanities, Caribbean studies, and postcolonial ecocriticism. Her publications consistently examine the intersections of literature, ecology, and decolonial thought, with particular attention to multispecies relations, extractivism, and climate disaster. She has pioneered approaches that connect literary analysis with contemporary environmental challenges, especially in the Caribbean context. Honorable Mention: Latin American Studies Association Amazonia section Best Book Prize, 2020 As an educator and mentor, Rogers has been deeply involved in doctoral training through the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship in Caribbean Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. Her professional service includes editorial board positions for Revista de Estudios Hispánicos and ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment, as well as previous service on the Peer Advisory Board of PMLA (2020-2023). Beyond academia, she serves as an Ambassador for the National Aphasia Association, drawing on her personal experience as a caregiver for a loved one with primary progressive aphasia.

• Latin American Literature
• Caribbean Literature
• Environmental Humanities
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Philip Kaisary is Professor of Law and Professor of English & Comparative Literary Studies at Carleton University, cross-appointed between the Department of Law and Legal Studies, the Department of English Language and Literature, and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture. His work integrates Caribbean and Latin American studies, critical legal theory, human rights, and world literary studies. Education: M.A. (Hons.) English Literature, University of Edinburgh M.A. Postcolonial Studies, University of Sussex Ph.D. English & Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick Graduate Diploma in Law, Oxford Brookes University Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice Admitted as Solicitor of England & Wales (non-practising) Research & Teaching: Kaisary’s scholarship interrogates law, literature, and film to foreground histories of slave resistance, the Haitian Revolution, and Black radical thought. Recent courses include Directions and Dead Ends in the Law & Literature Movement , The Haitian Revolution and Rights , and Critical Theory for Legal Studies . Publications Trend: His recent articles (2020-2025) cluster around cinematic representations of slavery, the Haitian Revolution’s legal and cultural legacies, and materialist critiques of human rights discourse, evidencing a sustained engagement with visual culture and radical political thought. Awards & Fellowships: Ruth and Mark Phillips Professor of Cultural Mediations, 2023–2025 Fulbright Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Lord Haldane Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn Attorney General Award for Pro Bono activities Graduate Supervision: He welcomes prospective students interested in materialist approaches to law & literature, critical legal studies, world literature, and Black Atlantic cultures.

• Caribbean and Latin American studies
• Law and Literature
• Human rights
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Jorge Sánchez Cruz is an Assistant Professor in the Literature Department at the University of California, San Diego. Their research focuses on 19th-21st century Latin American literature and culture, particularly examining Indigenous, queer, and undocumented voices in Mexico. They hold academic appointments previously at Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, and Northwestern University. Education: Details not specified here, but holds terminal degree appropriate for academic rank. Affiliations: Arts & Humanities Division at UC San Diego Research interests include queer theory, decolonial thought, and Indigenous studies, with a focus on how marginalized communities reimagine survival and creativity through art and activism. Current projects explore AIDS narratives in 1980s/90s Mexico/Chile and contemporary Oaxacan decolonial movements. Publications include Aesthetics of Repair manuscript and co-edited Teoría Queer/Cuir en México . Recent articles analyze queer mourning, food sovereignty, and trans* visibility in border contexts. Awards: Mellon Foundation, ACLS, Harvard's David Rockefeller Center, and Penn's CRFQTS grants. Grants: Multiple institutional supports for research/pedagogy. Teaching emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to gender, colonialism, and cultural production. Active in collaborative projects linking academic work with community-based initiatives.

• Latin American Literature
• Queer Theory
• Decolonial Thought
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Colter Harper is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in ethnomusicology with dual expertise as a performing guitarist. His work bridges academic research and musical practice, focusing on West African traditions and African American jazz history through interdisciplinary anthropological frameworks. His educational credentials include: PhD in Music (Ethnomusicology) from the University of Pittsburgh (2011) BA from Duquesne University Harper's research investigates the socio-cultural dimensions of music across Ghana and Pittsburgh, examining jazz historiography, Highlife evolution, traditional Seperewa performance, and proverb-based analytical frameworks. His fieldwork at the University of Ghana explored contemporary music production within audio archiving contexts, while Pittsburgh research analyzes Black musical labor and neighborhood narratives through jazz's social history. Current projects address pitch cognition in African instruments, cultural sustainability of music archives, and intellectual legacies of scholars like J.H. Kwabena Nketia. Publication trends reveal consistent thematic focus across 15+ years: West African music studies (40%), Pittsburgh jazz historiography (30%), and theoretical frameworks for ethnomusicological analysis (30%). Key subfields include oral tradition transmission, cultural labor dynamics, and decolonial approaches to music archiving, with recent work expanding into cognitive analysis of traditional instruments. Scientific recognition includes: Fulbright Scholar award (2020) for research at the University of Ghana's Department of Music

• Ethnomusicology
• Jazz History
• West African Music
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Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages at the University of Connecticut, affiliated with El Instituto: Institute for Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies. Their work focuses on Caribbean literature, decolonial theory, and literary infrastructure. They authored Writing the Caribbean in Magazine Time (2021) and contributed essays to MLN , Small Axe , and South Atlantic Quarterly . Katerina is also part of the Aimé Césaire research group at the École normale supérieure in Paris and translates contemporary Cuban literature. Research interests include trans-Caribbean networks, Afro-Caribbean cultural imaginaries, and the intersection of art and colonial history. Key themes in their work are decolonial aesthetics, postcolonial nationalism, and the role of literary magazines in shaping Caribbean intellectual discourse. Their scholarship bridges Cuban, Haitian, and French Caribbean cultural production, emphasizing marginalized voices and anti-colonial thought. Recent articles analyze Aimé Césaire’s collaborations with artist Wifredo Lam and Lydia Cabrera’s ethnographic translations, exploring how Caribbean intellectuals resist colonial epistemologies. Their work on Rita Indiana’s novels critiques un-national narratives in postcolonial contexts. Katerina’s research also examines the 1968 Havana Cultural Congress and the role of Caribbean intellectuals in global anti-racist movements. Professional activities include editorial contributions to Inti: Revista de literatura hispánica and participation in international research groups. Their interdisciplinary approach combines literary analysis with art history, cultural studies, and postcolonial theory. Current projects investigate the transnational circulation of Caribbean texts and decolonizing methodologies in academic publishing.

• Caribbean Literature
• Decolonial Theory
• Literary Magazines
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Maritza E. Cardenas is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the Global Studies Program at the University of Arizona. She holds affiliate appointments in Gender and Women’s Studies, Latin American Studies, the Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory (SCCT) Program, the Institute of LGBTQ Studies, and serves on the Executive Committee for the Human Rights Practice Program. Education: Ph.D. and M.A. in American Culture, University of Michigan B.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Southern California Her research centers on US Central Americans, Latinx cultural productions, and the intersections of disability, race, gender, and sexuality. She explores how marginalized identities are formed through transnational community networks and how cultural narratives challenge dominant ideologies of normalcy and belonging. Her work bridges literary analysis, cultural theory, and social justice advocacy. The body of her recent publications reflects a strong interdisciplinary focus, combining insights from Latinx studies, postcolonial theory, disability studies, and media criticism. Her work appears in leading journals and anthologies, emphasizing diasporic memory, resistance, and the politics of representation in 21st-century U.S. contexts. Scientific Awards and Honors: Woodrow Wilson Postdoctoral Fellowship CMAS-Benson Latin American Research Fellowship Elected Delegate, Latina and Latino Literature Section, Modern Language Association Dr. Cárdenas advises emerging scholars in Latinx and Central American studies and leads the Global Studies program, shaping curricula around transnational justice and human rights. She has secured competitive fellowships supporting her research on identity, dislocation, and cultural production. Her leadership extends into interdisciplinary collaboration across gender, sexuality, and Latin American studies. She contributes to several research collectives and intellectual communities, including the Institute of LGBTQ Studies and the Human Rights Practice Program, where she collaborates on projects addressing inequality, representation, and inclusion.

• US Central American Studies
• Latinx Cultural Productions
• Transnational Identities
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Yolanda Padilla is an Associate Professor in the American & Ethnic Studies program within the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. She also contributes to the Latin America and Caribbean Studies program at the University of Washington. As Co-Director of the First Year and Pre-Major Program, she plays a significant role in student academic pathways. In 2024, she received the University of Washington Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, recognizing her exceptional commitment to student development. Dr. Padilla earned her B.A. in English from the University of California, Davis, and completed her Ph.D. in English at the University of Chicago in 2004. Her academic journey reflects her dedication to interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersections of Latinx, American, and Latin American studies. Her research focuses on transnational approaches to understanding Mexican American experiences within the broader context of US-Mexico relations. Padilla examines how early twentieth-century Mexican Americans navigated their local experiences while engaging with larger cultural and political dynamics between the United States and Mexico. A significant portion of her work centers on Mexican American engagements with the Mexican Revolution, exploring how these interactions shaped border knowledge and political subjectivities. She is currently working on a book manuscript titled 'Revolutionary Subjects: The Mexican Revolution in Mexican American Cultural Politics, 1910-1959.' Padilla's scholarly output demonstrates a consistent focus on recovering marginalized voices and examining transnational Latinx contributions to American history. Her publications reveal an evolution from early work on Mexican American literary responses to the Revolution toward contemporary explorations of Chicanx indigeneities and feminist recovery work. This trajectory shows her expanding focus from historical literary analysis to current theoretical frameworks addressing identity, power, and representation. University of Washington Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (2024) As a first-generation college graduate (and high school graduate), Padilla is deeply committed to inclusive teaching practices and mentoring. Her courses examine power, inequity, and culture in the Americas through the lens of race and ethnicity, with strong historical components that connect past power structures to present-day realities. She emphasizes agency among minority and subaltern groups while helping students develop analytical methods to discern such instances. Her teaching philosophy centers on enabling students to apply classroom learning to real-world issues in their communities. Padilla serves on the national advisory board for the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project and was appointed as a contributing editor for the Heath Anthology of American Literature in 2011. These roles reflect her commitment to recovering and examining little-known source materials vital to innovation in thought.

• Latinx Studies
• Chicano/a Studies
• Transnational Studies
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Elizabeth Chant is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick, affiliated with the School for Cross-Faculty Studies. She serves as Study Abroad Co-ordinator and Library Liaison. Her educational background includes a PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies from University College London, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a BA from the University of Durham. She holds recognition as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research employs interdisciplinary approaches spanning environmental humanities, Latin American cultural studies, and visual analysis. Primary interests include the construction of 'nature' in the Americas through historical cartography, tourism ephemera, and environmental narratives—particularly focused on Patagonia (Argentina/Chile) from the 18th to 20th centuries. Current book projects examine Patagonian cultural representations and dark tourism ecologies in American industrial frontiers. Publications demonstrate consistent themes: Latin American environmental history analyzed through maps, tourism materials, and literary texts. Recent works explore Antarctic literary nationalism, Patagonian cartography, and nature commodification in Juan Fernández Islands, reflecting methodologies bridging historical geography, ecocriticism, and visual studies. Research recognition includes support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and fellowships at: Newberry Library Huntington Library Library of Congress She coordinates international partnerships for student mobility and contributes as trustee of the International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap).

• Environmental Humanities
• Latin American Studies
• Map History
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Professor Thea Pitman is a leading scholar in Latin/x American digital cultures and Indigenous studies at the University of Leeds. As Professor of Latin American Studies and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, she focuses on decolonial approaches to digital art, Indigenous media, and environmental humanities. Her work bridges academia and practice, curating exhibitions such as Digital Natives and ORIGEM , which explore Indigenous representation in new media. Pitman has held leadership roles in organizations like the Arts and Humanities Alliance and the Standing Conference of Latin American Studies in the UK. She has supervised numerous postgraduate researchers and contributed to major initiatives like the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Programme in Extinction Studies. Her research spans over two decades, with key publications including Latin American Identity in Online Cultural Production (2013) and the upcoming Palgrave Handbook of Digital Latin American Studies . She is also a co-director of the AIAI project, exploring Indigenous uses of AI and digital tools while addressing ethical concerns. Education: PhD (UCL), MA (University of London), BA (University of Cambridge) Awards: Honorable Mention, ST+ARTS Prize 2019 Grants: British Academy/Leverhulme, ESRC, LAHRI Her interdisciplinary projects, such as AEI: Arte Eletrônica Indígena and INDIGENIA , highlight Indigenous digital innovation and environmental justice. Pitman’s teaching integrates decolonial theory, and she actively promotes South-South dialogues in cultural studies.

• Latin/x American Digital Cultures
• Indigenous Studies
• Decoloniality
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Cesare Casarino is a faculty member at the University of Minnesota, affiliated with the Department of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature. His research spans modern and contemporary continental philosophy, comparative literatures, and theories of gender and sexuality. Education: Ph.D. in Literature from Duke University (1994), B.A. in Critical Theory from Brandeis University (1988). His work intersects with the philosophical traditions of Spinoza, Deleuze, and Marx, focusing on themes like biopolitics, the commons, and cinematic representation. Articles such as Farewell to the University and Grammars of Conatus highlight his critical engagement with academic institutions and resistance theory. Despite no listed awards or students, his publications reflect a deep commitment to interdisciplinary analysis and political thought. Currently, no scientific awards are documented, and his teaching roles remain unspecified beyond the collegiate affiliation.

• Literary and visual cultures of HIV/AIDS
• Modern and contemporary continental philosophy
• Nineteenth- and twentieth-century comparative literatures
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Mike Niblett is a Professor in modern world literature at the University of Warwick , affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies . His research bridges Caribbean literature, world-literature frameworks, and world-ecology paradigms. Research interests include: Caribbean literature and its ecological imaginaries World-ecology and environmental history Global proletarian writing Critical theory and materialist approaches Postcolonial environmental humanities Commodity frontiers in literary contexts His Leverhulme-funded project on World Literature and Commodity Frontiers analyzes literary responses to ecological transformations linked to sugar, cacao, coal, and tin production. Key publications include monographs on Caribbean novels and co-edited collections exploring transcultural ecologies. Scientific contributions and awards: Leverhulme-funded research grant Editorial leadership in Caribbean studies Foundational work in ecocritical postcolonial theory Teaching and supervision focus on postcolonial theory, world-literature systems, and environmental criticism, with doctoral projects welcomed in Caribbean studies, global working-class fiction, and world-ecology intersections.

• Caribbean Literature and Culture
• World Literature
• Environmental History
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Bridget Franco is a Professor at the College of the Holy Cross, serving as Co-Director of Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies and Incoming Director of the Montserrat program starting July 2025. She earned her Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of California, Irvine. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on Latin American film studies, Southern Cone memory studies, and experiential pedagogy in Spanish-language education. Franco is committed to digital humanities initiatives, including open-access resources like Cineglos , and community-based learning projects such as El Español en Camino . Her academic work spans film analysis, literary criticism, and educational innovation, with publications in Hispania , Diálogo , and Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas . She has co-edited special issues on Indigenous presence in Latin American cinema and authored books on Latin American art and film. Franco teaches courses on Latin American film, literature, and cultural studies, emphasizing collaborative learning and local community engagement. Recent projects include a 2024 article on Afro-Latin cinema pedagogy and a 2023 book on Latin American art representation. She has developed simulation games for border studies and contributed to Reacting to the Past curricula. Franco’s work bridges academic scholarship with public-facing initiatives, advocating for democratic cultural access and interdisciplinary dialogue.

• Latin American Film Studies
• Digital Humanities
• Southern Cone Studies (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay)
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