Alberto Varon

Alberto Varon serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of English and the Latino Studies Program at Indiana University Bloomington's College of Arts and Sciences, with adjunct appointments in American Studies and affiliate status in Gender Studies.

His academic credentials include:

• Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2012
• M.A., University of Chicago, 2003
• B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 2001

Varon's research investigates Latinx cultural production through citizenship, race, and narrative form across historical and contemporary media. He examines how Mexican American communities processed cultural integration via gendered discourse (1848-1959) and analyzes 21st-century adaptations in post-NAFTA contexts, including video games, film, and emerging Latinx opera. His book Before Chicano: Citizenship and the Making of Mexican American Manhood, 1848-1959 (2018) traces non-linear integration strategies through print culture, while current projects study transmedial narratives and sonic production in border-crossing cultural phenomena.