Ignacio Sánchez Prado

Ignacio Sánchez Prado is a Professor of Spanish, Latin American Studies, and Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He holds appointments in the Latin American Studies Program, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Latin American Studies Program. Previously, he was appointed as the Kluge Chair of the Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress (2021). He earned a PhD in Romance Languages from the University of Pittsburgh.

His research focuses on Mexican literary and cultural studies, Latin American intellectual history, neoliberalism, food cultural studies, and world literature theory. Notable works include Screening Neoliberalism: Mexican Cinema 1988-2012 (2014), Strategic Occidentalism (2018), and Mexican Literature as World Literature (2021). He is also editing volumes on Mexican poetry and the novel for Cambridge University Press.

• Teaching: Courses on Mexican literature, film, media theory, and cultural policy. Awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award (2015) and multiple teaching accolades.
• Awards: LASA Mexico 2010 Book Award, and recognition for academic leadership in MLA and other scholarly organizations.
• Service: Editor of journals like PMLA and series such as Critical Mexica Studies. Served on the MLA Executive Council and as President of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present.

His recent work explores popular cosmopolitanism and genre in mid-20th-century Mexico, reflecting his dual focus on cultural institutions and global intellectual exchange.