Jacqueline Alvarez-Rosales

Jacqueline Alvarez-Rosales serves as an Associate Professor of Spanish within the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Spelman College, concurrently holding memberships in the African Diaspora and the World program and the Honors Program.

Her scholarly work centers on the African diaspora in the Andes, critically examining race, identity construction, and ethnic dynamics during the colonial era. She investigates subversive and subverted discourses through the lens of colonial subjects and the marginalized 'other,' with her book Los agravios de la letra representing a significant contribution to decolonial scholarship in Latin American studies.

Through her affiliation with the African Diaspora and the World initiative, she advances interdisciplinary research connecting colonial Andean histories to broader global diaspora narratives within Spelman College's academic framework.