Jason Cortés

Jason Cortés is an Associate Professor and Program Director in American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, with affiliations in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Africana Studies, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, and the Program in Women's and Gender Studies. His research focuses on Caribbean, US Latina/o, and Spanish American literatures through the lenses of cultural studies and critical theory.

• Education:
  • Ph.D., Spanish American Literature, Pennsylvania State University
  • M.A., Comparative Literature, PSU
  • B.A., Comparative Literature, University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez, PR)

His scholarship explores intersections of masculinity, authorship, and cultural identity in Latino-Caribbean narrative. Current projects include Loving Death: The Necrophilic Imagination in Latin/o America and Tales of Disposability: Puerto Rico in the Post-911 Era.