Joseph Miranda

Joseph Isaac Miranda is an Assistant Professor of English at Yale University, holding a Ph.D. from Cornell University (2023) and a B.A. from The George Washington University (2014). His research focuses on Latinx Literature, queer of color critique, aesthetic philosophy, and legal/political theory. His current book project, How to Mourn a Fiction: Latinidad and the Law of Underdevelopment, examines how U.S. Latino racialization intertwines with legal and literary narratives of deferred freedom rooted in the Insular Cases (Supreme Court rulings on Puerto Rican sovereignty).

His work has been supported by the Ford Foundation and recognized with the 2025 MELUS Katharine Newman Best Essay Award and an honorable mention for the Crompton-Knoll Prize. Publications appear in MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S. and American Literature.

Research interests emphasize interdisciplinary connections between law, aesthetics, and marginalized identities. Grants and awards reflect scholarly contributions to critical race studies and queer theory.