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Professor Juan G. Ramos serves as Department Chair of Spanish, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, where he has taught since 2011. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a BA in English from Rutgers-Newark.
His research centers on decolonial thought in Latin American cultural production, with expertise in Modernismo, avant-garde movements, and Andean literary studies. Key contributions include theoretical frameworks for understanding decolonial aesthetics across poetry, music, and film from the 1960s-1970s.
- Modernismo and Avant-Gardes in Latin America
- World Literature and Latin American cultural production
- Decolonial epistemologies and aesthetics
- Andean literary networks and affective forms
- 21st-century Latin American fiction
Ramos has received prestigious fellowships including the M.H. Abrams Fellowship at the National Humanities Center (2021-2022) and Holy Cross Faculty Fellowship (2021). He currently serves on the PMLA Editorial Board (2023-2025) after chairing LASA's Ecuadorian Studies section (2018-2020).
- M.H. Abrams Fellowship at National Humanities Center
- Holy Cross Faculty Fellowship
- PMLA Editorial Board membership
- LASA Ecuadorian Studies Section Chair
As Department Chair, he leads curriculum development while mentoring students in Latin American literary studies. His current research on 'Andean Modernismos' examines affective responses to literary innovation across Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, supported by visiting scholar positions at Georgetown University and University of Pennsylvania during 2024-2025.
