Juan Meneses

Juan Meneses is an Associate Professor of English at the University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC), serving as Assistant Director of the English Honors program. His research focuses on 20th/21st-century global literatures, postcolonialism, environmental studies, and visual studies. He holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University and multiple MA/B.A. degrees from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Education includes: Ph.D. in English (Purdue), M.A. in English Literature, and B.A. degrees in English Studies and Translation/Interpreting from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. His work critiques 'illusory dialogue' in political contexts and explores how literature imagines dissent in the Anthropocene. Key publications include *Resisting Dialogue: Modern Fiction and the Future of Dissent* (2019) and the edited volume *Post-Politics and the Aesthetic Imagination* (2025).

• Awards: National Humanities Center Residency (2022), UNCC Faculty Research Grants (2021, 2015), CLAS Junior Faculty Award (2017)
• Teaching: Courses on Global Literature, Postcolonial Studies, and the Anthropocene, including graduate seminars like *Contemporary Global Fiction* and *Queer Afro-Caribbean Diasporas*.
• Grants: Includes support for projects on post-political aesthetics and environmental crises.

His work bridges literary analysis with political theory, emphasizing resistance to depoliticizing forces. Current projects address climate dialogue failures and postcolonial comparatism. He also collaborates with *H-Empire* as an editor, focusing on imperial historiography.