Niurca E. Marquez

Niurca E. Marquez is an Assistant Teaching Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Religious Studies and the Honors College at Florida International University. She holds an MA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from FIU and an MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University. Her research focuses on identity, cultural memory, religion, and the body within contemporary frameworks, with particular attention to transculturality and hybridity in Latinx and Caribbean contexts. She has conducted fieldwork on Cuban religiosity, Arará practices, and the Camino Rojo in Andalucía, Spain.

Awarded the Dance Miami Choreographer’s Award (2015, 2017), Gillman Fellowship (2015-2017), and Ford Foundation Travel Grants (1998, 1999), her work bridges artistic creation and academic research. She directs Cultural Arts Exchange, an organization promoting social accountability through the arts. Affiliations include COIL Faculty Fellow, LACC Affiliated Faculty, CRI Affiliated Faculty, and Notable Global Learning Faculty.