Rick Curry

Rick Curry is an Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University, specializing in twentieth-century Hispanic poetry, Spanish Peninsular literature, and contemporary Spanish-language cinema. He teaches courses on Hispanic film, Spanish-language poetry, and Spanish grammar while serving as Director of Graduate Studies in his department.

His scholarly contributions span diverse areas including:

• Cinematic analysis of Alejandro Amenábar, Icíar Bollaín, and Patricio Guzmán
• Intermediality in Spanish-language films
• Modernist Spanish poetry, particularly Federico García Lorca
• Violence representation in Colombian and Mexican cinema
• Language acquisition and cultural hybridity in film

Curry actively shapes academic discourse as co-editor of Hispanic Poetry Review and editor of Cine y…Revista de estudios interdisciplinarios sobre cine en español. His publications since 2010 demonstrate consistent engagement with:

• Interdisciplinary approaches to film and literature
• Temporal structures in cinematic openings
• Political and existential themes in Hispanic media
• Pedagogical innovations in language instruction

As a doctoral advisor, he has guided research on Spanish historical film, indigenous representation, and filmic humor as social critique, maintaining a strong presence in both pedagogical and literary analysis through his publications and editorial leadership.