Vincent Perez

Vincent Perez is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and an active member of the Alliance of Latino Faculty. His scholarship centers on U.S. Latina/o literary studies, Race and Ethnic Studies, and Hemispheric American Studies, with particular attention to how literary texts function as archives of cultural memory and counter-history.

Education:

• B.A. in Spanish Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz
• M.A. in Latin American Studies, Stanford University
• Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University
• Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellow, Stanford University

Research Interests: Professor Pérez’s research interrogates the ways in which Latino/a literary narratives preserve and contest dominant historical accounts. His current project examines early twentieth-century Latino/a immigration narratives, while his monograph Remembering the Hacienda explores the intersection of nineteenth-century ranch economies and Mexican American cultural memory in the Southwest.

Publications Trajectory: Across more than two decades, Pérez has produced a steady stream of journal articles and book chapters that collectively chart the evolution of Chicano/a and broader Latino/a literary criticism. Thematic threads include the politics of memory, the symbolic weight of land and community, and the interplay between modernity and historical narrative.

Scientific Awards:

• Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowship, Stanford University

Teaching & Mentorship: At UNLV he regularly teaches undergraduate courses in American and Latino/a literature and offers graduate seminars in comparative and Hemispheric American literature. While specific advisees are not listed, his engagement with both levels underscores a commitment to mentoring emerging scholars in Latina/o literary studies.

Laboratory & Research Groups: No dedicated laboratory or research group is mentioned; his research is primarily archival and textual, situated within the Department of English.