- Ph.D. Spanish Language and Literatures, University of California - Irvine
BIO
John graduated from UC Irvine with a Ph.D. in Spanish Language and Literatures with a subspecialty in U.S. Latino Studies. He works on Latin American culture with an emphasis on the Caribbean, Mexico and their respective Diasporas in the United States. He has edited a volume on Globalization in Mexico and another one on post-nationalism in Mexican cinema. In 2015 he published a book that studies the intersection of globalization, colonialism, and race in Puerto Rico and Cuba. Currently he is working on a book that deals with the treatment of rupture in Latin American cinema in addition to another work on U.S. Latina writer Cecile Pineda.
Courses
- SPAN 2100: Intermediate I
- SPAN 2200: Intermediate II
- SPAN 3110: Composition and Conversation
- SPAN 3610: Analyzing Hispanic Literatures
- SPAN 3665: LATAM: COLONIALISM&RESISTANCE
- SPAN 4110: Advanced Composition and Conversation
- SPAN 4100: Topics in Spanish Language Study: Writing About Cinema
- SPAN 4660: Hispanic Writing from the Margins
- SPAN 4680: Contemporary Spanish-American Fiction
- SPAN 4460: Modern Latin-American Cultures
- SPAN 4990: Advanced Special Topics: Globalism and Puerto Rican Culture
- SPAN 3990: Advanced Special Topics: Dilemmas of Modernity
- SPAN 3990: Advanced Special Topics: Latin-American Women and Globalization
- GRS 1500: Introduction to Global Studies
- GRS 1990: Introductory Special Topics: Globalization and Latin American Cinema
- GRS 4500: D2: Seminar in Global Studies
- WLIT 1100: D2: Literatures of Globalization
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- NEH Summer Seminar at the University of Kansas “Poetry and Critical Theory in the 21st Century” Jill Kuhnheim and Andrew Debicki directors (2003)
- University of California Research Fellowship, March-June (1996)
- Regent’s of the University of California Dissertation Grant, January-March (1995)
- Regent’s Summer Research Grant for study in Mexico, Summer (1994)
- Regent’s Grant for Study Abroad (Puerto Rico) (1992)
- University of California Regent’s Fellowship for Graduate Study, (1990-1991)
Area(s) of expertise
Theory, Cinema, Petroculture, neoliberalism, coloniality, and Latin America
Bio
John graduated from UC Irvine with a Ph.D. in Spanish Language and Literatures with a subspecialty in U.S. Latino Studies. He works on Latin American culture with an emphasis on the Caribbean, Mexico and their respective Diasporas in the United States. He has edited a volume on Globalization in Mexico and another one on post-nationalism in Mexican cinema. In 2015 he published a book that studies the intersection of globalization, colonialism, and race in Puerto Rico and Cuba. Currently he is working on a book that deals with the treatment of rupture in Latin American cinema in addition to another work on U.S. Latina writer Cecile Pineda.
Courses
- SPAN 2100: Intermediate I
- SPAN 2200: Intermediate II
- SPAN 3110: Composition and Conversation
- SPAN 3610: Analyzing Hispanic Literatures
- SPAN 3665: LATAM: COLONIALISM&RESISTANCE
- SPAN 4110: Advanced Composition and Conversation
- SPAN 4100: Topics in Spanish Language Study: Writing About Cinema
- SPAN 4660: Hispanic Writing from the Margins
- SPAN 4680: Contemporary Spanish-American Fiction
- SPAN 4460: Modern Latin-American Cultures
- SPAN 4990: Advanced Special Topics: Globalism and Puerto Rican Culture
- SPAN 3990: Advanced Special Topics: Dilemmas of Modernity
- SPAN 3990: Advanced Special Topics: Latin-American Women and Globalization
- GRS 1500: Introduction to Global Studies
- GRS 1990: Introductory Special Topics: Globalization and Latin American Cinema
- GRS 4500: D2: Seminar in Global Studies
- WLIT 1100: D2: Literatures of Globalization
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- NEH Summer Seminar at the University of Kansas “Poetry and Critical Theory in the 21st Century” Jill Kuhnheim and Andrew Debicki directors (2003)
- University of California Research Fellowship, March-June (1996)
- Regent’s of the University of California Dissertation Grant, January-March (1995)
- Regent’s Summer Research Grant for study in Mexico, Summer (1994)
- Regent’s Grant for Study Abroad (Puerto Rico) (1992)
- University of California Regent’s Fellowship for Graduate Study, (1990-1991)
Areas of Expertise
Theory, Cinema, Petroculture, neoliberalism, coloniality, and Latin America