Ciara Raczyk
Education
Ph.D. Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress)
M.A. Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Studies, Universidad de Sevilla (2023)
B.A. Modern Languages and Literatures (Spanish and English), Universitat de Barcelona (2022)
Graduate Students
Kazara Xavier Williams
Education
Ph.D. Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress)
B.A. Hispanic Linguistics & Global Studies, UNC Chapel Hill (2022)
Research Interests
Latin American Literature & Culture
Literary Translation Studies
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Queer Literatur
Honors & Awards
Dean’s Doctoral Fellowship, University of Virginia (2020-2025)
Elizabeth Mirabal
Education
Ph.D. Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress)
Bachelor of Arts, University of Havana, Cuba: Journalism
Research Interests
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Diaspora, Displacement, Exile and Life-Writing in Latin American and the Caribbean
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19th- and 20st- Century Caribbean, Latin American and Latinx Literatures
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Nostalgia and Homelessness
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Affective Theory
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Cuban Studies
Josue Morales
Education
B.A. in Peace and Global Studies, Earlham College (2021)
P.h.D. in Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress)
Research Interests
Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean
Decolonial and Postcolonial Studies
20th Century Latin American Literature
Continental Philosophy and Film Theory
Teaching
Spanish Language and Literature. Lycee Taiba ICS, Mboro, Senegal. 2015-2016.
Patricio Arriagada Soto
Education
Ph.D. Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress).
M.A. Spanish, University of Wyoming.
B.A. Spanish Language and Literature, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
Eliud Encarnación Segura
Education
B.A. Spanish (Letras), magna cum laude, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (2020)
Research Interests
● Early Modern and Colonial Literary-Cultural Hispanic Studies
● Spanish Golden Age.
● Body, Science, and Colonial Spaces
● Aesthetics and the Iberian Atlantic
● Pedro Henríquez Ureña.
● Contemporary Dominican Literature
Robert Sanchis-Álvarez
Education
Ph.D. Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress)
Urban Design Program Certificate (Urban History track). University of Virginia School of Architecture (in progress)
M.A. in Advanced Studies in Spanish and Latin American Literature. University of Barcelona (2019)
B.A. Hispanic Studies & Linguistics. University of Barcelona (2017)
Research Interests:
Carlos Velazco Fernández
Education
Ph.D. Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress)
M.A., Spanish, University of Virginia
B.A. Journalism, University of Havana
Research Interests
Literary and Cultural Studies of 20th Century Caribbean and Latin America; Caribbean and Latin American Migrations, Displacements, and Diasporas; Latinx Studies; Cuban Archive
Winnie E. Pérez Martínez
Education
PhD in Spanish, University of Virginia (in progress)
MA in Spanish, University of Virginia
BA in Comparative Literature, University of Puerto Rico—Río Piedras
H. Manuel Acevedo-Reyes
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Education
2026 PhD in Spanish, University of Virginia. (in progress)
Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender and Sexuality
Graduate Certificate in Environmental Humanities
Graduate Certificate in American Studies
2022 MA in Spanish, University of Virginia.
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