Santiago Juan-Navarro, Ph.D. (Columbia) and D.Phil. (Valencia), is a professor of Hispanic Literature and Film in the Department of Modern Languages at Florida International University (Miami, USA). In addition to teaching, Santiago has also held various leadership roles within the department, including Graduate Director and Associate Chair. His recent publications include Juana of Castile: History and Myth of the Mad Queen (co-authored with Maria A. Gomez and Phyllis Zatlin), La ciudad en la literatura y el cine, and Memoria histórica, Género e Interdisciplinariedad: Los Estudios Culturales Hispánicos en el siglo XXI (both co-edited with Joan Torres-Pou). Santiago has contributed to over forty publications in highly respected scholarly journals, such as Hispania, Revista Iberoamericana, and Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, and has authored three books and thirty book chapters.

Santiago serves on the editorial board of eight scholarly journals, including Hispanic Journal, Chasqui, and Delaware Review of Latin American Studies. He has also evaluated book manuscripts for prestigious university presses and grant proposals for prominent organizations like the NEH and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Santiago’s research and teaching interests include historical fiction and film, transatlantic studies, Latin American culture, digital humanities, and comparative literature. He has conducted funded research in Havana and Buenos Aires and was recently selected to the Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster. Santiago was elected member of the Academy of Cuban History in Exile and is the Founding Director of the Cuban Diaspora Film Archive (CDfA).
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