Contact Information
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
Office Hours: M -11:00-11:50 a.m. and by Appointment
Research Interests
Crossdressing in Literature and Film
20th-21st Century Latin American & Caribbean Film & Literature
Gender and Woman Studies
Puerto Rican Literature, Theater, Visual arts
Monster Theory
Performance Theory and Practices
16th & 17th Century Spanish Theater
Research Description
His research interests revolve around crossdressing and the social effects/cultural changes executed and provoked by the subject who crossdress and the image constructed by them in contemporary Latin American and the Caribbean through the lens of literature and film. Abjection, transgression and destabilization.
Education
Ph.D. in Spanish Literature & Culture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Campus (In Progress)
M.A. in Spanish, Ohio University, Athens Campus
M.A. in Creative Writing, University of Sacred Heart of Puerto Rico
B.A. in Theater University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Grants
Department of Spanish & Portuguese Summer Research Scholarship 2024
Awards and Honors
HRI Interseminar Graduate Fellowship / Andrew Mellon Foundation 2022-23 (First Cohort)
SPI Pre-doctoral Summer Program 2021
Courses Taught
SPAN 248 Latin American and Latinx Film
SPAN 228 Composition
SPAN 200 Reading Hispanic Texts
SPAN 130 Intermediate Spanish
Additional Campus Affiliations
Gender and Women Studies Department
Inner Voices Devising Theater Group UIUC
External Links
Highlighted Publications
• Martínez, Ramón E. (Ray). et. Imagine Otherwise: Speculation in the Americas. Excerpt of novel Vacío. Chapter 1 and 2. Book Collaboration, Sept. 2023, pp. 197-212.
• Martínez, Ramón E. Fuego Cruzado: Antología Épica, Crossfire: Epic Anthology. Edited by Dr. Amado Lascar. Translation of poems: “El poeta” by Samuel Gregoire (Haití, 1983) “A propósito de los 4 Sonetos del Apocalipsis” “Infinito Periódico” “Poética” “Canto de Guerrero” “Kiñe Troy” “Río de Cisnes” by Paulo Huirimilla (Chile, 1973), Published. Sept. 2020.
• Martínez Ramón E. (Ray) “La Madelón como ejemplificación del fracaso de la Transición Española en Una mala noche la tiene cualquiera de Eduardo Mendicutti” Revista Phrónesis, Vol. 1, Oct–Dic. 2020 pp.34-41.
• Martí-Díaz Ramón (Pen name) Fiction Short Story. “Con la mar de testigo” Letras Salvajes, Temático: Lo Queer, Digital Cultural and Literature Magazine. No. 12, Sept.- Oct. 2013, pp.77-81.
Recent Publications