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Ramon E. Martinez (Ray)

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Contact Information

3131 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801

Office Hours

Room: 3131
Office Hours: M -11:00-11:50 a.m. and by Appointment
Ph.D. Student
Teaching Assistant

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
 

 

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