Jos茅 Ortigas
Jos茅 Ortigas received his Ph.D. with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory from the University of California, Davis. His primary research interests are the interpretation of popular fiction as denunciation of social abuses in Mexico and Spain; critical theory; and heritage learner pedagogy. Other recent areas of investigation are border studies and migrant narratives; and the literary representation of the effects of neoliberal globalization in the Spanish-speaking world. Before coming to Santa Clara, he was Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies at Pacific Lutheran Univeristy in Tacoma, WA.
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Professor Ortigas has taught all levels of Spanish: lower-division language and culture courses; advanced composition; as well as upper-division special topics courses.
鈥淗eterotop铆as mexicanas: representaciones de la violencia contra migrantes centroamericanos indocumentados.鈥 Senderos de la violencia: Latinoam茅rica y sus narrativas armadas. Ed. Oswaldo Estrada. Valencia: Albatros Ediciones, 2016. 99-113. Print.
鈥淩ese帽a de Entre h茅roes, fantasmas y apocal铆pticos: Testigos y paisajes en la cr贸nica mexicana de Anadeli Bencomo.鈥 Textos H铆bridos: Revista de estudios sobre la cr贸nica latinoamericana. 2.1. (July 2012): 93-98. Web.