Full-Time Faculty

Antonio López
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2005

Antonio López specializes in twentieth-century and contemporary Latina/o literary and cultural studies. His research focuses on Caribbean diasporic cultures and issues of racial and national identity. He is currently working on a book-length project that explores the writing and culture of black Cubans in the U.S. in relation to Cuban-American whiteness.

Recent publications:

"Cosa de Blancos: Cuban-American Whiteness and the Afro-Cuban-Occupied House," Latino Studies, Volume 7, Issue 4, Fall 2009.

"Enrique Patterson: Black Cuban Intellectual in Cuban Miami,” in Afro-Latin@s in the United States: A Reader, eds. Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores, Duke University Press, 2009.

“Chronicling Empire: José Martí on the Avenue of the Americas,” in The Cuban Republic and José Martí, eds. Mauricio A. Font and Alfonso W. Quiroz, Lexington Books, 2006.