Coordinator of the Undergraduate Certificate Hispanic Literary Studies
José Manuel Batista is an Associate Professor of Spanish, and an affiliate of both the Africana Studies Department and the Latin American Studies Program. He currently serves as the director of the Hispanic Literary Certificate. Currently, he proudly serves as the Vice President of the College Language Association. From 2011 to 2013, he directed the Spanish MA Program. The core of Dr. Batista’s research and teaching interests are Caribbean and Afro-Hispanic literature of the Spanish-speaking world.
Education
Ph.D. Romance Languages, University of Georgia at Athens. Dissertation: “Exposing the Specter of Universality in Early Afro-Hispanic Poetry” (2003)
M.A. Hispanic Literature, University of Georgia at Athens. (1998)
B.A. English Literature, Magna Cum Laude, Manhattan College Phi Beta Kappa (1994)
Appointments
Associate Professor of Spanish, UNC Charlotte, 2009-Present
Assistant Professor of Spanish, UNC Charlotte, 2003-2009
Specific Research Interests
Afro-Hispanic Literature
Caribbean Thought
Literary / Critical Theory
Spanish American Poetry
Spanish Caribbean Literature
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