Luciano Cruz, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor, Spanish
Luciano Cruz holds a PhD from the University of Kentucky in Spanish American Literature. His dissertation, Image, Expression, and Meaning of the “mulato” in Four Moments of Cuban Literature (2008), explores the intersection of Literature, race and national identity in Cuban literature from the 19th and 20th centuries.
His research interests cover 19th, 20th and 21st centuries Cuban and Latin American Literatures and Cultures, post-colonial studies and intellectual history.