Octavio Borges-Delgado, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish
Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
Drexel University
Bio
Octavio Borges-Delgado holds the position of Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish within the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages at Drexel University. He earned his Ph.D. in Hispanic Cultural Studies from Michigan State University. Dr. Borges-Delgado's scholarly and pedagogical pursuits are dedicated to examining contemporary narrative representations concerning the Hispanic Caribbean, Latin America, and U.S. Latiné communities. A significant component of his research and teaching agenda is devoted to investigating how these narratives challenge prevalent discourses of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, national identity, and transnationality in literary traditions and within popular (sub)cultures.
Research interests
Cultural Sociology
Hispanic Caribbean and Latin American literature and cultures
Latina/o/é Studies
Migration & Diaspora Studies
Latiné and Latin American Intersectionality
Popular (sub)cultures: Visual Arts; Literature; Media Studies
