Diego Del Pozo, PhD

Associate Professor

Diego Del Pozo

Contact Info

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Education

PhD in Spanish from the University of Georgia

Areas of Expertise

鈥 Contemporary Cuban Theater
鈥 Contemporary Spanish Theater
鈥 Postcolonial Studies and Cultural Representation
鈥 Performance and Politics
鈥 Latin American and Spanish Film and Media
鈥 Language Ideologies and Heritage Language Pedagogy

Biography

Dr. del Pozo, Associate Professor of Spanish, holds a degree in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Valladolid in Spain, and an M.A. and PhD in Spanish from the University of Georgia.  While serving as lecturer at UGA, he created a successful study-abroad program in Havana, Cuba, and also has extensive experience leading study abroad in Spain, Peru, and Argentina.  As a teacher, he has sought ways to bridge the gap between academia and the Latino and immigrant communities in the United States.  His research focuses on Spanish and Latin American theater and cinema, with special attention to questions of national identity, race, and gender.  

Selected Publications

鈥淓spacios de represi贸n y libertad en El bar que se trag贸 a todos los espa帽oles de Alfredo Sanzol鈥. Actas VI Congreso Estreno, 2023.

鈥淧asi贸n Malinche: Mise en Abyme poscolonial鈥.  Revista de Literatura Cubana 1 (July-Dec. 2017), journal published in Spring 2018 by UNEAC (National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists).

鈥淐artograf铆a de ausencias y Google Maps: la memoria y el silencio en el teatro de Alfredo Sanzol鈥. Estreno 44.1 (Spring 2018).

鈥淓l reciclaje y lo fantasmal en el escenario cubano: el teatro de Alberto Pedro鈥. Chasqui 46.2 (Fall 2017), 178-192.

鈥淥lvidados y re-creados: la invariable y parad贸jica presencia del ni帽o de la calle en el cine latinoamericano鈥. Chasqui 32.1 (2003), 85-97.