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(JML)</div></div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockuseruserfield-dircore-biography-local"> <div class="field field-user--field-dircore-biography-local field-name-field-dircore-biography field-type-text-long field-label-above has-single"><h2 class="profile-label">Biography</h2><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item"><p><span><span>RAMÓN E. SOTO-CRESPO is a Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He served as Director of the Latino Studies Program at The State University of New York at Buffalo from 2002 to 2012.  He was awarded the Lorraine Lawton Prize for Excellence in Comparative Literature and the award for Excellence in History. He is the author of <em>Mainland Passage: The Cultural Anomaly of Puerto Rico </em>(2009), which won Honorable Mention at the 2009 Modern Language Association Prize in United States Latino and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies, <em>The White Trash Menace and Hemispheric Fiction</em> (2020), and most recently, <em><span>Neobugarrón: Heteroflexibility, Neoliberalism, and Latin/o American Sexual Practice </span></em><span>(2023)</span>.  He currently serves as co-editor of the <em><span>Journal of Modern Literature</span></em>. His latest book-length manuscript, <em><span>Narrative Storm: Ecocritical Neorealism, Climate Change, and the Caribbean, </span></em><span><span>is in progress.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span>His essays have appeared in peer-reviewed academic journals such as <em>American Literary History, Atlantic Studies, Modern Language Notes, Modern Fiction Studies, Contemporary Literature, </em>and<em> Textual Practice</em>.  And in edited collections such as </span></span><em><span><span>Archipelagic American Studies </span></span></em><span><span>(Duke UP), </span></span><em><span><span>Porn Archives </span></span></em><span><span>(Duke UP), and </span></span><em><span><span>Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis </span></span></em><span><span>(U of Chicago P).</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Fellowships and grants from the Center for Advanced Studies, the Ford Foundation, the University of Wisconsin Institute on Race and Ethnicity, the Schomburg Foundation, Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Research Fellowship, the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, the UB Humanities Institute, the UIUC Humanities Research Institute, and the UIUC LAS <span><span><span>Faculty Study in a Second Discipline Program</span></span></span> have supported Soto-Crespo's research.   </span></span></p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockuseruserfield-dircore-rinterests-local"> <div class="field field-user--field-dircore-rinterests-local field-name-field-dircore-rinterests field-type-text-long field-label-above has-single"><h2 class="profile-label">Research Interests</h2><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item"><p><span>American, later, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Latina/o Studies, Post-Colonial, Fiction, Theory & Criticism, Film/Visual Culture</span></p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockuseruserfield-dircore-affiliation-local"> <div class="field field-user--field-dircore-affiliation-local field-name-field-dircore-affiliation field-type-text-long field-label-above has-single"><h2 class="profile-label">Additional Campus Affiliations</h2><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item"><p>Professor, Spanish and Portuguese</p> <p>Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory</p> <p>Professor, Latina/Latino Studies</p> <p>Professor, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies</p> <p>Professor, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program</p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockuseruserfield-dircore-links-local"> <div class="field field-user--field-dircore-links-local field-name-field-dircore-links field-type-link field-label-above has-single"><h2 class="profile-label">External Links</h2><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neobugarr%C3%B3n-Heteroflexibility-Neoliberalism-Abnormativities-Embodiment/dp/0814258859/ref=sr_1_1?crid=34TUO18LQ8R5X&keywords=neobugarron&qid=1681837706&s=books&sprefix=neobugarr%2Cstripbooks%2C86&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Neobugarron: Heteroflexibility, Neoliberalism, and Latin/o American Sexual Practice</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockuseruserfield-dircore-hilt-pubs-local"> <div class="field field-user--field-dircore-hilt-pubs-local field-name-field-dircore-hilt-pubs field-type-text-long field-label-above has-single"><h2 class="profile-label">Highlighted Publications</h2><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item"><p>Soto-Crespo, R. E. (2023). <em>Neobugarrón: Heteroflexibility, Neoliberalism, and Latin/o American Sexual Practice. </em>(Abnormativities: Queer/Gender/Embodiment). Columbus: The Ohio State University Press.</p> <p>Soto-Crespo, R. E. (2020). <em>The White Trash Menace and Hemispheric Fiction</em>. The Ohio State University Press.</p> <p>Soto Crespo, R. E. (2009). <em>Mainland Passage: The Cultural Anomaly of Puerto Rico</em>. University of Minnesota Press. <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsmw1">http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsmw1</a></p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockuseruserfield-dircore-rcnt-pubs-local"> <div class="field field-user--field-dircore-rcnt-pubs-local field-name-field-dircore-rcnt-pubs field-type-text-long field-label-above has-single"><h2 class="profile-label">Recent Publications</h2><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item"><p>Soto-Crespo, R. E. (2023). <em>Neobugarrón: Heteroflexibility, Neoliberalism, and Latin/o American Sexual Practice. </em>(Abnormativities: Queer/Gender/Embodiment). Columbus: The Ohio State University Press.</p> <p>Soto-Crespo, R. E. (2020). <em>The White Trash Menace and Hemispheric Fiction</em>. The Ohio State University Press.</p> <p>Soto Crespo, R. E. (2017). Archipelagic Trash: Despised Forms in the Cultural History of the Americas. In B. R. Roberts, & M. A. Stephens (Eds.), <em>Archipelagic American Studies </em>(pp. 322-344). Duke University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822373209-014">https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822373209-014</a></p> <p>Soto-Crespo, R. E. (2017). Trash travels: white cockroaches and decapitalization in circum-Atlantic literature. <em>Atlantic Studies : Global Currents</em>, <em>14</em>(1), 112-126. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14788810.2016.1219090">https://doi.org/10.1080/14788810.2016.1219090</a></p> <p>Soto Crespo, R. E. (2014). Porno Rícans at the Borders of Empire. In T. Dean, S. Ruszczycky, & D. Squires (Eds.), <em>Porn Archives </em>(pp. 303-316). Duke University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822376620-016">https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822376620-016</a></p></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="publications-listing"> </div><style> @media (min-width: 700px){ article.contextual-region.profile { padding: 0 1rem; } .layout__region--contact { margin-bottom: 1rem; } } .block-page-title-block h1 { margin-top: 1em; } </style> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="region region-footer l-region l-region--footer" role="contentinfo"> <il-footer> <div slot="contact" class="il-footer-contact uofi_address"> <p><a href="/">Department of English</a></p> <p> 608 South Wright Street </p> <p>MC-718</p> <p> Urbana, IL 61801 </p> <p><a href="tel:(217) 333-2391">(217) 333-2391</a></p> <p>Email: <a href="mailto:english@illinois.edu">english@illinois.edu</a></p> </div> <div slot="social" class="il-footer-social"> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/illinoisenglish"><span class="visible-hidden">Instagram</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/illinoisenglish/"><span class="visible-hidden">Facebook</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div slot="parent" class="il-footer-parent"> <p><a href="https://las.illinois.edu/">College of Liberal Arts & Sciences</a></p> </div> <div class="il-footer-navigation"> <div class="il-footer-navigation-column"> <nav aria-label="Campus Footer Links"> <div id="block-footermenufirst" class="block block-system block-system-menu-blockfooter-menu-first"> <h2>Additional Resources</h2> <ul data-block="footer" region="footer" class="nav navbar-nav"> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about-department" class="nav-link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/96">About the department</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/iqGfsiaHGQC2" class="nav-link">Visit us</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav aria-label="Campus Footer Links 2"> </nav> </div> <div class="il-footer-navigation-column"> <nav aria-label="Campus Footer Links 3"> </nav> <nav aria-label="Campus Footer Links 4"> </nav> <div id="google_translate_element"></div> <script> function googleTranslateElementInit() { new google.translate.TranslateElement({ pageLanguage: 'en', layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.SIMPLE, autoDisplay: false }, 'google_translate_element'); } </script> <script src="//translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit"></script> </div> </div> <nav slot="links" class="il-footer-links" aria-label="Legal notices"> <h2 class="il-invisible">Additional links</h2> <ul> <li><button id="ot-sdk-btn" class="ot-sdk-show-settings">About Cookies</button></li> <li><a href="https://www.vpaa.uillinois.edu/resources/web_privacy">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://illinois.edu/resources/website/copyright.html">© 2024 University of Illinois Board of Trustees</a></li> <li><a href="/user">Login</a></li> </ul> </nav> </il-footer> </footer> </div> </div> <script type="application/json" data-drupal-selector="drupal-settings-json">{"path":{"baseUrl":"\/","pathPrefix":"","currentPath":"directory\/profile\/sotocres","currentPathIsAdmin":false,"isFront":false,"currentLanguage":"en"},"pluralDelimiter":"\u0003","suppressDeprecationErrors":true,"google_analytics":{"account":"G-7X0JQ0RVS0","trackOutbound":true,"trackMailto":true,"trackTel":true,"trackDownload":true,"trackDownloadExtensions":"7z|aac|arc|arj|asf|asx|avi|bin|csv|doc(x|m)?|dot(x|m)?|exe|flv|gif|gz|gzip|hqx|jar|jpe?g|js|mp(2|3|4|e?g)|mov(ie)?|msi|msp|pdf|phps|png|ppt(x|m)?|pot(x|m)?|pps(x|m)?|ppam|sld(x|m)?|thmx|qtm?|ra(m|r)?|sea|sit|tar|tgz|torrent|txt|wav|wma|wmv|wpd|xls(x|m|b)?|xlt(x|m)|xlam|xml|z|zip","trackColorbox":true},"google_cse":{"google_api":"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"},"user":{"uid":0,"permissionsHash":"dd01beb9527a0350f7f81a2fd8e942402e259db9f8405a4af1245d9df48f2b9a"}}</script> <script src="/sites/default/files/js/js_DGD8gDVEAB1NorEiHW80iEa4iwajFmZoQqJlZpYPgWQ.js?scope=footer&delta=0&language=en&theme=illinois_framework_theme&include=eJx1ykEKgDAMBdELWbryPCUtMVbTfmkC4u11JwjuhuEJIMqJOunltViUz5gy4OaDjjm-GTYLSs7mU1WtHdXSMqjxibEnX7lxFEUmDebXA-TfnZxDQTvQubvddvU50A"></script> <script src="https://emergency.publicaffairs.illinois.edu/illinois.js" async></script> <script src="https://enroll.illinois.edu/ping" async></script> <script src="/sites/default/files/js/js_5-lTpxt3BIFIfMFmzLqEB9CPAgJRy5iUhuB3twkuZ7U.js?scope=footer&delta=3&language=en&theme=illinois_framework_theme&include=eJx1ykEKgDAMBdELWbryPCUtMVbTfmkC4u11JwjuhuEJIMqJOunltViUz5gy4OaDjjm-GTYLSs7mU1WtHdXSMqjxibEnX7lxFEUmDebXA-TfnZxDQTvQubvddvU50A"></script> </body> </html>

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