Diego Ubiera

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
English Studies School of Arts and Sciences
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978.665.3610 Office: Miller Hall 209
Office Hours
Fall 2026

Leave of Absence

Courses Taught

To see course descriptions go to the University Catalog.

Writing I (ENGL 1100)
Writing II (ENGL 1200)
Latin American Literature (ENGL 2310)
Latin American Cinemas (ENGL 2340)
Literature and Film (ENGL 2470)
World Literature I: Myths and Traditions (ENGL 2160)
World Literature II: Cultures in Conversation (ENGL 2170)
Ethnic American Literature (ENGL 2280)
Detective Fiction (ENGL 2430)
Global Issues in Film (ENGL 2920)
Caribbean Literature (ENGL 3360)
Major Authors: Edwige Danticat (ENGL 4000)
Senior Seminar: Aesthetics and Revolution (ENGL 4400))
Honors Thesis: Inclusive Pedagogy
Honors Thesis: The Latin American Memoir
Honors Thesis: Improving the Critical Infrastructure of Puerto Rico
Independent Study: Haitian Philosophy

Background

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (Literature)
M.A., University of California, San Diego (Spanish Literature)
B.A., North Carolina State University (World Literature and Music)

Latin American Literature
Comparative Caribbean Literature (Spanish, English, French)
US Latinx Literature
Film in Latin America
Multi-Ethnic American Literatures
Latin American Political Economy

Collective Memory & Trauma in Postdictatorial Dominican Literature (Manuscript under preparation).

Ubiera, Diego. “Review of Bridging Sonic Borders, by Maillo-Pozo.” New West Indian Guide.  https://brill.com/view/journals/nwig/100/1-2/article-p220_50.xml

Snow, J., Takehana, E., & Ubiera, D. (2024). Polyphony: Reader and explorations for first-year writing. ROTEL (Remixing Open Textbooks with an Equity Lens) Project. https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/polyphonyoerreader/

Thornton and Ubiera,  "The Problem of Race and Nation in Dominican Studies".  The Politics of Race, Class and Nationalism in the 21st-Century Caribbean. University of Georgia Press. 

Thornton, B. J., & Ubiera, D. I. (2019). Caribbean Exceptions: The Problem of Race and Nation in Dominican Studies. Latin American Research Review, 54(2), 413–428.  DOI: http://doi.org/10.25222/larr.346

Ubiera, D.I.. "An Introduction to Afro-Dominican Studies." The Routledge Handbook of Afro-Latin American Studies. Edited by Bernd Reiter.