Diego Ubiera

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
English Studies School of Arts and Sciences
Diego Ubiera headshot
978.665.3610 Office: Miller Hall 209
Office Hours
Fall 2025

By Appointment.

Courses Taught

To see course descriptions go to the University Catalog.

Writing I (ENGL 1100)
Writing II (ENGL 1200)
Latin American Literature (ENGL 2003)
Latin American and Spanish Film (ENGL 2021)
Literature and Film (ENGL 2330)
World Literature I: Myths and Traditions (ENGL 2400)
World Literature II: Cultures in Conversation (ENGL 2500)
Ethnic American Literature (ENGL 2660)
Detective Fiction (ENGL 2750)
Caribbean Literature (ENGL 3720)
Major Authors: Edwige Danticat (ENGL 4000)
Senior Seminar: Aesthetics and Revolution (ENGL 4400))
Honors Thesis: Inclusive Pedagogy
Honors Thesis: The Latin American Memoir
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

Ubiera, Diego. “Review of Bridging Sonic Borders, by Maillo-Pozo.” New West Indian Guide, forthcoming 2026.

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.