Uriel Quesada

Uriel Quesada (San José, Costa Rica) is the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He was the Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences in 2018. His areas of interest are Central American and Caribbean literatures and cultural studies, U.S. Latino studies, Queer studies and Latin American Popular Culture studies. He has written about Central American detective fiction, Latin American masculinities and travel writing. In 2009 he co-edited a special issue of the academic journal Istmo devoted to the study of gender and sexualities in contemporary Central American literature.

Dr. Quesada has offered courses on Latin American crime literature, Central American postwar literature, Latin American urban chronicle, Border studies, and Latin American Life Writing.

Classes Taught

• Latin American crime literature
• Central American postwar literature
• Latin American urban chronicle
• Border studies
• Latin American Life Writing