Rafael Ramirez Mendoza
Position title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Email: rramirezmend@wisc.edu
Address:
1134 Van Hise Hall
Spring 2025 Office Hours
coming in late January
Biography
Rafael’s research and teaching interests focus on Andean studies, the Hispanic avant-gardes, and violence and memory discourses in contemporary Latin America.
Prior to arriving to Madison, he taught at UCLA, Emory University, and St. Norbert College. Rafael received the José María Arguedas Prize, awarded by the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), for the best academic article about Peru published in 2016. He also served as a member of the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association (2016-2020).