About Us
Dr. Rebecca L. Salois is a Lecturer in the Black and Latino Studies Department at Baruch College. She earned her PhD in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures from The Graduate Center, CUNY. She prioritizes innovative approaches to pedagogy and assignments including self-grading, co-creating and designing course syllabi, and alternative and creative research projects (including podcasts). Her current research interests focus on US Latinx identity representation in pop-culture media. Her work has been published in various journals and she has presented and hosted several academic panels, including two at New York Comic Con. In addition to Latinx Visions, Dr. Salois has also co-hosted a number of other podcasts including Big Reputations, Coach Beard’s Book Club, and Why Do We Read This?
Dr. Rojo Robles is a Puerto Rican writer, filmmaker, and scholar specializing in Latin American, Latinx, and Afro-diasporic literature, cinema, and culture. He holds degrees in Theater (BA), Comparative Literature (MA), and Latin American and Latinx cultures (MPhil; Ph.D.) and is an Assistant Professor at the Black and Latinx Studies Department at Baruch College, CUNY. As a scholar, Dr. Robles has published articles in various journals like SX Salon| Small Axe Project, Voces del Caribe, the Puerto Rico Review, Taller Electric Marronage, Revista Cruce, Revista Iberoamericana, and Transmodernity. Currently, he is working on a book and a series of articles exploring Afro-Diasporican maroon poetics and cinegraphic literature. He co-hosts the Latinx Visions podcast and is the co-director of the Black Studies Colloquiu.