Ph.D., Boston University
M.A., University of Puerto Rico
B.A., University of Puerto Rico
Jorge Antonio Sánchez Rivera is originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico. He holds a PhD in Hispanic Language and Literatures from Boston University. Before coming to Trinity, he taught Spanish at Boston College and Boston University, and Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Literatures and Cultures at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Jorge’s passion lies in teaching literature and cinema. He believes that learning through cultural materials like films and telenovelas is key to gaining both language skills and the cultural nuances needed to navigate daily life in a Spanish-speaking country. To bring literature to life, Jorge uses “personal archival work”—blending interviews, reviews, and other media—and regularly invites guest writers from Latin America and the Caribbean into his classroom.
Beyond his academic work, Jorge is a creative writer. He published a collection of short stories in 2018 and is the co-founder of the publishing house blanco & Staccato, which he established alongside the renowned Puerto Rican author Juan Carlos Quiñones.
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Latin America & Caribbean Literatures (20th Century – present)
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Southern Cone Studies
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Latin American Women Writers
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Violence and Narco-Literature and Films
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Creative Writing
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Horror Films
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Latin American Telenovelas (1990 – present)
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Contemporary Latin American literature
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The Fantastic, Gothic, Horror, and Insólito Genres
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Feminism and Gender Studies
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Animals and Animality
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Monsters Studies
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Posthumanism
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Guest Speaker:
- “Christ and the Pelican in Latin America.” HDS 3656B: Animals in Religion and Mythology, taught by Dr. Kimberley C. Patton, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, March 26, 2026.
- “Latin American Sirenas.” FAS REL 1033: The Animal Imaginary: Fantastic Animals in Myth and History, taught by Dr. Kimberley C. Patton, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, March 6, 2025.
Conference Presentation:
- “New Encancaranublado Paths: Ana Lydia Vega within Contemporary Latin American Narratives.” 2024 Conference on Puerto Rican Literature, Puerto Rico, Latin America, and the Caribbean: A Tribute to Ana Lydia Vega, 20–21 November 2024, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- “Familias insólitas y transgresoras: una exploración de lo fantástico en los cuentos ‘En la estepa’ de Samanta Schweblin y ‘Reunión’ de Vera Giaconi.” Modern Language Notes, vol. 138, no. 2, March 2023, pp. 439-459.
- “‘El hombre sirena’ de Samanta Schweblin, o los elementos neofantásticos en la contemporaneidad.” Lejana. Revista Crítica de Narrativa Breve, no. 14, Feb. 2021.
- “Los rasgos de la mujer medieval en Los empeños de una casa, de sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.” Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, vol. 7, no. 2, Jan. 2020.
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- Romance Studies Departmental Travel Grant – Boston University (2022-2025)
- Senior Teaching Fellow – Boston University (2022)
- Romance Studies Department Summer Research Fellowship – Boston University (2020-2021 & 2023-2024)
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