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Danny Barreto

Special Projects Assistant to the Provost & Dean of the Faculty; Assoc. Professor & Director of LGBTQ Studies

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LGBTQ Studies, Africana and Latin American Studies

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Danny Barreto received his PhD in Hispanic Languages & Literature and a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from Stony Brook University, SUNY (2010). His research centers largely on Galician and Spanish narrative, while drawing heavily on his background in Latin American and Caribbean studies and gender theory.

Danny’s most recent work in the area of Galician studies engages with sexuality, gender, language, and national identity in literary and cinematic production from the late 19th through 21st centuries. Recent publications have appeared in journals such as Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Galicia 21 and Abriu: Textuality Studies on Brazil, Galicia and Portugal, as well as the edited volumes Rerouting Galician Studies: Multidisciplinary Interventions (2017) and Queering Iberia: Iberian Masculinities at the Margins (2012). He has taught courses on Spanish and Latin American literature, women's studies, translation, and language.

His current research focuses on queer cultural production and history in Galicia.

  • BA, Hunter College, CUNY, 2002
  • PhD, Stony Brook University, SUNY, 2010

Visiting assistant professor of Hispanic Studies, Vassar College, 2010-2013

Articles

  • “.”&ČÔČúČő±è;Galicia 21: Journal of Contemporary Galician Studies M (2024): pp. 38-57.
  • “” Special Issue: Ageing Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Spanish Literature, Eds. Raquel Medina and Josep MarĂ­a Armengol Carrera, Bulletin of Spanish Studies (2022): 703-724.
  • Introduction: "" International Journal of Iberian Studies 35.3 (2022): 225-232. Co-authored with Catherine Barbour.
  • “’” Special Issue: “Esa luz redentora da noite.” Estudos ofrecidos a XesĂșs Alonso Montero. Dir. Carmen MejĂ­a Ruiz. Eds. Ana Acuña Trabazo and Ricardo Pichel. Madrygal: Revista de estudios gallegos 23 (2020): 15-26.
  • “” Special Issue: Galician Mobilities. Eds. Catherine Barbour, MarĂ­a Alonso Alonso and Gustavo San RomĂĄn. Journal of Romance Studies 20.3 (2020): 513-535.
  • "Far from the Family Tree: Queering Genealogies and Literary Archives in Outono aquĂ­ by Mario Regueira.Abriu: Textuality Studies on Brazil, Galicia and Portugal 7 (2018): 59-79.
  • “â¶Ä˜. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 95.10 (2018): 1071-1083.
  • “” Abriu: Textuality Studies on Brazil, Galicia and Portugal 4 (2015): 45-60.
  • &ČÔČúČő±è;“”&ČÔČúČő±è;Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies 12.4 (2011): 385-99.
  • “A promiscuidade sexual, lingĂŒĂ­stica e rexional da novela galega do sĂ©culo XIX: un estudo de A cruz de salgueiro de XesĂșs RodrĂ­guez LĂłpez.”&ČÔČúČő±è;Galicia 21: Journal of Contemporary Galician Studies 3 (2011): 3-18. 
  •  â€œLadies of Providence: The Absence of Motherhood and Motherland in Irene Vilar’s The Ladies’ Gallery: A Memoir of Family Secrets.”&ČÔČúČő±è;Revista de Estudios HispĂĄnicos 34.1 (2007): 3-18.

Book Chapters

  • "Cruising Galicia: liçÔes das viagens pola Galiza LGBTI." In NĂłs, xs inadaptadxs: RepresentaçÔes, desejos e histĂłrias LGBTIQ na Galiza. Ed. Daniel Amarelo. Santiago de Compostela: AtravĂ©s Editora, 2020. 175-185.
  • "Archivos multimedia de afectos cuir en la literatura gallega: del silencio a la performance, de la tristeza a la felicidad." In Extremas: figuras de la felicidad y la furia en la producciĂłn cultural ibĂ©rica y latinoamericana del siglo XXI. Eds. Roland Spiller, ArĂĄnzazu CalderĂłn Puerta, Katarzyna MoszczyƄska-DĂŒrst. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2019. 47-61.
  • "Putting Queerness on the Map: Notes for a Queer Galician Studies." In Rerouting Galician Studies: Multidisciplinary Interventions. Eds. Benita Sampedro Vizcaya and JosĂ© A. Losada Montero. New York: Palgrave, 2018. 25-38.
  • “A Galician Werewolf in Spain: Contemporary Representations of Manuel Blanco Romasanta.” In Queering Iberia: Revisiting Iberian Masculinities. Ed. Josep-MarĂ­a Armengol. New York: Peter Lang, 2012. 61-78

Edited Volumes

  • , Galicia 21: Journal of Contemporary Galician Studies M (2024), co-edited with Ángela Lema ParĂ­s.
  • , Revista 2i: Estudos de identidade e intermedialidade 6.9 (2024), co-edited with Ángela Lema ParĂ­s.
  • , International Journal of Iberian Studies 35.3 (2022), co-edited with Catherine Barbour.

Reviews

  •  "New MaricĂłn Cinema: Outing Latin American Film by Vinodh Venkatesh." Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas 14.3 (2017): 402-404.
  • “GĂ©nero, naciĂłn y literaturaEmilia Pardo BazĂĄn en la literatura gallega y española by Carmen Pereira-Muro.”&ČÔČúČő±è;Revista Canadiense de Estudios HispĂĄnicos. 37.3 (2013): 582-584. 
  • “Writing Galicia into the World by Kirsty Hooper.”&ČÔČúČő±è;Galicia 21: Journal of Contemporary Galician Studies 4 (2012): 110-112.
  • New York 6 Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow, 2023-2025
  • Phi Eta Sigma Professor of the Year, ±«Óătv, 2016-2017