José Gomez

José Gomez is a PhD student in Spanish letters and cultures at ASU; José is an ardent advocate for Spanish as a heritage language in the U.S. His research interests extend along the vast literary and cultural production in Spanish, and in Chicano/a literature in Spanish and English. He holds a BA in Chicano/a studies and an MA in Spanish literature from California State University, Northridge. He is currently a PhD student in the Chicano/a literature track in the Spanish program at Arizona State University. In a form of a dissertation project, his research focuses on spatial in/justices, displacement, and place and space practices in Chicano/a theatre. His particular interests are space and place theory, urban studies, and the intersectionality of race, gender, and class. José is the recipient of various awards, such as the Teaching Excellence Award offered by the School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC), ASU’s Mexican-American Publication Award, and the Quino E. Martínez scholarship. Recently, he came second in a poster competition that took place at the SEGGAU Summer School of Thought in Graz, Austria. In addition, José was selected as the 2016-2017 Arizona State University’s Connected Academics Research Fellow.