Marta Caminero-Santangelo

Dr. Caminero-Santangelo joined KU's Department of English in 1997. In addition to her faculty position at KU, she has served as Chair of the English Department, and Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She has also served as Editor-in-Chief of "Latino Studies" journal. 

Born to Cuban immigrant parents in Canada, Dr. Caminero-Santangelo is a leading scholar in Latino studies. She has published numerous books, book chapters and articles on immigration, trauma literature, identity, loss and more related to the Latino experience. Her academic and research interests focus on 20th and 21st century literary studies of the conjunction between literature, group identity, and activism — the ability to promote social change. She explores how these issues play out in U.S. Latino/a literature. Her research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Tinker Foundation and the Smithsonian Institute. 

Dr. Caminero-Santangelo has received a Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence and was named a KU Woman of Distinction, among other awards.