Hector Ramos Flores

Education

Ph.D. in Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics,
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Areas of Expertise

• Latinx Studies

• Africana Studies

• Latin American Studies

• race, memory, trauma, and masculinity

Personal Information

Nicolás Ramos Flores is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Colby College where he teaches courses in Spanish and Latinx Studies at Colby College. He researches the intersections of racial discourse, memory, and masculinity in Latinx, Caribbean, and Afro-Latin American communities. He has taught courses on Latinx and Afro-diasporic literatures and cultures in the Americas. You can find his work in Hispanic Issues On Line and Revista de Estudios Hispánicos. His most recent work analyzes trauma and Puerto Rican identity through the Pulse massacre commemorations in Orlando, Florida. Ramos Flores earned his Ph.D. in Hispanic Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics at the University of Minnesota in 2019.