Language and Literature

Faculty and Staff

Ralph Villanueva


Lecturer

Department of Language and Literature
Sam Fore Hall 201A
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
+1 361-593-2377
Ralph.Villanueva@tamuk.edu

Education

  • M.A. San Diego State University May 2022
  • B.A. National University July 2019 Literature - Cum Laude

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Global Literatures, Philosophies, Histories, Sciences
  • Global War Narratives, Policy, Strategy, Crimes
  • Cinema Studies
  • German Romanticism
  • US Civil War Poetry
  • Sea Yarns

Publications

  • Review of "Welcome to Oxnard" by Cristina Herrera, MELUS: The Journal for the Socety for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, December 2024

  • Reflections in the Mirror of Life: A Philosopher's Notebook- Steven L. Weber (Edited by R. Villanueva, June 2023)

Presentations

International Refereed

  • "Poetic Vigor in an Age of Decline," at the Pacific and Ancient Modern Language Association (PAMLA) annual conference November 7-10, 2024.

National Refereed

  • "Theorizing A Brown Commons and Beyond," at the Latine Studies Graduate Student Conference, 'Reclaiming Insurgency,' at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign October 25, 2024.