Faculty

Ricardo Montez

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., New York University

Ricardo Montez is an Assistant Professor of Performance Studies in the Humanities Department at the School of Undergraduate Studies. His research examines the performance of race, ethnicity and sexuality in visual culture and media.He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Performance Studies at New York University where he was also a Faculty Fellow in Latino Studies. Additionally, he held the Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Race and Ethnicity Studies in the Society of Fellows at Princeton University. His forthcoming book, Keith Haring’s Line: Race and the Performance of Desire, will be published by Duke University Press.

Courses Taught

Introduction to Performance Studies
Latino Popular Culture
Queer New York
Other Worlds: Exploring the Critical Realms of Science Fiction