Jorge Febles
Jorge Febles received his Ph.D. in Spanish American literature from the University of Iowa. For twenty-five years, he taught Latin American Literature and Culture at Western Michigan University, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In July 2006, he assumed the chairmanship of the Department of World Languages at the University of North Florida (Jacksonville). His academic interests center quite particularly on Cuban and Cuban-American literature. Although he has published extensively...See more
Jorge Febles received his Ph.D. in Spanish American literature from the University of Iowa. For twenty-five years, he taught Latin American Literature and Culture at Western Michigan University, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In July 2006, he assumed the chairmanship of the Department of World Languages at the University of North Florida (Jacksonville). His academic interests center quite particularly on Cuban and Cuban-American literature. Although he has published extensively on a variety of subjects, the bulk of his research output gravitates around the works of Jose Marti, Matias Montes-Huidobro, Alfonso Hernandez Cata and Roberto G. Fernandez. Since 1998, he coedits the literary and cultural journal Caribe along with Armando Gonzalez-Perez (Marquette University). In addition, Patricia Montilla (Western Michigan University) and he chair the Caribbean and Latin American Literature and Culture Area of the American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Association. See less
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