He received his Ph.D. in Latin American Literatures and Cultures from the University of Maryland, College Park. His research explores the ways in which political, ethical, aesthetic, and scientific discourses are inscribed in the fiction and essays of non-canonical Latin American and U.S. Latinx writers from the historical avant-garde to the present. In particular, he focuses mostly on the Southern Cone and Cuba with occasional connections to Mexico. Moving beyond the debates about the Boom and the committed intellectual, he works toward a nuanced understanding of the sixties and its legacies. In addition, he examines how the nineteenth century was creatively appropriated during that era.