Dr Sierra regularly teaches courses on Shakespeare, early modern women writers, Renaissance literature, and Hispanic literature. He earned his PhD in English from the University of Florida in 2010. He earned his BS in Communication from the University of Miami in 2004. He is fluent in English and Spanish. He is a member of the Modern Language Association, the Sixteenth-Century Studies Society, the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women, the Shakespeare Association of America, and the Renaissance Society of America. He has published articles dealing with early modern literature in Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal and MESTER. He has published book and performance reviews in The Sixteenth Century Journal, Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and Theatre Journal.