University of Virginia Spanish, Italian & Portuguese

Assistant Professor of Spanish and American Studies

Research: Contemporary Mexican and Mexican American literary and cultural studies, Latin American film and new media studies.

Daniel Chávez is Assistant Professor of Spanish and American Studies. He received his B.S. in biochemical engineering from the ITESM (Monterrey and Queretaro, Mexico), his M.A. in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Ohio University, and his Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Michigan. He also holds a certification in Film Studies from the latter. The author of numerous articles on film, Latin American literature, and new media studies, he is currently working on two book-length projects: “Between Markets: Cultural Politics in Contemporary Nicaragua” and a study of new media representations of Mexican and Mexican American history and culture. His teaching interests include U.S. Latino and Latin American cinema, media and nation-building, border studies and globalization, literature and revolution. Hasta Nuevo Aviso, his first collection of poetry, was published in Mexico (2006).

Selected Publications:

“Alsino y el cóndor, hacia una crítica del espectador latinoamericano y nicaragüense.” Chasqui. 37.2 (2008): 27-47.
“Cuando el estado habla en cómic, historieta e historiografía en México.” Quaderns de Filologia. Estudis de Comunicació. 3 (2008): 51-76. (Universidad de Valencia).
“Technologies of the Self and the Body in Octavio Paz’s ‘The Works of
the Poet.’” Revista Hispánica Moderna. 60.1 (2007): 15-33.
“La alta modernidad visual y la intermedialidad de la historieta en México.”
Hispanic Research Journal. 8.2 (2007): 155-169.
“Globalizing Tequila: Mexican Television’s Representations of Neoliberal
Reconversion of Land and Labor.” Arizona Journal of Hipanic Cultural Studies.
10 (2006): 1-17.
“Tomochic: Nationalist Narrative, Homogenizing Late Nineteenth Century
Discourse and Society in Mexico.” Chasqui. 35.2 (2006): 72-88.