Brian T. Chandler
Professor
Brian Chandler teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Spanish language and Latin American literature and cultures and is the recipient of the Discere Aude Award for Outstanding Student Mentoring and the Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award. His research focuses on contemporary Latin American narrative, poetry, and theater, with a particular focus on the relationship between science and literature. His book 'Science Fusion in Contemporary Mexican Literature' (Bucknell UP, 2024) examines how Mexican authors fuse science and literature to offer fresh perspectives on topics in biopolitics, historiography, metaphysics, ethics, and ecological crisis in the age of the Anthropocene.
Education
PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MA in Spanish Language and Literature, University of South Carolina
BA in Spanish with K-12 Teaching Licensure, Lenoir-Rhyne University
Honors & Awards
Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award
Discere Aude Award for Outstanding Student Mentoring