John Riofrio

Professor and Director of Hispanic Studies

Office: Washington Hall 207
Email: [[jdriofrio]]

John Riofrio, or “Rio”, is Associate Professor of Latinx and Hispanic Studies at William & Mary. Rio’s area of research is contemporary Latinx issues with a particular focus on the role of public discourse and popular culture in the social construction of Latinx communities. He is the author of Continental Shifts: Migration, Representation and the Struggle for Justice in Latin(o) America [2015, UT-Press] as well as more recent essays on the avant-garde Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi’s novel United States of Banana and the Pixar film Coco. He has also published an essay on mentorship entitled “Mentoring Under Duress: Lessons from the Camino de Santiago and Beyond”.