Dr. Victor Simpson
BA (UWI), MA (UWI), PhD (UWI)

Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Deputy Dean (Outreach)

Room: A16
Tel. (246) 417-4655
Fax: (246) 424-0634
E-mail: victor.simpson (at) cavehill.uwi.edu

Brief Bio:

Victor C. Simpson was born in Barbados and received his PhD in Spanish from The University of the West Indies. He has taught a number of courses in Peninsular Spanish, Hispanic Caribbean and Spanish American literatures. His area of specialization is the literature and culture of Puerto Rico.  He is the author of Colonialism and Narrative in Puerto Rico (Peter Lang, 2004) and Afro-Puerto Ricans in the Short Story (Peter Lang, 2006), as well as a number of articles on Puerto Rican literature and culture. He also has a strong interest in translation and several of his academic translations have been published.

Research Interests:

Puerto Rican Literature and Culture, Caribbean Migrations Race in the Hispanic Caribbean.

Select Publications:

Books:

• Afro-Puerto Ricans in the Short Story
• Colonialism and Narrative in Puerto Rico
• Hispanic and Francophone Caribbean Studies: Contemporary Perspectives edited with Kahiudi Mabana.

Articles:

• “Harnessing a Critical Resource: Black West Indian Migration to Puerto Rico during the 18th and 19th Centuries”
• “Luis Palés Matos: Negritude in Puerto Rico?”
• “Exploitation and Survival: The Black Experience in Díaz Alfaro’s Terrazo”
• “Four Decades of Puerto Rican Emigration: Different Contexts, Same Realities”