Jesús Ruiz, a former postdoc in the Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Program (CHPP), recently began a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor of the Practice in Caribbean Studies at the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at Vanderbilt University, where he also serves as the Director of the Caribbean Studies Minor. Additionally, he works as the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Program Coordinator.
As an additional note of celebration, Dr. Ruiz also recently published a journal article in a top tier journal “Slavery & Abolition.” Citation: Ruiz, Jesús G. 2025. “Freedom, Faith & Sovereignty: The 1796 Boca Nigua Revolt as an Afro-Catholic Royalist Rebellion.” Slavery & Abolition 46 (1): 100-123. doi:10.1080/0144039X.2024.2419212. Online ahead of print.
Keep up with Dr. Ruiz on socials!
Bluesky: @phdjesus.bsky.social
Instagram: @jesusruiz2008
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