Jorge Duany

Dr. Jorge Duany is Director of the Cuban Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University. Born in Cuba and raised in Panama and Puerto Rico, he previously served as Acting Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (UPR). He also served as Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Director of the journal "Revista de Ciencias Sociales" at UPR. He earned his Ph.D. in Latin American Studies, specializing in anthropology, at the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds an M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University. Dr. Duany has published extensively on migration, ethnicity, race, nationalism, and transnationalism in Cuba, the Caribbean, and the United States. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of twenty-two books, including "Cuba and Puerto Rico: Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and Culture" (2023); "Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora" (2019); and "Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know" (2017).