Joaquin Florido Berrocal
Dr. Joaquín Florido Berrocal is an Associate Professor of Spanish. He received his PhD. in Spanish Literature from Johns Hopkins University in 2009. The title of his dissertation was Disremembering and Silence: The Image of King Juan Carlos I in Contemporary Spanish Literature, and was directed by Dr. William Egginton.
His research interests focus on contemporary literature and film addressing socio-political issues, especially within the field of cultural studies.
His edited book, Fuera de la ley: Asedios al fenómeno quinqui en la transición Española (Comares, 2015), which analyzes the portrayal of juvenile delinquency in film during the 70s and 80s, was included by El País, through its book recommendation platform Librotea, in the canon of quinqui literature.
