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Biography

Michael L. Martínez, Jr., is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp. His research interests include urban studies, cultural geography, spatial theory, and contemporary Spanish literature and culture. He has published articles in the <i>Bulletin of Spanish Studies</i>, <i>Journal of Urban Cultural Studies</i>, <i>Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies</i>, and <i>Romance Quarterly</i>. His current book project is called <i>Neoliberal Madrid: Capital, Culture, and the Urban Process, 1979-1996</i>, which examines the interplay between spatial form, social process, and cultural change in the Spanish capital during the country’s Transition (1975-1982) and early democratic periods (1983-1996).

Education

• Ph D, Texas Tech University
• MA, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
• BA, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee