Javier Escudero Rodríguez

Javier Escudero Rodríguez, PhD, graduated from the University of Virginia, is an independent scholar, educational exchange entrepreneur—Brazil Cultural, photographer and former Associate Professor of Spanish Literature at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of three books on the Spanish writers Rosa Montero, Américo Castro and Juan Goytisolo, several book translations, as well as many articles about literature, culture and photography in journals and newspapers including World Literature Today, ABC Cultural, Jornal do Brasil, Revista de Occidente, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos and El País. Javier has delivered numerous guest lectures and presentations in universities and international conferences in the U.S.--Cornell University, the Smithsonian Institution, and Ohio University--, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Argentina and Sweden.