Dr. Andy Ray, Director, Internatational Student Services

Ohio University Graduate College

Andy graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in Audio Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. He served in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica with his wife and later obtained an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Tennessee. He recently published a book titled, La naturaleza en la literatura costarricense: un enfoque eco-cultural. In this talk, Andy will present his ongoing research on the literature of marginalized, rural Caribbean and Latin American communities as a means to rethink the representation of the nature and to offer alternative perspectives on development practices in Latin America.

Light lunch served.