About
At Visiones del Caribe, our mission is to cultivate a deep understanding and appreciation of the Caribbean as a multifaceted geographic and cultural region, enriched by its diverse communities. We aim to provide educational resources and experiences that encourage participants to explore and reflect on the complex meanings embedded within the Caribbean. Through engagement with a curated selection of cartographic and literary works, including maps, atlases, travel diaries, stories, and poetry, our project fosters insights into the rich history, literature, and geography of the Caribbean basin. By promoting knowledge and empathy, Visiones del Caribe strives to inspire curiosity, critical thinking, and cross-cultural appreciation among participants from all backgrounds.
Medardo Gabriel Rosario is an assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages at Florida International University. He obtained a Bachelor of Science with a concentration in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico (2005) and a Master of Arts with a concentration in Chemistry from Brown University (2006). Subsequently, he earned a Master of Arts with a concentration in Hispanic Studies also from the University of Puerto Rico (2014) and a doctorate in Hispanic and Portuguese-Brazilian Studies from the University of Chicago (2020). His academic research revolves around two themes: the influence of Spanish Golden Age literature in Latin America and representations of the Caribbean in cartography and literature developed in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Dr. Alexander S. Butler is an assistant professor of social studies methods and content in Bowling Green State University’s Inclusive Early Childhood Education Program and the Editor of Trends and Issues in Social Studies, the Florida Council for the Social Studies’ flagship journal. His Ph.D. is from Indiana University in Curricula and Instruction with an emphasis on Teacher Education and The Learning and Developmental Sciences.
He has extensive experience working with K-12 and higher education students in a variety of contexts. He has been a classroom teacher, wrap-around service provider, coach, senior instructional designer, and Director of the Master of Science in Curricula and Instruction Social Studies Track at Florida International University. Additionally, he is an expert at curricula development, having built curricula for K-12 schools, universities, and non-profit organizations across the world (i.e., Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Ghana, and U.S.).
Ra Bacchus is a doctoral student in the Department of English at the University of Miami. He earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors and a Master's in Anthropology from Stanford University in 2018 and 2019, respectively. A budding digital humanist, Ra’s projects with texts and technologies advocate for interdisciplinary, multimodal, and affective ways of knowing from the Black Atlantic. His academic research concerns a long history of "hallucinations," from premodern anxieties to the postmodern rhetorics of machine learning and A.I.
Visiones del Caribe © 2023 by Medardo G. Rosario, Alexander S. Butler, and Ra Bacchus is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Rosario, Medardo, Alexander S. Butler, and Ra Bacchus. “Visiones del Caribe.” BGSU Libraries, 2024.
https://doi.org/10.25035/ekbv5044
