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John D. (Jody) Blanco researches and teaches colonial and post-colonial literatures and cultures, focusing on the Philippines, Latin America, and the Pacific, particularly during the early modern (16th-18th centuries) periods. He has been a faculty member in the Literature department at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) since 2001. Professor Blanco is the author of several influential works including 'Frontier Constitutions: Christianity and Colonial Empire in the 19th Century Philippines' and 'Counter-Hispanization in the Colonial Philippines: Literature, Law, Religion, and Native Custom.' He has also translated key texts in the field, contributing significantly to the discourse on identity and representation in colonial contexts. Alongside his research and teaching, he has served as the Director of Latin American Studies at UC San Diego and was the Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Division of Arts and Humanities from 2016 to 2018. Currently, he is a member of various editorial boards and contributes to the Tepoztlán Institute, which hosts an annual conference in Mexico.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).