Juan Velascoreceived his first Ph.D. in 1992 from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. His area of specialization was Contemporary Latin American Literature. In 1995 he received his second Ph.D. from UCLA. His area of specialization was Contemporary Chicano/a Literature. He taught at the University of Kansas, and since 2000 he have taught at Santa Clara University.
Velasco's first novel, Enamorado, was published in Spain in 2000. Most recently he wrote the foreword for Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Literature from California (2002) and published Las fronteras moviles: tradicion y modernidad en la Literatura Chicana contemporanea (2003).
Juan Velasco received his first Ph.D. in 1992 from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. His area of specialization was Contemporary Latin American Literature. In 1995 he received his second Ph.D. from UCLA. His area of specialization was Contemporary Chicano/a Literature. He taught at the University of Kansas, and since 2000 he have taught at Santa Clara University.
