Bio
Jim V. Miranda specializes in Latinx and Chicanx Studies, Indigenous Literature, Border Studies, and Comic Book Studies. His work appears in journals and edited collections, including English Language Notes, Latinx Ciné in the Twenty-First Century, Transmotion, Latinx TV in the Twenty-First Century, and Inks: The Journal of the Comic Study Society (among others). He is currently working on a book-length project that foregrounds how Chicanx artists, authors, and thinkers represent and relate to technology, specifically technologies that manage, facilitate, and restrict human movement and memory.
Jim currently teaches introductory college courses alongside Latinx Literature and Culture, Immigrant and Ethnic Literature, and Introduction to Cultural Studies. In addition, he currently participates in a team-teaching pilot program in a course titled Latinx Leadership: A Sociocultural Exploration. Jim also developed and currently directs the Ethnic Studies Minor. His other commitments include serving as a member of the Indigenous Education Steering Committee, the annual Martin Luther King Day of Celebration Committee, and faculty advisor for the Bentley student chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA).
Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions
Journal Articles
Miranda, J., Turner, J. (2026). “Drawing the Hand: Embodiment and Visual Metonymy in Comics" . Inks: Journal of Comic Studies, (10) 2 (Forthcoming)Miranda, J. (2026). “Seeing Through the Archive: Border Technics and the Politics of Transparency" . Social Text (Forthcoming)Miranda, J. V. (2021). Waiting: Migration and Time in Four Motions. Manifold: Experimental Criticism, (1) 1 179-191. Miranda, J. V. (2020). Bound by Sovereignty: The Problem of Reciprocity and the “Indigenous Turn” in Medieval Studies. English Language Notes, (58) 2 136-150. Miranda, J. V., Turner, J. (2020). Watchmen and Speculating on the Future of the Humanities. Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, (4) 1 22-43. Miranda, J. "The Breath of a Cryptid; or Healing From Historic Violence in the Poetry of Victoriano Cárdenas". Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (In Progress)Book Chapters
Miranda, J. V. (2022). From Border to Narrative Possibilities in Latinx TV and FX's The Bridge Latinx TV in the Twenty-First Century. Arizona: University of Arizona PressMiranda, J. (2019). "Techno/Memo: The Politics of Cultural Memory in Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer" Latinx Ciné in the Twenty-First Century. University of Arizona PressPresentations
Miranda, J. (2026). “"The End of History: Oscar Zeta Acosta’s 'Brown Buffalo'"” Presented at the Latinx Studies Association Latinx Studies Association Conference Austin, TX Miranda, J. (2025). ““Immigration History and Timeline Panel" ” Presented at the Bentley University Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration Waltham, MA Miranda, J. (2025). ““Brown World-Making: Toward a Theory of Re-Materialization and Re-Animating Cross-Cultural Affiliation.”” Presented at the National Association of Chicano and Chicana Studies National Association of Chicano and Chicana Studies Conference Albuquerque, NM Miranda, J. (2025). ““From Fever to Fabulation: Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive and the Act of Memory.”” Presented at the American Literature Association American Literature Association Conference Boston, MA Miranda, J. (2025). ““At the End of History; Or One Way to Trace a Chicanx Cryptozoology”” Presented at the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Conference Baltimore, MD Miranda, J., Stuckey, J. K. (2024). “Reading and Discussion with Manuel Muñoz” Presented at the An Evening with Manuel MuñozMiranda, J. (2024). “Screening and Panel of "I Am Not Your Negro"” Presented at the Bentley University Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration Waltham, MA Miranda, J. (2024). ““Fabulating the Archive: Loss and Remembering in Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive.”” Presented at the Western Literature Association Western Literature Association Conference Tucson, AZ Miranda, J. (2023). “Re-Materializing the American Dream: Latinx/e Worldmaking and New Materialism” Presented at the Bentley Research Council Bentley Research Council Poster Session Waltham, MA Miranda, J. (2023). “Reclaiming the Story: A Poetic Critique of Settler Memory and Colonial Ec(h)ography in Urayoán Noel's Transversal” Presented at the Association for Study of Literature and Environment and Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Association for Study of Literature and Environment and Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Conference Portland, OR Miranda, J. (2023). “Cruising Paradise with Oscar Zeta Acosta: A Record of Gonzo Narration in the Urban Desert” Presented at the American Literature Association American Literature Association Conference Boston, MA Miranda, J. (2023). “"The Future: Archival Acts and the Future of Sovereignty"” Presented at the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference Toronto, Canada Miranda, J. (2021). “"These are my sentences": A Testimony to the Act of Writing in Cristina Rivera Garza's Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country” Presented at the American Studies Association American Studies Association Conference Virtual Miranda, J. (2021). “Respondent to Juan Llamas-Rodriguez' "Televisual Tunnels and the Publics of the U.S.-Mexico Border"” Presented at the UMASS Boston Boston Cinema/Media Seminar Boston-Virtual Miranda, J. (2021). “Waiting: Migration and Time in Four Motions” Presented at the Manifold Press Experimental Criticism Symposium Virtual Reviews
Miranda, J. (2022). Review of Sovereignty: The Biography of a Claim. Service
Service: University
Committee Member for Context and Perspectives Curriculum Committee - PresentCommittee Member for Bentley Shuttle Advisory Committee - PresentStudent Organization Advisor for Bentley Chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals for America - PresentProgram Director for Ethnic Studies Minor - PresentCommittee Member for Indigenous Education Steering Committee - PresentCommittee Member for Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration Planning Committee - PresentCommittee Member for Promoting Equity Together Project 2021-01-01 - 2021-12-31
