Fernando Valerio-Holguin (born September 11, 1956), is a college professor at Colorado State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature and has conducted research on the Caribbean Diaspora,[1][2] slavery narrative, and post-modern hybridity among music, film, and literature.[3][4] He has published two poetry books, four books filled with short stories, along with many published essays on the topics of Caribbean culture,[5][6][7] literature,[8][9][10] and film.[11][12][13]
Valerio-Holguin was hired in 1982 as assistant professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. He remained in this position for three years. He also worked as a provisional professor at the same university from 1987 through 1991. In 1991, he became an assistant Spanish professor at Tulane University, moving in 1994 to Allegheny College, and in 1999, to Colorado State University. At Colorado State, he was promoted to associate professor in 2002 and to full professor in 2008.
An interview with Valerio-Holguin was included in the 2018 book Voces con Caudal by Carlos Enrique Cabrera.[14]