Jason Ruiz

Jason Ruiz is Professor of American Studies and the Director of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he is also affiliated faculty with the Program in Gender Studies and the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre.

Ruiz has published two books, Americans in the Treasure House: Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire and Narcomedia: Latinidad, Popular Culture, and America’s War on Drugs, both published by the University of Texas Press (2014 and 2024), along with many articles, book chapters, and edited volumes. He is also the principal investigator of Latinx Murals of Pilsen, a digital research project devoted to public art in Chicago supported by the Whiting Foundation. The recipient of multiple teaching awards, his courses at Notre Dame focus on Latinx studies, media history, race and representation, queer studies, and popular culture.

Ruiz is currently the Editor of American Quarterly, a premiere journal in the humanities and the official publication of the American Studies Association.