Ary Malaver, Ph.D.

Dr. Malaver's research interests are interdisciplinary with a focus on short literary and audiovisual narratives from Latin America and Spain. He also researches contemporary Latinx literature and culture in the United States. Other current interests and areas of research include cyberculture in Latin America, as well as spiritual ecology and consciousness. He is also the director of ¡Cortos! Latin American Short Film Festival, an annual event open to the UNG community and the Gainesville, Dahlonega and Oconee communities at large.

He is the author of two books: La brevedad como poética, a book on the poetics of brevity, and Incidentes, a hybrid text made up of short stories presented in various formats. He has also published on U.S. Latinx literature and performance, Canadian digital poetry, U.S.-Mexico border crossings, Latin American short fiction and film, Latin American digital microfiction, as well as on Spanish and Latin American literary microfiction.