Eduardo Díaz has been appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, starting in Fall 2024. At UAF, Eduardo will be teaching a wide range of course in Spanish language and Latin American literature and culture. He received his Ph.D. from our department in Spring 2024 with a dissertation titled “Memorias construidas, traumas colectivos y comunidades destruidas: la manifestación y mitificación de la Guerra Cristera (1926-1929) en Juan Rulfo, Agustín Yáñez y Jesús Goytortúa Santos.” The department congratulates Dr. Díaz on receiving the doctorate and on his appointment at UAF and also wishes to acknowledge the work of his dissertation committee members, Professors Maarten van Delden (chair), Patricia Arroyo Calderón, Fernando Pérez-Montesinos, Patrícia Lino, and Jorge Marturano.