Colmenares Awarded Interdisciplinary Professorship
David Colmenares has been selected for the Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Professorship. This three-year award recognizes the exceptional quality and promise he shows as a Junior faculty member.
Colmenares, an Assistant Professor of Spanish, joined the Romance Studies Department in the Fall 2019 term. His research focuses on early modern Iberian antiquarianism, Mesoamerican studies, and visual and material cultural studies.
The Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Professorship recognizes a faculty member who is conducting truly interdisciplinary work and either holds or has the potential to hold appointments in multiple schools and colleges at BU.