Antonio Cardentey

Senior Lecturer of Spanish

Member Of:
  • School of Modern Languages
Office Phone: 404-894-7327
Office Location: Swann 233
Related Links:
Email Address: alevin9@gatech.edu

Overview

Dr. Cardentey is a scholar of Caribbean and Latin American literary and cultural studies at Georgia Tech, specializing in affect theory, historical novel, speculative fiction, and transnational cultural exchanges. He completed his undergraduate studies in Humanities with a concentration in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Havana. He also holds a master’s degree in Hispanic Philology from the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Cardentey worked as a research associate for the Institute of Literature and Linguistics in the Cuban Academy of Sciences, and as a copyeditor at Wifredo Lam Center for Contemporary Art. 

His research has been published in several journals, contributing to broader dialogues on Caribbean and Latin American studies, global modernities, and the politics of emotion in literature. These journals include Alambique: Revista Académica de Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, and Bulletin of Spanish Studies. His book reviews have appeared in journals such as Cuban Studies and Afro-Hispanic Review. He has also contributed chapters to edited volumes, including A Cuban Cinema Companion (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and Historia de lo fantástico en las narrativas latinoamericanas (Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2024, vol. 2). In addition, he has served as a manuscript reviewer for Palgrave Macmillan, Caribbean Conjunctures: The Caribbean Association Journal, Alambique, and other academic publishers and journals.

At Georgia Tech, Dr. Cardentey teaches Spanish at all levels, as well as interdisciplinary courses on Caribbean culture, Latin American speculative fiction, and the Soviet influence in Cuban culture. His courses engage students in critical discussions on transnational identities and cultural hybridity, integrating his expertise in Hispanic linguistics and language pedagogy. His teaching effectiveness has been recognized with multiple placements on the Semester Honor Rolls, Thank a Teacher Program certificates, and the 2024 CIOS Award for Excellence in Instruction. His next collaborative pedagogical project is an open-access, fully digital Spanish program for STEM disciplines in higher education, integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into its content framework.

Beyond the classroom, Dr. Cardentey actively supports student success through mentorship and advising, with many former students advancing in careers where Spanish proficiency is key. His service contributions include co-organizing the Foreign Language Pedagogy Workshop, the first of its kind in the School of Modern Languages, and advising the student organization Georgia Tech Model United Nations (GTMUN). He has also organized film screenings for the Global Media Festival: Sustainability Across Languages and Cultures at Georgia Tech.

Dr. Cardentey co-leads the Language for Business and Technology (LBAT) study-abroad program in Cádiz, Spain. Committed to fostering linguistic and cultural competency, he continues to innovate at the intersection of language, technology, and global engagement.

Education:
  • Ph.D. Hispanic Literature
  • M.A. Hispanic Philology
  • B.A. Humanities-Hispanic Linguistics
Awards and
Distinctions:
  • 2026 Jamie Bishop Memorial Award, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA), for an Essay Not in English
  • 2024 CIOS Award, Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech, for SPAN 3813 Intro to Caribbean Culture
  • Fall 2024 Honor Roll, Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech, for SPAN 3813 Intro to Caribbean Culture
  • Spring 2024 Honor Roll, Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech, for SPAN 3813 Intro to Caribbean Culture
Areas of
Expertise:
  • Affect & Emotions In Caribbean Historical Fiction
  • Hispanic Linguistics & Language Pedagogy
  • Intermediality
  • Latin American, Caribbean & Latinx Studies
  • Race, Gender, Class Intersectionality
  • Soviet Technology & Aesthetics In Latin American Culture
  • Speculative Fiction

Interests

Teaching Interests:
Spanish language, Caribbean culture, Latin American speculative fiction, Soviet technology in Cuban culture.
Research Interests:
Caribbean and Latin American literary and cultural studies, affect theory, the historical novel, speculative fiction, interculturality, intermediality
Research Fields:
  • Ethics and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Linguistics
  • Literary and Cultural Studies
  • Spanish
Geographic
Focuses:
  • Europe
  • Latin America and Caribbean
Issues:
  • Aesthetics and Technology
  • Caribbean Studies
  • Cinema Studies
  • Digital Humanities
  • Higher Education: Teaching and Learning
  • Intercultural Issues
  • Latin-American, Latino/Latina, and Hispanic Studies
  • Literary Theory
  • Science Fiction
  • Space
  • World Literature

Courses

  • PORT-1803: Special Topics: Elementary Portuguese I
  • SPAN-1001: Elementary Spanish I
  • SPAN-1002: Elementary Spanish II
  • SPAN-2001: Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPAN-2002: Intermediate Spanish II
  • SPAN-3040: Pract. App. Span Grammar
  • SPAN-3050: Intro-Read Hispanic Lit
  • SPAN-3101: Conversation I
  • SPAN-3500: Sci-Fi In Latin America
  • SPAN-3700: Intro Caribbean Culture
  • SPAN-3813: Advanced Spanish in Valencia: Remote LBAT Program
  • SPAN-4061: Science & Technology I
  • SPAN-4693: Sustainability in Span: LBAT Study Abroad Program, Cádiz, Spain
  • SPAN-4699: Undergraduate Research: ALIS
  • SPAN-6998: Master's Project: ALIS
  • SPAN-8803: Special Topics: Soviet Tech in Latin American Culture

Publications

All Publications

Journal Articles

Chapters

Internet Publications

Translations

Other Publications

Updated:  Jun 14th, 2026 at 3:25 PM