Patrick Duffey (PhD, UT-Austin, 1994) joined Austin College in the fall of 1994. One of his primary areas of research has been 20th-century Latin American prose fiction and the relationship between film and Hispanic literature. Currently, he is writing about the impact of silent film on Hispanic writers of the 20s and 30s. (Publications) 

He teaches a wide variety of courses focusing on both Spanish language and Latin American literature (e.g., "Latin American Women Writers: Recent Short Fiction," "Latin American Crime Fiction and Film," "Latin American Science Fiction," "Las culturas afro-hispanoamericanas:  la agencia creativa en la literatura, el cine y la música," and  "The Indigenous Voices of Abya Yala").

From 2008-2014 he was Dean of Humanities.  In past years, he has been Chair of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Co-Director of the Austin College Center for Southwestern and Mexican Studies, Chair of the Internationalization Committee, Chair of the Mellon Summer Research Program, Acting Director of the Latin American Studies Program, and director of the Spanish Language House on many occasions. He has led January Term courses to Oaxaca, Sevilla, Valparaíso, Cuzco, Buenos Aires, Santo Domingo/Punta Cana, Sámara (Costa Rica), and Quetzaltenango,  where students studied Spanish language and culture.   On-campus Janterms have included ones on silent film (Silence is a Virtue: A Hands-On History of Classic Silent Films), on Afro-Latino Cultures (Racial Justice & Black Latin American Cultural Practices), and another on indigenous cultures (Indigenous South and North: Film & Literature).