Assistant Professor | Ethical Reflection
Berríos writes, teaches, and conducts research, and is an Assistant Professor at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. He holds a Ph.D. and a master’s degree in Latin American Literature from the University of Pittsburgh. He previously earned his first master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
As a poet he published The Marurna (2025) with the publisher Santa Rabia Poetry. She has also published samples of her work in Casapaís (2023) and Trasdemar (2023). https://www.trasdemar.com/home/poesia/miroirs-iii-poemas-ineditos-de-kelvin-duran/
His research focuses on the intersections between literature and philosophy. His work also incorporates the study of Indigenous thought and cosmologies, Buddhism, the natural sciences, linguistics, technology, and history, among other subjects that intrigue him. He has presented the results of his research and findings at local and international conferences.
With more than ten years of teaching experience in Puerto Rico and the United States, he has taught courses in ethics, literature, the humanities, Spanish, and research methodology.
Among the various awards and recognitions he has received, the Concha Meléndez Literary Criticism Award, granted by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP), stands out. He received the award for his essay Una sonda hacia el vacío: “lo ondo i lo desatado”. Meditaciones sobre la metamorfosis oxigráfica y el pensamiento poético de Joserramón Melendes, which is forthcoming from the ICP Press.
Other recent academic publications include:
“La imagen fecunda y la errancia de la fundación en Cartago de Mara Negrón.” Languages, Literature, and Cultures of the Caribbean. Islands in Between XNUMX–XNUMX. Forthcoming.
“III global village, dyslocation, right wing fantasies, finance capital, speculative realism, downloads, bliss-horror, role-playing games” by Timothy Morton and Dominic Boyer. Translated with Sebastián Urli. Cuadernos Lírico, no. XNUMX, XNUMX.
https://journals.openedition.org/lirico/19328
"From Borges to Saer. From Saer to Borges?" Borges Variations, No. 55, Spring 2023, pp. 215–233.