Dorothy E. Mosby is Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies at Mount Holyoke College, USA. She is also a member and former chair of the Africana Studies Program. She is author of Quince Duncan: Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Afro-Caribbean Identity (2014) and Place, Language, and Identity in Afro-Costa Rican Literature (2003).