MJ Maciel Jorge

Professor M. J. Maciel Jorge is a first-generation scholar. Her research focuses on Spanish and Portuguese early modern literatures, colonial and new world encounters, and Portuguese island culture and literature. She’s interested in exploring the intersections between creativity and historical, social, class, gender and racial discourses that shape the human experience. As a creative writer she is guided by the principle that fiction can serve as a tool for awareness and empathy. Her book of essays The Hyphen and other Thoughts from the In-Between was voted best books of 2024, non-fiction category by The Miamichi Reader. As Associate Dean of Global and Community Engagement, Professor Maciel Jorge serves York's largest Faculty in supporting international students, access and bridging programs, Summer study abroad opportunities as well as various engagements with local and global communities. Professor Maciel Jorge leads the Faculty’s efforts for internationalization through the establi