Josh was a 2013-2014 art history scholar. As an artist, he produces and exhibits at least one artwork annually. This practice ensures that his scholarship is constantly informed by the processes of making and showing work. His art has been exhibited and supported by Co-Lab Projects, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, WorkSpaceBrussels, Mini Art Museum, NurtureArt Gallery, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, DePauw University, HistoryMiami Museum, Studio SoHy, Elsewhere Museum, Addison Gallery of American Art, Agave Festival Marfa, Zygote Press, 516ARTS, and Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. In 2023-2024, he is overseeing the permanent collection installation at Syracuse University Art Museum, which will serve as the setting for a performance series.
Josh Franco
Petros Tesfazion
Petros was a 2013-2014 economics scholar and worked at Ithaca College as an instructor until 2015 where he then moved on to Duke University for one year. Petros currently works as a U.S. economist.
Enrique Gonzalez-Conty
Enrique was a modern languages scholar during the 2013-2014 academic year and remained at Ithaca College. He is an Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature and obtained his PhD in Hispanic Literature in 2014 from The University of Texas at Austin.
His current book project Archiving the Revolution: Claiming History in Cuban Literature and Film examines the close relationship between post-revolutionary Cuban Literature and Film and its ties to important Cuban state institutions such as Casa de las Américas and the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC). His research appears in top peer-reviewed journals including the Puerto Rican Studies Centro Journal and Black Camera, a film journal published by Indiana University Press. Dr. González-Conty is also the co-coordinator of the Latin American Studies Program at Ithaca College and one of the faculty in charge of the Study Abroad in Cuba program. In the community he is the director of the Cine con Cultura Film Festival in Ithaca, NY and a board member of several local organizations including the Latino Civic Association, the Tompkins County Immigrant Rights Coalition, and the Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) at Cornell University. He teaches Latin American Literature and Film and World Cinema courses, as well as Spanish language and Spanish translation.