A Tribute to Dr. Ricardo Ortiz

Dr. Ricardo Ortiz, our own beloved director of the M.A. in ENPH and celebrated scholar of Latinx literature, queer theory and gender studies, died Aug. 18 in DC. He was 63.

At the time of his passing, he was the director of the Master of Arts in Engaged & Public Humanities program, which he took over in July 2022. Ortiz began teaching at Georgetown in the fall of 1998 and served as the chair of the English department from 2015 to 2021. He taught courses across departments and programs in English, American studies, comparative literature, performing arts and women’s and gender studies. Read the entire tribute to Dr. Ortiz here.