Matthew Feinberg

Dr. Matthew Feinberg received his Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Kentucky and Master’s degrees from Middlebury College and Colorado State University. Feinberg strives to help students to develop the language skills and cultural competence to achieve their personal, intellectual and professional goals while teaching language, literature and culture courses at all levels of the Spanish program. He also teaches courses on Intercultural Communication and Latinx history and culture, and has taught service-learning courses in collaboration with a range of local organizations like LatinUS Theater, MetroHealth, ArtHouse, the Comité Mexican and Neighborhood Family Practice.

A specialist in the urban cultural history of Spain, Feinberg’s research explores the intersection of literary studies and cultural geography with a particular emphasis on theater and urban development in Madrid. His most recent book, "From the Theater to the Plaza: Spectacle, Protest, and Urban Space in Twenty-First-Century Madrid" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2022), studies the role of theater spaces in struggles over gentrification in Madrid’s iconic Lavapiés neighborhood between the years 2000 to 2011. He has also written about urban space, cultural ecology and theater in journals like "Revista de Estudios Hispánicos," "Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies," "The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies," "The International Journal of Iberian Studies," "Romance Quarterly" and others.

As a native of Northeast Ohio, he enjoys working to connect his classroom at BW with the city of Cleveland and making his courses resonate with students’ personal and professional interests.