Joy Castro

Joy Castro (www.joycastro.com) is the Associate Director of the Institute for Ethnic Studies and an Associate Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has taught in the Clemente Course, which offers a humanities curriculum to low-income adults, and has offered free courses to at-risk teenagers, victims of domestic violence, and survivors of sexual assault. Her memoir, The Truth Book, was named a Book Sense Notable Book by the American Booksellers Association, and her second book, Island of Bones, is forthcoming from the University of Nebraska Press. She was named a 2009 Best New Latino Author.