Maia Gil’Adí is an Assistant Professor of Latinx literature and culture at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her current book project, Doom Patterns: The Aesthetics of Violence and Reading Pleasures in Latinx Speculative Fiction examines representations of violence in Latinx speculative fiction to show how portrayals of destruction and pain paradoxically foreground pleasure in humor, narrative beauty, and the grotesque. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Latino Studies, Studies in American Fiction, and ASAP/Journal. She is also the recipient of a six-month Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. ​​​​​​