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Richard N. Gioioso, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of International Relations Program

Richard N. Gioioso Ph.D.

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Barbelin Hall 205

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Richard N. Gioioso is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the International Relations Program at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. 

Dr. Gioioso’s research and writing examine migration and the incorporation of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants in the United States. He also focuses on the lives of Cuban young adults as they navigate economic, political, and social change on the island, in both the capital city, Havana, and in the province of Holguín in eastern Cuba. He is currently investigating Cuban political and legal philosophy in both historical and contemporary Cuba as well.

Having received his doctorate in International Relations from Florida International University (FIU) in 2010, Dr. Gioioso has worked extensively as a field researcher in the U.S. and abroad. His research projects have been funded by the American Political Science Association, the National Science Foundation, the Federal Judicial Center, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation/Miami Cultural Center, the Tinker Foundation, the Rubin Museum of Art, the Miami Workers' Center, the Research Institute for Social and Economic Policy, and the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University.

At Saint Joseph’s, Dr. Gioioso teaches a variety of courses on Global Politics, Latin American Politics, Migration, and Political Economy. In 2019, he received the 2019 Junior Faculty Teaching Award by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).

Dr. Gioioso has published in various scholarly journals. His most recent article, Estado de Derecho y socialismo en Cuba: Un análisis desde la reforma constitucional del 2019, co-authored with Dr. Vladimir Pita Simón of the Universidad de Holguín, was published in the Latin American Law Review in 2022.

Youth and Development in Cuba, his co-edited volume with Zaily Velázquez Martínez and Carlos Osorio García of the Universidad de Holguín, was published in 2022 by Palgrave Macmillan.

    • Ph.D. in International Relations, Florida International University
    • M.A. in International Studies, Florida International University
    • B.A. in Spanish, Saint Joseph’s University

  • Edited Volume

    2022, Richard N. Gioioso, Zaily Velázquez Martínez, and Carlos Osorio García (eds). Youth and Development in Cuba. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90866-9

    Scholarly Articles

    2022, Vladimir Pita Simón and Richard N. Gioioso. Estado de derecho y socialismo en Cuba: Un análisis desde la reforma constitucional del 2019. Latin American Law Review 8: 39-55. DOI:10.29263/lar08.2022.03

    2019, Vladímir Pita Simón and Richard N. Gioioso. Las bases normativas del ideal republicano de José Martí. International Journal of Cuban Studies 11(2): 270-292. DOI:10.13169/intejcubastud.11.2.0270

    2019, Richard N. Gioioso, Carlos Osorio, and Zaily Velázquez. La Organización del Tiempo y el Cuentapropismo: Un Estudio Preliminar de Jóvenes Emprendedores en Holguín, Cuba, The Latin Americanist 62(4): 478-496. DOI: 10.111/tla.1221

    2019, Richard N. Gioioso. Latino immigrants and community in the United States: Challenges and opportunities. Political Geography 31(7): 474-477. DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.04.003

    2011, Patricia L. Price, Christopher Lukinbeal, Richard N. Gioioso, Daniel Arreola, Damián J. Fernández, Timothy Ready, and Maria de los Angeles Torres. Placing Latino Civic Engagement. Urban Geography 32(2): 179-207.

    Book Chapters

    2022, Richard N. Gioioso, Zaily Velázquez, and Carlos Osorio. Studying Youth and Development in Cuba. In Gioioso, Velázquez, and Osorio (editors), Youth and Development in Cuba, pp. 1-18. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90866-9_1

    2022, Carlos Osorio, Richard N. Gioioso, Zaily Velázquez, and Miguel Bringuez. Intersections in Everyday Life between Temporal Organization and Life Projects Among Cuban Young Adults. In Gioioso, Velázquez, and Osorio (editors). Youth and Development in Cuba, 105-122. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90866-9_6

    2020, Richard N. Gioioso and Lisa A. Baglione. Trump in the Tropics: Territorialities and the Misdirection of U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Cuba. In Barney Warf (editor), Political Landscapes of Donald Trump, pp. 249-264. London: Routledge.

    Media

    Fotos y cartas dejan al descubierto el drama inmigrante on Telemundo62, Oct 2019

    Curtain Falls on Cuba’s Castro Era with New President on Bloomberg, April 2018

    Cuba Transition: What to Expect from a Post-Castro Cuba on Knowledge@Wharton, April 2018

    Adiós to Castro, Hola to Change? on Good to Know: Saint Joseph’s University podcast series, March 2018