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Assistant Professor of Spanish of the Dept. of World Languages at Onondaga Community College, Dr. Cummings’ interests are diverse: from the Hispanic culture and its magical literature, to historical figures such as Emiliano Zapata, to Mexican horror and Hispanic films, he is drawn to the intense cultural production of all Spanish speaking countries, with a particular interest in Mexico due to his many contacts with film directors, actors, playwrights, etc. He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Wayne State University in Hispanic literature and film and in literary and cinematic theory. While a student at WSU he appeared in a print catalogue and a commercial promoting his alma mater. Cummings Rendón has given over 60 presentations in professional conferences in Canada, Mexico, and the United States and published over 30 academic articles, interviews, translations and book reviews on Latin American and Spanish literature and culture in national and international refereed journals from Puerto Rico, Spain, Costa Rica, Mexico and The United States such as Crítica Hispánica, Rilce, Science Fiction Research Association Review, Femspec, Hispania, M/MLA, The Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, Film Quarterly, Revista Horizontes, Michigan Academician, Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, Tropos, and Selected Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference. Moreover, he has also published encyclopedic entries in Hispanic American Biographies and World and its Peoples. He has published a book on a small rural community in Mexico, and is working on books on Luis Buñuel, Guillermo del Toro, and Mexican horror films. He is also an avid creative writer and a poet, with hopes of publishing his book of poetry soon.
