Rate My Professor Guillermo de Los Reyes

Guillermo de Los Reyes is Department Chair and Associate Professor of Latin American Cultures and Literatures in the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston. He holds a Ph.D. in Romance Languages from the University of Pennsylvania (2004), with a dissertation entitled “Sodomy and Society: Sexuality, Gender, and Race and Class in Colonial Mexico.” His academic background also includes an M.A. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania (1999), an M.A. in American Studies from Universidad de las Américas-Puebla (1997, Summa Cum Laude), and a B.A. in International Relations from the same institution (1994, Magna Cum Laude). Prior to his tenure at the University of Houston, where he joined as Assistant Professor in 2003 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2009, he served as Lecturer in Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania (2001-2003) and other teaching roles.

De Los Reyes' research specializations include colonial Mesoamerica, gender, sexuality, and queer theory, Latin American cultural studies, secret and fraternal societies, and policy studies. He has authored books such as Herencias Secretas: Masonería, política y sociedad en México (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 2009), with forthcoming works including Freemasonry in Mexico: The Secret Heritage (Westphalia Press, 2024) and Abominable Sins: Rethinking and Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in Colonial Mexico (1542–1750). He has edited volumes like Female Emancipation and Masonic Membership: An Essential Collection (Westphalia Press, 2023) and special journal issues on topics such as “Gender and Freemasonry” (REHMLAC, 2020-2021) and “Latin American Freemasonry” (Ritual, Secrecy, and Civil Society, 2017). Key articles include “New Perspectives on Latin American Freemasonry: Three Case Studies” (Routledge, 2022), “The Folklorization of Queer Theory” (Indiana University Press, 2021), and “De masonería, salvamentos y otras lealtades fraternales” (REHMLAC, 2015-2016). In addition to his scholarly output, he holds administrative positions as Director of Undergraduate Studies in Hispanic Studies (since 2010) and Associate Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program (since 2009). His work contributes significantly to interdisciplinary dialogues on cultural history, fraternal organizations, and gender dynamics in Latin America.