Dr. Cecily Raynor is an Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Digital Humanities at McGill University. Her research examines the impact of global phenomenological forces on local realities, with special attention to language, culture, and modes of constructing the self, both online and offline. She is committed to working with cultural products on the margins in order to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within her disciplines. Within the areas of Latin American literature and cultural studies, she has developed an interdisciplinary approach to examining cultural responses to globalization.

Professor Raynor’s book on spatial practices in contemporary Latin America was published by Bucknell University Press in 2021 and her co-edited volume on digital culture in Latin America was published by the University of Toronto Press in 2023.

Her current project, Pandemic Imaginaries, examines cultural responses to a series of contemporary public health crises in Latin America, including the COVID-19 pandemic, Zika virus, AIDS, and yellow fever (alongside dengue and chikungunya). Through the work of writers, filmmakers, poets, and digital content creators, this project explores how these crises are experienced and represented, highlighting social, economic, and cultural inequities while tracing connections to historical legacies of contagion and ecological transformation.