Jan. 28 Transition to Virtual Operations, Campus Closed

Bowie State University will be transitioning to virtual operations for all classes and office operations on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The campus will be closed to all non-essential personnel, and all campus activities are canceled. All buildings except residence halls will be closed. Essential personnel should report on time. This is due to the extended time required to clear the extensive snow and ice accumulation on campus. University crews are making every effort to resume campus operations, as a safe return to in-person learning and work remains our top priority. Only essential personnel and residential students are permitted access to the campus on Jan. 28. For more information, please visit BowieState.edu/weather.

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Horacio Sierra

Horacio Sierra

Horacio Sierra Professor College of Arts & Sciences

Phone 301-860-3678 hsierra@bowiestate.edu

Main Campus MLK Center, Room 3330J

Dr. Horacio Sierra earned his B.S. in Communication from the University of Miami and his Ph.D. in English from the University of Florida. He taught at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Connecticut, before joining Bowie State University.

His teaching and research interests include Renaissance literature and culture, Shakespeare, religious discourse, gender, sexuality, popular culture, journalism, graphic novels, and Hispanic literature and culture. Dr. Sierra has published articles and reviews in Comparative Drama, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Early Modern Women, MESTER, Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, The Journal of Florida Literature, Mid-Atlantic Review, and Theatre Journal. His creative writing has been published in The William & Mary Review, Carribean Writer, Riversedge, Peregrine, Mosaic, and The Journal of Florida Studies. His journalism has been published in Forbes, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Hartford Courant, Hispanic magazine, and The Miami Herald.

His book, Sanctified Subversives: Nuns in Early Modern English and Spanish Literature, was published in 2016. His edited collection, New Readings of the Merchant of Venice, was published in 2013. He has received several research grants including an NEH research grant to work at the Biblioteca Nacional de España in Madrid, a USM grant to do work at the British Library in London, and an MSI Research Grant to work in the Benson Collection at the University of Texas-Austin.

Dr. Sierra has served as the department's Coordinator for Recruitment & Retention and advised Sigma Tau Delta as well as the Hispanic Student Association. He is Editor of the College English Association's Mid-Atlantic Review and serves on the Editorial Board of The Sixteenth Century Journal.

Sample of Publications: https://bowiestate.academia.edu/horaciosierra

Awards

  • 2023 - President Biden Appointment to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
  • 2022 - Japan-U.S. Friendship Committee Grant Recipient
  • 2020 - University System of Maryland Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2019 - Bowie State University's Presidential Teaching Excellence Award
  • 2015 - College of Arts and Science's Extra Miler Award for Service