Associate professor of comparative literature and Iberian and Latin American cultures and a published author, Vincent Barletta, specializes in these fields. He is also an adjunct lecturer for the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, the Center for African Studies, and the Center for Latin American Studies. He also serves as a research associate at the Europe Center.

Barletta's primary areas of inquiry and study are Iberian Islam, Portuguese literature, literature and linguistic anthropology, and literature and philosophy.

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Barletta is the author of several books. His most recent work, Rhythm: Form and Dispossession (Chicago, 2020). The book covers three time periods, from Ancient Greece to the current day, and examines the rhythm of each. Covert Gestures, Crypto-Islamic Literature as Cultural Practice in Early Modern Spain and Death in Babylon, Alexander the Great, and the Iberian Empire in the Muslim Orient are two more publications on the subject (Univ. of Minnesota, 2005). He is located in Windy City (2010 Chicago). He was awarded the 2007 La Corónica Book Prize for his book Covert Gestures.

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Apart from becoming a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow for 2019–2020, Vincent Barletta has also been honored with the Kay Philips Award for Outstanding Adult Ally, Youth Community Service. In addition, he has been the recipient of several grants for collaborative academic endeavors.

In 2001, Vincent Barletta completed his post-doctoral studies in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. He completed his Ph.D. coursework in Hispanic Languages and Literature in 1998.

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He spent a year teaching English to Moroccans who spoke Arabic and French as part of his Peace Corps service in the country (1989-1990). His BA in English from California's St. Mary's College was awarded him with high distinction.

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Barletta has been a professor at Stanford since 2007 when she began teaching in the programs for Iberian and Latin American Cultures and Comparative Literature. Not only has he taught at the Stanford Art History Department but also in the Jewish Studies Program, the African Studies Program, and the Religious Studies Department.

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Professor Barletta taught as an assistant in the Spanish and Portuguese department at CU Boulder from 2001 to 2006 before taking a position at Stanford.

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Vincent Barletta is passionate about language study and is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. He has spent years learning Hebrew, Latin, Classical Greek, and Arabic as part of his education, and he is also highly proficient in French and Italian. He has a remarkable talent for taking up new tongues and is always eager to expand his horizons via study.

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The 2021 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship is Vincent Barletta's proudest professional achievement. He won Stanford University's Enhanced Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities and Arts the same year. Many times, most recently in 2019 for the "South of the South" project, he has been awarded the Stanford DLCL Research Grant and the Stanford DLCL Collaborative Teaching Grant.

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The youth service group, Youth Community Service in the San Francisco Bay Area, honored Professor Barletta with the Kay Philips Award for Outstanding Adult Ally in 2020. He taught for the Fulbright Specialist Program in American Studies in 2016 and 2018. In addition to his extensive teaching experience, he has worked as a successful author for many years. His work is read in every corner of the globe, and he continuously looks for new methods to make a difference.

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Professor Barletta brings extensive knowledge, dedication, and professionalism to his role as a mentor and educator at the university level. He is an advocate for first-generation college students and marginalized groups. In addition, he is committed to bridging the gap between the natural world and the study of literature and the humanities more generally. He understands the need to maintain efforts to raise awareness of climate change as a problem that will have lasting effects on the lives of today's youth.

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Vincent Barletta is a staunch advocate for legislation that protects workers' rights, and when he's not in the classroom, he works to improve workers' lives. He defends the rights of the powerless and stresses the need to provide a safe workplace for all employees.

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As a result of his interest in languages, Barletta has developed a passion for poetry, which he likes exploring in his leisure time by reading and composing. He has always had a deep appreciation for jazz and enjoys sharing it with others.

Vincent Barletta is a teacher, speaker, and author. His body of work spanning several decades and many different topics is easily accessible. His scholarly works in linguistics and literature have been translated into several other tongues. Barletta is involved in his community and always thinks of new ways to get people interested in reading and their environment.