Jennifer Rathbun

Jennifer Rathbun, poet and translator, is a Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Classics at Ball State University. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Arizona specializing in Contemporary Latin American Literature. Rathbun is the translator of sixteen poetry books by Hispanic authors, editor of two anthologies of poetry and author of the poetry collection El libro de traiciones / The Book of Betrayals (2021). Rathbun was awarded the 2021 Ambroggio Prize by The Academy of American Poets with Colombian author Carlos Aguasaco for her translation of his poetry book Cardinal in my Window with a Mask on its Beak. She is a member of the American Literary Translators Association.