Alumni Author Series - Dany Diaz Mejia '11

Please join us for this reading by the JCU 2024 Young Alumni Award recipient, Dany Diaz-Mejia '11.

A native of Honduras, Dany Diaz will be reading from his book of essays, Chronicles of what we leave on the shore, and talking about his life as a writer and political consultant.

This event will be held in person, and virtually.  Dany's books will be available to purchase at the reading.

 

Dany Diaz-Mejia grew up in rural Honduras. He graduated from John Carroll University in 2011 with a BA in political science. He also holds a MSc. in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University. From 2017 to 2020 he led the field operations of the Academy for Security Analysis. In the Academy, he used his passion for evidence-based public policies to improve citizen security in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. He now works as an independent consultant for international development projects in Central America. In addition to his policy work, he is an author and a frequent writer on current affairs in outlets such as Gato Encerrado of El Salvador. He has also published in America Magazine in the U.S. 

Philip Metres is an American writer, poet, translator, scholar, and essayist. Metres grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, receiving a BA  from the College of the Holy Cross, an MA in English, MFA in poetry, and a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University at Bloomington. Metres has been called “one of the essential poets of our time,” whose work is “beautiful, powerful, magnetically original.” He has received numerous literary honors, fellowships and accolades for his published works,  He is currently a Professor of English and the Director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University. Metres teaches issues related to nonviolent resistance and peacebuilding in the United States, Middle East, and Northern Ireland.