Fr. Jose Ignacio Badenes, S.J.
José I. Badenes, S.J., Ph.D. serves as Rector of the LMU Jesuit Community (2026-2032) and Professor of Spanish at LMU. Father Badenes has been a professor in LMU´s Department of Modern Languages and Literatures since 1996, where he has taught courses in Spanish language, literature, and culture, as well as interdisciplinary Humanities seminars for the University Honors Program, the Catholic Studies Program, and the First-Year Seminar experience in the University Core Curriculum. He served in the Provost’s office as Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education (2018-2024) and as Vice Provost for Academic Programs (2024-2026).
Fr. Badenes earned his Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of California at Santa Barbara and has Masters degrees in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in Divinity and Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara. He has also served as simultaneous translator at various national and international gatherings.
Dr. Badenes´ area of research and scholarship is 19th-21st centuries peninsular Spanish literature. Areas of interest and expertise include comparative literature, gender and sexuality studies (particularly masculinity studies), and interdisciplinary studies (especially literature and the visual arts and literature and theology). He has widely presented and published in his areas of research and expertise, including a monograph, Performing the Dandy: Manuel Machado and the Anxiety of Masculinity (2003), on early 20th century Spanish poet Manuel Machado on constructions and performances of masculinities in his poetry. His research focuses on early 20th century Spanish artist Federico García Lorca and on Hispanic late 19thc-early 20th c modernismo.
Email: Jose.Badenes@lmu.edu
Phones:
310-338-7684 (Department office)
310-338-7448 (Rector’s office)
310-338-4583 (Jesuit residence)