Latin American and Caribbean literatures and cultures, Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures (1800s to present), the relationships between literature, ethnographic and sociological discourses in Latin America,Afro-Diasporic literatures and cultures, and critical discourses ofrace, gender and sexuality in colonial and postcolonial societies Professor Arroyo-Martinez is also developing a new research project on "virtual Caribbean bodies" which explores the relationship between racialized bodies, media techonologies and globalization in contemporary Caribbean societies.