Antonio Hernández Matos holds a PhD in History in Puerto Rico and the Hispanic Caribbean with a minor in modern United States from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. His dissertation, “Estas cosas parecen triviales; pero son de más importancia de lo que se cree:” Fashion, Gender, and Modernity in Puerto Rican Periodicals, 1900-1930, examines how Puerto Ricans considered conceptions of modernity – and its discontents – through fashion (as dress and behavior) texts and images. He has published “Fashion and Modernity in Puerto Rico, 1920–1930;” “On the Complex Memory of a Pionero: A Cultural Analysis of Joaquín Colón’s Memoirs;” and ““Hombres sí/Hombres nó:” Fashioning Masculinity in Early 20th Century Puerto Rico.”