Mónica Domínguez Torres is Professor of Art History and Associate Director of the Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware, USA. She also holds a joint appointment in Latin American and Iberian Studies. Her research focuses on the arts of the early modern Iberian World, specifically cross-cultural exchanges between Spain and the Americas in the period 1500-1700. She has published numerous articles and two monographs in this field, most recently Pearls for the Crown: Art, Nature, and Race in the Age of Spanish Expansion (2024). Her research has been supported by the NEH, Getty Research Institute, Bard Graduate Center, and Renaissance Society of America, among others.