• Pre-Columbian and Colonial Andes,Modern Latin American Literature, Literary Theory, Musicology, and Latino Studies

He is currently working on a book-length project on how the city of Cuzco (ancient capital of the Inkas) in the 17th century, after having endured and assimilated the destruction which conquest brought, become an important space in which Andean forms of knowledge and arts saw a renaissance.

Dr Carrion's main research focuses on interdisciplinary readings of Andean and Mexican colonial texts, cultural productions, transatlantic studies, post-colonial studies, and Latino Studies.

He was the recipient of the following awards, fellowships and grants: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Fellowship (2000); The United States Department of State Summer Fellowship to work at the U.S. Embassy in Dakar, Senegal (2001); the Jennie M. Forehand Fellowship to continue graduate studies in Maryland (2003); the Kenan Technology Fellowship (2004) to develop online courses in Spanish; a Boston University Fellowship to participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar on Transatlantic Studies (2004); a John Carter Brown Fellowship (2007) to conduct research on early American prints; an appointment as Associate Researcher of the Smithsonian Museum for the American Indian (2007); and a Partnership of Greater Baltimore to teach a Latino Studies course with a community service focus (2008). In 2009, he was honored with the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award.