Aesthetic and Design of Latin American Technology

Presenter: 
Francisco Tijerina, Ph.D. candidate, Washington University in St. Louis, “From the Cosmopolitan to the Planetary: Ecological Aesthetics in Contemporary Mexican Haikus"
Biographies: 
Francisco Tijerina is a PhD Candidate (ABD) in Hispanic Studies with a certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He earned a B.A. in Communication and Digital Media with a certificate in Journalism and an M.A. in Humanistic Studies with a specialization in Literature and Discourse at Tec de Monterrey. His research and academic interests include literary artifacts produced by women in contemporary Mexico and Latin America, neo-extractivism, ecocriticism, ecofeminism, animal studies, and literatures produced from the diasporas.