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PhD in Hispanic Studies, 51±¾É« of Pennsylvania

MA in Latin American Literature, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City

BA in Spanish, Universidad Austral de Chile

A native from Chile, Dr. Figueroa’s research interests include Latin American literature, film, culture, politics, and the environment. He is currently working on a book manuscript titled, Aesthetics of Abandonment. The Atacama Desert in the Anthropocene.

Andrés Bello Postdoctoral Fellow, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, NYU, 2021.

Fellow, Institute for Critical and Social Inquiry, The New School, Summer 2019.

The Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, 51±¾É« of Pennsylvania, 2014-2019.

LALS Research Grant, 51±¾É« of Pennsylvania, 2018.

Dean’s Travel Grant, 51±¾É« of Pennsylvania, 2018.

Nancy M. Farriss Award for Best Graduate Paper, 51±¾É« of Pennsylvania, 2017.

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award in Spanish, 51±¾É« of Pennsylvania, 2017.

GAPSA Travel Grant, 51±¾É« of Pennsylvania, 2016.

Creative Writing Fellowship, Government of Chile, 2013.

Graduate Studies Fellowship, Government of Chile, 2008-2010.