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Sebastián Figueroa, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Spanish

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jfiguer1@uno.edu
Education

PhD in Hispanic Studies, University of Pennsylvania

MA in Latin American Literature, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City

BA in Spanish, Universidad Austral de Chile

About

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.

Honors and Awards

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, University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2019.

LALS Research Grant, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.

Dean’s Travel Grant, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.

Nancy M. Farriss Award for Best Graduate Paper, University of Pennsylvania, 2017.

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award in Spanish, University of Pennsylvania, 2017.

GAPSA Travel Grant, University of Pennsylvania, 2016.

Creative Writing Fellowship, Government of Chile, 2013.

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

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