Maria Fernandez

Maria Fernandez is an Associate Professor at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History of Art and Visual Studies. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and specializes in the history and theory of digital art, cybernetics, feminist media arts, and posthumanism.

• Ph.D., Columbia University

Research Focus: Maria's work bridges cybernetics, feminist media arts, posthumanism, new materialism, BioArt, and AI in art. She investigates how women artists in new media contribute to posthumanist and new materialist discourses, with a current book project on British cybernetician Gordon Pask.

Publications span digital art history, Latin American modernism, and feminist cybernetics. Her articles appear in Leonardo, Art Journal, and Third Text, with a focus on interactivity, media theory, and technological aesthetics.

• Scientific Awards: Arvey Book Award by the Association for Latin American Art (2015)

She co-edited Domain Errors: Cyberfeminist Practices (2002) and Latin American Modernisms and Technology (2018). Her advising policy emphasizes formal departmental application reviews.