María Rocio Cobo Piñero

María Rocio Cobo Piñero is a researcher at the University of Seville in the School of English Philology, specializing in African American Literature and African Diaspora Studies. Her work critically examines intersections of race, gender, and cultural identity through postcolonial and transatlantic frameworks.

• PhD in English Philology (2014) on 'The influence of Blues and Jazz on three African-American authors'
• Key collaborators: Dr. Stelamaris Coser, Dr. Juan Ignacio Guijarro González

Research Focus

Investigates queer representations in African arts, gender dynamics in jazz traditions, transnational narratives in Afrodiasporic literature, and decolonial epistemologies in visual arts. Recent work analyzes Zanele Muholi and Akwaeke Emezi through the lens of trans-embodiments and Black counter-archives.

Publications

Her scholarship traces musical influences on literary production, postcolonial science fiction, and afrodiasporic consciousness in contemporary travelogues. Notable works include analyses of Claudia Rankine's affect theories and Toni Morrison's interdisciplinary legacy.