Tomás Hidalgo Nava

Tomás Hidalgo Nava is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at Brigham Young University. He holds a PhD in Hispanic Literature from Pennsylvania State University (2015), an MA in Comparative Literature from BYU (2004), and a BA in Journalism from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2001). His work focuses on literature, film, and media as tools to critique political violence and advocate for human rights in Latin America and Mexico.

Education:

• PhD in Hispanic Literature, Pennsylvania State University, 2015
• MA in Comparative Literature, Brigham Young University, 2004
• BA in Journalism and Mass Communication, UNAM, 2001

Research Interests:

• Representations of political violence in Mexican/Latin American literature and film
• Media’s role in denouncing human rights violations
• Mexican Dirty War narratives
• Teaching methodologies for literature education

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