Paco Tijerina

Paco Tijerina is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, holding a graduate certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and McDonnell Academy Scholar status. He lectures in Spanish and related disciplines, teaching courses across Spanish, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Latin American Studies. His research examines the socio-environmental impacts of mineral extraction in contemporary Mexican literature, blending ecological, gendered, and postcolonial frameworks.

Education: B.A. in Communication & Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey) with a Journalism certificate; M.A. in Humanistic Studies with Literature specialization (Tec de Monterrey).

Research & Engagement: Co-founder of the Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Latin American Literature Reading Group (since 2022), editorial assistant for Revista de Estudios Hispánicos (2022–2023), and organizer of literary events featuring authors like Tere Dávila and Roque Raquel Salas Rivera. His 2024 article in De Raíz Diversa analyzes capitalist critiques in energy-themed fiction, with two additional publications pending.