Alfonso Roca is a Ph.D. student in the Latin American literary and cultural studies program at OSU. Broadly speaking, his research looks into the diverse neuro-psychological, discursive, and institutional mechanisms that underlie and configure the formation of social groups within the context of contemporary U.S and Latin America. He also studies the philosophical and political considerations behind group labels, particularly when it comes to the representation of Latinx experience. Additionally, he is interested in the philosophy of the humanities, their histories, main issues, and ways in which scholars study language, culture, literature, film, art, and other forms of representation.