Office Hours
Autumn 2023: Hagerty Hall 272 -- TuTh 1 PM to 3 PM
Areas of Expertise
- Latin American and Latinx critical thought
- Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Studies
- Philosophy of the Humanities
Education
- Ph.D., Latin American Cultural & Literary Studies, The Ohio State University (in progress)
- M.A., Latin American Cultural & Literary Studies, The Ohio State University, 2020
- M.A., Spanish, University of Arkansas, 2018
- Licenciatura en Lenguas Modernas, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, 2016
Alfonso Roca is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at OSU. He has an interdisciplinary background that includes degrees in Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies, Latinx Studies, and Cognitive Science. His research and teaching focuses on Latin American and Latinx critical thought, and Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Studies. His dissertation examines the theoretical resources used to investigate identity and cultural production, particularly those that center epistemologies of the South. Additionally, he is interested in the philosophy of the humanities, their histories, main issues, and ways in which scholars study language and culture.