Year of MA/PhD: Ph.D. Candidate in Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies. Minor in Portuguese Language and Literatures. 

Missael is from Nicaragua. He first moved to the United States to pursue a MAF in Creative Writing at The University of Texas at El Paso. He decided to continue with the Ph.D. in Cultural Studies. His dissertation explores the connections between the Anthropocene, the body, and peripheral territories in Latin America.  

Research interests; thesis topic/title:

Contemporary Mexican, Central American, and Lusophone literature, Creative Writing, Anthropocene, and cultural studies.

Academic Background (previous studies):

B.A. in Law, Universidad Popular de Nicaragua, Managua.

MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso.

Email: Missael.Duarte@ttu.edu

Web site: http://missaelduarte.com