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Hi there, 

I’m a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from The University of Texas at El Paso and currently a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at Texas Tech University. I am a Mexican Latino born and raised on the U.S.-Mexico border, between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, and a Mellon Research Scholar contributing to Latinx Sound Cultures Studies established in 2022 with the support of the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Initiative program at the University of Illinois, Chicago, through a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation.

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My interdisciplinary research bridges Digital and Visual Rhetorics, Design Thinking, and Sound Studies, focusing on border soundscapes as archives of place, identity, and memory. I examine how these soundscapes reveal the socio-cultural dynamics of Latino/a/x communities and enrich the discourse on Latinx cultural experiences and intangible heritage.

Jose Manuel Flores Fuentes UTEP professor

•Interdisciplinary Scholar • Digital Humanities •

•Cultural Researcher • Digital Artist• 

•Border Rhetorics • Sound Studies •

•Latinx Cultural Research•

Academic Appointments

Texas Tech University | 
Department of English

 

Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow. 2025-present

First-Year Writing Program

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The University of Texas at El Paso | 
Department of English

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Adjunct Faculty of English, Rhetoric, and Writing Studies.

First-Year Composition Program. 2024-2025

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Assistant Instructor of English, Rhetoric, and Writing Studies.

First-Year Composition Program. 2018-2024

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Assistant Director of The University Writing Center. 2020-2021

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El Paso Community College | 
Department of English
 
Adjunct Faculty of English. 2025-Present
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Education

Awards

Doctoral Degree in Rhetoric and Composition/2024

University of Texas at El Paso                   

Dissertation Title: Border Soundscapes: Latinidad, Belonging, and Sense of Place in the Paso del Norte Region/2024   

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Master's Degree in Studies and Creative Processes in Art and Design/2015​​​​

Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

Awards: Summa Cum Laude

CONACYT Full Program Scholarship

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Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design/2009

Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

Focus on Multimedia Design and Motion Graphics â€‹â€‹â€‹

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The University of Texas at El Paso

Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award/2023-2024

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The University of Illinois at Chicago 

Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative Fellowship by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/2022

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The University of Texas at El Paso

CGS Humanities Coalition Grant Writing Project 2022

Dorrance D. Roderick Summer 2020 Fellowships

Diana Natalicio Award 2018 (Promising New Scholar)

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Computers and Writing Conference 2022

Best Webtext Award at the Computers and Writing Conference on May 20th: Flores & Dura (2021) "The border soundscapes project: Pursuing border identity through sound." https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/26.1/praxis/flores-dura/index.html

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Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

Summa Cum Laude/2015

CONACYT Full Scholarship/2013

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Languages

  • Spanish

  • English

© 2025 by JM Flores

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