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.
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.
•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
The University of Texas at El Paso |
Department of English
Adjunct Faculty of English, Rhetoric, and Writing Studies.
First-Year Composition Program. 2024-2025
Assistant Instructor of English, Rhetoric, and Writing Studies.
First-Year Composition Program. 2018-2024
Assistant Director of The University Writing Center. 2020-2021
El Paso Community College |
Department of English
Adjunct Faculty of English. 2025-Present
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
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
Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design/2009
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Focus on Multimedia Design and Motion Graphics
The University of Texas at El Paso
Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award/2023-2024
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative Fellowship by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/2022
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)
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
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Summa Cum Laude/2015
CONACYT Full Scholarship/2013
Languages
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Spanish
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English