Creative writing

Eco-criticism

Contemporary Latin American literature and art

19th-Century travel writing

About

José Peña Loyola joined Focused Inquiry in fall 2024 as a Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow. He is a writer and educator from Quito, Ecuador. He has taught Spanish, Media Theory, Film, and Creative Writing at various universities. His work on film and visual arts has been featured in multiple digital publications, and in 2023, he published La Montaña y sus Oficios. Currently, his research and writing focus on the formation of discourses, images, and affects related to mountains and the Andean landscape.

Education

• Ph.D.- Hispanic Studies with a concentration in Creative Writing, University of Houston
• M.F.A.- School of Visual Arts, Art Criticism and Writing; Universidad San Francisco de Quito
• B.A.- Film and Video, Universidad San Francisco de Quito 

Courses

• UNIV 200