Ignacio Pastén López

Ignacio Pastén López is a PhD student in the PhD Program in Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures (LAILaC) at The CUNY Graduate Center and also Adjunct lecturer of Spanish in The College of Staten Island, CUNY. He received his bachelor and master’s degree in literature from the Catholic University of Chile, where he also taught in the Department of Literature. His articles have appeared in Latin American Research Review, Latin American Theater Review, Chasqui, among other scholarly journals. He was a recipient of a Graduate Student Scholarship from Chile’s National Council of Science and Technology. Currently, he is researching practices of sexual dissidence in diasporic contexts, with a particular focus on Chilean performers in New York City.