Leonardo Montes-Alvarez
- ABD (PHD candidate in Spanish) (University of Missouri)
- Master of Arts in Language Teaching (University of Missouri)
- Graduate certificate in Digital Globe – The Trulaske College of Business and the Missouri School of Journalism (University of Missouri)
- Bachelor's degree in humanities (Universidad de Córdoba)
Leonardo’s current research interests and dissertation focus on the impact of digital technology and AI (artificial intelligence) on Hispanic literature. His future research plans to embrace NLP (Natural Language Processing) AI technology and its impact on literature.
Recent Presentations/Awards
- National Humanities Center summer residency program “Meaningful Teaching and Learning in the Humanities Classroom” 2021
- Corruption in Aves sin nido. Latin American Novels. New Perspectives: Questioning the Right to the Land. First Student Symposium of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Presenter, March 19 of 2021, University of Missouri, Columbia-Missouri.
- Corruption in Aves sin nido. Visual Studies, Queer Studies, Identity: Remapping the Spanish Speaking World through Intersectionality (Arizona State University). Literature (Identity / The Spanish Speaking World / Intersectionality) 24th SPAGrad Literature Conference. Presenter, February 26 of 2021, Arizona State University-School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona.
- Creating a Revenue Model for a Media Project of RJI (Reynolds Journalism Institute). Technology (Data Scraping /Database / Artificial Intelligence - Machine Learning) Entrepreneurship & Media of the Future Symposium. Presenter, April 26 of 2019, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Columbia-Missouri
Leonardo Montes-Alvarez earned his Master’s degree in Language Teaching at the University of Missouri-Columbia and his Bachelor’s degree in humanities at Universidad de Córdoba (Colombia). His secondary field is technology, global communications, and business (Certified by the University of Missouri). His interests focus on the impact of technology in Hispanic literature. His Master’s thesis focused on the impact of digital platforms on language teaching and learning. His previous research focused on contextualized and cultural materials for language learners. He currently teaches elementary level Spanish courses in the SLLC in the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has been teaching languages for more than eleven years.
Leonardo teaches Spanish at the University of Missouri in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. He has been teaching languages for more than eleven years. He earned his master's degree in Language Teaching at the University of Missouri-Columbia and his bachelor's degree in humanities at Universidad de Córdoba (Colombia). His secondary field is digital technology. He has a graduate certificate in Digital Globe provided by a partnership between the Trulaske College of Business and the Missouri School of Journalism. His Master’s thesis focused on the impact of digital platforms on language teaching and learning. His previous research focused on contextualized and cultural materials for language learners.