Rocha-De Luna, Rubria

Rubria Rocha de Luna is a postdoctoral researcher and a professor of Digital Humanities at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She is a candidate for the Mexico National System of Researchers (SNII) for the period 2023-2026. Additionally, she is a co-founder of Redes, Migrants Without Borders, a non-profit digital initiative. Dr. Rocha de Luna holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from UANL, a Master's in Educational Sciences from UDEM, a Master's in Foreign Languages with a focus on Hispanic Culture and Literature from WSU, and a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from Texas A&M University, where she specialized in Visual Culture and earned a certificate in Digital Humanities. During her time at Texas A&M, she worked as a research assistant at the Center for Digital Humanities Research (CoDHR), where she contributed to various digital projects, including 18thConnect, ASECS, and the Cervantes Project. She has also independently participated in other initiatives such as United Fronteras, Torn Apart/Separados, and Humanizing Deportation. Currently, Dr. Rocha de Luna's research centers on digital rhetoric, digital humanities, and the use of technology for social justice, with a specific focus on migration in Mexico. She coordinates two funded research projects: ¿Skills for the Future¿ (TERNIUM-TAMSA), which is focused on education for the green transition, and ¿Narrateca¿ (SECIHTI), aimed at creating a digital repository for social justice research and education. In terms of dissemination and scientific outreach, Dr. Rocha de Luna has extensive experience as a speaker, reviewer, and author of articles pertaining to her research topics, which she has presented at journals and conferences in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. She is also a co-editor, alongside Dr. Maricruz Castro Ricalde, of the book ¿Digital Culture and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Rhetorics on Human Mobility,¿ published by Routledge, as well as the forthcoming book from Palgrave Macmillan, ¿Media, Migrants, and U.S. Border(s),¿ in collaboration with Dr. Jacob Bañuelos Capistrán. Recently, she took on the role of co-editor for Virtualis, Revista de Cultura Digital.