Dr. Omar Rivera

Associate Professor

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Biography

Omar Rivera specializes in Latin American Philosophy, Phenomenology, and Aesthetics. He is the author of 'Delimitations of Latin American Philosophy: Redemption' (Indiana University Press, 2019) and 'Andean Aesthetics and Anticolonial Resistance: Cosmology of Unsociable Bodies' (Bloomsbury Press, 2021). Between 2018 and 2019, he was awarded the ACLS Burkhardt Fellowship for research as a faculty member at the LLILAS-Benson Collection at the University of Texas in Austin. He is currently a co-investigator on an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for a project entitled 'LatinTX: Place, Race, and Latinx Critical Environmental Justice in Texas,' which is set to run from 2025 to 2029. Rivera is actively developing a new manuscript, 'Aesthetics of Shelter: Displacing Origins in Art.'

Research Interests

Requirements for Texas A&M University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
Prerequisites
Baccalaureate degree Baccalaureate degree in Communication or related field preferred
Application Checklist
  • Curriculum Vita
  • Statement of Purpose (500-750 words)
  • Writing Sample (up to 10,000 words)
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • Unofficial Transcripts
  • GraduateCAS Application
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.