Dr. Osvaldo Cleger

Biography

Osvaldo Cleger is an Associate Professor at the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Tech. He is a new media theorist specializing in digital culture, e-literature, and emerging technologies across the Hispanic world, with a primary focus on Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, and Cuba. He earned his MA from New Mexico State University and his PhD in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of Arizona. Cleger's research interests encompass visual culture, hypertext theory and fiction, blogging, digital poetry, procedural rhetoric, simulation theory, and video games. He authored the book 'Narrar en la era de las blogoficciones: literatura, cultura y sociedad de las redes en el siglo XXI' which systematically explores blog narratives by Hispanic authors. Cleger has co-edited collective volumes and published articles in renowned journals on topics related to visual culture and Hispanic e-literature. Additionally, he created the 'Locative Media Learning Initiative' aimed at enhancing language students' e-literacy skills through mobile app development. His expertise includes applied network theory, hypertext theory, and internet ethnography.

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