Alejandro Ponce de León

Alejandro Ponce de León is Assistant Professor of Environmental Thought and Practice at the University of Virginia. His work and teaching engage with scholarship in the environmental humanities, science and technology studies, and Latin American studies. His research examines the relationships between water management and state power in southwestern Colombia. His recent studies address questions of environmental justice, the capacities of art and pedagogy in environmental action, and the different ways people understand and respond to ecological change. Alejandro received his Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from the University of California, Davis, and has taught and held academic appointments in the United States, Latin America, and the UK.