Leonardo Flores
| Grant Category: | Fulbright Specialist Program |
| Project Title: | Digital Creativity and AI: A North-South Dialogue |
| Field of Study: | American (U.S.) Studies |
| Home Institution: | Appalachian State University, Boone, NC |
| Host Institution: | Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
| Grant Start Month: | August 2025 |
| Duration of Grant: | 16 days |
Brief Bio:
Professor Leonardo Flores is the chair of the Department of English at Appalachian State University and the president of the Latin American Electronic Literature Network – Lit(e)Lat. His research areas are electronic literature, with a focus on e-poetry, digital writing, and the history and strategic growth of the field. He is known for “I ♥ E-Poetry”, the “Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 3”, “Third Generation Electronic Literature”, and the “Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volume 1”. He was a member of the MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on AI and Writing and is now part of the MLA Task Force on Generative AI Initiatives. He is available to offer talks and workshops on AI and its impact on education, policy, scholarship, and creativity. Professor Flores is also a cyborg digital writer with a thriving creative coding practice. For more information on his current work, visit leonardoflores.net.