Mauricio Pulecio, PhD
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Dr. Pulecio is an interdisciplinary scholar specializing in Latin American literature and culture. His work juxtaposes law and literature to inquire how oppressed subjects have been depicted and linguistically constructed throughout several cultural devices, mostly literature and film.
A seasoned professor both in Colombia and the U.S. and a Colombian native, Dr. Pulecio has taught in fields such as law, political philosophy, human rights, Spanish at the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels, Spanish for the professions, and Hispanic literature. Since 2008, Dr. Pulecio has been researching cultural activism carried out by women, LGBTQ+ people, and racialized minorities aimed at contributing to the peace process.
In 2023, he was awarded the Excellence in Teaching award from the University of New Hampshire鈥檚 College of Liberal Arts where he also serves as teaching and pedagogy leader for the Global Racial and Social Inequality Lab (GRSIL). His work has been featured in renowned journals encompassing peer-reviewed papers, translations, prologues, special editions, and book and film reviews.
Selected Publications
Pulecio, M., Castro, A., Sotomayor-Miletti, A. M. (2022). Derecho, literatura y artes desde Am茅rica Latina. Cuadernos de literatura (26): 1-4. DOI:
Pulecio, M. (2020). Revoluci贸n social sin revoluci贸n sexual. Alternativas a la masculinizaci贸n del poder en Por debajo del agua de Fernando Zamora. A Contracorriente: una revista de estudios latinoamericanos 18 (1): 201-223 DOI:
Pulecio, M. (2017). Ben Sifuentes-J谩uregui. The Avowal of Difference: Queer Latino American Narratives. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2014. Revista Iberoamericana 83 (258): 231-236. DOI:
Pulecio, M. (2016). Al cuidado de las mucamas: la 茅tica en la literatura sobre ayas negras colombianas. Revista Cuadernos del Hipogrifo (6): 138-152.
Pulecio, M. (2015). Cuando Oliver se dio un beso con otro ni帽o, con su mejor amigo, Dick: lenguajes literarios y lenguajes violentos dirigidos a j贸venes LGBTQ en el sistema escolar. Revista de Ciencias Sociales CS (15): 17-39. DOI:
Pulecio, M., Sanchez-Avella, C. A., Mill谩n de Benavides, C., & Rengifo, S. P. (2015). Pr贸logo. Derecho g茅neros y sexualidades: diversidad familiar y educaci贸n en perspectiva de g茅nero. Bogot谩: Editorial Los Libertadores.
Pulecio, M. (2014). Judith Butler: una filosof铆a para habitar el mundo.听Universitas Philosophica.听28(57): 61-85. DOI:
Pulecio, M. (2009). Between discrimination and recognition: sexual minorities in education. Via Iuris (7): 29-41.
Selected Presentations
Pulecio, M. (2021, July 6-9). Cuerpos Moros/Cuerpos Queer: un v铆nculo rec贸ndito en la literatura caribe帽a [Conference presentation]. XLIII Congress of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature IILI. Universit茅 de Reims Champagne-Ardennes, France. Online.
Pulecio, M. (2019, November 2). Transgender Populations in Contaminated Spaces: The Case of Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricane Mar铆a [Conference presentation]. Globalization, In/Security & Displacement. Annual meeting of the New England Council of Latin American Studies NECLAS. New London, CT.
Pulecio, M. (2016, July 19-22). La violencia durante la experiencia del encarcelamiento: Reinaldo Arenas, Carlos Varo y la escritura queer ante la ley [Conference presentation]. XLI Congress of the International Institute of Ibero- American Literature IILI. Jena, Germany.
Pulecio, M. (2016, May 27-30). Po茅ticas del encarcelamiento: Reinaldo Arenas, Carlos Varo y la escritura homoer贸tica ante la ley [Conference presentation]. 34th Congress of the Latin American Studies Association LASA, New York, NY.
Pulecio, M. (2016, March 1-3). Sexualidades queer y literatura en Cuba y Puerto Rico [Conference presentation]. VI Coloquio 驴Del otro La’o? Perspectivas sobre sexualidades Queer. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayag眉ez.
Pulecio, M. (2012, July 25-28). Juventudes Queer en Colombia: subversi贸n de los discursos dominantes sobre la sexualidad en la literatura juvenil [Conference presentation]. Queering Paradigms IV, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Research Interests
Law and literature/critical legal studies
Contemporary Caribbean literature and film
Gender, sexuality, and queer studies
Violence, peace process, and transitional justice
Postcolonial thought and Latin American philosophy
Education
- PhD, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh
- MA, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh
- MPhil, Philosophy, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
- LLB, Bachelors of Law, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
