Yepes Muñoz, Rubén Darío: - Rubén Darío Yepes Muñoz is an Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Georgia College and State University. He received his PhD from the University of Rochester in 2017. His dissertation, which addresses the mediation of the Colombian armed conflict in visual art and film, was first published in 2018 as 'Afectando el conflicto: Mediaciones de la guerra colombiana en el arte y el cine contemporáneo'. Current research focuses on the art created in Latin America in response to the contexts of crisis that developed across the region during the COVID-19 pandemic and the genealogy of Latin American Visual Studies. Ruben is the author of three other books: 'Estudios visuales desde América Latina: Una contribución a la consolidación del campo' (2024), 'María José Arjona: Lo que puede un cuerpo' (2015) and 'La política del arte: Cuatro casos de arte contemporáneo en Colombia' (2012). He is also the author of a number of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters published in Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, and the United States.