Bio

Bio

I am a political economist and doctoral candidate at UMass Amherst, researching the geographically uneven development of global capitalism from a comparative-relational approach in historical perspective. My work bridges classical political economy and contemporary state theory, with special focus on Latin America in the shadow of U.S. imperialism. I build datasets, formal models, and digital archives—not just to understand history, but to contribute to transforming the present.

Teaching

Generative AI and the Political Economy of Digital Capitalism

Course, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2026

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Course Description

This course examines generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and Bard through a political-economy perspective on contemporary digital capitalism. Students combine hands-on engagement with generative AI tools and critical analysis of their economic, social, and ethical implications. Core themes include the technical foundations of large language models, platform power, data extraction, cloud infrastructure, intellectual monopoly, labor, governance, and AI ethics within global circuits of digital capitalism.

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ECON 105 – Introduction to Political Economy

Course, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2025

Course Description

This 4-credit course introduces students to the U.S. and global economies through a political-economy lens. Economic activity is treated as embedded in social and institutional contexts that evolve historically. Core themes include capitalism’s structure, markets, the role of the state, inequality, unemployment, environmental limits, crisis and stagnation, and possible economic alternatives.

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