Leandro Arsenio Hernandez

Assistant Adjunct Professor

E-mail: leohernandez@g.ucla.edu Office: Rolfe Hall 4321

Research Interest: Latin American narratives on illnesses, life narratives, queer literature and theory, and the cultural impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic

Research

Leandro Hernandez received his Ph.D in Hispanic Languages and Literature from UCLA in 2025 with a dissertation titled Ill Bodies: The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Argentine Queer Literature. His overall research focuses on Latin American narratives on illnesses, life narratives, queer literature and theory, and more specifically on the cultural impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.