About

Juan Carlos Rodríguez (Ph.D., Program in Literature, Duke University, 2007) is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Georgia Tech. He is also co-director of the Atlanta Global Studies Center and co-editor of the collections of essays 'New Documentaries in Latin America' (Palgrave, 2014) and 'Digital Humanities in Latin America' (University Press of Florida, 2020). His research focuses on Latin American documentaries, examining their aesthetics, indigenous media, transnational filmmaking, and their representation of contemporary urban issues such as housing, transportation, water resources, economic development, and social movements. He studies how documentaries serve as audiovisual discourses that open possibilities for examining urban imaginaries, revealing how city dwellers perceive, experience, and transform their cities through visual narratives. Rodríguez has contributed to the field through publications in various academic journals and book chapters, exploring themes related to Latin American media, urban representation, and documentary aesthetics. He has also been actively engaged in community projects, including founding the Georgia Tech Global Media Festival and developing the digital video archive 'Vieques Struggle,' which documents the demilitarization of Vieques, Puerto Rico. His work combines critical theory, digital humanities, and media studies to analyze Latin American urban and cultural issues through documentary film and digital projects.

Research topics

• Humanities
• Art
• Political science
• Philosophy
• Psychology

Selected publications

• Nanopore versus Illumina to study the gut bacterial diversity of sows and piglets between farms with high and low health status

  BMC Veterinary Research · 2025-04-04 · 3 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are used in animal husbandry to control infectious diseases. Different stressors can compromise animal health, leaving piglets vulnerable to pathogens, especially enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), which causes post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD), the major source of mortality and morbidity in swine production. Furthermore, PWD is a recurrent disease for certain farms, suggesting a link between gut microbial composition and animal health. The aim of this study was to identify the intestinal microbiota of pigs on farms with high health status (HHS) and low health status (LHS) to determine the relationships between sanitary status and gut health. Therefore, three pig farms with LHS presenting recurrent problems of PWD and three farms with HHS were selected to characterise the intestinal microbiome of sows and their piglets. 16 S rRNA gene sequencing technology was used to determine the associations of the gut microbiome with health. With the aim of bringing the MinION Nanopore device to the field for its portability and taxonomic resolution, the results obtained with Illumina were compared to those obtained with Nanopore. RESULTS: Overall, the results indicated remarkable differences in intestinal microbial communities between animals from LHS farms and those from HHS farms, suggesting that the microbiomes of LHS animals were enriched with potential pathogenic microorganisms, mainly from the Pseudomonadota phylum, such as the genus Escherichia-Shigella, and their associated related species. Moreover, animals from HHS were enriched with beneficial microorganisms, such as Lactobacillus spp., Christensenellaceae R7 group, Treponema, Acetitomaculum and Oscillospiraceae UCG-005. CONCLUSIONS: This study identifies potential microorganisms that may contribute to health and disease in pig farms with HHS and LHS, suggesting that tracking their occurrence might provide insight into sanitary conditions. Moreover, this research highlights the compatibility between Illumina and Nanopore sequencing platforms, justifying the use of MinION Nanopore device in field applications for in situ studies of PWD. This application has the potential to enhance sustainable economic growth in swine farms by enabling more effective monitoring and management of animal health.

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• How the pandemic shaped teenagers’ views on violence: exploring the complexities of post-confinement attitudes

  Frontiers in Education · 2023-07-14 · 1 citations

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  Introduction Violent extremism is a complex and urgent issue that affects all sectors of society and necessitates research aimed at preventing and transforming violent behavior. Methods This study presents the findings of a questionnaire comprising 34 items administered to 1,169 teenagers from two secondary schools in Almería and Madrid, Spain, immediately following the conclusion of COVID-19 confinement measures. The primary objective of the study is to analyze teenagers’ perspectives on violent extremism and pro-violent attitudes, along with their association with various factors such as digital consumption, interpersonal relationships, and the socio-demographic circumstances of their families. Data collection involved direct interventions with the students at the participating educational institutions. Results The findings demonstrate that variables such as gender, number of siblings, and religious practice influence violent extremism, whereas nationality does not emerge as a significant factor. Additionally, the study identifies several contributing factors to the prevalence of extremist and pro-violent attitudes, and employs a moderation analysis utilizing the mother’s level of education as a moderator variable. Discussion Based on these results, the study recommends further research to enhance our understanding of the development of violent attitudes and behaviors. Additionally, it suggests implementing family and personal support programs aimed at fostering healthy adolescent development.

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• EL DOLOR CRÓNICO:

  Dykinson eBooks · 2023-12-14

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• FORTALECIENDO LA INTELIGENCIA EMOCIONAL:

  Dykinson eBooks · 2023-12-14

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• SÍNDROME DE KORSAKOFF AVANZADO:

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• Influence of Teaching Styles on the Learning Academic Confidence of Teachers in Training

  Journal of Intelligence · 2022-09-19 · 15 citations

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  The objective of this research was to analyze the mediation of academic engagement and the satisfaction of basic needs between teaching styles and academic confidence amongst teachers during initial training. The research design was observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-randomized. In total, 920 university students in initial teacher training participated (61.85% women) (Mage = 24.73; SD = 5.34). The scales of interpersonal teaching styles, the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, academic engagement, and academic confidence were used, and a structural equation analysis with latent variables was carried out. The results highlight the important mediating role played by the satisfaction of basic psychological needs between the autonomous support style and the academic confidence of the trainee teachers. This research also highlights the importance, both for teachers and researchers, of using an autonomous support style, as well as the creation of a context for encouraging the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, to promote academic confidence in initial teacher training programs at university.

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• Estudio preliminar de la aplicación de la técnica VMAT en irradiación corporal total: diseño de una camilla rotable

  Revista Investigaciones y Aplicaciones Nucleares · 2022-10-31

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  La irradiación corporal total (TBI, por sus siglas en inglés) es una terapia previa al trasplante de médula ósea en la que se administra una dosis de radiación uniforme en todo el cuerpo del paciente, que busca minimizar la dosis entregada en diferentes órganos como pulmones y, en algunas ocasiones, riñones [1]. En Colombia la TBI con rayos X generados por acelerador lineal se realiza con la técnica convencional, en la cual el paciente mantiene una posición anatómica de pie, fetal o decúbito lateral durante tiempos de irradiación prolongados, lo cual implica que la posición de tratamiento para el paciente sea incómoda y poco reproducible; adicionalmente su implementación requiere distancias fuente/paciente de hasta 4 metros y la construcción de protecciones personalizadas [2]. Con el fin de superar estas dificultades, el Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INC) tiene el objetivo de desarrollar un protocolo para administrar la TBI empleando arcoterapia volumétrica de intensidad modulada (VMAT). Con esta técnica de optimización inversa se ha reportado una entrega de dosis de radiación más uniforme en todo el cuerpo del paciente en comparación con la técnica convencional, y una reducción de la dosis recibida por los órganos en riesgo (OAR) [3]; adicionalmente su implementación no requiere grandes áreas en la sala de tratamiento, ya que se realiza a distancias estándar fuente/isocentro. En este artículo se presenta un estudio preliminar del protocolo de TBI/VMAT y su validación, mediante el empleo de un simulador anatómico CIRS: la construcción de una camilla rotable para ser superpuesta a la mesa del acelerador y tomógrafo, que facilita el cambio de orientación craneocaudal del paciente a caudocraneal durante el tratamiento, recomendaciones para la inmovilización del paciente sobre la camilla rotable, la obtención de imágenes de tomografía computarizada de cuerpo completo mediante fusión de imágenes parciales, la planeación del tratamiento con múltiples isocentros y múltiples arcos para el cálculo de la dosis absorbida y la verificación del tratamiento con superposiciones de medidas de dosis en el software SNC Patient tomadas con detectores en el dispositivo ArcCheck en diferentes orientaciones.

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• An archipelago of crossed gazes: Intersections of documentary media practices in Cuba and Puerto Rico

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• La esperanza es un inmigrante japonés

  Vida Nueva · 2021-01-01

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  Podemos compartir una mision comun que es la belleza, propone el creador nipon sobre la necesidad de impulsar la interculturalidad en el arte.

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• Importancia y desafíos de la educación inicial docente: El rol de las universidades regionales

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2021-11-30

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  La calidad de los profesores constituye un elemento clave si se pretende que los procesos educativos mejoren las habilidades y capacidades de las personas para desempeñarse eficazmente en los ambientes laborales y educativos superiores. En base a esto, es que el presente ensayo tiene como finalidad resaltar la importancia, así como los desafíos, que tienen las universidades regionales en la formación inicial docente. Para lograr este objetivo, se recurrió al análisis de fuentes secundarias, principalmente estudios empíricos que entregaran antecedentes sobre las capacidades, habilidades y competencias de los chilenos, para luego proponer recomendaciones sobre cómo se podría mejorar la calidad de la formación del profesorado en estas instituciones. Como resultado, se plantea que se requiere consolidar un cuerpo académico de alta calidad, a lo que deben añadirse los recursos educativos que permitan una enseñanza pertinente para estudiantes que son nativo-digitales. De igual manera, se resalta la importancia de la atracción temprana de estudiantes talentosos y con vocación docente, la cual debe conjugarse con programas de apoyo a los alumnos durante su posterior trayectoria universitaria. Finalmente, se concluye que la educación continua es una tarea importante para las universidades regionales si quieren alcanzar una actualización permanente del profesorado de una región.

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Frequent coauthors

• Víctor Miguel Pérez Díaz

  9 shared

• Antonio Baena Extremera

  Universidad de Granada

  7 shared

• Juana Ester Blázquez Perán

  5 shared

• Raúl Baños

  Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

  5 shared

• Josefina Rodríguez Góngora

  University of Almería

  4 shared

• Astrid Barrio

  Universitat de València

  4 shared

• Mar Campos Fernández-Fígares

  University of Almería

  4 shared

• Antonio Granero‐Gallegos

  University of Almería

  3 shared

Education

• Doctorado, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación

  Universidad de Almería

• Máster en Investigación en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte, Actividad Física y Deporte

  Universidad de Murcia

  2018

• Máster en Formación del Profesorado, Educación

  Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

  2018

• Grado en Ciencias de la Actividad F´ísica y del Deporte, Actividad Física y Deprote

  Universidad de Murcia

  2017