Adriana Alfaro Altamirano (PhD, Harvard) is Assistant Professor of Political Theory at ITAM, in Mexico City. Her research explores questions regarding power, law, and agency as they appear in modern and contemporary political thought, from a comparative perspective. She is particularly interested in how our subjectivity—both individual and collective—is shaped by language, habit, reason, and emotion in different social, political, and legal circumstances.

Since 2004, she has been a full time professor at de Academic Department of Languages at ITAM. She teaches different courses: Written Communication Strategies, Study Skills and English. She has also taught Introduction to Translation: Contrastive Analysis and Professional Writing at the Continuing Education Office at ITAM. She has an MA in Humanities (Universidad Anáhuac), and a BA in Translation (Universidad Intercontinental).

She holds a PhD in French Philology and an MA in Translation (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); she also has an ME in Environmental Management (École des Mines de Paris) and a BA in Communication (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana). Her research focuses on the relationship between writing and image, both in narrative, academic and professional texts.