Juan Menchero

Juan Menchero is a Ph.D. Candidate at New York University (NYU), Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures. He works as a Philosophy professor at IE University in Madrid. Juan holds an M.A. in the Humanities from Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, as well as an M.A. in Philosophy from The New School for Social Research, New York. His research focuses on the relationship between the discourses of moral and political philosophy, laboratory science, and aesthetic modernism in the late 19th century. He holds two undergraduate degrees in Literature and Linguistics (Universidad Complutense, Madrid) and Playwriting (Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, Madrid). His role in the theatre industry is to help companies and managers evaluate the various ways in which they can make use of critical research methodologies  from the early stages of a production. He has taught at University of Southern California in Madrid, NYU, TISCH School of Drama, and St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, Contemporary Theater in Spain, Spain, 2022

• Stage Assistant and Playwright, Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico, Spain, 2021

• NYU Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MacCracken Fellow, US, 2014 – 2020

• Education First, EF ACADEMY, United States, 2012 – 2014

• “La Caixa” US Graduate Studies Fellow, Spain-United States, 2009 – 2011

• The University of the Middle East Program, Spain, 2007 – 2008

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, IE University, Spain, 2023

• IE Altamayyuz Enrichment Program, Saudi Arabia, 2022

• NYU Graduate Student, Adjunct Professor, 2014 – 2019

• TISCH School of Drama, Adjunct Professor, 2017

• Education First, EF ACADEMY, United States, 2012 – 2014

• St. Francis College Brooklyn, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, United States, 2011 – 2012

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Cultures and Languages

• M.A. in Philosophy, The New School for Social Research, 2012

• M.A. in the Humanities, Philosophy, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, 2011

• B.A. in Spanish Literature and Linguistics, Universidad Complutense, Madrid 2007

• B.A. /M.A. in Drama Studies and Playwriting, Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, Madrid, 2006