Valentina Proust

Valentina Proust’s research examines the intersection of feminist media studies, affect theory, and Latin American cultural memory. Her broader scholarship explores how embodied and sensorial practices function as political knowledge, reconsidering how resistance is theorized beyond text and discourse.

Valentina Proust is a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication, where her research examines how feminist social movements in Chile and Argentina use embodied and sensorial practices (including sound, image, touch, and movement) to mobilize collective memory and affect in the service of solidarity and political resistance. Her work draws on affect theory, memory studies, and decolonial critique to explore how grief, mourning, and hope circulate through media to challenge dominant narratives and sustain activist communities.

Originally from Santiago, Chile, Valentina earned dual Bachelor’s degrees in Communication and Hispanic Literature & Linguistics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, followed by a Master’s degree in Hispanic Linguistics and a certificate in Gender Studies from Universidad de Chile.

Before joining Annenberg, Valentina served as an adjunct professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, teaching research methods and non-fiction storytelling, and worked as a research assistant on projects examining incivility and journalistic narratives. She also worked as a journalist for the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio’s Arts and Letters section.