Daniel E. Barrera Rivera

Profile

Digital humanities researcher bridging literary narratology and computational methods. My work develops an AI narratology to analyze how narrative emerges across texts, translations, and algorithmic systems.

Education

• Master's in English Literatures and Cultures (2023–2025)▶

  University of Tübingen, Germany.
  Thesis: Beyond Homer and the Human: Affects and Algorithms in Posthuman Odysseys.

• Data Science, Professional Certificate (2021–2022)▶

  University of Toronto, Canada.

• Digital Humanities, Advanced Diploma (2021)▶

  Universidad Iberoamericana, CDMX, México.

• Bachelor's in Modern Languages & Literatures (English), 2016–2020▶

  UNAM, México — Graduated with Honors.

Research & Scholarly Activity

• Projects▶

  • Homer's Living Network — DH project using data science on Odyssey translations.
  • Perilexia — Five-stage algorithm identifying lexical patterns in Victorian novels.
  • Homerica (Dataset) — Archive of retellings, translations, adaptations of Homeric epic.

• Conference Presentations▶

  • ACLA Annual Meeting, Chicago (2020)
  • ACLA Annual Meeting, Utrecht (2017)
  • CLASH, Poznan (2016)

• Grants▶

  FONCA Creative Writing Fellowship, one-year grant, México (2014).

Experience

• Editor & Quality Auditor (2023)▶

  Department of Public Education (SEP), CDMX. Edited and proofread manuscripts, collaborating with educators, linguists, and publishing teams.

• Quality Auditor | Editorial & SEO Specialist (2022)▶

  StudySmarter, Germany. Audited academic content, improved editorial workflows, developed NLP app for cross-platform consistency.

• Quality Auditor & Content Developer (2021–2022)▶

  OpenTec, CDMX. Supervised e-learning content, managed corporate partnerships, optimized factual accuracy.

• Editor & Proofreader (2018–2021)▶

  Aliat Universidades, CDMX. Ensured metadata accuracy, reviewed manuscripts, improved clarity and engagement.

Skills & Tools

• Programming & Data Science▶

  Python (ML, NLP, visualization), NLTK, spaCy, HuggingFace, Textacy, Gensim, Regex. Custom tool development. Basic R.

• Digital Humanities & Editorial▶

  Text analysis, corpus construction, stylometry, distant reading. Markdown, HTML, LaTeX. CMS workflows.

• Data Visualization▶

  Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly. Experience with manuscript geographies and lexical networks.

• Collaboration & Project Management▶

  Git, Asana, Trello, Slack, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office.

• Languages▶

  English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), German (basic).