I claim myself as a woman, a sentient animal of gender and female sex, from where I came to ecocriticism, but above all to ecofeminism first and post-humanism later. From this position I try to understand the place I occupy on Earth and to contribute my grain of sand in the field of the Humanities so that more human beings become involved in the defence and protection of species and natural spaces.

As a researcher, Imelda Martín Junquera is an associate professor in the Department of Modern Philology at the University of León, where she directs a research group in environmental humanities: GEHUMECO and the journal Estudios Humanísticos: Filología. She was head of the Department of Modern Philology at her university from 2015 to 2022. With two sexenios, two doctoral theses supervised and three in progress, the fundamental themes on which she works are: Chicano and Native American literature and culture from posthuman and gender perspectives. A PhD since 2003, she is a founding member of GIECO and a participant in most of the numerous research projects in which the group has been involved. Although her scientific production does not stand out in terms of volume, her publications are well positioned in terms of quality. Thus, the latest book chapters published are: "Reproduction, utilitarianism and speciesism in Sleep Dealer and Westworld" in Vakoch, Douglas- Ecofeminism Science Fiction International Perspectives on Gender, Ecology, and Literature. Routledge, 2021, pp 35-46 and "Simon Ortiz's narrative and Joy Harjo's poems: towards regenerative societies and new worlds" in Kerslake Young, L & Villanueva Romero, Diana. Imaginative Ecologies: Inspiring Change through the Humanities, Rodopi/Brill, 2021, pp 122-136.

She has also been the recipient of a Fulbright Commission grant twice: a pre-doctoral grant in 2001-2022 at Rutgers University and the most recent one during the 22-23 academic year at the University of San Antonio, Texas.

Lines of research: ecocriticism, ecofeminism and environmental justice, especially in English- and Spanish-language literatures