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Felipe Gómez

Felipe Gómez

Teaching Professor of Hispanic Studies

Address
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
Posner Hall 341
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Education

Ph.D., Spanish Language and Literatures, University of Michigan

Bio

Felipe Gómez's research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century Latin American cultural studies, with an emphasis on countercultural artistic expressions and representations of political violence across literature, film, music and comics/graphic novels. A native Spanish speaker and near-native Portuguese speaker, he takes an integrated approach to the study of Latin American literatures and cultures.

His published work includes co-edited volumes and critical introductions on the seminal literary output of Colombian authors Andrés Caicedo and Evelio Rosero. He has also written extensively on tropes of death and self-destruction in the works of Caicedo and other Latin American authors, as well as on the independent films of Luis Ospina, Carlos Mayolo and others.

Dr. Gómez's current research examines the rise of Hispanic/Latino comics and graphic novels within both U.S. and Latin American academic and cultural contexts. This project explores cultural, racial and gender issues in the medium, particularly as it gains visibility and agency in academic and cultural spheres. He has also made significant contributions to the digital humanities, including the award-winning Latin American Comics Archive, which showcases his leadership in the digital preservation and analysis of Latin American comics. His work offers in-depth, critical perspectives on modern and contemporary Latin American cultures and countercultural expression.

  • 20th-21st century Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies
  • Comics Studies
  • Digital Humanities
  • Language Acquisition and Technology
  • Podcasting en Español: Cultural Storytelling for Spanish Speaking Communities
  • Community Connections: Working with Spanish-speakers in the Local Context
  • Topics in Hispanic Studies:
    • Después del Fin: Post/Apocalyptic Visions of Latin America
    • Comics, Community and Coding: Electronic Textuality and Culture in Latin America
    • Popular Music and Countercultures in Latin America
    • Latin American Monsters
  • Latin America: Language and Culture
  • Intermediate Spanish I & II
  • Martin Schüwer Prize for Outstanding Comics Research
  • Teaching Innovation Award, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Provost’s Inclusive Teaching Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Premio Humanidades Digitales Hispánicas
  • Coordinator and Faculty Advisor for the Hispanic Studies program major
  • Co-founder & co-director, “El Círculo Juvenil de Cultura,” CMU Hispanic Studies Outreach Program
  • Associate and Reviews Editor, Revista de Estudios Colombianos
  • Editorial Board, Journals Pirandante and Polifonía
  • Advisory board, “Comics Studies: Aesthetics, Histories, and Practices,” series, De Gruyter Press

Book Chapters

Gómez, Felipe, Mariana Achugar, and Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez. “Círculo Juvenil de Cultura: A 10-Year Experiment in Service Learning and Community Engagement.” Project-Based Learning in Second Language Acquisition: Building Communities of Practice in Higher Education, edited by Adrián Gras-Velázquez, Routledge, 2019, pp. 153–71.

Edited Volumes

Gómez, Felipe, and María del Carmen Saldarriaga. Evelio Rosero y los ciclos de la creación literaria. Colección Ópera Eximia, Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2017.

Gómez, Felipe, and Juan Duchesne-Winter. La estela de Caicedo: Miradas críticas. Serie Nueva América, Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, U of Pittsburgh, 2009.

Journal Articles

Gómez, Felipe. “Will It Be Possible? Apocalypse and Resistance in Latin American Graphic Novels.” Paradoxa, no. 32, 2021, pp. 201–24.

Gómez, Felipe. “Virus Tropical: Presencia y relevancia del personaje autobiográfico femenino en la novela gráfica colombiana.” Iberoamericana, vol. XV, no. 57, 2015, pp. 85–102.

Department Member Since 2006