Frederick Luis Aldama
Professor — PhD, Stanford
Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities & Affiliate Faculty Radio-Television-Film as well as Adjunct Professor and Distinguished University Professor at the Ohio State University
Contact
- E-mail: aldama@utexas.edu
- Phone: 5103679112
- Office: Patton Hall 410
- Office Hours: TBD
Interests
Latinx/BIPOC Comic books, TV, film and pop culture generally
Biography
Frederick Luis Aldama, also known as Professor Latinx, is the Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin. He also holds a Faculty Affiliate appointment with UT Austin's Radio-Television-Film as well as Adjunct Professor at The Ohio State University. He is the award-winning author of over 48 books, including an Eisner Award for Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics. He is editor and coeditor of 9 academic press book series, including the editor of Latinographix that publishes Latinx comics. He is the creator of the first documentary on the history of Latinx superheroes and founder and director of UT’s Latinx Pop Lab. In 2021, the Spanish translation of his kid's book The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie (2020) will be released in Spanish and he will debut his animation film based on the adventures of Chupacabra Charlie.
