Frederick Luis Aldama
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Frederick Luis Aldama is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at The Ohio State University, United States
, where he teaches Latino/a
and Latin American post-colonial literature
, film, and comics, as well as narrative theory and cognitive science.
Aldama obtained his Ph.D.
from Stanford University
in 1999. He received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in English from the University of California, Berkeley
in 1992 http://www.alumni.berkeley.edu/CAA_News_and_Press_Releases/Alum_of_the_Week/frederick_luis_aldama.asp.
Aldama uses narrative theory and cognitive science in his teaching and scholarship on Latino and Postcolonial literature, art, music, film, and comic books. He is the author and editor of twelve books, including "Postethnic Narrative Criticism, Brown on Brown", and the MLA
-award winning "Dancing With Ghosts: A Critical Biography of Arturo Islas". His latest book, published in 2008, is "Why the Humanities Matter: A Common Sense Approach". Along with Patrick Colm Hogan and Arturo Aldama, he is series editor of "Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture" with the University of Texas Press. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/subjects/calc.html He sits on the editorial boards of "Narrative", "Journal of Narrative Theory" and "Narrative & Image" as well as that of The Americas book series with Texas Tech University Press http://www.ttup.ttu.edu/americas.html. http://english.osu.edu/people/person.cfm?ID=2078 He is a founding member, along with David Herman, Brian McHale
, and James Phelan, Literary Scholar, of Project Narrative, an initiative at The Ohio State University. He is director of Latino Studies and L.A.S.E.R. (Latino and Latin American studies Space for Enrichment and Research) at The Ohio State University.
Aldama's articles and interviews have appeared in such journals as Aztlán, College Literature, Poets & Writers, World Literature Today, Cross Cultural Poetics, Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory, Lucero, Comparative Literature, Callaloo
, Nepantla, Journal of Interdisciplinary Literary Analysis, American Literature, Latin American Research Review, Modern Fiction Studies
and Modern Drama.
He is editor of: Arturo Islas: The Uncollected Works; Critical Mappings of Arturo Islas's Narrative Fictions; Toward a Cognitive Theory of Narrative Acts; Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle; and Analyzing World Fiction: New Horizons in Narrative Theory
He has six books forthcoming in 2012-2013, including: a book on contemporary Mexican cinema for University of Michigan Press; a single director study of Robert Rodriguez for University of Illinois Press; a book on formalist Latino poets Rafael Campo, C. Dale Young, Rhina Espaillat, and Julia Alvarez for Palgrave Macmillan; the history of Latino literature for Routledge; a co-authored book with Patrick Colm Hogan on cognitive cultural studies for the Ohio State University Press; and a co-authored book with Ilan Stavans on Latino popular culture for the University of Michigan.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where he teaches Latino/a
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
and Latin American post-colonial literature
Post-colonial literature
Postcolonial literature , is a body of literary writings that reacts to the discourse of colonization. Post-colonial literature often involves writings that deal with issues of de-colonization or the political and cultural independence of people formerly subjugated to colonial rule...
, film, and comics, as well as narrative theory and cognitive science.
Aldama obtained his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1999. He received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in English from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 1992 http://www.alumni.berkeley.edu/CAA_News_and_Press_Releases/Alum_of_the_Week/frederick_luis_aldama.asp.
Aldama uses narrative theory and cognitive science in his teaching and scholarship on Latino and Postcolonial literature, art, music, film, and comic books. He is the author and editor of twelve books, including "Postethnic Narrative Criticism, Brown on Brown", and the MLA
Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association of America is the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature...
-award winning "Dancing With Ghosts: A Critical Biography of Arturo Islas". His latest book, published in 2008, is "Why the Humanities Matter: A Common Sense Approach". Along with Patrick Colm Hogan and Arturo Aldama, he is series editor of "Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture" with the University of Texas Press. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/subjects/calc.html He sits on the editorial boards of "Narrative", "Journal of Narrative Theory" and "Narrative & Image" as well as that of The Americas book series with Texas Tech University Press http://www.ttup.ttu.edu/americas.html. http://english.osu.edu/people/person.cfm?ID=2078 He is a founding member, along with David Herman, Brian McHale
Brian McHale
Brian G. McHale is an American literary theorist who writes on a range of fiction and poetics, mainly those relating to postmodernism and narrative theory.-Career:...
, and James Phelan, Literary Scholar, of Project Narrative, an initiative at The Ohio State University. He is director of Latino Studies and L.A.S.E.R. (Latino and Latin American studies Space for Enrichment and Research) at The Ohio State University.
Aldama's articles and interviews have appeared in such journals as Aztlán, College Literature, Poets & Writers, World Literature Today, Cross Cultural Poetics, Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory, Lucero, Comparative Literature, Callaloo
The Callaloo Journal
Callaloo was founded in 1976 by its current editor, Charles Henry Rowell, when he was teaching at Southern University . He originally described the fledgling periodical as a “Black South Journal,” whose function was to serve as a publication outlet for marginalized writers in the racially...
, Nepantla, Journal of Interdisciplinary Literary Analysis, American Literature, Latin American Research Review, Modern Fiction Studies
Modern Fiction Studies
Modern Fiction Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1955 at Purdue University's Department of English, where it is still edited. It publishes general and themed issues on the topic of modernist and contemporary fiction using original research from literary scholars. It seeks...
and Modern Drama.
Books
- Postethnic Narrative Criticism (University of Texas Press, 2003)
- Dancing With Ghosts: A Critical Biography of Arturo IslasArturo IslasArturo Islas , a native of El Paso, Texas, was a professor of English and a novelist, writing about the experience of Chicano cultural duality....
(University of California Press, 2004) - Brown on Brown: Chicano/a Representations of Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity (University of Texas Press, 2005)
- Spilling the Beans in Chicanolandia: Conversations with Artists and Writers (University of Texas Press, 2006)
- Why the Humanities Matter: A Common Sense Approach (University of Texas Press, 2008)
- Your Brain On Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez" (University of Texas Press, 2008)
- A User's Guide to Postcolonial and Latino Borderland Fiction (University of Texas Press, 2009)
He is editor of: Arturo Islas: The Uncollected Works; Critical Mappings of Arturo Islas's Narrative Fictions; Toward a Cognitive Theory of Narrative Acts; Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle; and Analyzing World Fiction: New Horizons in Narrative Theory
He has six books forthcoming in 2012-2013, including: a book on contemporary Mexican cinema for University of Michigan Press; a single director study of Robert Rodriguez for University of Illinois Press; a book on formalist Latino poets Rafael Campo, C. Dale Young, Rhina Espaillat, and Julia Alvarez for Palgrave Macmillan; the history of Latino literature for Routledge; a co-authored book with Patrick Colm Hogan on cognitive cultural studies for the Ohio State University Press; and a co-authored book with Ilan Stavans on Latino popular culture for the University of Michigan.