Frederick Luis Aldama is an American author, editor, and academic. He is the Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and founder and director of the Latinx Pop Lab at the University of Texas, Austin.[1] At UT Austin is also affiliate faculty in Latino Media Arts & Studies and LGBTQ Studies. He continues to hold the title Distinguished University Professor[2] as adjunct professor at The Ohio State University.[3] He teaches courses on Latinx pop culture, especially focused on the areas of comics, TV, film, animation, and video games in the departments of English and Radio-Television-Film at UT Austin. At the Ohio State University he was Distinguished University Professor, Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor of English, University Distinguished Scholar, and Alumni Distinguished Teacher as well as recipient of the Rodica C. Botoman Award for Distinguished Teaching and Mentoring and the Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award. He was also founder and director of the award-winning LASER/Latinx Space for Enrichment Research[4][5][6] and founder and co-director of the Humanities & Cognitive Sciences High School Summer Institute.[7] In has been inducted into the National Academy of Teachers, National Cartoonist Society,[8] the Texas Institute of Letters,[9] the Ohio State University's Office of Diversity & Inclusion Hall of Fame,[10] and as board of directors for The Academy of American Poets.[11] He sits on the boards for American Library Association Graphic Novel and Comics Round Table, BreakBread Literacy Project, and Ad Astra Media. He is founder and director of UT Austin's BIPOC POP: Comics, Gaming & Animation Arts Expo & Symposium[12] as well as Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Latinx Pop Magazine.
Aldama is an author of fiction and comics as well as a scholar and professor who uses insights from narrative theory, cognitive science, and Latinx critical cultural theory to enrich understanding of the creation, distribution, and consumption of Latinx pop cultural phenomena, especially comic books, TV, film, and animation.
In 2017, Aldama published his first book of fiction, Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from the Borderlands.[23] His flash fiction style depicts marginalized Latinx lives on both sides of the US/Mexico border.[24] He is the author of the children's books, Con Papá / With Papá[25] and The Adventures of Charlie the Chupacabra (English 2020; Spanish 221).[26] He wrote and produced the award-winning animation film Carlitos Chupacabra as well as produced the first documentary film on the history of Latinx superheroes in mainstream comics.[27] He co-founded and directed of SÕL-CON: The Brown, Black, & Indigenous Comics Expo.[28] He is founder and director of the Latinx Pop Lab BIPOC Comics & Multimedia Arts Expo & Symposium at UT Austin—the nation's only collegiate comic book expo that focuses on the work of BIPOC scholars, artists, writers, editors, filmmakers, and illustrators. He served on the executive council of the International Society for the Study of Narrative from 2013 to 2015,[29] and serves on the advisory boards for journals such as Narrative,[30]INKS: The Journal of Comics Society,[31]MELUS, and Journal of Narrative Theory.[32] He is a member of the board for the Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies.[33] He is an associate editor of American Book Review[34] and judge for the TIL/Texas Institute of Letters.
Postethnic Narrative Criticism: Magicorealism in Oscar "Zeta" Acosta, Ana Castillo, Julie Dash, Hanif Kureishi, and Salman Rushdie. University of Texas Press. August 2009. ISBN 9780292722101. OCLC 320192033.
Dancing With Ghosts: A Critical Biography of Arturo Islas. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. December 2004. ISBN 9780520243927. OCLC 57207131.
Brown on Brown: Chicano/a Representations of Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. January 2005. ISBN 978-0-292-70940-9. OCLC 62746185.
Spilling the Beans in Chicanolandia: Conversations with Artists and Writers. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. January 2006. ISBN 978-0-292-71312-3. OCLC 69199653.
Why the Humanities Matter: A Commonsense Approach. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. July 2008. ISBN 9780292717985. OCLC 179786739.
Your Brain On Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. June 2009. ISBN 978-0-292-71973-6. OCLC 429911628.
A User's Guide to Postcolonial and Latino Borderland Fiction. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. January 2009. ISBN 978-0-292-72577-5. OCLC 288932889.
The Routledge Concise History of Latino/a Literature (1st ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. January 2013. ISBN 9780415667876. OCLC 779258509.
Formal Matters in Contemporary Latino Poetry. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. July 2013. ISBN 9780230391635. OCLC 829739896.
Mex-Ciné: Mexican Filmmaking, Production, and Consumption in the Twenty-first Century. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. December 2013. ISBN 9780472029129. OCLC 844924402.
Ilan, Stavans; Aldama, Frederick Luis (December 2013). ¡Muy Pop! Conversations on Latino Popular Culture. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472029440. OCLC 874149423.
González, Christopher; Aldama, Frederick Luis (2013-11-15). Latinos in the End Zone: Conversations on the Brown Color Line in the NFL. New York, NY: Palgrave Pivot. ISBN 978-1137403087. OCLC 860395198.
Hogan, Patrick Colm; Aldama, Frederick Luis (February 2014). Conversations on Cognitive Cultural Studies: Literature, Language, Aesthetics. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. ISBN 9780814212431. OCLC 861955952.
Lindenberger, Herbert S.; Aldama, Frederick Luis (February 2016). Aesthetics of Discomfort: Conversations on Disquieting Art. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472073009. OCLC 930257206.
Ilan, Stavans; Aldama, Frederick Luis (January 2016). Laughing Matters: Conversations on Humor. San Diego, CA: Hyperbole Books. ISBN 978-1938537912. OCLC 940997852.
Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from the Borderlands (in English and Spanish). Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. 2017-02-07. ISBN 9780816536115. OCLC 965129760.
González, Christopher; Aldama, Frederick Luis (December 2018). Latinx Studies: The Key Concepts. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138088443. OCLC 1012346313.
Latino/a Children's and Young Adult Writers on the Art of Storytelling. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. January 2018. ISBN 978-0822964971. OCLC 989035334.
Nericcio, William Anthony; Aldama, Frederick Luis (November 2019). Talking #browntv: Latinas and Latinos on Screen. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. ISBN 978-0814255599. OCLC 9664323216.
González, Christopher; Aldama, Frederick Luis (September 2019). Reel Latinxs: Representation in U.S. Film and TV. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0816539581. OCLC 9491289522.
The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie. Latinographix. Illustrations by Chris Escobar. Columbus, OH: Mad Creek Books. June 2020. ISBN 978-0814255865. OCLC 9477020784.
Las aventuras de Chupacabra Charlie. Latinographix. Illustrations by Chris Escobar. Translation by Sonia Rodríguez Salazar. Columbus, OH: Mad Creek Books, August 2021. ISBN 978-0-8142-5801-9.
Con Papá/With Papá. iIllustrated by Nicky Rodriguez. Mad Creek Books, 2022. ISBN 978-0-8142-1521-0[54]
Pyroclast. Illustrated by Guillermo Villarreal. Chispa Comics, 2023.[55]
Through Fences. Illustrated by Oscar Garza. Mad Creek Books, 2024. ISBN 978-0-8142-5895-8[56]
The Absolutely (Almost) True Adventures of Max Rodriguez. Flowersong Press, 2024. ISBN 978-1-963245-55-4[57]
Labyrinths Borne. Ad Astra Media, 2024. ISBN 979-8869173263[58]
As editoredit
Islas, Arturo (2003). Arturo Islas: The Uncollected Works. Houston, TX: Arte Público Press. ISBN 9781611920642. OCLC 606994143.
Critical Mappings of Arturo Islas's Fictions. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe. July 2005. ISBN 978-1931010313. OCLC 55878022.
Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. November 2011. ISBN 978-0292737433. OCLC 773258062.
Toward a Cognitive Theory of Narrative Acts. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. June 2010. ISBN 978-0-292-72888-2. OCLC 471787942.
Analyzing World Fiction: New Horizons in Narrative Theory. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. September 2011. ISBN 9780292747647. OCLC 829884734.
Latinos and Narrative Media: Participation and Portrayal. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 2013-11-07. ISBN 9781137366450. OCLC 845085678.
Critical Approaches to the Films of Robert Rodriguez. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. 2015-03-15. ISBN 978-1-4773-0240-8. OCLC 881720711.
Latino/a Literature in the Classroom: 21st Century Approaches to Teaching. London: Routledge. 2015-06-23. ISBN 9780415724210. OCLC 852219289.
González, Christopher; Aldama, Frederick Luis, eds. (2016-04-12). Graphic Borders: Latino Comic Books Past, Present, and Future. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-4773-0915-5. OCLC 920966195.
The Routledge Companion to Latina/o Popular Culture. New York, NY: Routledge. 2016-05-26. ISBN 9781138638945. OCLC 931226946.
Padilla, Ricardo; L'Hoeste, Héctor Fernández; González, Christopher (January 2016). Latinx Comic Book Storytelling: An Odyssey by Interview (1st ed.). San Diego, CA: Hyperbole Books. ISBN 978-1938537929. OCLC 973339575.
Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology. Latinographix. Columbus, OH: Mad Creek Books. September 2018. ISBN 978-0-8142-5493-6. OCLC 9480057522.
Comics Studies Here and Now. New York, NY: Routledge. 2018-05-10. ISBN 9781138498976. OCLC 1022076511.
The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex and Latin American Culture. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 2018-06-04. ISBN 9781138894952. OCLC 1038269645.
Aldama, Frederick Luis; O'Dwyer, Tess; and Stavans, Ilan. Poets, Philosophers, Lovers: On the Writings of Giannina Braschi. (Latinx and Latin American Profiles) Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. October 2020. 9780822946182.[59]
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