Alberto López Martín

Alberto López Martín serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and French Studies at Occidental College, appointed in 2025. His office is located in Johnson Hall 403 with office hours held Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:40-1:40 PM and by appointment.

His academic credentials include:

• B.A. from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• B.A. and M.A. from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• M.A.T. from Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
• Ph.D. in Spanish from Florida State University's Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics

Dr. López Martín specializes in contemporary Spanish poetry through affective theory frameworks, with particular expertise in literary responses to socioeconomic upheaval. His doctoral research examined peninsular poetry during the 2008 financial crisis, establishing his focus on the intersection of emotional discourse and sociopolitical contexts in Iberian literary production. His scholarly approach combines textual analysis with cultural studies methodologies to explore how poetry processes collective trauma.

Within Occidental College's academic community, he contributes to the Spanish and French Studies curriculum through language instruction and advanced literature seminars focused on modern Hispanic literary movements.