Felipe Gómez

Felipe Gómez is a Teaching Professor of Hispanic Studies at Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, affiliated with the Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics. He joined the department in 2006 and specializes in 20th- and 21st-century Latin American cultural studies, comics studies, and digital humanities. His research explores countercultural expressions, political violence, and the rise of Hispanic/Latino comics in academic and cultural contexts.

Education: Ph.D. in Spanish Language and Literatures from the University of Michigan.

Research focuses on Latin American literary and cultural history, with emphasis on Colombian authors like Andrés Caicedo and Evelio Rosero. Current projects include the Latin American Comics Archive, a digital humanities initiative recognized with awards. He also investigates language acquisition through technology and community engagement.

Awards include the Martin Schüwer Prize for Comics Research and CMU’s Teaching Innovation Award. He co-founded the “El Círculo Juvenil de Cultura” outreach program and advises the Hispanic Studies major.

Teaching includes courses on podcasting in Spanish, Latin American monsters, and digital textuality. He contributes to academic journals like Revista de Estudios Colombianos and serves on editorial boards for Pirandante and Polifonía.