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Frederick Luis Aldama

Frederick Luis Aldama is the [https://odi.osu.edu/laser/laser-odi/laser-news-archive/aldama-named-distinguished-university-professor.html University Distinguished Professor], Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English and University Distinguished Scholar at The Ohio State University, United States. In the departments of English as well as Spanish & Portuguese, he teaches courses on and Latino & Latin American cultural phenomena, including literature, film, TV, music, sports, video games, and comic books. He is also an affiliate faculty of the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging. He is the author, co-author, and editor of thirty six books, including the 2018 International Latino Book Award and Eisner Award winning ''Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics''. He is the founder and director of the Obama White House Hispanic Bright Spot awarded LASER (Latinx Space for Enrichment Research). In 2016, Aldama received the Ohio Education Summit Award for Founding & Directing LASER. He is founder and co-director of Humanities & Cognitive Sciences High School Summer Institute at The Ohio State University. He has been honored with the 2016 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education's Outstanding Latino/a Faculty Award. Aldama is creator and curator of [http://professorlatinx.com/planetary-republic-of-comics/ Planetary Republic of Comics]—a platform for accessible scholarly knowledge about comic books and graphic nonfiction from around the world. Provided by Wikipedia