Luis Sáenz de Viguera Erkiaga
Luis Sáenz de Viguera Erkiaga
Assistant Professor (Spanish)
World Languages and Cultures
Ph. D. in Romance Studies, Duke University
Prof. Sáenz de Viguera has worked researching and teaching a wide variety of topics, including Basque Punk Culture, Popular Culture as a site of resistance, and Latin American and Spanish Film and Literature.
His teaching experience includes stints at Mount Holyoke College, Duke University, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Educationwise:
Ph. D. in Romance Studies from Duke University. Area of study: Contemporary Peninsular Cultural Studies.
M.A. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Area of study: Contemporary Latin American Literature/Latino Studies.
B.A. in English from the Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao. Area of specialization: American Literature.
His current research projects include Urban Decay as a space of cultural production, and the idea of Evil in popular culture and mass media.
Past accomplishments include the completion of his Ph. D. Dissertation (download), scholarly writing, and writing and drawing comic strips and a plethora of unfinished graphic novels.