David Delgado Lopez

Education & Professional History

University of Kentucky, MA; PhD

David Delgado obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky in 2019. His research explores Iberian cultural production, particularly Spanish contemporary poetry, narrative, and cinema through the lens of urban and environmental cultural studies. In the past, he has published on Spanish contemporary poetry and novel.

In his classes, Delgado practices a pedagogy that fosters deep learning and ensures that education remains current and responsive to present challenges. His teaching is always committed to preparing students for lives of meaning, purpose, and active citizenship locally and globally, and thus bringing real-life experiences to class.

Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations

ALCESXXI

““Poemas rabiosos” de Ángela Figuera Aymerich: la metáfora en la denuncia femenina de la guerra y del Régimen”. Mujeres y escritura subversiva durante el franquismo. Co-authored with Ma Victoria Galloso Camacho, eds. Teresa Fernández Ulloa and Miguel Soler Gallo, Peter Lang Verlag, p. 11-28, DOI: 10.3726/b20860

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Tortura institucional en el cine español de la Transición”. Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures, vol. 77:3, p. 171-185, DOI: 10.1080/00397709.2023.2231341

“La trascendencia del bar: espacios y rituales en Quédate este día y esta noche conmigo de Belén Gopegui.” Hispanófila, vol. 190, 2020, p. 53-63. Project MUSE, DOI:10.1353/hsf.2020.0047.

I love being outdoors and playing sports, particularly soccer. Cross-stitching has become my latest hobby.