Lucas Ruppel

Research Interests 

• Latin American Literature and Culture
• Film Studies
• Memory Studies
• LGBTQIA+ Migration
• Queer care in the context of migration
• Archival Practices
• Digital Storytelling

 Courses Taught

• SPA 002 (Elementary Spanish), Fall 2022
• SPA 002 (Elementary Spanish), Winter 2023 
• SPA 177: California y América Latina (Upper Division), Spring 2023
• SPA 002V (Elementary Spanish) [Online], Summer 2023
• SPA 21 (Intermediate Spanish), Fall 2023
• SPA 003Y (Elementary Spanish), Winter 2024
• SPA 003Y (Elementary Spanish), Spring 2024
• SPA 170: Introducción a la Cultura Latinoamericana (Upper Division), Summer Session I 2024
• SPA 022Y (Intermediate Spanish), Fall 2024

Selected Publications

• 2019. Aguafuertes silvestres. Arlt desde Sierra de la Ventana (comp.). Bahía Blanca, Hemisferio Derecho.
• 2020. El país de la leyenda bibliotecaria. Germán García por los Estados Unidos (ed.). Bahía Blanca, Biblioteca Popular Bernardino Rivadavia.

Honors and Awards

• Provost Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021-2022 
• Humanizando la Deportación, Summer Grant 2022
• Working Group, Davis Humanities Institute, 2022-2023 
• Summer Research Fellowship 2023, Hemispheric Institute of the Americas, Summer 2023
• Global Aggies Award for LGBTQIA+ Rights, Global Affairs, Summer 2023
• Seed Funding Opportunity for Mobilities to Mexico, UC Alianza MX, Summer 2023

Affiliations

• Research Member, Volunteers Coordinator, and Webmaster, Humanizando la Deportación/el Asilo
• Graduate Student Affiliate, UC Davis Global Migration Center