Felipe Gómez Bio

Felipe Gómez was born in Brazil and grew up in Colombia, where he earned a licenciatura (BA) in Literature from Universidad de los Andes in 1998. He received his PhD in Spanish language and literatures from The University of Michigan in 2004 with the mystery novel/dissertation "Misterio regio: contracultura y el cadáver de Caicedo" (Regal Mystery: Counterculture and Caicedo's Corpse), directed by Santiago Colás. Felipe started teaching in 1992, when he taught grades 1-5 in a public school serving a rural Colombian jungle community, as part of a university outreach program. Felipe now specializes in teaching Hispanic language, literature and culture at the university level. Felipe's interests encompass Latin American and Caribbean literature, film, and popular music from the late 20th-century, especially the interdisciplinary production of countercultural movements in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico in the 1960s-1980s. His interests also include the cycles of political violence and impunity in 20th century Latin American history as presented in its literature and popular culture.

	*Felipe Gómez, Lecturer of Spanish*
	Felipe Gómez was born in Brazil and grew up in Colombia, where he earned a licenciatura (BA) in Literature from Universidad de los Andes in 1998. He received his PhD in Spanish language and literatures from The University of Michigan in 2004 with the mystery novel/dissertation "Misterio regio: contracultura y el cadáver de Caicedo" (Regal Mystery: Counterculture and Caicedo's Corpse), directed by Santiago Colás. Felipe started teaching in 1992, when he taught grades 1-5 in a public school serving a rural Colombian jungle community, as part of a university outreach program. Felipe now specializes in teaching Hispanic language, literature and culture at the university level. Felipe's interests encompass Latin American and Caribbean literature, film, and popular music from the late 20th-century, especially the interdisciplinary production of countercultural movements in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico in the 1960s-1980s. His interests also include the cycles of political violence and impunity in 20th century Latin American history as presented in its literature and popular culture.