Frederick Luis Aldama is an American academic who is a Distinguished University Professor, Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English, and University Distinguished Scholar at The Ohio State University. He teaches courses in the departments of English, Spanish, and Portuguese covering Latino and Latin American cultural phenomena. He is also a member of the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences. He is the author, co-author, or editor of thirty six books, including Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics. He is the founder and director of Latinx Space for Enrichment Research (LASER). In 2016, Aldama received the Ohio Education Summit Award for founding and directing LASER. He is the founder and co-director of the Humanities & Cognitive Sciences High School Summer Institute at The Ohio State University. Aldama is the creator and curator of the Planetary Republic of Comics.
