Lukasz Pawelek, PhD
Assistant Professor of Spanish and German

I am an Assistant Professor of Spanish and German in the Department of Humanities at »Æ¹ÏÊÓÆµ Beaufort. My research interests encompass U.S. Latino and diasporic literature, literary representations of nostalgia, collective memory and globalization, and the evolving Latinx identity in the United States; secondary field of interested: Post-Wall Ostalgie memoir and film. I am a co-founder and co-organizer of the annual Gateway to Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Conference. I established Polyphony Research Group that engages students in undergraduate research, conference presentations and service in the Latino Community.
- Education
- Teaching
- Research
PhD in Modern Languages. Wayne State University 2015
MA in Romance Languages. Wayne State University 2011
BA in Romance Languages. Wayne State University 2010
- GERM B101 Beginning German I
- GERM B102 Beginning German II
- SPAN B101 Beginning Spanish I
- SPAN B102 Beginning Spanish II
- SPAN B201 Reading and Written Expression
- SPAN B202 Oral Communication
- SPAN B398 Selected Topics
- SPAN B399 Independent Study
- SPAN B407 Literary Tendencies and Masterpieces of Spanish America II
- U.S. Latino and Diasporic Culture
- Literary Representations of Nostalgia
- Collective Memory and Globalization
- The Evolving Latinx Identity in the United States
- Post-Wall Ostalgie Memoir and Film