Lukasz Pawelek, PhD
Assistant Professor of Spanish and German
I am an Assistant Professor of Spanish and German in the Department of Humanities at University of South Carolina 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