Laura Álvarez Trigo

My primary research focuses on how media theory informs the literary style of postmodern American authors and how screens are thematized in contemporary audiovisual production. This interest in media originates from my undergraduate studies in communication and transverses all my projects, covering various fields from popular culture and gender studies to literature.

I have a PhD in North American Studies from Universidad de Alcalá (Instituto Franklin-UAH), with a dissertation on the representation of media and audiences in Don DeLillo. I am currently an assistant professor at Universidad de Valladolid in Spain

Other Academic Activities

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Management Positions

  • International Relations Coordinator of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (CRI),Universidad de Valladolid
  • Final undergrad project coordinador (Cordinadora de TFG), English Studies Degree, Universidad de Valladolid

Organized Events

Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture
Organizer. International in-person conference.
Universidad de Valladolid (Valladolid, Spain). 24/11/2025-26/11/2025
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies in collaboration with Universidad de Valladolid

Digital Projections and Screened Identities in US American Culture
Organizing Committee. International virtual conference.
04/09/2025-05/09/2025
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies

Frontiers and Wastelands: The Boundaries of US American Identity
Organizer. International in-person conference.
Universidad de Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Spain). 25/11/2024-26/11/2024
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies in collaboration with Instituto Franklin–UAH, Universidad de Valladolid, and the Center for American Studies at SDU

Neo/Noir and Thriller Imaginaries in US American Culture
Organizing Committee. International virtual conference.
06/09/2024-07/09/2024
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies

Felix Martín SAAS Doctoral Seminar
Organizer. National in-person postgraduate seminar.
Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain). 07/03/2024-08/03/2024
SAAS Young Scholars

Frontiers and Wastelands: Redefining the Nation in US Popular Culture
Organizer. International in-person conference.
Universidad de Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Spain). 27/11/2023-28/11/2023
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies in collaboration with Instituto Franklin–UAH and the Center for American Studies at SDU

Darkness in the American Imagination
Organizing Committee. International virtual conference.
05/09/2023-08/09/2023
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies

Thematic Panel for SAAS Conference. “Ominous Future, Damaged Present and Nostalgia for the Past: Return to Normalcy?”
Panel Coordinator. Internacional in-person conference.
Universidad de Granada. (Granada, Spain) 28/03/2023-30/03/2023

Popularizing STEM: Science and Technology in 21st Century Popular Culture
Organizing Committee. International hybrid conference.
Universidad de Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Spain) 15/11/2021-19/11/2021
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies in collaboration with Instituto Franklin–UAH

Feminism in Contemporary US Popular Culture: Legacies and Gendered Realities
Organizer. International virtual roundtable series.
18/09/2021 and 25/09/2021
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies

50+ Shades of Gothic: The Gothic Across Genre and Media in US Popular Culture
Organzing Committee. International virtual conference series.
Universidad de Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
Ongoing between February and June 2021
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies

Hispanohablantes Unidxs! Cultura, Política y Sociedad
Organizing Committee. National conference.
Williams College (MA, USA) 16/04/2016

Research Groups

American Interdisciplinary Cultural StudieS
Member since 02/02/2023 – present.
PI. Julio Cañero Serrano

Editorial Work

Advisory Board. Since June 2021.
REDEN: Revista Española de Estudios Norteamericanos.

Associate Editor. Since April 2020.
PopMeC Research Blog.

Communities and Associations

PopMeC Association
(Since 2025) President
(2021-2024) Vice President

FJI-Precarias (Federación de Jóvenes Investigadores)
(Since 2024) Equality work-group coordinator
(2023-2024) Vice Treasurer

SAAS Young Scholars
(2021-2024) Steering Group Member. Communication Team Coordinator

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