Patrick Ridge

Patrick Thomas Ridge is associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures. While his current research focuses primarily on the literary and cultural representations of soccer in Latin America, he also specializes in film and media studies. He has published on the documentaries of World Cup ’78 in Argentina, homoaffectivity in the Mexican Netflix series Club de Cuervos, masculinity in Brazilian soccer films, and violence in contemporary Spanish cinema. He has recently taught courses on Latin American documentary, experimental filmmaking, soccer, and Mexican and Central American literature and culture. With a background in medical interpretation, he also teaches Spanish for the Medical Professions. He earned his Ph.D. in Spanish from Arizona State University and MA from the University of Louisville.