Daniel Lino Plata

Assistant Teaching Professor

Daniel Lino Plata holds a Ph.D. in Modern Languages and Literatures with a focus in Spanish and Gender Studies (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2026). Specializing in 20th and 21st century Spain, he examines contemporary representations of queer subjectivities across literary, popular, and visual artifacts. His most recent work centers on the negotiations and interplay between assimilatory and resistant social practices in relation to normative models as well as the processes of identity formation reflected in these cultural products. Grounded in themes such as feminisms, historical memory, folklore, and dissident masculinities, his research addresses how contemporary cultural production reflects shifting understandings of identity, belonging, and collective resilience.

Prior to joining SCU, he taught courses in Spanish language and literatures, the cultures of Spain, and LGBTIQ+ cultures in Latin America and Spain, while also serving as an instructor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he was named a Maude Hammond Fling Fellow. In the classroom, Daniel is passionate about cultivating inclusive learning spaces that promote both student confidence and cultural awareness.

Research interests

20th and 21st Century Spanish Literatures and Cultures
Queer and LGBTIQ+ Studies
Dissident and Affective Masculinities
Popular Cultures and Folklore in Contemporary Spain
Film, Music, and Visual Studies
The Spanish Civil War, Francoism, and Historical Memory

Courses

SPAN 2. Introduction to Spanish and Spanish-Speaking Cultures II
SPAN 3. Introduction to Spanish and Spanish-Speaking Cultures III

Publications

Lino Plata, Daniel. “Voces y representaciones del feminismo transinclusivo contemporáneo en España: Ley Trans, representación y corrientes reaccionarias.” En Comunicación y género en el siglo XXI. Debate transdisciplinar en inglés, portugués español e italiano, ed. Juan Carlos Suárez Villegas y Sergio Marín Conejo, Dykinson, 2025, pp. 176-187. https://doi.org/10.14679/4357
Lino Plata, Daniel. “Territorialidad queer: masculinidades disidentes y resistencia ante el heteropatriarcado en Hágase mi voluntad (2020), de Ángelo Néstore.” En Masculinidades gays y maricas en la cultura española contemporánea, ed. Iker González-Allende, Barcelona-Madrid, Egales, 2024, pp. 215-240.
Lino Plata, Daniel, and Iker González-Allende. “Hombres gays y homoafecto: masculinidades gays alternativas en Hombres de verdad (2020), de Alberto Marcos.” Estudios LGBTIQ+, Comunicación y Cultura, vol. 2, no. 2, 2022, pp. 25-34. https://doi.org/10.5209/eslg.82278