Luis Prieto is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University. His research focuses on the intellectual and institutional histories of Caribbean, Latin American, and Latinx cultures in the 20th and 21st centuries.
His work engages postcolonial and decolonial theory, archival studies, digital humanities, and political economy to explore how literary and visual arts represent and challenge evolving cultural values and desires.
Before joining Yale, Luis earned an M.A. in Hispanic Literatures, Cultures, and Languages at the University of Connecticut, where he also served as Financial Secretary of the Graduate Employee & Postdoc Union, advocating for academic labor rights.
As a burgeoning scholar and teacher, Luis has received several recognitions for his work, including the Yale Planetary Solutions Doctoral Fellowship (2025), a Gold Medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (2018), and the New Teacher of the Year Award from Keys Gate Charter Schools USA (2021).