Carmen Haydée Rivera, PhD University of College of Humanities Department of English 13 Ave Universidad Ste. 1301 San Juan, PR 00925-2533 787-764-0000 ext. 89611 [email protected]

Education Doctor of Philosophy June 2001 (Specialization: Multiethnic Literatures of the U.S.) Northeastern University, Boston, MA Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Department of English Dissertation – In the Company of Women: The Narrative Voices of Contemporary U.S. Latina Writers

Master of Arts English and American Literature December 1991 University of Puerto Rico College of Humanities Department of English Thesis – Pasts and Presents in Sam Shepherd’s Family Plays

Bachelor of Arts English and American Literature June 1988 University of Puerto Rico College of Arts Department of English

Teaching Experience: August 2001 – present University of Puerto Rico College of Humanities, Department of English Professor of English

August 1991 - July 1996 University of Puerto Rico College of Humanities, Department of English Instructor

August 1992 - May 1994 Universidad del Este Language Institute, Department of English Instructor

Aug. 1991 – Dec. 1992 Sacred Heart University

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College of Humanities, Department of English Instructor

August 1989 - May 1991 University of Puerto Rico College of Humanities, Department of English Teaching Assistant

Courses University of Puerto Rico English 3081-3082 Acquiring English Through Literature I and II English 3218 Fiction (Short Story and the Novel) English 3221 Introduction to Literature (Essays, Short Stories, Novels) English 3222 Introduction to Literature (Poetry and Drama) English 3251 American Literature I: Colonial Period to the Civil War English 3252 American Literature II: Civil War to the Present English 3231-3232 Expository Writing I and II English 3031-3032 Conversational English Level I English 3041-3042 Conversational English Level II English 3051-3052 Conversational English Level III English 3285 The PR Experience: Literature of the PR Diaspora English 4218 American Literature and the American Dream English 4256 U.S. Latino/a Literature English 6029 Diasporic (Graduate Program) English 6049 Contemporary US Latino/a Writers (Graduate Program) English 6470 Realism and Naturalism in American Literature (Graduate Program)

Sacred Heart University and Universidad del Este English 103 Reading in the ESL Classroom English 108 English as a Second Language English 111-112 Writing in the Commercial Field English 144 Principles of Writing English 117 Speech Communication English 121 Poetry and Drama English 122 The Short Story and the Novel

Administrative Experience Interim Chancellor University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras February 2017 – May 2017

Interim Dean of Academic Affairs University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras August 2016 – January 2017

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Dean of Academic Affairs Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras August 2013 – July 2016

Deanship Representative Self-study Committee Middle States Commission on Higher Education University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras August 2014 – December 2015

Deanship Representative Board of Directors Center for Academic Excellence University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras August 2013 – July 2016

Graduate Program Coordinator Department of English College of Humanities University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras August 2011 – June 2013

Honors Program Studies Director Representative for the College of Humanities University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras August 2010 – June 2012

Academic Advisor Department of Interdisciplinary Studies University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras August2009 – May2011

Graduate Admissions Committee Coordinator Department of English, College of Humanities University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras August 2009 – 2011

Academic Advisor Department of English, College of Humanities University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras January 2006 – August 2007

Interim Chair Department of English, College of Humanities University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras January, 2005 – July 2005

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Department of English Universidad Metropolitana - Cupey August 2004 – June 2005

Associate Chair Department of English, College of Humanities University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras July, 2003 – December 2004

ESL Coordinator Department of English, College of Humanities University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras August, 1994 – June, 1996

Publications Books: Diasporic Journeys: Conversations with Contemporary Puerto Rican Writers in the US (forthcoming).

Border Crossings and Beyond: The Life and Works of Sandra Cisneros. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Press (2009).

Writing Off the Hyphen: New Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Seattle: University of Washington Press (2008).

Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals: "Embracing Alternate Discourses on Migration: Giannina Braschi's and Luisita López Torregrosa's Multi-dimensional Literary Schemes" Revista Umbral: Memorias, relatos y testimonies de la diáspora caribeña 8 (April 2014): 6-20.

"Bilingual Strategies: El uso de módulos bilingües en el salón de clases" El Sol: Revista de la Asociación de Maestros de PR 54.2 (2013): 28-31.

"El poder de la palabra y la experiencia transnacional: una entrevista con Giannina Braschi." Op-Cit: Revista del Centro de Investigaciones Históricas (2012): 281-302.

"De la universidad al sistema educativo: apoyo y desarrollo curricular colaborativo." El Sol: Revista de la Asociación de Maestros de PR LII.3 (2011): 30-33.

"Telling to Live: Identity, Race, and Gender in the works of Judith Ortiz Cofer and " Pasaporte Latino: La nueva literatura hispánica. 15 (2011): 179-202. "Diasporic Journeys: Memoirs By Puerto Rican Writers in the US". Camino Real: Estudios de las Hispanidades Norteamericanas 1.2 (2010): 103-122.

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“'Language is our only homeland': An Interview with Luz María Umpierre" Centro Journal XX.1 (Spring 2008): 13-21.

"Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora: An Overview" Sargasso II (2005-06): 1-9.

"Breaking the Rules: Innovation and Narrative Strategies in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street and Ana Castillo's The Mixquiahuala Letters." Ethnic Studies Review 26.I (2003): 108-120.

Articles in Newspapers or Periodicals: "La Misión de la Universidad Abierta" El Nuevo Día (May 20, 2017). http://www. elnuevodia. com/opinion/columnas/carmenhriveravega. Web.

"Abrir la Universidad" El Nuevo Día (April 1, 2017). http://www. elnuevodia. com/opinion/columnas/carmenhriveravega. Web.

"La Universidad Deberia Ser Prioridad para la Junta y el Gobierno El Nuevo Día (March 14, 2017). http://www. elnuevodia. com/opinion/columnas/carmenhriveravega. Web.

"Obituarios" El Nuevo Día (November 6, 2007): 79.Print.

"Una Mirada en Dos Tiempos - Juxtaposición de Imágenes en El Tiempo: Memoria del Silencio" Diálogo (September-October, 2006): 27-28.

"Telling to Live: Contemporary Latina Testimonios" Diálogo (March 2002): 32.

Chapters in Edited Collections: "The Life and Works of Judith Ortiz Cofer." Latino and Latina Writers. Alan West-Duran, et. als. New York: Thomson and Gale, 2004. 917-933.

Book Reviews: Healing Memories: Puerto Rican Women’s Literature in the by Elizabeth García. Centro Journal (forthcoming Fall 2019).

Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait edited by Edna Acosta-Belén and Carlos E. Santiago. Centro Journal (forthcoming Fall 2019).

This too will pass by Sonia S. Williams. Sargasso I &II (2013-14): 217-219.

This is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz. Sargasso I & II (2012-13): 184-187.

Hispanic of Migration: Narratives of Displacement by Vanessa Perez Rosario. New West Indian Guide 87. 1&2 (2013): 247-248.

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Rescuing Pioneering Hispanic Voices: Hispanic Immigrant Literature: El Sueño del Retorno by Nocolas Kanellos. Latino/a Research Review (2012): 251-254

"Juan Flores' Bugalú y otros guisos. Traducción principal y nota introductoria de Juan Otero Garabís" Caribbean Studies 38.1 (January, 2010): 190-195.

"Esmeralda Santiago's The Turkish Lover." Sargasso II (2005-06): 139-142.

"Javier Avila's Different, A Novel" Sargasso I (2002): 151-152.

Presentations and Conferences 2019 “Literature of Caribbean Diasporas: A Study of Translocal Ethnoscapes in the Works of Puerto Rican and Cuban American Writers in the United States” Twelfth Conference on Cuban and Cuban American Studies Florida International University

2018 “Diasporic Puerto Rican Writers: Resilience in Culturally Relevant Pedagogy” Guest Speaker Forty-fifth PRTESOL Annual Conference Universidad del Turabo Caguas, PR

2018 “Generational Roots and Re-routing in the Works of Two Diasporic Puerto Rican Writers” West Indian Literature Conference University of Miami

2017 "Conversatorio con Lin-Manuel Miranda" University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Amphitheater

2017 "Jorge Duany's Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know" Librería La Tertulia Río Piedras, PR

2015 "Bloguiando y Hablando Caribe: Repeating Islands" University of Puerto Rico College of Social Sciences Institute of Caribbean Studies

2015 "A Tribute to Juan Flores" University of Puerto Rico College of Humanities Sala Jorge Enjuto 2014 "Boricua Connections/Alliances Across Borders: An Outreach Proposal Through UPR's Seminar in Migration and Diaspora Studies"

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Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference University of Denver, Colorado

2014 "Cartographies of Caribbean Spaces: Visual Reconceptualization of Puerto Rican Landscapes in Short Films (El Tiempo - Memoria del Silencio) and Photography (Puerto Rico Then and Now) West Indian Literature Conference University of the , Barbados

2013 "Tato' s Many Turns: A Celebration of the Life and Creative Works of " - Poetry Reading University of Puerto Rico College of Humanities Francisco Oller Gallery

2013 "Embracing Alternate Discourses: Giannina Braschi's and Luisita Lopez Torregrosa's Multi-dimensional Literary Schemes" West Indian Literature Conference College of the Bahamas, Nassau

2013 "Giannina Braschi's Transnational Journeys: Writing From the Periphery" Segundo Simposio de Estudiantes Graduados University of Puerto Rico College of Humanities Sala Jorge Enjuto

2013 "Diasporic Journeys: in Vaivén" Jornada de las Humanidades University of Puerto Rico Department of History Centro de Investigaciones Históricas

2013 "Journalism and Memoir: Luisita Lopez Torregrosa's Writing Crafts" Jornada de las Humanidades University of Puerto Rico Department of English Lewis C. Richardson Seminar

2013 "Journey Without Maps: The Life and Works of Luisita Lopez Torregrosa" Jornada de las Humanidades University of Puerto Rico College of Humanities Sala Jorge Enjuto

2013 "Puertorriqueños de aquí y de allá: un conversatorio" Radio Universidad University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

2012 "Resistance to Empire: Language and Cultural Expression in the Literary Works of Giannina Braschi" American Studies Association Sheraton Convention Center San Juan, Puerto Rico

2012 "Getting Home Alive: Literary Representations of Revolving Door and Reverse Migration" Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference SUNY - Albany

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2011 "Julia de Burgos and Jesús Colón: A Critical Reading of Vanessa Pérez Rosario's Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration" University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras College of Humanities Seminario Federico de Onis

2011 "Giannina Braschi's : A Transnational Journey" University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras College of Humanities Seminario Federico de Onis

2011 Faculty Resource Network NYU Summer Institute New York University Seminar: Afro-Latino History and Culture Convener: Dr. Juan Flores

2010 "Diasporc Puerto Rican Literature" University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras University High School English Week Celebration

2009 “El bugalú de los Juanes: Leyendo a Juan Flores en español bajo la mirada crítica de Juan Otero Garabis” Librería L Tertulia Río Piedras, PR

2009 “Telling to Live: Memoirs and Diasporic Journeys of Caribbean Writers American Comparative Literature Association Harvard University (ACLA) Boston, Massachusetts

2009 New York University Winter Institute Sacred Heart University, Santurce, PR Seminar: Personal Narratives: Writing From Experience” Convener: Dr. Mayra Santos-Febres

2008 “Transcending Cartographies: Judith Ortiz Cofer’s Transmigratory Poetics” Puerto Rican Studies Association Bi-Annual Conference Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, San Juan PR

2008 “Writing off the Hyphen: Transnational Homespace(s) in Diasporic Puerto Rican Literature” Puerto Rican Studies Association Bi-Annual Conference Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe San Juan, PR

2008 “The History and Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora” PRSA Pre-Conference Activity University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

2008 “Cartographies of Identities: Puerto Rico/ans in the 21st Century 8

Radio Universidad University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

2008 “Latina Literature in Theories and Praxis” Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio

2007 “La diáspora boricua: Identidad nacional, prácticas culturales y políticas públicas” Panorama de las Ciencias Sociales en Puerto Rico: Historia, Investigación y Política (panel moderator and discussant) University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras College of Social Sciences, Centro de Investigaciones Históricas

2007 “Work, Migration, and Globalization: Contested Journeys in the Works of Diasporic Puerto Rican Writers” Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) University of California Fresno, CA

2007 “Diasporic Puerto Rican Literature in the ESL Classroom” Department of Education English Week (March 18-24, 2007) Bayamon, PR

2006 Bilingual , Bicultural Crossings: Engaging Funds of Knowledge in the Works of Contemporary US Latino/a Writers Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico Holiday Inn San Juan, Puerto Rico

2006 Race and Its Intersections in Diasporic Puerto Rican Literature Puerto Rican Studies Association Bi-Annual Conference Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2006 “De Guayaba y Menta: Remembranzas de Victor Hernández Cruz” University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras College of General Studies Department of English University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

2006 Film and National Identity: “Fusion and Juxtaposition of Images in the Film El Tiempo – Memoria del Silencio” Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte Short Film Festival University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

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2005 “Puerto Rican Writers in the United States” Cultura Viva – Channel 6 (WIPR) San Juan, Puerto Rico

2005 “In Walcott’s Shadow” West Indian Literature Conference (conference organizer and panel moderator) University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

2004 “Beyond Nuyoricanism: Historizing Literature, Popular Culture and Ongoing Discursvie Practices” (panel moderator) Puerto Rican Studies Association Bi-Annual Conference CUNY Graduate Center New York, NY

2004 “Esmeralda Santiago’s Biographic Trilogy: , Almost a Woman, and The Turkish Lover” Borders Bookstore – Plaza Las Americas San Juan, Puerto Rico

2003 “Cultural Iconography in the Works of Contemporary US Latina Writers” Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica Florida Atlantic University Boca Ratón, Florida

2003 “Charting New Spaces: Home as a Site of Resistance in the Works of Contemporary U.S. Latina Writers” Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States Florida Atlantic University Boca Ratón, Florida

2003 “Victor Hernández Cruz: The Poet at Work” College of Humanities, English Department Ph.D. Program Presentations University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

2003 “Puerto Rican Writers in the United States: An Overview” College of Arts - English Week Celebration Guest Speaker University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus

2002 “The Latina Feminist Group: New Frontiers” Book Presentation Carnegie Library San Juan, P.R.

2002 Grupo Feministas Latinas: Un Conversatorio Radio Universidad

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University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

2001 “Más allá del idioma: Realidades bilingües en las obras de escritoras latinas en los Estados Unidos” Simposio Sobre Bilingüismo y Biculturalismo University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

2001 “Contemporary U.S. Latina Writers: Un testimonio” Women of Color Caucus Workshop Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States Knoxville, Tennessee

2000 “Reconfigurations of the Images of Women in Latina Literature” Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana

Committees Organizing Committee - Self-Study for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (2013-2016) College Access Challenge Grant Program – Representative for the College of Humanities (2009 – present) Visión Universidad 2016 – Representative for the College of Humanities (2009) English Department Graduate Program Committee (2002 – present) English Department Graduate Admissions Committee (2006 – present) Board of Directors – Programa de Estudios de la Mujer y el Género (2005 – 2007) Board of Directors – Asociación Puertorriqueña de Profesores Universitarios (2004-2005) UPR Education System College Representatives Committee – Representative for the Rio Piedras Campus (2002-2003) English Department Curriculum Committee (2001 – 2007; 2017 – present) English Department Cultural Affairs Committee (2001 – 2005)

Awards 2001 Perseverance Award Latin American Studies Studies Association (LASA)

2001 National Association for Ethnic Studies

Memberships and Affiliations The Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States Latin American Studies Association

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National Association for Ethnic Studies Puerto Rican Studies Association West Indian Literature Association Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica Asociación Puertorriqueña de Profesores Universitarios

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