Mirerza González Vélez tel: 787-321-6525/e-mail:
[email protected] Director, 2011 to present Departament of English, College of Humanities UPRRP 2009 -2010 Coordinator: Periodic Review Report, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Commissioned by Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Sonia Balet, UPR-RP 2002-to present Professor, English Department UPR Organizational Communication, Communication Studies, Media Studies 1993-1998 Sub-Editor Corporate Media, Special Projects El Vocero de Puerto Rico 1992-1993 Media Relations-Press Liaison, Organizing Committee 17th Central American and Caribbean Games, Ponce 1993 1990-1992 Journalist, Diálogo Newspaper Education Ph.D. Mass Communication and Journalism University of Iowa 2002 M.A. Journalism Theory UPR, RP 1998 B.A. Mass Communication and Journalism UPR, RP 1989 Academic and Professional Talks González Vélez, M. (2013, November 8) “The Foundational Narrative of the Puerto Rican Pioneer Family in the Virgin Islands”. Paper presented at Eastern Caribbean Conference, Instituto Pedagogico Arubiano, San Nicolas, Aruba. González Vélez, M. (2013, October 12) “Mapping Points of Origin: The Foundational Narrative of the Puerto Rican Pioneer Family in the Virgin Islands” . Paper presented at West Indian Literature Conference, College of the Bahamas, Nassau. González Vélez, M. (2013, August 7) “Writing grant proposals for funding research”. Talk to graduate students and participants of the Teaching Assistants Program -College of Humanities Professional Development Week . MGV - 1 González Vélez, M. (2012, October 27) Presenter on panel about Estudios sobre Diáspora Puertorriqueña en la UPR –RP, proyectos de colaboración. Puerto Rican Studies Association 10th Biennial Conference University at Albany, State University of New York González Vélez, M.