Carmen Haydée Rivera, PhD University of Puerto Rico 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 American Literature 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 1 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 Puerto Rican Literature (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 2 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 Language Consultant 3 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 Esmeralda Santiago" 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. 4 “'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 United States 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 Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement by Vanessa Perez Rosario. New West Indian Guide 87. 1&2 (2013): 247-248. 5 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 Julia de Burgos 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" 6 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