Carmen Haydée Rivera - Facultad De Humanidades
Carmen Haydée Rivera - Facultad De Humanidades
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<strong>Carmen</strong> <strong>Haydée</strong> <strong>Rivera</strong>, PhD<br />
University of Puerto Rico<br />
College of Humanities<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
P.O. Box 23356<br />
San Juan, P.R. 00931-3356<br />
787-764-0000 ext. 2553; 787-218-9254<br />
chrivera@uprrp.edu; chrivera12@gmail.com<br />
Education<br />
Doctor of Philosophy American Literature<br />
June 2001 (Specialization: Multiethnic Literatures of the U.S.)<br />
Northeastern University, Boston, MA<br />
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
Dissertation – In the Company of Women: The Narrative<br />
Voices of Contemporary U.S. Latina Writers<br />
Master of Arts English and American Literature<br />
<strong>De</strong>cember 1991 University of Puerto Rico<br />
College of Humanities<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
Thesis – Pasts and Presents in Sam Shepherd’s Family<br />
Plays<br />
Bachelor of Arts English and American Literature<br />
June 1988 University of Puerto Rico<br />
College of Arts<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
Teaching Experience:<br />
August 2001 – present University of Puerto Rico<br />
College of Humanities, <strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
Professor of English<br />
August 1991 - July 1996 University of Puerto Rico<br />
College of Humanities, <strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
Instructor<br />
August 1992 - May 1994 Universidad del Este<br />
Language Institute, <strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
Instructor
Aug. 1991 – <strong>De</strong>c. 1992 Sacred Heart University<br />
College of Humanities, <strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
Instructor<br />
August 1989 - May 1991 University of Puerto Rico<br />
College of Humanities, <strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
Teaching Assistant<br />
Courses<br />
University of Puerto Rico<br />
English 3081-3082 Acquiring English Through Literature I and II<br />
English 3218 Fiction (Short Story and the Novel)<br />
English 3221 Introduction to Literature (Essays, Short Stories, Novels)<br />
English 3222 Introduction to Literature (Poetry and Drama)<br />
English 3251 American Literature I: Colonial Period to the Civil War<br />
English 3252 American Literature II: Civil War to the Present<br />
English 3231-3232 Expository Writing I and II<br />
English 3031-3032 Conversational English Level I<br />
English 3041-3042 Conversational English Level II<br />
English 3051-3052 Conversational English Level III<br />
English 3285 The Puerto Rican Experience:Literature of the PR Diaspora<br />
English 4218 American Literature and the American Dream<br />
English 4256 U.S. Latino/a Literature<br />
English 6029 Diasporic Puerto Rican Literature (Graduate Program)<br />
English 6409 Contemporary US Latino/a Writers (Graduate Program)<br />
English 6470 Realism and Naturalism in American Literature (Graduate<br />
Program)<br />
Sacred Heart University and Universidad del Este<br />
English 103 Reading in the ESL Classroom<br />
English 108 English as a Second Language<br />
English 111-112 Writing in the Commercial Field<br />
English 144 Principles of Writing<br />
English 117 Speech Communication<br />
English 121 Poetry and Drama<br />
English 122 The Short Story and the Novel<br />
Administrative Experience<br />
Graduate Program Coordinator<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English, College of Humanities<br />
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras<br />
August 2011 - present<br />
Honors Program<br />
Studies Director<br />
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Representative for the College of Humanities<br />
University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras<br />
August 2010 - June 2012<br />
Academic Advisor<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of Interdisciplinary Studies<br />
College of Humanities<br />
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras<br />
August 2009 – May 2011<br />
Graduate Admissions Committee Coordinator<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English, College of Humanities<br />
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras<br />
August 2009 – May 2011<br />
Academic Advisor<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English, College of Humanities<br />
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras<br />
January 2006 – August 2007<br />
Interim Chair<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English, College of Humanities<br />
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras<br />
January, 2005 – July 2005<br />
Language Consultant<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
Universidad Metropolitana - Cupey<br />
August 2004 – June 2005<br />
Associate Chair<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English, College of Humanities<br />
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras<br />
July 2003 – <strong>De</strong>cember 2004<br />
ESL Coordinator<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English, College of Humanities<br />
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras<br />
August 1994 – June 1996<br />
Publications<br />
Diasporic Journeys: Conversations with Contemporary Puerto Rican Writers in<br />
the US (forthcoming, 2012)<br />
"El poder de la palabra y la experiencia transnacional: una entrevista con<br />
Giannina Braschi." Op-Cit: Revista del Centro de Investigaciones Históricas<br />
(forthcoming, 2012)<br />
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"<strong>De</strong> la universidad al sistema educativo: apoyo y desarrollo curricular<br />
colaborativo." El Sol: Revista de la Asociación de Maestros de PR LII.3 (2011):<br />
30-33.<br />
“Telling to Live: Identity, Race, and Gender in the works of Judith Ortiz Cofer<br />
and Esmeralda Santiago” Pasaporte Latino: La nueva literatura hispánica. 15<br />
(2011): 179-202.<br />
“Diasporic Journeys: Memoirs By Puerto Rican Writers in the US”. Camino<br />
Real. Estudios de las Hispanidades Norteamericanas. 1.2 (2010): 103-122.<br />
Border Crossings and Beyond: The Life and Works of Sandra Cisneros<br />
Praeger Press (2009)<br />
Writing Off the Hyphen: New Perspectives on the Literature of the<br />
Puerto Rican Diaspora<br />
University of Washington Press (2008)<br />
“‘Language is our only homeland’: An Interview with Luz María Umpierre”<br />
Centro Journal XX.1 (Spring 2008): 13-21.<br />
“Obituarios” El Nuevo Día (November 6, 2007): 79.<br />
“Una Mirada en Dos Tiempos – Juxtaposición de Imágenes en El Tiempo:<br />
Memoria del Silencio” Diálogo (October, 2006):<br />
“Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora: An Overview”<br />
Sargasso II (2005-06): 1-9.<br />
“The Life and Works of Judith Ortiz Cofer.” Latino and Latina Writers.<br />
Alan West-Duran, et. als. New York: Thomson and Gale, 2004. 917-933.<br />
“Breaking the Rules: Innovation and Narrative Strategies in Sandra Cisneros’s<br />
The House on Mango Street and Ana Castillo’s The Mixquiahuala Letters.”<br />
Ethnic Studies Review 26.I (2003): 108-120.<br />
“Telling to Live: Contemporary Latina Testimonios”<br />
Diálogo (March 2002): 32.<br />
Book Reviews<br />
"Vanessa Pérez Rosario's Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration:<br />
Narratives of Displacement"<br />
New West Indian Guide 87. 1&2, forthcoming 2013<br />
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"Rescuing Pioneering Hispanic Voices: Nicolás Kanellos' Hispanic Immigrant<br />
Literature: El Sueño del Retorno"<br />
Latino/a Research Review, forthcoming, 2012<br />
“Juan Flores’ Bugalú y otros guisos. Traducción principal y nota introductoria de<br />
Juan Otero Garabís” Caribbean Studies 38.1 (January, 2010):<br />
“Esmeralda Santiago’s The Turkish Lover.”<br />
Sargasso II (2005-06): 139-142.<br />
“Javier Avila’s Different, A Novel”<br />
Sargasso I (2002): 151-152.<br />
Presentations and Conferences<br />
2012 "Resistance to Empire: Language and Cultural Expression in the Literary Works<br />
of Giannina Braschi"<br />
American Studies Association<br />
Sheraton Convention Center<br />
San Juan, Puerto Rico<br />
2012 " Getting Home Alive: Literary Representations of Revolving Door and Reverse<br />
Migration"<br />
Puerto Rican Studies Association Bi-Annual Conference<br />
SUNY - Albany<br />
2011 "Julia de Burgos and Jesús Colón: A Critical Reading of Vanessa Pérez Rosario's<br />
Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration"<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
College of Humanities<br />
Seminario Federico de Onis<br />
2011 "Giannina Braschi's United States of Banana: A Transnational Journey"<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
College of Humanities<br />
Seminario Federico de Onis<br />
2011 Faculty Resource Network<br />
NYU Summer Institute<br />
New York University<br />
Seminar: Afro-Latino History and Culture<br />
Convener: Dr. Juan Flores<br />
2010 "Diasporc Puerto Rican Literature"<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
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University High School<br />
English Week Celebration<br />
2009 “El bugalú de los Juanes: Leyendo a Juan Flores en español bajo la mirada crítica<br />
de Juan Otero Garabis”<br />
Librería L Tertulia<br />
Río Piedras, PR<br />
2009 “Telling to Live: Memoirs and Diasporic Journeys of Caribbean Writers<br />
American Comparative Literature Association<br />
Harvard University (ACLA)<br />
Boston, Massachusetts<br />
2009 Faculty Resource Network<br />
New York University Winter Institute<br />
Sacred Heart University, Santurce, PR<br />
Seminar: Personal Narratives: Writing From Experience<br />
Convener: Dr. Mayra Santos-Febres<br />
2008 “Transcending Cartographies: Judith Ortiz Cofer’s Transmigratory Poetics”<br />
Puerto Rican Studies Association Bi-Annual Conference<br />
Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, San Juan PR<br />
2008 “Writing off the Hyphen: Transnational Homespace(s) in Diasporic Puerto Rican<br />
Literature”<br />
Puerto Rican Studies Association Bi-Annual Conference<br />
Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe<br />
San Juan, PR<br />
2008 “The History and Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora”<br />
PRSA Pre-Conference Activity<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
2008 “Cartographies of Identities: Puerto Rico/ans in the 21 st Century<br />
Radio Universidad<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
2008 “Latina Literature in Theories and Praxis”<br />
Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS)<br />
Ohio State University<br />
Columbus, Ohio<br />
2007 “La diáspora boricua: Identidad nacional, prácticas culturales y políticas públicas”<br />
Panorama de las Ciencias Sociales en Puerto Rico: Historia, Investigación y<br />
Política (panel moderator)<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
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College of Social Sciences, Centro de Investigaciones Históricas<br />
2007 “Work, Migration, and Globalization: Contested Journeys in the Works of<br />
Diasporic Puerto Rican Writers”<br />
Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS)<br />
University of California<br />
Fresno, CA<br />
2007 “Diasporic Puerto Rican Literature in the ESL Classroom”<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of Education<br />
English Week (March 18-24, 2007)<br />
Bayamon, PR<br />
2006 Bilingual , Bicultural Crossings: Engaging Funds of Knowledge in the Works of<br />
Contemporary US Latino/a Writers<br />
Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico<br />
Holiday Inn<br />
San Juan, Puerto Rico<br />
2006 Race and Its Intersections in Diasporic Puerto Rican Literature<br />
Puerto Rican Studies Association Bi-Annual Conference<br />
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY<br />
2006 “<strong>De</strong> Guayaba y Menta: Remembranzas de Victor Hernández Cruz”<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
College of General Studies<br />
<strong>De</strong>partment of English<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
2006 Film and National Identity: “Fusion and Juxtaposition of Images in the Film El<br />
Tiempo – Memoria del Silencio”<br />
Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte<br />
Short Film Festival<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
2005 “Puerto Rican Writers in the United States”<br />
Cultura Viva – Channel 6 (WIPR)<br />
San Juan, Puerto Rico<br />
2005 “In Walcott’s Shadow”<br />
West Indian Literature Conference (conference organizer and panel moderator)<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
2004 “Beyond Nuyoricanism: Historizing Literature, Popular Culture and Ongoing<br />
Discursvie Practices” (panel moderator)<br />
Puerto Rican Studies Association Bi-Annual Conference<br />
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CUNY Graduate Center<br />
New York, NY<br />
2004 “Esmeralda Santiago’s Biographic Trilogy: When I Was Puerto Rican,<br />
Almost a Woman, and The Turkish Lover”<br />
Borders Bookstore – Plaza Las Americas<br />
San Juan, Puerto Rico<br />
2003 “Cultural Iconography in the Works of Contemporary US Latina Writers”<br />
Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica<br />
Florida Atlantic University<br />
Boca Ratón, Florida<br />
2003 “Charting New Spaces: Home as a Site of Resistance in the Works of<br />
Contemporary U.S. Latina Writers”<br />
Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States<br />
Florida Atlantic University<br />
Boca Ratón, Florida<br />
2003 “Victor Hernández Cruz: The Poet at Work”<br />
College of Humanities, English <strong>De</strong>partment Ph.D. Program Presentations<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus<br />
2003 “Puerto Rican Writers in the United States: An Overview”<br />
College of Arts - English Week Celebration<br />
Guest Speaker<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus<br />
2002 “The Latina Feminist Group: New Frontiers”<br />
Book Presentation<br />
Carnegie Library<br />
San Juan, P.R.<br />
2002 Grupo Feministas Latinas: Un Conversatorio<br />
Radio Universidad<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
2001 “Más allá del idioma: Realidades bilingües en las obras de escritoras latinas en los<br />
Estados Unidos”<br />
Simposio Sobre Bilingüismo y Biculturalismo<br />
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras<br />
2001 “Contemporary U.S. Latina Writers: Un testimonio”<br />
Women of Color Caucus Workshop<br />
Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States<br />
Knoxville, Tennessee<br />
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2000 “Reconfigurations of the Images of Women in Latina Literature”<br />
Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States<br />
Tulane University<br />
New Orleans, Louisiana<br />
Committees<br />
College of Humanities Graduate Coordinators Committee (2011 - present)<br />
College Access Challenge Grant Program – Representative for the College<br />
of Humanities (2009 – present)<br />
Visión Universidad 2016 – Representative for the College of Humanities<br />
(2009)<br />
English <strong>De</strong>partment Graduate Program Committee (2002 – present)<br />
English <strong>De</strong>partment Graduate Admissions Committee Coordinator (2008 –<br />
2011)<br />
English <strong>De</strong>partment Graduate Admissions Committee (2006 – present)<br />
Board of Directors – Programa de Estudios de la Mujer y el Género<br />
(2005 – 2007)<br />
Board of Directors – Asociación Puertorriqueña de Profesores Universitarios<br />
(2004-2005)<br />
College Representatives Committee – Representative for the College of<br />
Humanities (2002-2003)<br />
English <strong>De</strong>partment Curriculum Committee (2001 – 2007)<br />
English <strong>De</strong>partment Cultural Affairs Committee (2001 – 2005)<br />
Professional Association Memberships<br />
American Studies Association<br />
The Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literatures of the United States<br />
Latin American Studies Association<br />
National Association for Ethnic Studies<br />
Puerto Rican Studies Association<br />
Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica<br />
Asociación Puertorriqueña de Profesores Universitarios<br />
Awards and Recognitions<br />
2001 Magna Cum Laude Graduate (Doctor of Philosophy)<br />
2001 Perseverance Award (in recognition of the Ph.D., Latin American Studies<br />
Association - LASA)<br />
2001 National Association for Ethnic Studies Award<br />
1996-1998 Minority Student Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,<br />
Northeastern University<br />
1991 Suma Cum Laude Graduate (Master of Arts)<br />
1988 Magna Cum Laude Graduate (Bachelor of Arts)<br />
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