ENGL 6006 Research Presentations

The English Department community is cordially invited to:

The presentation of the research proposals developed by students enrolled in ENGL 6006: Research Methods. Presenters include: Emily Aguiló, Francheska Cruz, Sharon Díaz, Nora Falvey, Tia Gilson, Robert Haithcock, Geovanna Méndez, Wilfredo Mercado, Yolanda Padilla, Rafael Parrilla, Jeannette Pérez, Jo.Alexis Robles, Gabriel Romaguera, and Yalitza Santos.

WHEN? Monday, December 15 @ 5:30 p.m.

WHERE? Chardón 318

Refreshments will be served!

Film Night / Noche de Cine

Collaborative Publication

Afro-Puerto Rican Testimonies update!

We are happy to announce the recent publication of our article “Testimonios Afropuertorriqueños: Using Oral Testimonies to (Re)Write Race in Contemporary Puerto Rico” in the latest issue of Sargasso, a peer-reviewed journal of literature, language, and culture edited at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. The essay is co-authored by English Department faculty member Jocelyn A. Géliga Vargas, MAEE candidate Irmaris Rosas Nazario and community collaborator Tania Delgado Hernández. This issue of Sargasso (2007-2008, I) is dedicated to the examination of “alternative identities” as these are represented in contemporary Caribbean literature, art and oral testimonies. For more information or to order a copy visit:

http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/pubs/sargasso-currentissues.htm

Department Faculty & Students Present @ Harvard, UMass, etc.

“Afro-Puerto Rican Testimonies” tours Boston!

MAEE candidates Irmaris Rosas and Fabiola Barrera, faculty member Jocelyn A. Géliga Vargas, and community leaders Alfredo González and Carlos Delgado recently traveled to Boston to present our ongoing research, Afro-Puerto Rican Testimonies: An Oral History Project in Western Puerto Rico. We were invited by a diverse group of scholars, community activists and educators.

Our first speaking engagement was coordinated by the Latino Heritage Month Committee of the Massachusetts General Hospital and took place on October 14. The following day we offered a more extensive and intensive presentation in the W.E.B. Du Bois Fellows’ Colloquia, organized by the Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. On October 16, we were invited by the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts-Boston to offer a formal presentation to students, scholars and community leaders and to lead a “conversatorio” or discussion with Latin@ high school students and their mentors. Finally, on October 17, we concluded our tour with an engaging and festive presentation at La Hora del Café, a monthly community forum devoted to the dissemination of Latin@ art, culture and education initiatives.

Earlier in October, we presented our project at the 8^th Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference in San Juan, PR. Last June Afro-Puerto Rican Testimonies traveled to Cuba to present our work at the Nuevos Talleres Internacionales de Estudios Regionales y Locales, held at the Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas in Santa Clara.

L³ Society’s October 2008 Newletter

The second edition of the L³ Society’s October 2008 Newletter, entitled The L³anguage Connection is hot off the presses! This newsletter, created by and for students is focused on the study of language, literature, and linguistics. The L³ Society’s editors in chief are Adriana I. Caraballo and Angel Matos Caro.

The link to the newsletter may be found below.
Once again, congratulations to our students for their success with the monthly newsletter!

 The L³anguage Connection, October 2008, Volume 1.2 

MAEE Comprehensive Examination

The Graduate Committee of the English Department wishes to announce that the policy and guidelines pertaining to the Comprehensive Examination degree completion option (”Option III”) have been modified. The revised policy updates the version included in the MAEE Graduate Student Handbook (August 2008 and prior editions) and will go into immediate effect. The document has been sent via e-mail to all faculty and graduate students, and can also be obtained here:

Comp Exam Policy & Guidelines Rev Oct 08

If you have any questions about the changes please contact the GC Coordinator ( jgeliga at uprm.edu) or any other member of the Committee.

A Successful Victorian Literature Festival!!

TADS Mini-Lessons on Tuesday, October 21 @ 10:30 in Ch-325

Join us on October 22

engl 6006 guest speaker series

22 October 2008

Understanding Bullying

Within Puerto Rican

Cultural and School Contexts

Dr. Bernadette Delgado

Department of Social Sciences

UPR-Mayagüez

CHARDÓN 318 @ 6:30 p.m.

ABSTRACT:

This presentation will discuss a research project that examines the phenomenon of bullying within the Puerto Rican socio-cultural and school context, based on ethnographic interviews conducted with intermediate school students, parents and teachers. Results of this study support the difficulty of finding a term in Spanish that conveys bullying as described in the American and European literature. Attendees will learn how the phenomenon of bullying is conceptualized within the Puerto Rican cultural,social and school contexts. Furthermore, they will understand the relationship between culture and bullying behaviors in order to design interventions that are culturally sensitive.

INFORMATION:

Contact Jocelyn A. Géliga Vargas (787-832-4040 ext. 3096/3064;  jgeliga at uprm.edu)

Attendees will receive one-credit hour of professional development, certified by CEP.

Please join us for the Victorian Literature Festival on October 23, 2008 @ 7:30 in Figueroa Chapel