Latino/a Studies

Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies

413-597-2611

Stetson Hall Rm 603

At Williams since 2017

Education

S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering (1994)
M.F.A. Columbia University, Creative Writing (1998)

Areas of Expertise

Research Interests

Creative Writing: fiction, creative nonfiction
Experimental Writing and Literature
World Literature
Graphic Narratives

History of Science and Medicine
World History
Archival Storytelling
Data Visualization

Courses

Scholarship/Creative Work

Recent Publications

“Operation Granma G.” Latino Studies 19.4, Special Issue: Arts of Latina and Latino Aging (November 2021).

“Doris Rodríguez’s MONOCORDE.” Distant Connections 3- The Lockdown Lowdown Special Issue: Women and Covid, a gendered pandemic (September 2021).

“Latinx + DNA: Complicando the Double Helix.” Critical Dialogues in Latina and Latino Studies. Eds. Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas and Mérida M. Rúa. New York University Press, 2021.

“Th/Inking in Black: Notes on Teaching Creative Writing.” Teaching Black: Pedagogy, Practice, and Perspectives on Writing. Edited by Drea Brown and Ana-Maurine Lara. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021.

“Feedback Loop / Círculo de retroalimentación.” The Amaranta Project, Aster(ix) (Fall 2021).

“Life Beats of Dr. Diana: As Told to Nelly Rosario.” Studies in Comics 11.1–Special Issue on Comics and Education (July 2020).

“Song of Morrison: A Eulogy.” Aster(ix): A Journal of Literature, Art, Criticism (6 August 2019).

“AWP Panel: Aster(ix) Five Years Later.” Aster(ix): A Journal of Literature, Art, Criticism (2 June 2019).

“Do Us Part.” Everyday People: The Color of Life, ed. Jennifer Baker. New York: Atria Books, 2018.

“El canto del agua.” La nación y su escritura: Colección de voces dominicanas (1965-2017) [The Nation and its Writing: Collection of Dominican Voices (1965-2017)], eds. Carmen Cañete Quesada and Franklin Gutiérrez. Santo Domingo: Editorial Santuario, 2018.

Books

Song of the Water Saints: A Novel. New York: Pantheon, 2002 / New York: Vintage, 2003.

El canto del agua: Una novela, trans. Patricia Antón. Barcelona: Emecé Planeta, 2003 / New York: Vintage Español, 2003 / MD: Recorded Books Audiolibros, 2003.

Editorial

Content Editor/Web Developer/Faculty-Led Team, HTI Open Plaza, Hispanic Theological Initiative, 2019-Present
Content Editor/Web Developer, MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars Program, MIT, 2014-Present
Assistant Director of Writing/Web Developer, MIT Black History Project, 2013-Present
Project Curator, Technology and the Dream Exhibit, MIT Museum, 2021-2022

Awards, Fellowships & Grants

Harold E. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service Award, MIT Alumni Association, 2021
Great Dome Award, BCAP Project Team, MIT Alumni Association, 2021
CUNY DSI Research Fellowship, Dominican Studies Institute, City College-CUNY, 2021
Reading Fellow, Under the Volcano, Tepoztlán, Mexico, 2019, 2020
Archives & Library Research Award, Dominican Studies Institute, City College-CUNY, 2017
Creative Capital Artist Award in Literature, Creative Capital Foundation, 2016

Professional Affiliations

Member, MIT Alumni Association (AASC) Selection Committee, 2021-2024
Project Team Member, BAMIT Community Advancement Program (BCAP), MIT Office of Minority Education (OME), 2020-Present
Member, Advisory Board, Under the Volcano, 2018-Present
Contributing Editor, Aster(ix): A Journal of Literature, Art, Criticism, 2013-Present
Editor, Ex officio Member, Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT) National Board, 2010-Present

Current Committees

Lecture Committee

Visiting Committee, Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Program, The Cooper Union, 2021-22
30th-Anniversary Board Committee, Hurston/Wright Foundation, 2020-2021