On behalf of the search committee for the Director of The Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños/Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro), I am delighted to announce the four finalists for the position of Centro Director. The finalists emerged from a national search that yielded a diverse and distinguished pool of applicants. The search committee is deeply gratified to present these candidates to the community. The finalists will each spend a full day on the Hunter College campus, culminating in a public address that will outline their vision for Centro and explain how their scholarship and community involvement inform that vision. The candidates and their disciplinary and institutional affiliations appear below, along with the dates, locations, and titles of their respective presentations. Each talk will take place from 5:00-6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 15 Dr. Arlene Torres Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Director, Latina and Latino Studies Program University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Overlapping Discourses and Practices: (el detalle esta en la costura) The Details are in the Stitch Chanin Language Center, Room B126 West (subway level) Monday, November 19 Dr. Cesar Ayala Associate Professor, Department of Sociology University of California, Los Angeles Land Tenure and Social Structure in Puerto Rico, 1898-1934 Chanin Language Center, Room B126 West (subway level) Wednesday, November 28 Dr. Aldo Lauria Santiago Associate Professor, Departments of History and Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies Chair, Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies Rutgers University A Dialogue between Working Class History and Puerto Rican Studies Faculty Dining Room, 8th Floor West Building Thursday, November 29 Dr. Edwin Melendez Professor, Management and Urban Policy Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy at the New School Towards a Shared Vision for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Faculty Lounge, 8th Floor West Building RSVP to Miriam Galindez in the Provost's Office to inform us which lecture(s) you would like to attend. She can be reached at 212.772.4250 or via email at [log in to unmask] President Jennifer Raab and I hope that you will attend the open sessions and meet the candidates. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the following members of the search committee for their dedicated service: Dr. Ellen Chesler Director, Eleanor Roosevelt Women and Public Policy Initiative, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute Hunter College Dr. Héctor Cordero-Guzmán Chair, Department of Black and Hispanic Studies Baruch College (on leave) Program Officer Ford Foundation Ms. Mónica Cortés Undergraduate Student, Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies and Anthropology Hunter College Mr. Pedro Juan Hernández Acting Administrator, Centro Library and Archives Hunter College Mr. Curtis Kendrick University Librarian The City University of New York Dr. Lina Newton Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science Hunter College Dr. Andrés Torres Interim Director, Centro Hunter College Ms. Mayra Torres Assistant Administrator, Centro Hunter College Mr. Xavier F. Totti Lecturer, Department of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies; Editor, Centro Lehman College Dr. Anahi Viladrich Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Public Health Hunter College Ms. Taina Borrero External Affairs Coordinator Hunter College Mr. Hector Gesualdo (ex-officio) Executive Director ASPIRA of New York, Inc. Thank you for your steadfast interest in Centro's continued success and preeminence. We look forward to hosting the Centro finalists on campus and to introducing you to this exceptional slate of candidates. Sincerely, Vita C. Rabinowitz Provost and Chair of Centro Director Search Committee For more information on Centro Events, please visit http://centropr.org/events/index.html or call (212)772-5714. **************************************************************************************** <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the CENTROEVENTS-L List, please send an E-mail to:"[log in to unmask]". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF CENTROEVENTS-L".