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
Thursday, November 15
Dr. Arlene Torres
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Director,
Overlapping Discourses and Practices: (el detalle
esta en la costura) The Details are in the Stitch
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
Chair, Department of Latino and Hispanic
A Dialogue between Working Class History and Puerto Rican Studies
Faculty Dining Room, 8th
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
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
Dr. Héctor
Cordero-Guzmán
Chair, Department of Black and Hispanic Studies
Program Officer
Ford Foundation
Ms. Mónica
Cortés
Undergraduate Student, Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies and
Mr. Pedro Juan
Hernández
Acting Administrator, Centro Library and Archives
Mr. Curtis
Kendrick
University Librarian
The
Dr. Lina
Newton
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Dr. Andrés
Torres
Interim Director, Centro
Ms. Mayra
Torres
Assistant Administrator, Centro
Mr. Xavier F.
Totti
Lecturer, Department of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies; Editor, Centro
Dr. Anahi Viladrich
Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Public Health
Ms. Taina
Borrero
External Affairs Coordinator
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