Dr. Nalda R. Baez Ferrer
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies
(956) 665- 3441
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
PhD, Purdue University, 2008
Major: Latin American Literature
Dissertation Title: La experiencia del exilio: la clase social, el idioma y los gŽneros
sexuales en textos seleccionados de Julia çlvarez, Loida Maritza PŽrez y Junot D'az:
escritores dominico-americanos
MA, Purdue University, 2002
Major: Latin American Literature
BA, University of Puerto Rico, 1999
Major: Psychology
EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor, UTRGV (September 2016)
Academic - Administrative Assignments
Program Coordinator, The Latin American Studies Minor, (August 2011 - August 2014)
Graduate Advisor MA and MAIS in Spanish, (August 2009 - August 2012)
Professional
AssistantProfessor of Spanish, University of Texas-Pan American ( 2009)
Adjunct Lecturer, University of Texas-Pan American (2007 - 2009)
Teaching Assistant, Purdue University (2000 - 2007)
Teacher, New Community School ( 2002)
Lecturer, Purdue University ( 2002)
Licensures and Certifications
Certified in Modern Languages, French and Italian , University of Puerto Rico. (August 1997)
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
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Journal Articles
Nalda Ferrer. ¿Es La negra Angustias una afirmación de lo afro-mexicano o una invisibilidad?
Afro-Hispanic Review. (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015)
Nalda Ferrer. “El pasado ancestral, la magia y la violencia en El reino de este mundo y en “La magia
del Joe Domínguez” de Pedro Badrán Paduí.” Caribe. . (August 2014)
Nalda Ferrer. “Exilio, memoria e identidad en How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and
Geographies of Home.” . (August 2010)
Nalda Ferrer. La imagen del negro en El Lazarillo de ciegos caminantes. 2, no. 1 (2008): 27-43.
Other
Nalda Ferrer. "At Home and Abroad: Historicizing Twentieth-Century Whiteness in Literature and
Performance." . (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2011)
Nalda Ferrer “Afro-Dominicana….”, “Libre”, “Lo que te crees”, “¿Cómo me ven?” and “Ponte pa’
ese número.” . Dartmouth College: PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research
Association. . no. 13 (2009): 119-121.
Nalda Ferrer. “Me despojaron de…, No te calles, Tu sangre, and Sin Patria.” . Vanderbilt University:
Afro-Hispanic Review. 28. 1 , no. Spring 2009 (2009): 215-216.
Nalda Ferrer. “Me llama…, Madre, and Me Resisto….” . Negritud: Revista de Estudios
Afro-Latinoamericanos.. Vol II Número 2, no. (Invierno 2008/2009 (2009): 279-281.
Nalda Ferrer. “La amenaza.”. CIALC de la Universidad Autónoma de México: Archipiélago: Revista
Cultural de Nuestra América. . 62, (2008): 32.
Under Submission
Journal Articles
Nalda Ferrer. (2015). ¿Es La negra Angustias una afirmación de lo afro-mexicano o una
invisibilidad? Afro-Hispanic Review.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Recognized by Women Together/Mujeres Unidas for her contributions to several programs for
women and children in Hidalgo & Starr Counties. (2014)
2014 Awarded $500.00 from my Department to invite and organized the presentation of Dr. Sonja
S.Watson to present in the Black History Month at UTPA.. (February 26, 2014)
Awarded $950.00 from my Department to travel and present in the 2nd. International Conference on
Caribbean Studies (ICCS). Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.. (March 15, 2010)
Recognized by Women Together/Mujeres Unidas for her contributions to several programs for
women and children in Hidalgo & Starr Counties. (2009)
Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Excellence in Teaching Award, Purdue University
(2005)
Honorable mention in the Literary Analysis Foreign Language category for the 73rd Annual Literary
Awards Competition, Dept. of English (2004)
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, nominated as an outstanding T.A. Purdue
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Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, nominated as an outstanding T.A. Purdue
University. (2001)
Finalists for the Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures Teaching Award in the T.A. category.
Purdue University.. (2001)
Social Sciences Department, Honors Cum Laude. University of Puerto Rico. (1999)
PRESENTATIONS
Nalda Ferrer. "“El pasado ancestral, la magia y la violencia en El reino de este mundo y en “La
magia del Joe Domínguez” de Pedro Badrán Paduí.” ," 75TH Annual Convention of the College
Language Association. , Southern Methodist University. (April 8, 2015)
Nalda Ferrer. "“Washington Heights”, during the Black History Month," UTRGV, (February 20,
2015)
Nalda Ferrer. "“El Otro Francisco”, during the Black History Month.." University of Texas-Pan
American.. (February 24, 2014)
Nalda Ferrer. "America Episode # 4, during the Black History Month." University of Texas-Pan
American.. (February 20, 2012)
Nalda Ferrer. "“El bilingüismo en dos escritores contemporáneos dominico-americanos.” The 61st
Annual Conference MALAS: ." The Midwest Association for Latin American Studies Conference.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.. (November 17, 2011)
Nalda Ferrer. ""El Poder del Jefe III, during the “El Mes de la Hispanidad”.." University of
Texas-Pan American.. (October 10, 2011)
Nalda Ferrer. "Guest Speaker for Preparing Future Faculty.." Purdue University, West Lafayette.
(April 26, 2011)
Nalda Ferrer. "Tu sangre”, “Libre”, “El regreso”, “Afro-Dominicana...”, “Ayer”, y “Hoy te
descubres.” Tercer encuentro de poesía: Los Santos Días de la Poesía by Teleconference. Organice
by Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico," Tercer encuentro de poesía: Los Santos Días de
la Poesía by Teleconference., Organice by Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico, UTPA.
(April 15, 2011)
Nalda Ferrer. "African American Read-In as part of the Black History Moth my poem “Sin Patria."
University of Missouri, Kansas City. (February 8, 2011)
Nalda Ferrer. "“La ecocrítica como denuncia local y trasátlantica en las obras Amor en la Línea
Vieja y Geographies of Home.” V Simposio Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Historia Ambiental. ."
La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. (June 18, 2010)
Nalda Ferrer. "“No way out: Magical Realism in Soledad by Angie Cruz.” ." The Seventieth Annual
Convention & Seventy-Third Anniversary of the College Language Association., Brooklyn, New
York. (April 10, 2010)
Nalda Ferrer. "“Exilio y transgresión de los géneros sexuales en How the García Girls Lost Their
Accents.” ." The 2nd. International Conference on Caribbean Studies (ICCS). , (March 19, 2010)
Nalda Ferrer. "“El amor es ciego”, “Yo siento” y “Hoy te descubres” ." The 2nd Annual Conference
of Negritud: Revista de Estudios Afro-Latinoamericanos., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
(March 13, 2010)
Nalda Ferrer. "“La invisibilidad del negro en La Isla al revés de Joaquín Balaguer.” ," The 2nd
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Nalda Ferrer. "“La invisibilidad del negro en La Isla al revés de Joaquín Balaguer.” ," The 2nd
Annual Conference of Negritud: Revista de Estudios Afro-Latinoamericanos, (March 13, 2010)
Nalda Ferrer. "African American Read-In as part of the Black History Moth my poem “No te calles”
and “Me despojaron” ." University of Missouri, Kansas City.. (February 17, 2010)
Nalda Ferrer. "“Clase social, exilio y la busqueda del Sueño Americano en obras selectas de Julia
Alvarez y Junot Díaz.” ." The Midwest Association for Latin American Studies Conference., Dallas,
TX. . (November 21, 2009)
Nalda Ferrer. "Emotional Intelligence and Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities: A Comparison
of Cultures, United States, Caribbean, and Costa Rica," International Week: Global Health and
Welfare. , University of Texas-Pan American. (November 18, 2009)
Nalda Ferrer. " “La operación” Female Sterilization in Puerto Rico panelist Dr. Stephanie Alvarez,
Dr Nalda Baez Ferrer, and Dr. David Carlson. International Week: Global Health and Welfare."
International Week: Global Health and Welfare. , University of Texas-Pan American. . (November
18, 2009)
Nalda Ferrer. ""Colombia Health Care Inequality." ." International Week: Global Health and
Welfare, University of Texas-Pan American. . (November 16, 2009)
Nalda Ferrer. "“Despertar y negación de identidad en How the García Girls Lost Their Accents de
Julia Alvarez.” ." 66th Annual Convention of The South Central Modern Language Association. ,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.. (October 31, 2009)
Nalda Ferrer. "Libertad, identidad y exilio en “Geographies of Home" de Loida Maritza Pérez”."
Sixty-Ninth Annual Convention & Seventy-Second Anniversary of the College Language
Association, University of Maryland Eastern Shore. (March 2009)
Nalda Ferrer. "The Afro-Mexico: La Costa Chica," FESTIBA, University of Texas-Pan American,
Edinburg, TX. (March 23, 2009)
Nalda Ferrer. "“Lo que te crees”, “¿Cómo me ven?”, “Ponte pa’ ese número”, “Afro-Dominicana
….”." 1st Annual Conference Negritud: Revista de Estudios Afro-Latinoamericanos., Clark Atlanta
University. (March 14, 2009)
Nalda Ferrer. "“La memoria como puente creativo en obras selectas de Julia Álvarez, Loida Maritza
Pérez y Junot Díaz.”." The 58 Annual Conference MALAS: The Midwest Association for Latin
American Studies Conference, San Juan, PR. (November 22, 2008)
Nalda Ferrer. "El merengue como un espacio cultural de resistencia." Sixty-fifth Annual College
Language Association Convention, Athens, GA. (April 2005)
Nalda Ferrer. "La negra Angustias sujeto transgresor en la Revolución Mexicana." Sixty-fourth
Annual College Language Association Convention, Nashville, TN. (April 2004)
Nalda Ferrer. "El merengue y la identidad nacional: El merengue como espacio de resistencia y
transgresión en la República Dominicana." Twenty-Thrird Annual Cincinnati Conference on
Romance Languages And Literatures, Cincinnati, OH. (October 2003)
Nalda Ferrer. "La imagen del negro en El Lazarillo de ciegos caminant." Fifty-seventh Annual
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Louisville, KY. (April 2003)
TEACHING
Courses Taught
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Beg Spanish-Non Spkng
Business Spanish I
Caribbean Literature
Contemporary Span Lit
Dir Res In Lang Lit Cult
Inter Span-Native Spkr
Inter-American Studies
Intro To Latin Amer Lit
Intro To Spanish Lit
Intro to Latin American Lit
Latin Amer Cultur&Civilization
Latin American Short Story
Latino Lit in the US
Lit Crit And Cult Theory
Masterpc Sp-Am Lit I
Pen Poetry & Drama-AP
Sp Stud Span-Am Lit
SpStu-Span/Amer Lit
Span Lit 1750-Present
Span for Nat/Her Speak I
Span for Nat/Her Speak II
Spanish Civilization
Spec Stud Latin Amer Lit
Special Topics in Hisp Liter
The Span-Amer Short Stor
The Span. Amer. Short Story
Thesis
Topics In Class Lit
Directed Student Learning
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Karen García Escorcia, , Other (within UTPA). (April 30,
2014)
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Jonathan Godínez, "“Posmodernismo e identidad en la
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narrative de Juan Villoro.” " , Other (within UTPA). (April 29, 2014)
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Victor Menco Haeckermann , "“Los Años sin Causa” (novel)" ,
Other (within UTPA). (April 22, 2014)
Undergraduate Supervised Research. Marcela Canaval, (December 2012)
Directed Individual/Independent Study. Monica Pina, , Other (within UTPA). (May 2012)
Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Dhariana Gonzalez , "La dominicanidad desde la diaspora: La
literature y historiografía en “La" , Other (outside UTRGV). (April 14, 2012)
SERVICE
Department Service
Committee Member, MLL Graduate Faculty Committee . ( 2010)
Committee Member, New Degree Plan Committee. (September 2013 - August 2014)
Committee Member, MLL Advisory Committee . (September 2012 - August 2013)
Committee Member, Graduate External Academic Program Review. (June 2012 - May 2013)
Committee Member, Workload/Tenure and Promotion Committee. (2011 - 2012)
Committee Member, MLL Executive Committee. (2010 - 2011)
College Service
Other, College Council representative . (2007 - 2008)
University Service
Committee Member, Admissions Committee. (2013 - 2015)
Committee Member, UTPA EEO/AA Advisory Committee. (2009 - 2011)
Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee appointed by the Faculty Senate. ( 2009)
Development Activities Attended
• Roundtable discussion , "“Discussion on State BilingualEducation Certification Exams (BTLPT &
TExES)”," TABE. (October 2014)
• Attendent the following reading and discussion , "“Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and The Road to
Workers Power”," UTPA. (February 28, 2014)
• Attended the following documentary and discussion , "“Grenada: The Future Coming Toward Us
”," UTPA. (February 7, 2014)
Conference Attendance, "“Language Attitudes,” and “Processes of identification and the Spanish
language on the U.S.-Mexico border- The Plenary Address: Pablo Villa”," UTPA. (March 6, 2013 March 9, 2013)
• Attended the following presentation: , "“The Segundo Simposio Internacional de Escultura
“Bicentenario” Cajamarca” presented by Dr. Lorenzo Pace & Dr. Robert Bradley," UTPA.
(November 15, 2012)
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Conference Attendance, "“Mexican American Issues and Impact,” and “Political Participation in
Latin America”," 61st Annual Conference MALAS: The Midwest Association for Latin American
Studies Conference.. (November 18, 2011)
Workshop, "“Active Learning in the Classroom.” ," University of Texas-Pan American. (October 8,
2010)
Workshop, "Thesis Dissertation Workshop," University of Texas-Pan American. (September 14,
2010)
Workshop, "“Teaching Online in Higher Education.”," University of Texas-Pan American. (August
31, 2010)
Conference Attendance, "“Ebony Gods and Goddeness: Spirituality and Spectacle in the Americas,”
“New Narratives in Panamanian West Indian Discourse: Reading Panama from both Sides of the
Atlantic,” Reclaming the African Space in [Hispanic] America,”," The Seventieth Annual
Convention & Seventy-Third Anniversary of the College Language Association. Hosted by
Brooklyn College/CUNY . (April 7, 2010 - April 10, 2010)
• Attended A Symposium , "In Commemoration of the Celebration of Etnia Negra Panama," (April
7, 2010)
• Dr. John Lipski , "“The Impact of the Mexican Revolution on Spanish in the United States.”,"
UTPA. (March 24, 2010)
Conference Attendance, "“De la diáspora a la nación: literaturas afrolatinoamericanas”," 2nd
International Conference on Caribbean Studies (ICCS). (March 15, 2010 - March 19, 2010)
Conference Attendance, "“Afro_Latin American Women: Culture andthe Construction and Recovery
of African Heritage,” and afro-Latin American Women: Identity, Tradition and Beauty” ," 2nd
Annual Conference of Negritud: Revista de Estudios Afro-Latinoamericanos. . (March 11, 2010 March 13, 2010)
Conference Attendance, "“Domestic Security Issues in the Americas,” “Conflict and Literature,” and
Indigenous: meanings and expressions ," 59th Annual Conference MALAS: The Midwest
Association for Latin American Studies Conference.. (November 19, 2009 - November 21, 2009)
Workshop, "Research Policies at UTPA.," University of Texas-Pan American. (November 5, 2009)
Conference Attendance, " “Voices of the Hispanic American Exile Literature in the United States ,"
66th Annual Convention of The South Central Modern Language Association.. (October 29, 2009 October 31, 2009)
Workshop, "“Writing in Every Discipline: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities.”," University of
Texas-Pan American. (October 20, 2009)
Workshop, "“Teaching Effectiveness.” ," University of Texas-Pan American. (October 10, 2009)
Workshop, "“Developing Critical Thinking Through Structural Group Work.” ," University of
Texas-Pan American. (October 9, 2009)
Workshop, "“Butgeting 101.” ," University of Texas-Pan American. (October 6, 2009)
Workshop, "“Disabilities in the classroom.” ," University of Texas-Pan American. (October 8, 2008)
Workshop, "“Champions for Online Learning.” ," University of Texas-. (January 29, 2008)
Workshop, "“Wimba Live Classroom & Wimba Voice Tools Presentation.” ," University of
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Texas-Pan American. (November 20, 2007)
Workshop, "“Champions for Online Learning on Blackboard.” ," University of Texas-Pan
American. (September 25, 2007 - September 27, 2007)
Workshop, "“The 7 Principles of Undergraduate Teaching.” ," Purdue University. (January 25,
2007)
Workshop, "“Motivating Yourself and Your Students.” ," Purdue University. (January 18, 2007)
Workshop, "“Teachers in Film.” ," Purdue University. (October 26, 2006)
Workshop, "“Object Lessons: Teaching (with) Things.”," Purdue University. (October 5, 2006)
Workshop, "“Preparing Students for the Marketplace.” ," Purdue University. (September 28, 2006)
Professional Service
Committee Member , 1st Annual Conference Negritud: Revista de Estudios Afro-Latinoamericanos
session Poetry ( 2009)
Committee Member , Advisory Committee for the II International Conference on Caribbean Studies
(ICCS) ( 2009)
Committee Member , I International Conference on Literature, Culture and Religion in the Hispanic
World sessions Literatura y religiosidad popular and Literatura y Religión en la escritura hispana (
2009)
Committee Member , Purdue Latino Alumni Organization ( 2009)
Committee Member , The Caribbean- American Heritage Moth on the show The Tambor broadcast
on the Radio Station WRFG-FM , Atlanta , ( 2009)
Committee Member , Latino Cultural Center , West Lafayette , (2006 - 2007)
Program Organizer , Organized with Nahyrs Rovira the Poetry Night called “Bomba Café” (2005 2007)
Committee Member , International Center , West Lafayette , (2001 - 2007)
Committee Member , Nueba Yol and led discussion during Semana de la Raza ( 2006)
Committee Member , Dior Publishing , Lafayette , ( 2005)
Program Coordinator , 7th Annual Graduate Conference, Border Crossing: From Oppression to
Nation, of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Purdue University (2004 - 2005)
Committee Member , 7th Annual Graduate Conference, Border Crossing: From Oppression to
Nation, session Changes in Latin American Literature of the Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures at Purdue University. (2004 - 2005)
Professional Memberships
Afro-Hispanic Review
College Language Association
Publication of the Afro-Latin/America Research Association
Caribe (January 2014)
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Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies (August 2012)
Hispania (January 2009)
Negritud (August 2007)
Public Service
• Program Organizer . (2013 - 2014)
• Program Organizer , Edinburg , ( 2013)
• Program Organizer , Medical Spanish for Heritage Learners , (2011 - 2012)
• Other , SAMS , Edinburg , (July 21, 2012 - July 29, 2012)
• Other , SAMS . (July 22, 2012)
• Program Organizer , Edinburg , (December 8, 2011 - December 9, 2011)
• Session Chair , 61st Annual Conference MALAS: The Midwest Association for Latin American
Studies Conference , Oklahoma City , (November 18, 2011)
• Program Organizer , Edinburg , (October 19, 2011)
• Program Organizer , Edinburg , (October 10, 2011 - October 12, 2011)
• Program Organizer , SAMS . (August 22, 2011 - August 27, 2011)
• Program Organizer , Edinburg , (October 21, 2010)
• Program Organizer , Edinburg , (September 27, 2010 - September 29, 2010)
• Session Chair , Seventieth Annual Convention & Seventy-Third Anniversary of the College
Language Association , Brooklyn , (April 7, 2010 - April 10, 2010)
• Session Chair , at the the 2nd Annual Conference of Negritud: Revista de Estudios
Afro-Latinoamericanos, , Santo Domingo . (March 11, 2010 - March 13, 2010)
• Program Organizer , Edinburg , (December 10, 2009 - December 11, 2009)
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