DSA DSA 5/26/21 DSA DSA 5/26/21

Dr. Paul Austerlitz Invitation: A Celebration of Dominican Music: May 12 & 26; June 9 & 23

Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture and CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Present “A Celebration of Dominican Music: Live Performance and Conversation,” a virtual series hosted by Dr. Paul Austerlitz.

FREE ONLINE ON ZOOM, FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE May 12, May 26, June 9 & June 26 | 7:30 p.m. (ET) Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, in collaboration with the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, is proud to premier A Celebration of Dominican Music series with professor and musician Dr. Paul Austerlitz. This four-part series focuses on the history and artistry of the major genres of Dominican Music with performances and interviews by some of the Dominican Republic’s most acclaimed musicians. Premieres on Wednesday May 12 at 7:30 p.m. (ET) with Bachata con Andre Veloz. Join us for each date! Dr. Paul Austerlitz is the Distinguished Visiting Research Professor at the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York. He is an ethnomusicologist, musician and the author of two books: Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity and Jazz Consciousness: Music, Race and Humanity. Dr. Austerlitz is a member of the Dominican Academy of Sciences.Bachata con Andre Veloz May 12 | 7:30 p.m. Coming Soon Afro-Dominican with Duluc May 26 | 7:30 p.m.Coming Soon Dominican Classical with Adán Vásquez June 9 | 7:30 p.m. Coming Soon Merengue with Ray Chino Díaz — **FREE ONLINE ON ZOOM, FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE**
**May 12, May 26, June 9 & June 26 | 7:30 p.m. (ET)**
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, in collaboration with the **CUNY Dominican Studies Institute**, is proud to premier *A Celebration of Dominican Music series* with professor and musician **Dr. Paul Austerlitz**. This four-part series focuses on the history and artistry of the major genres of Dominican Music with performances and interviews by some of the Dominican Republic’s most acclaimed musicians. Premieres on **Wednesday May 12 at 7:30 p.m. (ET)** with **Bachata con Andre Veloz**. Join us for each date!

**Dr. Paul Austerlitz** is the Distinguished Visiting Research Professor at **the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York**. He is an ethnomusicologist, musician and the author of two books: *Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity* and Jazz Consciousness: Music, Race and Humanity. Dr. Austerlitz is a member of the Dominican Academy of Sciences.
**Bachata con Andre Veloz**
May 12 | 7:30 p.m.
Coming Soon
Afro-Dominican with Duluc
May 26 | 7:30 p.m.
Coming Soon
Dominican Classical with Adán Vásquez
June 9 | 7:30 p.m.
Coming Soon
Merengue with Ray Chino Díaz

DSA DSA 5/20/21 DSA DSA 5/20/21

Professor Sabrina Méndez-Escobar Seeks Participants for Study on Dominican Mothers and Children

My name is Sabrina Mendez-Escobar and I would like to invite you to participate in my research about how Dominican mothers teach their young children what it means to be Dominican. This study will have two parts:  

1. An online survey that will take about 30 minutes of your time. 

2. The opportunity for a follow up interview via zoom. 

Any questions can be emailed to Sabrina Mendez-Escobar at smendez3@luc.edu.

DSA DSA 5/13/21 DSA DSA 5/13/21

Dr. Eve Hayes de Kalaf’s New Book: Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Studies Association member Dr. Eve Hayes de Kalaf has a new book. Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner (Anthem Series in Citizenship and National Identities) will be published by Anthem Press later this year.

As per Anthem’s website:

This book provides a cautionary tale regarding legal identity practices as promulgated by the World Bank, UN and Inter-American Development Bank. It warns that policies encouraging the en masse registration of native-born migrant-descended populations can also force the thorny question of nationality, unsettling long-established identities and entitlements.

More details available at: https://anthempress.com/legal-identity-race-and-belonging-in-the-dominican-republic-hb

Congratulations to Dr. Hayes de Kalaf.

DSA DSA 5/13/21 DSA DSA 5/13/21

Professor Nelson Santana Awarded PSC CUNY Award

Dominican Studies Association Board Member Professor Nelson Santana is awarded a PSC CUNY Traditional A Award. The award provides up to $3,500 in funding for research. Professor Santana will use the funds for travel to the Dominican Republic in order to visit repositories throughout the nation. He expects to visit the Archivo General de la Nación (AGN) and Biblioteca Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, as well as other, more niche repositories. Professor Santana’s project centers around Dominican exiles.

As per the PSC CUNY:

The Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York (PSC-CUNY) Research Award Program was established as a major vehicle for the University's encouragement and support of research and to leverage external funding. It seeks to enhance the University's role as a research institution, further the professional growth and development of its full-time instructional staff, and provide support for both the established and the younger scholar. Funding supports activities in the creative arts and research in natural science, social science and humanities, including research related to curriculum development, improvement in teaching, adaptation of standard educational techniques to special clientele and the relationship between technical or occupational training and the liberal arts curriculum. Awards are distributed by the University Committee on Research Awards, a faculty committee, and administered by the Research Foundation of CUNY. Preference is given to junior faculty in the allocation of funds.

Congratulations to Professor Santana.

DSA DSA 5/13/21 DSA DSA 5/13/21

La 5ta Feria del libro de New Jersey será dedicada al Dr. Juan Tineo

La 5ta Feria del libro de New Jersey será dedicada al Dr. Juan Tineo, miembro de la Junta de la Asociación de Estudios Dominicanos. La feria tomará lugar por vía de Zoom y Facebook los días 4-6 de junio. La feria incluirá «conferencias, coloquios, presentaciones y análisis de libros, eventos artísticos musicales, arte visual entre muchas otras sorpresas». Para más información, se puede comunicar con los organizadores a través del correo filnjus@gmail.com.

Felicidades para el Dr. Tineo.

DSA DSA 5/3/21 DSA DSA 5/3/21

Ana-Maurine Lara Invites You To Sanctuary: A Performance

We are thrilled to announce that the long-awaited Sanctuary, A Performance is coming to you on May 19th, 12-1:00PM.

Sanctuary is a live-streamed event of combined live and virtual performance exploring women/queer people of color’s collective experiences of seeking refuge from persecution under the ongoing violence of colonization. Info and free tickets: bit.ly/sanctuaryperformance

REGISTER HERE FOR A TICKET TO WATCH SANCTUARY, A PERFORMANCE

Wednesday, May 19th, 12:00PM-1:00PM PDT

LIVE-STREAMED: Jordan Schnitzer Museum’s YouTube Channel

Also join the artists Ana-Maurine Lara, Rosamond S. King, Courtney Desiree Morris, Akiko Hatakeyama and Artistic Director D'Lo for an Artist Talk, 6pm - 7pm. Hosted by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon.

REGISTER HERE FOR A WEBINAR CONVERSATION WITH SANCTUARY ARTISTS

Moderated by Dr. Jillian Hernández

Wednesday, May 19th, 6:00-7:00PM PDT

ZOOM WEBINAR: Jordan Schnitzer Museum

"In this time of so much despair, anger and pain, we as artists were able to find sanctuary with each other.

Over the past two years, our creative process and collaboration became a sanctuary that

provided so much joy and love to each of us: as artists, as women and queer people of color."

~Ana-Maurine Lara

#sanctuaryperformance
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

DSA DSA 5/3/21 DSA DSA 5/3/21

Dr. Lorgia García Peña and Dr. Lourdes Torres Win LASA Awards

The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) announced its list of awardees for this year’s Latin American Studies Association Annual Meeting. Dominican Studies Association (DSA) members Dr. Lorgia García Peña and Dr. Lourdes Torres are among this year’s awardees. Both Dr. García Peña and Dr. Torres will be presented with the 2021 Frank Bonilla Public Intellectual Award.

The Frank Bonilla Public Intellectual Award is named after Dr. Frank Bonilla (1915-2010), Thomas Hunter Professor Emeritus at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Bonilla served as founding director of the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños at CUNY and made several contributions to the scholarly world.

As per LASA, “The awards will be presented at the Latino Studies Section Business Meeting to be held virtually on Wednesday May 26th at 11 am during the upcoming Latin American Studies Association Annual Meeting.”

List of Awardees

LSS Dissertation Award

“Constructing Mexican Atlanta, 1980-2016”

Iliana Yamileth Rodriguez

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History

Emory University

LSS Dissertation Award - Honorable Mention

“Uttering Sonic Dominicanidad: Women and Queer Performers of Música Urbana”

Verónica Dávila Ellis

Postdoctoral Fellow in Latin American and Latino/a Studies

Smith College

Outstanding Book Award

Abstract Barrios: The Crises of Latinx Visibility in Cities. Duke University Press, 2020

Johana Londoño

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Dept. of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies

University at Albany, SUNY

Outstanding Book Award - Honorable Mentions

Archiving an Epidemic: Art, AIDS, and the Queer Chicanx Avant-Garde. NYU Press, 2019

Robb Hernández

Associate Professor of English

Fordham University

Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence and Resistance in Puerto Rico. University of California Press, 2019.

Marisol LeBrón

Assistant Professor
Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas, Austin

and

Outstanding Article Award

"Latinos in Kansas City: The Political Economy of Placemaking". Journal of Planning Literature 22 (3): 207–28.

To the co-authors:

Clara E Irazábal Zurita
Director, Urban Studies and Planning Program
Professor, Urban Studies and Planning Program
Affiliate, National Center for Smart Growth
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
University of Maryland

and

Alejandro N. Garay-Huaman
Department of Economics
University of Missouri–Kansas City,

2021 Frank Bonilla Public Intellectual Award

Dr. Lourdes Torres,

Vincent de Paul Professor of Latin American Studies and Latino Studies at DePaul University

and

Dr. Lorgia García Peña
Roy G. Clouse Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of History and Literature, Harvard University

DSA DSA 3/24/21 DSA DSA 3/24/21

Evelyn Fernández-Ketcham Shares Message with Doctoral Students at Yeshiva University

DSA board member Evelyn Fernández-Ketcham, a Ph.D. student at the Wuzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University, shared a message with doctoral students. Below, you can read her message, as published via the Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work PhD Newsletter:

My current research interest and dissertation topic is focused on emerging adulthood, 18- to 29-year-olds. My involvement in the Wurzweiler Ph.D. program has been great for me, and it’s already impacting my work greatly. I am actually carrying out a survey research that will contribute to the scholarly community and inform my practice. I plan to use the baseline data from my dissertation to implement a larger scale research project across community colleges in the City University of New York.

To my fellow Ph.D. colleagues approaching the dissertation phase, I would say: 1) listen to your committee—they are the experts in helping you to the finish line (they are your allies); 2) everyday, even if it’s an hour, engage in an activity that contributes to advancing your dissertation (as simple as updating your references); and 3) steer away from the temptation to rush completing your dissertation: at the same time, balance managing urgency and patience is required to get you to the end (embrace the process).

As an old proverb says, “It’s better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.”

DSA DSA 3/23/21 DSA DSA 3/23/21

Professor Nelson Santana Named Spring 2021 Fellow of the CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program

DSA Board member Professor Nelson Santana has been selected as a fellow of this year's Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP). An initiative of The City University of New York (CUNY), the FFPP is a university-wide initiative that provides untenured faculty the opportunity to work under the guidance of a tenured faculty member and alongside a team of fellows, work toward the "design and execution of writing projects essential to progress toward tenure."

Professor Santana is working under the guidance of Dr. Ted Ingram, faculty member in the Department of Education & Academic Literacy at Bronx Community College. According to Professor Santana, “I am honored to work alongside a group of brilliant CUNY colleagues. Their feedback on the research projects I have brought forth during our sessions have allowed me to produce stronger scholarship. Dr. Ingram’s guidance also has played a pivotal role in several aspects of my academic development.”

As per the official CUNY website, “The Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP) is sponsored by the Office of the Dean for Recruitment and Diversity in order to advance CUNY’s institutional commitment to diversity. This University-wide initiative assists full-time untenured CUNY faculty (assistant professors) in the design and execution of writing projects essential to progress toward tenure. These projects may include research-based scholarly articles for juried journals, books for academic presses and creative writing projects. This program provides three credit hours of course release for the spring semester, a writing group, and the guidance of a senior faculty member.”

For a full list of this year's fellows, visit: https://ffpp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2020/12/06/ffpp-welcomes-spring-2021-fellows/

To learn more about the Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP), visit the official website: https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/hr/recruitment-diversity/innovative-inclusive-programming/faculty-fellowship-publication-program/

DSA DSA 3/22/21 DSA DSA 3/22/21

Dr. Luis Álvarez-López concluye primer borrador de su libro junto a la sra. Sonia Bu

22 de marzo de 2021

Acabo de concluir la primera versión de mi libro Migración Transnacional, Diaspora e Identidad. Estoy haciendo gestiones para que se publique en el país o en la diáspora. También logramos concluir, la primera parte del informe sobre la investigación sobre los chinos en la República Dominicana. Este trabajo lo realicé con Sonia Bu y resultó en un ensayo institulado: «Migración, Diaspora, Integración e Identidad: Analizando la Segunda y Tercera Generación de los Migrantes Chinos a la Republica Dominicana: Siglos XIX y XX». Este último ensayo será parte de un proyecto amplio sobre la La Migración China a la República Dominicana: Pasado y Presente. Dicho proyecto es coordinado por la Doctora Mukien Sang Ben, Directora del Centro de Estudios del Caribe.

DSA DSA 3/22/21 DSA DSA 3/22/21

Recent Accomplishments from Dr. Norma Fuentes-Mayorga

March 22, 2021

DSA Board Member Dr. Norma Fuentes-Mayorga has recently been the recipient of numerous awards and has published several scholarly works. Below, you can read about her most recent accomplishments.

Spring 2020, Award for Outstanding Teaching and Service. Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. City College. May 2020. (https://mailchi.mp/f6809cdd31fe/at-a-glance-vol-20-april-1194821?e=6cc53ecf25:)

Russel Sage Foundation’s Covid-19 Research Award, “Stitching the U.S. Safety Net: Inequality and Social Mobility in Mixed Status Latino Immigrant Familie." Co-PI with Assistant Professor, Yana Kucheva (PI). Award notification, February, 2021. Research project to start June 1, 2021. https://www.russellsage.org/awarded-project/stitching-us-safety-net-inequality-and-social-mobility-mixed-status-latino-immigrant?utm_source=Email_marketing&utm_campaign=Wednesday_March_17_2021_-_1&utm_content=rsf_bulletin&cmp=1&utm_medium=HTMLEmail

Social Sciences Research Council’s Covid-19 Pilot Research Award, (PI) in collaboration with Assistant Professor Yana Kucha (Co-PI) to conduct preliminary research project titled, “Revisiting the Hispanic Health Paradox: The Housing and Work Experiences of Immigrants in New York City during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

https://covid19research.ssrc.org/grantee/revisiting-the-hispanic-health-paradox-the-housing-and-work-experiences-of-immigrants-in-nyc-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

Publications:

Baranik de Alarcón, S. E., Secor, D. H., & Fuentes-Mayorga, N. (2021). “We Are Asking Why You Treat Us This Way. Is It Because We Are Negroes?” A Reparations-Based Approach to Remedying the Trump Administration’s Cancellation of TPS Protections for Haitians. Michigan Journal of Race and Law, 26(1), 1-48. (Equal Contributor).

García-Carmona, M., Fuentes-Mayorga, N., & Rodríguez-García, A. M. (2021). Educational Leadership for Social Justice in Multicultural Contexts: The Case of Melilla, Spain. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 20(1), 76-94. (Equal contributor).

García-Carmona, M., Evangelou, M., & Fuentes-Mayorga, N. (2020). ‘Hard-to-reach’ parents: immigrant families’ participation in schools and the views of parent association leaders in Spain and the United States. Research Papers in Education, 35(3), 337-358. (Equal contributor).

Cuecuecha, Alfredo; McLeod, Darryl; Fuentes, Norma; and Balderas, Ulyses (2019) "The Decline in Mexican Migration to the US: Why is Texas different?" Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center Research. 5. https://scholar.smu.edu. (Equal contributor).

DSA DSA 3/19/21 DSA DSA 3/19/21

Dean Ana García-Reyes Honored by Prensa & Comunidad Hispana

March 19, 2021

Dean Ana García-Reyes, co-chair of the Dominican Studies Association and dean at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY) was among the honorees at the Prensa & Comunidad Hispana (PreCoHis) annual award ceremony.

Directed by Ramón Mercedes, Prensa & Comunidad Hispana honors the achievements of Dominicans abroad. Honorees included Congressman Adriano Espaillat, businesswomen Lutzi Vieluf and Jaline Isidor Horta, Judge Néstor Díaz, Carlos Ghonz, medical doctor Radhamés A. Rojas, Ambassador Carlos Michelén, and President Antonio Cabrera of the Federación de Taxistas del Estado de New York (NYSFTD).

For more information, see the following links: