Courses Taught (Since 2003):
- The New Class of Racisms
- Ethnic Studies: History, Politics, and Social Movements
- Empires and Citizenship: Postcoloniality and Puerto Rican Communities
- Striking Back Against Empire: Puerto Ricans, Colonialism, Rebellion, and Diaspora Communities
- Remapping Las Américas: Introductory Perspectives in U.S. Latin@ Studies
- Pa’lante: Raising Voices/Fostering Change: Latin@ and Latin American Social Movements
- Latin@ History(ies)
- Trans-Latin@ Histories
- Latin@ Popular Culture(s) in the Age of Globalization
- Artivism
- Art and Activism
- Artivism and the Social Imagination
- Artivism, Performance Praxis and the Sub-Altern Avant-Garde
- Sociology of Culture
- Deconstructing the Popular: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Race, Identity, and Culture
- Music of the Trans-Latin@ Atlantic/Afro-Latin@ Musical Cultures
- Latin@ Cultural Studies
- Trans-Latin@ Cultural Studies
- Oral History Theory and Method: Power, Agency, and History “from Below”
Scholarly Interests
American Studies and Critical Ethnic Studies:
Critical Ethnic Studies; Latin@ Studies, Puerto Rican Studies; Latin@ Cultural Studies; Latino History(ies); Comparative Racial Formations; Modernity and Empire; Race, Theory and Critical Cultural Studies
Art & Cultural Studies:
Art and Activism; Art and Social Movements; Avant-Garde Communities; Performance Studies; Popular Culture and the Expressive Arts; Cultural Arts Movements; Sociology of Culture; Sociology of Music; Transnational Latin@ Musical Formations; Latin@ Cultural Studies
Sociology & History:
Oral History Theory and Methodology; Qualitative Methodologies; Interdisciplinary Research Methods; Social Movements; Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Power; Social & Cultural Theory; Transnationalism and Globalization