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English Department
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Fall, 2003
Back In Contact
If you have visited the English Department's webpage in the past you may have noticed that Contact , our newsletter, had not been updated regularly. This of course was due to the amount of work its members had with other responsibilities (committee work, coursework, and changes in faculty) Maintenance of a newsletter, and an electronic newsletter at that, is an arduous task, nonetheless, the department has made the decision to bring Contact up again, and to do its utmost to follow up accordingly each semester. So, we can say that Contact is back in contact and ready to inform the community on what's happening in the English Department at Cayey, and reaching out to students and faculty alike. So check us out and keep in Contact!
What is Contact?
There may be many asking this question and because so many changes have occurred in the recent past a brief history of this newsletter may be necessary. Contact is the English Department's electronic newsletter, created in 1997 and run by the department's outreach and recruitment committee. Its purpose is to inform the university community about activities, events, news, and other useful information. It also has as its mission reaching out to potential English majors among students who have not yet decided what academic field to pursue, or are considering changing their major. Another purpose is to give English majors a venue where they can find useful information pertaining and affecting them directly. Contact is likewise a means where both faculty and students can submit articles that may be of interest to its readers. In other words, it is a means of breaching the gap between students and professors giving equal participation to its components because it is our department; a philosophy that the English Department at Cayey has had perennially.
Contact is not the first effort of “journalistic endeavors” (in quotations because it is not really journalism per se, merely informative writing) at this department. In 1982 the department (in collaboration with its majors) created a magazine, Phoebus Light , which circulated for several years, publishing works by students and faculty: poems, short stories, essays, light academic studies and analyses, university news and information, humorous pieces, and drawings. It was a publication that exposed what students and faculty were doing with English. Contact derives from this previous publication, only this time, electronically— another department characteristic, its affinity with and for technology: Welcome to the Cyber Age! Another purpose for having Contact.
Now that you have been informed, if you wish to submit articles, announcements, or information send it to:
Contact
English Department
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Cayey, Puerto Rico 00736
E-mailed to dlizardi@caribe.net or faxed to (787)738-0560.
Contact
Committee members/Editorial Board:
George Noble, Department Chair
Nelson Vicente
Nellie Vázquez
Evelyn Pérez
David Lizardi
What Can I do with an English Degree?”
This is one of the possible questions incoming first year students ask themselves because many perceive English simply as a school subject, thus equating studying English with becoming teachers. That is only one possibility. Yes, if you pursue a B.A in English, you may plan to follow a career in teaching, but studying English can open other possibilities as well. An English major has currency in unexpected areas in today's marketplace. A degree in English could lead to careers in other fields. Our alumni are pursuing careers in Law / Commerce / Journalism / and the arts. Here is a shortlist of possibilities:| Advertising | Law |
| Advertising | Journalism |
| Book publishing | Journalism |
| Business ventures (Entrepreneurship) | Teaching |
| Career counseling | Tourism industries |
| Translation | Federal/State Government |
| Cultural studies agencies | |
| Other fields |
Interested in an English Major? Come by the English Department and find out more information concerning the possibilities or call (787)738-2161 extension 2188.
Faculty and Staff
Department Chair
George Noble
Secretary
Jenny Merced Reyes
MALC Coordinator
José Santos
Basic English Coordinator
María Inés Rodríguez
| Professors: | Wlodzimierz Rybarkiewicz |
| Mark C. Bratt | David Lizardi |
| Evelyn Pérez | José Santos |
| Ernesto Castillo | Chantelle MacPhee |
| Gladys Ramos | Tatiana Tagirova |
| Gloria Custodios | Joanna Marshall |
| Aurora Rivera | Susanne Thomas |
| Isabel Garayta | Mario Medina |
| María Inés Rodríguez | Nellie Vázquez |
| Cándida González | Fé María Ortiz |
| José O. Rosado | Nelson Vicente |
| Elena González |
Lab Technicians:
Rosemarie Chaparro / Iara Segarra / Arturo Collado / Omar García
Achievements
Since our last publication several faculty members have reached important personal and professional goals:
Professor Mario Medina obtained his Ph.D. from Indiana University of Pennsylvannia Technical Writing and Technology. Dr. Medina has been named director of OTD (Oficina de Tecnología para la Docencia). In his new role he directs the university's faculty training program and will be providing us knowledge on how to incorporate the latest technological advances to enhance our classes and academic programs. Congratulations, Dr. Mario (Super Mario?)!
Congratulations to Professor Ernesto Castillo who obtained his Ph.D in Translation from the University of California . Dr. Castillo will be a vital resource to our new track in Translation. Dr. Castillo and his wife Jill also became the proud parents of a beautiful baby boy, Diego Armando, whom we already see around the department kicking up a storm and stealing hearts…Gooooal Diego! Congratulations team Castillo!
Professor Aurora Rivera was named Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and is now working alongside Dean Waldo Torres and Raúl Pérez Sandós. Congratulations Dr. Rivera!
Professor Isabel Garayta has just returned from Sabbatical. Dr. Garayta just completed one year of research on using translated texts in the classroom across the disciplines. She also is cornerstone to our track in translations. She is now sharing her work with other departments, and is enlightening us all…in multiple languages. Welcome back, Bienvenida, Bienvenu, Benvenuto, Willkommen, and Bravo Isa!
Other important achievements for the department were the positions obtained by Professors María Inés Rodríguez (Basic English Coordinator & Mentor of Assessment Project at the Institutional level) along with Dr. Nelson Vicente; Elena González as Renovación Curricular Project Coordinator, and José Santos is now MALC Coordinator, congratulations to all!
Professor María Rodríguez offered an excellent workshop to the university's faculty during the Desarrollo de Facultad day in September: “Integrating Language Arts & Research”.
Our department has become the institution's liaison for assessment initiative with other departments. Dr. Maria Rodriguez was named mentor of this project along with Dr. Nelson Vicente as advisor. Together they will be working with representatives from three departments: Education, Biology, and Spanish.
We wish a warm welcome to Professor Chantelle MacPhee our newest colleague this year. Warm welcomes to Professors: Susanne Thomas, Tatiana Tagirova, Evelyn Pérez, Nellie Vázquez, and David Lizardi, who joined the department within the last two years.
One of our English majors, Pedro Carmona, who graduated last May, was admitted into the English Department's Caribbean Literature & Language Program at the Graduate School at the University of Puerto Rico , Río Piedras. Congratulations Pedro!
Conferences
Sixth Annual Eastern Caribbean Island Cultures Conference: The Islands in Between: Language, Literature & Culture of the Eastern Caribbean . November 6-8, 2003 , St. John's , Antigua . Co-organized by University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, University of the West Indies at Cave Hill , Barbados , and Antigua State College. Registration fee: $30.00 (US) before October 24, 2003 . On-site registration Fee: $40.00(US).
Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico 23 rd Annual Convention: Crossing Cultures/Cultural Crossings . December 4-6, 2003 , Normandie Hotel San Juan, PR. Keynote address: “Charting Our Future, Embracing Our Legacy” by Dr. Martha Watson; Dean of the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Greenspan college of Urban Affairs .
Deadline for Abstracts: October 15, 2003 Presentation time: 25 minutes. & 25–minute question 7 answer/discussion session.
Papers addressing cross-cultural communication, all areas of human communication, cultural studies, including literature, film, & other media, as well as language, rhetoric, & other areas of communication.
Submissions: Should include a one-page abstract (100-200 words), listing title and author; a 25-word summary suitable for publication in the convention program; and a 50-word biography of the author (including current affiliation, plus such information as highest degree earned, current research, service, and/or teaching credentials and interests).
Submissions should be sent to: Dr. Tony Slagle, UPR Station, P.O. Box 22097 , San Juan , PR 00931-3356 or emailed to tslagle@earthlink.net
Pre-registration fee: $75 (by November 7, 2003 ) Sent to Treasurer, SCAPR, Box 23356 UPR Station, Río Piedras, PR 00931-3356.
On site registration $105.
Activities
Assessment Workshop Dr. N. Vicente: October 14, 2003 10:30-12:00 for members of Biology & Spanish Dept. Location TBA.
English Department Swapshop: October 17, 2003 . 2:00 PM , Room 206MC. Presentations of Classroom Assessment Techniques. Participants: Dr. G. Noble “Journal Writing Techniques”; Dr. Marshall: “Using Portfolio as Assessment”; Dr. E. Gonzalez: “Elecronic Portfolio for Assessment”; Profs. N. Vazquez & E. Perez: “Module: ‘Dealing with Stress': Incorporating Assessment Techniques”. Our department welcomes all assessment committees from Biology, Education & Spanish Dept. to this activity, refreshments and snacks available, to ease stress.
Translation Program Conference & Workshop: November 12, 13, 14 with Dr. Mario Venuti (UPR Rio Piedras) UPR-Rio Piedras & Cayey. All departments invited. Workshop will be conducted here at Cayey on the 14 th .
Publications
Several colleagues have published works in the recent past:
Dr. José Santos published his first collection of poetry in Spanish, Janus. Editora Imago
Mundi, 2002.
Dr. José O. Rosado published his article: “Will My Wife be My Husband: We Separate
Playing with Gender & Sex” in Memorias (forthcoming 2003)
Prof. David Lizardi published three articles & co-edited a journal: “Lorna Goodison: Interview by Lowell Fiet”; a Review: Pressure Drop by Robert Buckeye, both in Sargasso 2001 . (March 2002); “Singing the Calypso: A New Approach to V.S. Naipaul.” Revista La Torre. VII num.25, Julio-Sept., 2002. Co-editor of Sargasso: New Century/New Horizons: Emerging Scholars of Caribbean Literatures, Languages, & Cultures. 2002-II (May, 2003).