E-mail this pageEnglish Faculty - Jose L. Torres-Padilla
Associate Professor
Education
- Ph.D., University of Southern California (1994)
- M.A., University of Southern California
- M.F.A., Columbia University
- B.A., Vassar College
Teaching Areas
- U.S. Latino/a and ethnic literature
- Creative writing
- Literary theory
Research and Publications
- "Legacy" (poem), Valparaiso Poetry Review, Fall/Winter 2004-2005
- "Hoops" (poem), Puerto del Sol vol. 39.1 (2004)
- "Salchichon Soup" (story), Left Curve Magazine March, 2004
- "Making Tracks," "Madre(Patria)" and "Blood" (poems), Blue Collar Review, Summer, 2003.
- "Confronting the 'Screaming Baboon': Notes on Race, Literature and Pedagogy." In Race and the College Classroom. Rutgers UP, 2002: 213-225.
- "When 'I' Became Ethnic: Ethnogenesis and Three Early Puerto Rican Diaspora Writers." Centro: The Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. 14.2 Fall, 2002: 181-197.
- Scholarship on multicultural literature
- "Carimbo" (poem), Timbooktu Online Magazine
- Poetry in journals such as The Connecticut Review, Denver Quaterly, Pueblo del Sol, Bilingual Review, The Americas Review, and Crosscurrents Quarterly
- Magazine and newspaper articles
Awards
- CCCC Scholars for the Dream Award
- Grant from Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Project
Contact Jose Torres-Padilla
Office: Champlain Valley Hall 212
Phone: (518) 564-2413
E-mail: torresjl@plattsburgh.edu