Adriana Rivera, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Department: Ancient & Modern Languages
Office: Reasoner Hall 110C
Phone Extension: 2335
Contact Adriana RiveraEducation
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Research Interests:
20th – 21st Century Latin American Literature and Film
Mexican Studies
Transatlantic Studies
Spanish Exile in Mexico
Migration Studies
Memory Studies
Publications
Book in Progress:
Catalanes en el cafetal mexicano: el exilio heredado de la tercera generación en la obra de Jordi Soler
Courses Offered:
Conference Presentations
2024 “Violencia de género e inadaptación a la vida en el exilio en México en Carretera de Cuernavaca de Carlos Blanco Aguinaga.” 77th Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky): April 18-20, 2024
2023 “Colonialidad del poder en La última hora del último día de Jordi Soler.” XXXIV Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos (CILH – Virtual): October 27, 2023
2022 “Encuentros postcoloniales en el exilio republicano en México en Los rojos del ultramar de Jordi Soler.” 71st Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC): October 20-22, 2022
2021 “Postmemorias del exilio español en México en Las confidentes de Angelina Muñiz-Huberman.” 70th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (Furman University, Greenville, SC): October 7-9, 2021
2020 “Postmemorias del exilio español en México en Las confidentes de Angelina Muñiz-Huberman.” 70th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (Furman University, Greenville, SC): October, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2019 “Confesiones del exilio heredado en la novela Las confidentes de Angelina Muñiz-Huberman.” 72nd Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY): April 11-13, 2019
2018 “Transterrados: La imposibilidad de adaptación a la vida en el exilio en México en los cuentos “Aprendiz en invernadero” y “La muerte revivida” de Angelina Muñiz-Huberman.” 71st Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY): April 19-21, 2018
2016 “El exilio heredado en Los rojos de ultramar de Jordi Soler.” 66th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA): October 13-15, 2016
2015 “La sociedad del México posrevolucionario retratada en La muerte de Artemio Cruz de Carlos Fuentes.” 65th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (College of Charleston, Charleston, SC): October 15-17, 2015
2015 “Increasing Student Engagement through Visual Media in the Spanish Language Classroom.” (Co-presented with Dr. Ruth Brown and Megan O’Neal.) 2015 Kentucky World Language Association (KWLA) Fall Conference Session and Workshops (Ramada Plaza Hotel, Louisville, KY): September 24-26, 2015
2014 “The Use of Spanish Course Grade Prerequisites at R1 Universities.” (Co-presented with Dr. Alan V. Brown.) 2014 ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX): November 21-23, 2014
2014 “Masculinidades mexicanas en La frontera de cristal de Carlos Fuentes.” 64th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (Furman University, Greenville, SC): October 16-18, 2014