Women of Steel: Unsentimental stories, a collection of testimonies by women in the United States who had to encounter great obstacles to enter or continue in higher education. (Self published) 2002.

Memoria de escribanas. San Juan: Editorial Cultural, 2000. Book of Poems.

Osadía de los soles truncos (Daring of the Brief Suns), Madrid: Editorial Betania, 1991. Bilingual book of poems.

Sigamos: Lecturas literarias y culturales, NY: MCGraw-Hill, 1998.

Sigamos: Lengua y cultura, A Spanish grammar text for intermediate level. Co-author: Jacqueline M. Córdova. NY: MCGraw-Hill, 1998.

Sigamos, ancilliary material: teachers guide, laboratory tapes and videos, and the workbook, Co-author: J.M.C. NY: MCGraw-Hill, 1998.

By invitation. "Contra viento y marea", in Armando Brito (ed.), Voces hispánicas: historias personales, NY: MCGraw-Hill, 1999:55-62.

"Dioses, animalitos y maestros", in Julián Olivares, (ed.) Cuentos hispanos de los Estados Unidos. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1993: 27-37.

"Estas voces sobre mí", Alba de América, California, Vol. II, 1993:.

"Transcripciones ocultas en La casa de los espíritus de Isabel Allende", Alba de América, Vol. 26, Núms.49 y 50, 2007: 61-69

"Denuncia y espacio poético en dos poetas de la revista Guajana", Revista Cayey, Puerto Rico, Núm. 80, 2004:47-58

"Rodó: Distopia y utopia ante el nuevo milenio", Revista Exégesis, Puerto Rico, 2000: 31-34

"Violencia y fronteras móviles en La casa de la laguna, de Rosario Ferré", Alba de América, California, 2001: 167-176.

"Grito y negociación en los cuentos de Gisela Paoli ", in La mujer en la literatura del mundo hispánico, Juana Arancibia y Yolanda Rosas, ed.. California, 1999: 221-227.

"Julia de Burgos en 1992: o la representación de los documentos", Julia de Burgos. San Juan: Ateneo Puertorriqueño, 1993: 314-324.

"La revista Guajana," San Juan, Revista del Ateneo Puertorriqueño, 1992:12-23.

"Separación y búsqueda como opción social en las novelas de Elías Miguel Muñoz," The Americas Review 18, 1990: 86-91.

"El caso colonial puertorriqueño en la poesía de Etnairis Rivera," Mujer y Sociedad en América, vol. I, Costa Rica: Edit. Universitaria Centroamericana, 1988: 241-250.

"La dimensión colonial puertorriqueña: su presencia en la poesía de Olga Nolla Conde," in Juana Alcira Arancibia (ed.), Evaluación de la literatura femenina de Latinoamérica, Siglo XX, tomo II, Costa Rica: Ed. U Centroamericana, 1987: 169-177.

"Más alla de las máscaras: Una estrategia radical feminista," Homines, Puerto Rico, vol. 10, 1986: 259-264. Reprinted in A. Frambes-Buexeda et al (eds.), Mujeres puertorriqueñas: Protagonistas en el Caribe, special 10^th anniversary issue of Homines, 1987: 82-87.

"Liberación y marginalidad en la escritura de Julia de Burgos," Mairena, Puerto Rico, vol. 7, 1985: 123-132. Reprinted in Manuel de la Puebla (ed.), Julia de Burgos. Puerto Rico: Ediciones Mairena, 1986: ///.

"Interview to the Poet Alejandro Roemmers", Alba de América, California, Vol. 26, Nos. 49-50, 2007:// .

Grafemas (Publicación electrónica de Letras Femeninas: http://www.Grafemas.org), USA, Febrero, 2006

Letras Femeninas, Summer, 2004: 185-187

Alba de América, California, Vol. 22, núms. 41-42, 2003: 619-620.

Ellas te hablan, Lucy Cabiedes, ed., California, Sociedad de escritores americanos, 1993: 69

Alba de América, California, Vol. 9, núms. 16-17, 1991: 439-440.

Mairena, Puerto Rico, Vol. X111, núm. 2, 1991:

Grito Cultural, Puerto Rico, 1989, 1990.

Third Woman, vol. IV, 1987.

Alba de América, Vol. 5, núms. 8-9, 1987.

Bajo la piel, David Becerra, Ed., San Diego: BLP, 1987: 1-3.

The Americas Review Vol. XIV, no. 2, 1986: 52-53

Mairena, Puerto Rico, año 7, no. 19, 1985.

The New York Alliance (community newspaper): vol. 3, (January 24, 1982.

Melquíades (UCI): vol. 3, no. 1, 1987; vol. 2, no. 1, 1984; vol. 1, no.1, 1981.

The Americas Review vol. IX, no. 1, 1981: 11

El último vuelo, vol. II, San Diego State U., 1980.

Fénix, UCI, vol. 3, no. 1, 1981; vol. 2, no. 1, 1980; vol. 1, no. 1, 1978.

Dioses. Animalitos y maestros, book of short stories. A short story from this collection was edited and sent to a literary contest to the journal Letras Femeninas in Spring 2007.

La palabra misma, book of poems. Few poems from this manuscript were sent to a literary contest to the journal Letras femeninas in the Spring 2007.

Noche de gala, a play.

Poem, "A las mujeres," set to music and included in the performance "Espejos (o el juego de no encontrarse)," at the Centro de Bellas Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 14-17, 1987, by Producciones Aleph, Inc. And the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. (By invitation)

In: "La literatura cubanoamericana y su imagen: identidad, transculturación y exilio en la producción de tres escritores: Oscar Hijuelos, Cristina García y Elías Miguel Muñoz". Joseph M. García, a disssertation subbmitted to the faculty of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Arizona, 2000, pp. 225, 252, 255.

In: the Modern Languages Association Journal. An article on my Spanish grammar text books Sigamos: Lengua y Cultura, Sigamos: Lecturas literarias y culturales, McGraw-Hill, 1998.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:

At the XXVIII International Symposium of Literature: La mujer en la Literatura del Mundo Hispánico, CSUDH, CA, October, 2006.

By invitation. Read from my unpublished book of poems La palabra misma, at the XXVII Simposio Internacional de Literatura y Globalización, Montevideo, Uruguay, August 7-12, 2006.

By invitation. Read from my book of poems Memoria de escribanas at CSUF Pollack Library in April 24, 2006.

By invitation. Participated in a writer’s recital at the XV Conferencia Anual de AILFH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, October 19-22, 2005.

By invitation. Read from my book of poems Osadía de los soles truncos at CSUF Pollack Library in April 26, 2004.

By invitation. Read from my unpublished book of poems La palabra misma, at the XXII International Symposium Mujer y Sociedad en América, in San Germán, Puerto Rico, October, 2002.

"Art Heal, Art Works", at Palos Verdes Art Center, January 25, 2002.

Pen Club of Southern California, at Martínez Book Store, Santa Ana, CA, September 29, 2002.

Second Meeting of Poets, Toronto, Canada, September 21-24, 2000.

Colombian Embassy, January 21, 1999.

California State University, Northridge, October 10,1999.

California State University, May 3, 1993.

Courtyard Books, Tustin, CA, March 26, 1993.

Los amigos, Fullerton, February 13, 1993.

Ateneo Puertorriqueño, Puerto Rico, November 12, 1992.

University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, November 18, 1992.

Courtyard Books, Tustin, CA, May 9, 1992.

University of Hawaii at Manoa, YWCA, April 10, 1992.

University of Hawaii at Manoa, St. John Auditorium, April 15, 1992.

United Puerto Rican Association, Hawaii, April 19, 1992.

California State University, Fullerton, for the Pacific Coast Conference on Latin American Studies, 1991; April 2, 1992, for the community.

Writers’ Colloquium, Costa Mesa, CA, 1991.

Fullerton College, CA, 1991.

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, November 9, 1989.

Women Writers West, Santa Monica, CA, April 16, 1989.

By invitation. Liberty Theater, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, July 19, 1988. (Poetry reading sponsored by La Casa de la Cultura and El Centro Cultural.)

By invitation. Pacific Symphony Orchestra Centre, Santa Ana, CA, March 11, 1987. Poetry reading sponsored by the Hispanic Committee for the Arts.)

University of California, Irvine: 1980, 1982, 1986 and 1987. (Poetry

readings sponsored by the Spanish and Portuguese Department.)

By invitation. Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, April 8, 1987.

At the opening ceremonies at the Fourth Annual Conference on

Foreign Literature: Continental, Latin American and Francophone

Women Writers.

Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, April 11, 1985.

Museo del Barrio, New York City, June 15, 1985.

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 8, 1985.

"Gabriela Mistral: una voz poética ambivalente", presented at the XXVII Simposio Internacional de Literatura y Globalización, Montevideo, Uruguay, August 7-12, 2006.

"Transcripciones ocultas en La casa de los espíritus de Isabel Allende", presented at the XV Conferencia Anual de AILFH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, October 19-22, 2005.

"Emotividad y contexto cultural en la poesía de Gabriela Mistral", presented at the XXV Asamblea General de ALDEU, Burgos, España, July 5-9, 2005.

"Monología y prácticas oposicionales en Hasta no verte Jesús mío de Elena Poniatowska", presented at the XIV International Conference of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica, Florida Atlantic Univesity, Boca Ratón, Florida. October 23-26, 2003.

"Grito y desafío en los cuentos de Gisela Paoli ", presented at the XVII Simposio Internacional "La mujer en la literatura del mundo hispánico", CSUN, Northridge, Ca., October 9-10, 1999.

"Julia de Burgos en 1992: o la representación de los documentos," presented at a conference on Julia de Burgos at the Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 5, 1992. (By invitation)

"La textualización de la sociedad mexicana en Hasta no verte Jesús mío, de Elena Poniatowska," presented at the conference, "Mujer y sociedad," Tijuana, Baja California, México, April 1987 and at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Southern California Chapter, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA, April 16, 1988.

"Mi mamá me ama, de Emilio Díaz Valcárcel: Condicionamientos enajenantes en la mentalidad colonizada puertorriqueña," presented at the conference "Latin American Literature: Modern Discourse of Emancipation," San Diego State University, San Diego, April 10-11, 1986.

El estado colonial y la literatura puertorriqueña," presented at the Symposium, "The Colonial Mind," Monterrey Institute of Languages, Monterrey, CA, November 21-23, 1986.

"El enclave colonial puertorriqueño: La poesía de Etnairis Rivera,"presented at the 32d annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Whittier College, Whittier, CA, October 9-12, 1986.

"La esfera colonial puertorriqueña en la poesía de Olga Nolla," presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 17-20, 1985.

"Education and Cultural Repression: The Puerto Rican Experience," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, April 19, 1985.

"Liberación y marginalidad en la escritura de Julia de Burgos," presented at the Second Annual Wichita State University Conference on Foreign Literature, Wichita, Kansas, April 11-13, 1985.

"Más allá de las máscaras: Una estrategia radical feminista," presented at the Simposio Internacional, "La muter hispánica como personaje literario y como escritora," San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 6-8, 1985.

"Poesía de afirmación cultural: revista Guajana," presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, California State University, Los Angeles, October 18-21, 1984.

Moderator and reader in a writers round table organized by the Instituto Literario Cultural e Hispánico, XXVII International Symposium, CSUDH, October 5-7, 2006.

Gave a talk on "Eroticism in the Writings of Hispanic American Women Writers" at the Cultural Center Casa Nilita in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 10, 2004.

Moderator of a writer’s book presentation at the XXII International Symposium Mujer y Sociedad en América, in San Germán, Puerto Rico, October, 2002.

Moderator of a writers round table: "Encuentro de Confraternidad de Poetas y Narradores", at the XXII International Symposium Mujer y Sociedad en América, in San Germán, Puerto Rico, October, 2002.

Discussant of the panel "La literatura en el eje politico histórico", at the XXII International Symposium Mujer y Sociedad en América, in San Germán, Puerto Rico, October, 2002.

Coordinating Committee Member of the XXII International Symposium Mujer y Sociedad en América, in San Germán, Puerto Rico, October, 2002

Discussant for panel on "Violencia y Lenguaje en cuatro narradoras actuales latinoamericanas," at the 31st Annual Conference of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 17-20, 1985.

Chair for panel on "Silenciamiento y liberación en la literatura feminista," at the 31st Annual Conference of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 17-20, 1985.

Certificate of Recognition: Service. Dean of Students Office, 2007-2008.

Assigned Time. Dean of Humanities Office. 2007-2008.

Certificate of Recognition: Service. Dean of Students Office, 2006-2007.

Certificate of Recognition: Service. Dean of Students Office, 2005-2006.

Outstanding Faculty Recognition: Service, April 2004-2005.

Certificate of Recognition: Service. Dean of Students Office, 2003-2004.

Outstanding Faculty Recognition: Service, April 2003.

Outstanding Faculty Recognition: Service, Dean of Students Office, 2002-2003

Outstanding Faculty Recognition: Service, President’s Office, 2002-2003

Inter American University, Puerto Rico. Conference participation. October, 2002.

Daily Titan. Article on my work about gender issues. October 25, 2002.

Certificate of Appreciation, Vice President for Student Affairs, CSUF, 1997-1999.

Certificate of Recognition, Office of Educational Equity, CSUF, 1997-1998.

Certificate of Recognition, Office of Educational Equity, CSUF, 1996-1997.

Certificate of Recognition, Office of Educational Equity, CSUF, 1993.

Teacher of Distinction, Fullerton Institute of Religion, 1992 and 1993.

Recognition Award from the Casa de la Cultura and the Centro Cultural from Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, July 19, 1988.

Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, CSUF, 1988.

Teaching Assistantship, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine, 1977-80 and Spring 1982.

University of Puerto Rico Fellowship, 1965-69.

Ph.D., 1986, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine. Major field: Spanish American Literature. Dissertation: "Poetry of the Puerto Rican Cultural Affirmation Movement of the 1970s." Advisor: Seymour Menton.

M.A., 1976, Department of Romance Languages, City College of New York. Major field: Spanish Literature. Thesis: "España en la obra poética de León Felipe."

B.A., 1971, Department of Romance Languages, City College of New York.

Undergraduate work, 1965-69, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Completed 118 units toward B.A., with major in Spanish-American Literature and minors in Education and Psychology.

Community College Instruction Credential, State of California, 1978.

Bilingual Education Credential (Bilingual Common Branches), New York, 1973.

Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, California State University, Fullerton, 2002 to present.

Courses taught: SPAN 105- Introduction to Spanish Grammar: Review, FLSP 203-Intermediate Spanish Grammar, SPAN 213, Intermediate Conversation. SPAN 316-Introduction to Spanish American Civilization, SPAN 400- Advanced writing, SPAN406- Spanish American Cinema, FLSP 416 -Advanced Spanish American Culture, FLSP 440-Spanish American Literature to Romanticism,  SPAN 441-Spanish American Literature since Romanticism, SPAN 485-T Hispanic American Women Writers, SPAN 557- Seminar: Spanish American Poetry.

Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, California State University, Fullerton, 1998 To 2002.

Courses taught: FLSP 203-Intermediate Spanish Grammar, SPAN 213, Intermediate Conversation, FLSP 204-Intermediate Spanish Grammar B, Intermediate Composition and Conversation (214); Advanced Conversation and Composition (301), FLSP 316-Introduction to Spanish American Civilization,  SPAN 400- Advanced writing, FLSP 416 -Advanced Spanish American Culture, FLSP 440-Spanish American Literature since Romanticism, FLSP 485-T Hispanic American Women Writers, SPAN 557- Seminar: Spanish American Novel. 

Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, California State University, Fullerton, 1994-1997.

Courses taught: Fundamental Spanish (101 and 102); Spanish for Spanish Speaking Students (201), Spanish 204, Intermediate Conversation (213); Intermediate Composition and Conversation (214); Advanced Conversation and Composition (301), Spanish in the Business World (310), Latin American Culture (316), Spanish for Teachers (400),  Continuation for Spanish American Culture (416), Spanish American Literature (440), Hispanic American Women Writers (485T), Spanish American Novel (567).

Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages, Fullerton College, 1987 to 1996. Courses taught: Elementary Spanish I, II; Intermediate Spanish III and IV, Spanish Conversation.

Instructor, Spanish, Extended Education Program, University of California, Irvine, 1982 to 1987. Courses taught: Beginning and Intermediate Spanish.

Instructor, Anaheim and Fullerton School Districts, 1983 to 1987. Taught Spanish at all levels to teachers preparing for the bilingual credential.

Instructor, Spanish, Santa Ana College, 1978-198-3. Courses taught: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Spanish.

Teacher, Rafael Hernández Bilingual School (CES 235X), Bronx, New York, N.Y., 1972-1977. Taught Spanish, Mathematics and Social Studies.