Associate Professor Marilisa Jiménez García Becomes First Latina
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This June, Professor Marilisa Jiménez García received the Children’s Literature Association’s annual book award for her 2021 monograph, Side by Side. In this text, Jiménez García explores youth literature and culture as a means to comprehend the complex contours of power relations between Puerto Rico and the United States.
Marilisa Jimenez Garcia on LinkedIn: Associate Professor Marilisa
William García-Medina (Ph.D.) on LinkedIn: Associate Professor
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Latinx Spaces Redefining Latinx Media – Marilisa Jiménez García
William García-Medina (Ph.D.) on LinkedIn: Associate Professor
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Celebrate Día with Bilingual Books, Library of Congress Livestream
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Interview and Resource on Family Separation and Detention
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Meet the Author on Zoom: Marilisa Jiménez García - Taller
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PDF) Unsettling Representations of Identity : A Critical Review of
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Events Archive Latin American and Latino Studies
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PDF) Tribute to Judith Ortiz-Cofer. Label Me Latina/o Special
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Language in the Context of African-American Experience of the