Título/Appointment: Assistant Professor Departamento/Department: Humanities Department Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: jorge.torres23@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 414-6806 Reseña/Biosketch: Dr. Jorge Luis Torres Hernández has a Ph.D. specialized in Puerto Rican and Caribbean Literature. Has 31 years of academic experience and currently is a Theater Teacher in the Department of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey. Preparación…
Título/Appointment: Associate Professor Departamento/Department: Mathematics-Physics Institución/Institution: University of Puerto Rico at Cayey E-mail: juan.lopez15@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 315 Reseña/Biosketch: Dr. Juan M. López-Encarnación is an associate professor of physics at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey. He completed his bachelor degree in Physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) in Dominican…
Título/Appointment: Catedrática Auxiliar Departamento/Department: Química Institución/Institution: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey E-mail: joan.roque@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2376 Reseña/Biosketch: Dr. Joan Roque is an alumnus of the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey and the RISE Program. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and offers the electrochemistry, general chemistry, and inorganic chemistry…
Título/Appointment: Assistant Professor Departamento/Department: Department of Biology Institución/Institution: University of Puerto Rico at Cayey E-mail: Laura.vicente@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2177 Reseña/Biosketch: My research background encompasses diverse experiences, which, in conjunction with my formal academic training, has equipped me with tools spanning multiple disciplines such as molecular biology, genetics, behavioral analysis in invertebrate models…
Título/Appointment: Professor Departamento/Department: Chemistry Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: Juan.santana6@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2077 Reseña/Biosketch: Dr. Juan A. Santana is a Professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. Dr. Santana began his education at the University of the Sacred Heart, where he earned his Bachelor of Science…
Título/Appointment: Assistant Professor Departamento/Department: Hispanic Studies Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: Alejandro.carpio@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2104 Reseña/Biosketch: My research interests range from Golden Age to Puerto Rican literatures, with a series of adulterous romances in betwe en. I am currently working on a critical documentation of Puerto Rican film and literature over the last 15 years.…
Danilo Barrionuevo Diestra, Ph.D. in Chemical-Physics Assistant professor Department of Mathematics-Physics University of Puerto Rico at Cayey (USA) 205 Antonio R Barcelo Ave. Room 125-B New Building of Sciences Cayey, PR 00736 Email: danilo.barrionuevo@upr.edu Tel. 787-738-2161 ext. 3155 Biography I earned my bachelor’s degree in Physics from the National University of Trujillo, Peru…
Título/Appointment: Catedrática Auxiliar Departamento/Department: Inglés Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: patria.lopez1@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2742 Celular de la investigación/Research Phone: (787) 922-3394 Perfiles en línea/Online Profiles: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/plopezdvictoria/ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4824-3290 Página de la investigación/Research web page: www.eraspr.org Reseña/Biosketch: Applied linguist at a four-year Hispanic serving institution researching topics of language, health, and ageing…
Título/Appointment: Catedrática Auxiliar Departamento/Department: Instituto de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: rosa.ficek@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2615 Perfiles en línea/Online Profiles: Google Scholar Academia Preparación Académica/Education: Ph. D. Anthropology Concentration in Latin American and Latino Studies University of California-Santa Cruz B. A. Anthropology and Spanish Cornell University Áreas de investigación/Research interests:…
Título/Appointment: Consejera III Departamento/Department: Centro Interdisciplinario de Desarrollo Estudiantil Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: ruth.mercado1@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2053, 2537 Reseña/Biosketch: Ruth N. Mercado-Cruz, Ph. D., CRC, is a Rehabilitation Counselor and Student Disability Coordinator at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey. She completed her doctor’s degree in the Rehabilitation Counseling Education Program…










