{"id":4553,"date":"2023-10-18T10:07:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/iii-cayey\/?post_type=dt_team&p=4553"},"modified":"2024-02-22T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:20:20","slug":"thayra-reyes-phd","status":"publish","type":"dt_team","link":"https:\/\/www.upr.edu\/iii-cayey\/dt_team\/thayra-reyes-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Thayra Reyes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thayra Reyes, PhD<\/p><\/div>\n

T\u00edtulo\/Appointment: Assistant Professor
\nDepartamento\/Department: English
\nInstituci\u00f3n\/Institution: University of Puerto Rico in Cayey
\nE-mail: thayra.reyes@upr.edu<\/p>\n

Tel\u00e9fono\/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2188, 2181<\/p>\n

Rese\u00f1a\/Biosketch:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Thayra M. Reyes D\u00edaz is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. She has offered courses in \u200b\u200bEnglish as a second language, literature, advanced composition, and gender studies, as well as courses in pedagogy in \u200b\u200belementary and secondary English. She has also collaborated as an editor, translator, and proofreader at the UPR Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Cayey. She has a Doctorate in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Environments with an emphasis on Teaching English as a Second Language from Ana G. M\u00e9ndez University. Her doctoral dissertation was titled: Through the Looking Glass: Female Character Representations in Young Adult Literature in the Teaching of ESL. Dr. Reyes has been a workshop leader in professional development programs for teachers. She has an international certification in Cognitive Neuroscience Applied to Education, from the International Bureau of Applied Cognitive Neuroscience (BINCA). She has collaborated as an opinion columnist in the newspaper El Nuevo D\u00eda on topics related to curriculum, teaching, and education in Puerto Rico. Dr. Reyes is an active member of PRTESOL and the International Literacy Association (ILA). She recently published a children’s book titled: Un choque en el tiempo<\/em> (A Clash in Time- Editorial Ra\u00edces, PR 2022), awarded with an honorable mention in the category of Best Children\u2019s Illustrated Fiction Book at the International Latino Book Awards (ILBA) 2023. Dr. Reyes is currently developing a course based on creative writing titled: Writing to Heal: Creative Writing Techniques to Promote Student Resilience, Empowerment, and Agency under the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of the UPR at Cayey and the Mellon Foundation.<\/p>\n

Preparaci\u00f3n Acad\u00e9mica\/Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ana G. M\u00e9ndez University, Puerto Rico, 2019<\/p>\n

Ed. D.- Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Environments<\/p>\n

Dissertation: Through the looking glass: Female character representations in young adult literature in the teaching of ESL<\/p>\n

Graduated with a 4.00 GPA<\/p>\n

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Turabo University, Gurabo, Puerto Rico, 2011<\/p>\n

Ed. -The Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESL)<\/p>\n

Non-Interactive Research: Action speaks louder than words: The need for an optimal<\/p>\n

learning environment to enhance communicative competence in high school students<\/p>\n

in Puerto Rico based on Caine & Caine\u2019s 12 brain-based principles.<\/p>\n

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University of Puerto Rico, Cayey, Puerto Rico, 2007<\/p>\n

B.A. Honors in Secondary English Education (GPA 3.95)<\/p>\n

Concentration: English (Secondary Level)<\/p>\n

Honors Thesis: \u201cUPR Cayey 1st Year Basic English Student\u2019s Writing Self-Perceptions:<\/p>\n

A Descriptive Study. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the<\/p>\n

Honors Program Certificate.<\/p>\n

Member of the Honors Studies Program (PEH).<\/p>\n

Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.95 GPA.<\/p>\n

Obtained a medal for the highest GPA in Secondary Education.<\/p>\n

\u00c1reas de Investigaci\u00f3n\/Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESL), Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Transformative Learning, Brain-Based Learning, Applied Educational Neuroscience, Gender Studies, Curriculum and Teaching, Children\u2019s Literature, YA Literature, Literacy, Creative Writing, Critical Content Analysis, Literary Theory<\/p>\n

Publicaciones\/Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Reyes, T.M. (2022). Un choque en el tiempo<\/em>. Editorial Ra\u00edces.<\/li>\n
  2. Reyes, T.M. (2021, May 4). Curr\u00edculo con perspectiva de g\u00e9nero: De d\u00f3nde venimos y hacia d\u00f3nde vamos. In El Nuevo D\u00eda. https:\/\/www.elnuevodia.com\/opinion\/punto-de-vista\/curriculo-con-perspectiva-de-genero-de-donde-venimos-y-hacia-donde-vamos\/<\/li>\n
  3. Reyes, T.M. (2019). Through the Looking Glass: Female Character Representations in Young Adult Literature in the Teaching of ESL<\/em> (Doctoral dissertation). ProQuest Publishing.<\/li>\n
  4. Reyes, T.M. (2017, April). Shifting mindsets, recalibrating schemes: Transformative learning and the women and gender-based curriculum at UPR Cayey<\/em>. In XI Coloquio nacional sobre las mujeres [XI Colloquium about Women], UPR Mayag\u00fcez.<\/li>\n
  5. Reyes, T.M. (2017, April 17). Huelga UPR: Aprendizaje Transformativo<\/em>. In El Nuevo D\u00eda. https:\/\/www.elnuevodia.com\/opinion\/columnas\/ huelgaupraprendizajetransformativo- columna-2311893\/<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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