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Ramos, Juana

Ramos, Juana

Assistant Professor

World Languages, Literatures, and Humanities

Phone: 718-262-2438
Office Location: AC-3C08E
Email: jramos@york.cuny.edu

Spanish and literature professor at York College, City University of New York. She has participated in conferences, colloquia, and poetry festivals in Latin America and Spain. She has published the poetry books Multiplicada en mí, Palabras al borde de mis labios, En la batalla, Ruta 51C, Sobre luciérnagas, Sin ambages/To the Point, Clementina (Italian/Spanish bilingual version), Donde crecen amapolas, El agudo blandir al pronunciarte, and the short story book Aquí no hay gatos. She is the author of the book Nomadismo y alteridad. Las otras historias de la guerra, and co-author of the testimonial book Tomamos la palabra: mujeres en la guerra civil de El Salvador (1980-1992). In addition, her poems and stories have been published in anthologies, literary magazines in Latin America, the USA, and Spain, and have been translated into English, Portuguese, French, and Italian. In 2021, she received the Feliks Gross Award from the City University of New York for her work as a teacher and researcher, and was recognized by the Chifurnia Foundation as the Poet of the Year 2023 in El Salvador. In 2020, she began an intense cultural work through EntreTmas, a digital space where she interviews and promotes Latin American and Spanish women writers residing in the United States, Latin America, and Spain. She is also the director of the semi-annual digital literature magazine EntreTmas Revista Digital and curator, along with Margarita Drago, of Palabra-Imagen-Escena, an artistic space created for the dissemination of the creations of poets, storytellers, playwrights, and visual artists who produce their work in Spanish in NY.

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Education

DegreeInstitutionFieldDates
PhD The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, N.Y. Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures 2017 
MPhil The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, N.Y. Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages 2007 
BA Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, N.Y. Spanish and Psychology 1998 
AA Hostos Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Bronx, N.Y. Liberal Arts 1995 

Areas of Expertise

  • Latin American Literature
  • Central American Lit

Publications in Field Of Expertise

Books

  • Ramos, Juana M.. Aquí no hay gatos. San Salvador, El Salvador: Ediciones El Pez Soluble, 2022. .
  • Ramos, Juana M.. Sobre luciérnagas. San Salvador, El Salvador: Proyecto Editorial La Chifurnia, 2019. .
  • Ramos, Juana M.. Ruta 51C. San Salvador, El Salvador: Proyecto Editorial La Chifurnia, 2017. .
  • Ramos, Juana M. En la batalla. San Salvador, El Salvador: Proyecto Editorial La Chifurnia, 2016. .

Articles

Chapters

  • Juana M. Ramos. "New Man." And Then. 22 May 2024: 64.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Don Anselmo Laínez"." El BeiSMan - Literatura en español de Estados Unidos. October 2023: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. "'Heredera'." Poetas en New York: 200 años de poesía hispana. January 2023: 138-139.
  • Juana M. Ramos. "'Clementina'." La paz no se logra solo con el deseo. Poetas hispanoamericanos por la vida. Antología.. July 2022: 32.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""New York City - Part Two"." NYC from the Inside. NYC Through the Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here. Anthology. February 2022: 209-210.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Don Lalo"." Residencia en Nueva York. Cuentistas hispanos en (de) Nueva York. December 2021: 58-60.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Artemisa. I"." Híbrido Literario. Poesía para continuar. April 2020: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Confesión"." Ellas cuentan: Antología de Crime Fiction por latinoamericanas en EEUU. September, 2019: 111-113.
  • Juana M. Ramos. "“A la garduña”." Mis poetas contemporáneos, blogspot, Argentina. February 2017: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. "Consumación." Rio Grande Review. A Bilingual Journal of Contemporary Literature & Art. 48 Fall 2016: 118.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Caminante"." Mis poetas contemporáneos, blogspot, Argentina. December 2016: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. "“Diez de mayo”." Mis poetas contemporáneos, blogspot, Argentina. November 2016: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Una palabra"." Mis poetas contemporáneos, blogspot, Argentina. June 2016: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Renacer"." Mis poetas contemporáneos, blogspot, Argentina. May 2016: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. "“Laberinto”." Mis poetas contemporáneos 2, blogspot, Argentina. March 2016: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Heredera"." Multilingual Anthology: The Americas Poetry Festival of New York 2015. October 2015: 74-75.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Ciudad heroica"." Escaner Cultural. Revista Virtual de Arte contemporaneo. 2014: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Metro"." "." Multilingual Anthology. The Americas Poetry Festival of New York. October 2014: 78-79.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Laberinto"." El horizonte ondulado del mar WordPress. June 29th, 2014: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Rebirth"." Confluencia in the Valley: The First Five Years of Converging with Words. Edited by Marianela Medrano and Juleyka Lantigua-Williams. 1 September 2013: 73.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""La espera"." Exegesis: Revista de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao. 73 August 2013: 52.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Hablando del futuro"." Periodico El Sol de Tijuana: Tijuana Dossier Cultural. August 24th, 2013: 4E.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Renacer"." Revista Literaria Blanco Móvil, no. 121. Fall 2012: 59.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Renacer"." Boletin Virtual Redipe, Red Iberoamericana de Pedagogia. Interview, biography and poems. 817 October 6, 2012: 40-56; 64.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Caminante"." Vecindad: Periodico cultural local. 3 June 2012: 4.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""La espera", "Caminante"." Queensborough Community College Virtual Journal of Ibero-American Writers. I March 2012: .
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""El circo"." Tinta seca. September-October 2011: 24.
  • Juana M. Ramos. ""Renacer" and "Diez de mayo"." Antología:Poesía sin fronteras: poetas latinos en N.Y. México, D.F. Ed. Mónica González Velásquez, MiCielo Ediciones. April 2011: 5-6.
  • Juana M. Ramos. "Renacer." Esquina con Banca (digital). March 2011: .

Reviews

Other

Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances

  • "En Construcción" September 24, 2023: Feria Internacional del Libro de NYC -FILNYC 2023: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center.
  • "Poetry Reading: Ciudad Delgado- FIPAL V" July 11, 2018: Centro Escolar Cantón Milingo. Kilómetro seis y medio, carretera Troncal del Norte. Urbanización Hábitat CONFIEN, calle Poniente, San Salvador, El Salvador..
  • "Panel Presentation: Tinta, Papel y Tabla" October 28th, 2016: VII Coloquio Internacional de Latino Artists Round Table (LART): Repercusión de la lectura y otras formas de arte en nuestra vida y nuestra obra. La Nacional: Spanish Benevolent Society, 239 West 14th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011.
  • "Radio Interview" August 16th, 2016: “El género en la cultura”, conducted by Alma Alonso. Radio IUS – UNAM, México.
  • "Poetry Reading: Ciclotimia." August 2nd, 2016: Jekyll & Hyde. Mitre 343 (esq. Pasaje poeta Fabricio Simeoni), 2000. Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
  • "Radio Interview" April 28th, 2016: “Cultura con Vos” Radio Program. Conducted by Marisol Briones. YSUCA 91.7 FM. Boulevard Los Próceres, Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, El Salvador.
  • "Presented Paper: Crear en Nueva York: escritura e identidad" October 14th, 2011: First International Colloquium on Hispanic Literature Originally Written in Spanish in New York. Latino Artists Round Table (LART) and The City College of New York (CCNY) Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at The Center for Worker Education (CWE), 25 Broadway, 7th Floor. New York, NY.
  • "Poetry Reading" October 13th, 2011: II Open Book Fair. Lehman College, Bronx, NY.
  • "Poetry Reading" October 4th, 2011: The Janey Program in Latin American Studies at The New School for Social Research. New York, NY.
  • "Poetry Reading" September 30th, 2011: General Consulate of El Salvador. Brentwood, New York.
  • "Poetry Reading" June 4th, 2011: Immigrant Movement International: 108-59 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens, NY 11368.
  • "Poetry Reading" May 27th, 2011: Real Academia de la Lengua. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • "Poetry Reading" May 27th, 2011: Liceo Español. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • "Poetry Reading" May 26th, 2011: Instituto Jarimer. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • "Poetry Reading" May 25th, 2011: Embajada de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • "Poetry Reading" May 25th, 2011: Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • "Poetry Reading." October 3rd, 2010: 4th Dominican Book Fair at Boricua College.
  • "Poetry Reading." August 18th, 2010: Universidad Central. Bogota, Colombia.
  • "Poetry Reading." August 18th, 2010: Universidad Autonoma de Bogota. Bogota, Colombia.
  • "Poetry Reading." August 17th, 2010: Biblioteca El Tunal, Bogota. Colombia.
  • "Poetry Reading" June 11th, 2010: Escuela elemental Gabino Barreda. Zamora, Michoacán, México..

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships

  • Honored Poet at the 18th Hispanic/Latino Book Fair of Queens, 2024 - Hispanic Latino Cultural Center of New York (HLCCNY): 2024.
  • Poet of the Year - 2023 - El Salvador (Awarded by Chifurnia Foundation): 2023.
  • Feliks Gross Award for outstanding Assistant Professors in CUNY: 2021.
  • Multiple Year Honoree in Who’s Who Among American Teachers (8th, 9th, and 10th Editions): 2005-06.
  • National Latin Examination Certificate (2nd place) Hunter College: 2002.

Grants-In-Aid

  • PSC-CUNY Research Award, From the Margin: Voices In Disobedience. Working Toward a More Connected And Communal Oriented Pedagogy. 2023-2024: $5160.
  • PSC-CUNY Research Award, Poetry Book: Sin ambages / To the Point. 2019-2020: $2000.
  • PSC-CUNY Research Award, We Can Tell Our Own Stories: The Civil War in El Salvador (1980-1992) (A book of Testimonies in Spanish). 2011-2012: $5778.

Other Professional Activities and Public Service

  • "Vuelo de mujer" - Coordinator (El Salvador): November 2023-Present.
  • Director and Editorial Board Member of EntreTmas Revista Digital | Digital Magazine: May 2023 - Present.
  • Editorial Board Member of RevistaRe (Revista centroamericana de creación y pensamiento): May 2021 - Present.
  • Mentor for Poetic Education for the World: April 2021 - Present.
  • Columnist for Diario Digital ContraPunto, El Salvador, Central America: March 2021 - Present.
  • Member of the Latin American Studies Association -LASA: August 2020-Present.
  • Member of the Red de investigación de las literaturas de mujeres de América Central (RILMAC). https://rilmac.org: September 2019-Present.
  • Member of the Salvadoran City Council of New York: December 2018-Present.
  • Translator: Book Party and Book Presentation. Editorial Campana and Campanita Books announce the official debut of their seven new titles. Authors: Margarita Drago, Paquita Suárez-Coalla, Sonia Rivera-Valdés, Nereo López Mesa, Annette Pérez, Mario Picayo. King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. New York University: October 4th, 2007.
  • Moderator: What’s happening in 2007 with Latinos in the Media. Hispanic Heritage Month, York College: November 19th, 2007.
  • Moderator: Books presentation My Brain won’t flow away and Caribbean journey from A toY.Hispanic Heritage Month, York College: November 28th, 2007.