Education:
Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany - 2011 (Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies)
M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook - 2005 (Hispanic Languages and Literature)
B.A., Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras - 2003 (Hispanic Studies and Interdisciplinary Puerto Rican Studies)
Areas of Expertise:
Decolonial theory; cultural studies with emphasis on Puerto Rican urban music and poetry; culturally sustaining pedagogy; Latinx identity; Caribbean literature, Latinx literature; erotism and identity in the Caribbean; ethnic studies; Latinx identity and the media
Books and Publications
Santamaría, Carla. "Residente vs. Tempo: Tiraera as a Mirror of the Puerto Rican Socio-Political Context, the Spontaneous, and the Key to Deconstruct the Colonial-Elitist Narrative." Centro Journal. (2022). (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Santamaría, Carla. "Dancing, Singing, and Raising the Fist: The Role of Popular Culture in Puerto Rico's 2019 Summer Uprising." The Journal of Popular Culture. Under review. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Santamaría, Carla. Review of Breaking Ground: Anthology of Puerto Rican Women Writers in New York 1980- 2012, ed. Myrna Nieves. Journal of the Research Group on Socialism and Democracy 28, no.1 (March 2014): 203- 209. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2014
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Santamaría, Carla. Career advisement for HSS Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows. Talk, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Honors Program from Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, April 2021. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
Santamaría, Carla. ""The New Keys of History: Reggaetón as a Mirror of the Puerto Rican Socio-
Political Context in the 21st Century." Presentation at Queens College, Queens, NY, November 2020. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Santamaría, Carla. "Puerto Rico and the Summer of 2019: An Uprising with Perreo and Reggaetón Flavor." Talk, Caribbean Literature (CMLT 3623) course from Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, December 2020. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Santamaría, Carla. "Not Only the Sons and Daughters of Freedom Call You Preciosa: Deconstructiong Distortion in Puerto Rican Cultural Nationalism." Paper, National Assoaciation of Hispanic and Latino Studies from the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Dallas, TX, February 15, 2019. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Santamaría, Carla. "We Made It: Decolonizing Spaces of Privilege." Lecture, Further Unpacking the Concepts of Power, Privilege, Equity, and Cultural Wealth from Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA, October 22, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
Santamaría, Carla. "Why Latinx Studies?" Lecture, Atlantic Center for Learning Communities, Hartford, CT, October 17-19, 2017.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Santamaría, Carla. "Latinos and Islam." Lecture at Razi School at Queens, NY, October 2015. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
Santamaría, Carla. "Hip-Hop, verso y conciencia: La poesía urbana contemporánea como arma de resistencia y protesta." Paper, Cuerpos vigilados y castigados: Resistance and Empowerment in the Body Rican from the Puerto Rican Studies Association, Hartford, CT, October16-19, 2010. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Santamaría, Carla. "Todo por la belleza: Protesta y resistencia estética en la poesía de Mariposa Fernández." Paper, 1810-2010: Two Hundred Years of Postcolonial Futures from Stony Brook University, Manhattan, NY, April 9-10, 2010.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Santamaría, Carla. "Boricuas con salsa, sabor y control: Hacia una nueva visión del sujeto puertorriqueño en la poesía de Jesús 'Papoleto' Meléndez." Paper, Writing and Filming the City, Sixth Biennial Florida International University Conference on Spanish and Spanish-American Cultural Studies from Florida International University, Miami, FL, March 6-8, 2008.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Santamaría, Carla. "Puerto Ricans, Hip Hop, Salsa, and Diaspora." Lecture at the State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, September 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Santamaría, Carla. "The way she moves: "Sujetos que sobreviven el mercado mirando, poseyendo y rocking her body." Paper, Probing Brevity: Studies on Short Text from State University of New York, Albany, NY, November 15-16, 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Santamaría, Carla. "Una noche con Iris Chacón: Sujetos caribeños que resisten a través de la sandunga y el exotismo sexual." Paper, Transgressing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Dialogues from Stony Brook University, Manhattan, NY, April 13-14, 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Santamaría, Carla. "Póngale sazón, alegría y reggaettón que lo demás lo pone la globalización." Lecture at the State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, September 2005.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005
Community Activities
Volunteer lecturer, conducted seminars on the subjects of peer pressure and identity formation; organized workshops directed to develop sense of confidence among Muslim youth, Pearls of Hope, New York, summer 2014.
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2015
Volunteer, conducted workshops on popular education for the immigrant community and helped to organize activities to develop a sense of leadership among the female immigrant sector, Adelante Alliance, New York, 2011
2011