Janette Becerra

Título/Appointment: Full Professor
Departamento/Department: Hispanic Studies Department
Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey
E-mail: janette.becerra@upr.edu

Reseña/Biosketch:
Janette Becerra holds a Ph. D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras since 2003. She also earned a Juris Doctor from the same campus and was a practicing attorney until 1991. Her primary area of academic research includes Hispanic Contemporary Fiction and Poetry, Spanish Poetry of Generación del 27, Creative Writing, and Law and Literature. She is also an accomplished writer, with multiple national and international literary awards, as well as a published songwriter for artists such as Willie Colón and Rubén Blades. She is currently a Full Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, with 23 years of teaching experience.

Preparación Académica/Education:

• D. in Hispanic Studies, UPR at Rio Piedras, 2003.
• A. in Comparative Literature, UPR at Rio Piedras, 1999.
• Juris Doctor, UPR at Rio Piedras, 1990.
• B. A. in Comparative Literature, UPR at Rio Piedras, 1987.

Áreas de Investigación/Research Interests:

Hispanic Contemporary Fiction and Poetry, Spanish Poetry of Generación del 27, Creative Writing, Law and Literature

Publications:

A. Books:

1.    Cerrar la puerta tras de ti (fiction). San Juan: Ediciones Trabalis, 2019.

2.    International Poetry Review, UNCG, 2015 Spring Issue. “Puerto Rican Poetry”. Editor.

3.    Ciencia imperfecta (fiction). San Juan: Instituto de Cultura, 2014.

4.    La casa que soy (poetry). San Juan, Ediciones Trabalis, 2014.

5.    Antrópolis (fiction). San Juan: Ediciones SM, 2013.

6.    Doce versiones de soledad (fiction). San Juan: Ediciones Callejón, 2011.

7.    Elusiones (poetry). San Juan: Editorial UPR, 2001.

8.    Tinta Nueva. Literary Magazine of the UPR-Cayey.  Janette Becerra, editor of numbers 1-9 (2002-2011) and coeditor with Alejandro Carpio of number 10 (2013).

9.    IV Simposio de Caribe 2000: ¿(con)Fusión cultural? [‘Performance’ y performeros transcaribeños]. Lowell Fiet/Janette Becerra, editors. Río Piedras, Caribe 2000, UPR, 2001.

10.Un convite de poetas y teatreros: Tercer Simposio de Caribe 2000. Lowell Fiet/Janette Becerra, editors.  Río Piedras, Caribe 2000, UPR, 1999.

11.Segundo Simposio de Caribe 2000: Hablar, nombrar, pertenecer. Lowell Fiet/Janette Becerra, editors. Río Piedras, Caribe 2000, UPR, 1998.

12.Primer Simposio de Caribe 2000: re-Definiciones: Espacio –global / nacional / cultural / personal – caribeño. Lowell Fiet/Janette Becerra, editors.   Río Piedras, Caribe 2000, UPR, 1997.

B. Scholarly articles, book reviews, columns, prologues discography and other publications available upon request.