curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
2024
Ph.D. English, Michigan State University
Graduate Certificates: Chicano/Latino Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Caribbean and Latin American Studies
2019
M.A. Hispanic Literature, Michigan State University
2016
B.A. Spanish Language, Literature and Culture, University of North Florida
Minor: American Sign Language and Deaf Studies
PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed publications
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana, and Ariana Costales del Toro. “Ballrooms and the Sacred Runway: Intimate and Public Lamentations in Queer Communities of Puerto Rico.” Centro: Journal of the Center of Puerto Rican Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, forthcoming 2024.
Book Chapters
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Chapter Introduction: Challenging Racial and Ethnic Inequalities.” in Global Voices-Latin America and the Caribbean, vol. 2, 2022. https://globalyouth.isp.msu.edu/files/1916/3760/3690/Introduction_Challenging_Racism.pdf
Digital Projects
After the Storm: A Digital Archive of Catastrophe, In Progress. Part of the Diaspora Solidarities Labs, Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
AWARDS
Spring 2024
College of Arts and Letters Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Fall 2023
Women and Gender Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship
Spring 2023
Diana Cavett Graduate Teaching Award
Recipient, Department of English, Michigan State University
Spring 2023
Ford Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Honorable Mention
Spring 2022
John A. Yunck Endowed Scholarship Award
Recipient, Department of English, Michigan State University
Spring 2019
Most Outstanding Contributor
Romance and Classical Studies, Michigan State University
Spring 2016
Premio Promesa
Excellence in Hispanic Studies, University of North Florida
Spring 2015
Sigma Delta Pi Induction
National Hispanic Honor Society, University of North Florida
FELLOWSHIPS AND FUNDING
June 2022 – Present
Solidarity Fellow
Diaspora Solidarities Lab, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Summer 2023
Building Digital Archives, Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective Summer Institute, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
May 2022 – June 2023
Bridging the Divides Research Fellow
Centro: Center for Puerto Rican Studies, CUNY, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Summer 2023
CLACS Field Research fellowship awarded by the MSU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
Summer 2023
College of Arts and Letters Summer Support Fellowship
Spring 2023
College of Arts and Letters Research Enhancement Funds
Fall 2022
College of Arts and Letters Research Enhancement Funds
Fall 2021
College of Arts and Letters Travel Funds Award
Summer 2021
Center for Gender in Global Context Summer Teaching Fellowship
Summer 2021
College of Arts and Letters Summer Support Fellowship
Spring 2020
#ProyectoPalabras/Yagrumo, Puerto Rican Field Research, Michigan State University
Spring 2020
College of Arts and Letters Research Enhancement Funds
Spring 2020
Chicano/Latino Studies Travel Funds Awards
Summer 2018
Office of International Studies and Programs Fellowship
Summer 2018
Center for Gender in Global Context Travel Funds Award
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Afro-Puerto Rican Lamentations: Archiving Memory Through Bomba and the Body.” Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Graduate Student Conference, Michigan State University, 2023.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “The Children Cry, but Who is Listening?: Reflections on Boricua Teenage Lamentation.” American Studies Association, Montreal, 2023.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “After the Storm: Works in Progress in the Diaspora Solidarities Lab.” LifexCode Take Over. John Hopkins University, 2022, Hybrid Event.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “The Cries of a City Lament: Mourning and Remembrance in Poetic Practices.” Puerto Rican Studies Association, Holyoke, 2022.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Beyond the folklore: bomba as a tool for lament, power, and healing” Latino/a Studies Association, Notre Dame, 2022.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Poesía, llantos y epistemologías: un análisis de poemas Afrolatinoamericanos.” African Diaspora in Latina America: Graduate Student Colloquium, Florida Atlantic University, 2021.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Brujería, Power, and Queer Longings: A Decolonial Analysis of Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova.” Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Online, 2021.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Lamento, ritual y epistemología: un análisis de los poemas de Marta Quiñónez y Mayra Santos Febres.” Primer Encuentro Internacional de Investigadores en Estudios Afrolatinoamericanos, Online, 2021.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Construyendo un realismo counter hegemonic dentro del romanticismo capitalista español.” Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference, Washington D.C., 2019.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Recognizing Blackness: How Rosario Ferré Inserts Racial Discourse in her Novel Maldito Amor.” TROPOS Graduate Student Association Conference, Michigan State University, 2018.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “The True National Story: the Role of Women and Minorities in Puerto Rican National Identity.” Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Spain, 2018.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Interview with JR and Evelyn Figueroa.” Voces y Cara: Hispanic Communities of North Florida, Jacksonville, 2015.
INVITED TALKS
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Cover Letter Workshop.” Writing and Pedagogy Workshop, Department of English, Michigan State University
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Preparing for the Job Market: Alumni Talk.” Graduate Student Association TROPOS, Department of Romance and Classical Studies, Michigan State University
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Working Across Archipelagos: Works in Progress in the Diaspora Solidarities Lab.” English Department Recruitment Event, Department of English, Michigan State University, 2023.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Archiving Disaster and the Modern Caribbean City Lament.” New Directions in Latinx Studies Symposium, Chicano/Latino Studies Program, Michigan State University, 2023.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Preparing for Comprehensive Exams.” Surviving Comprehensive Exam Workshop, Women of Color Initiative, Michigan State University, 2023.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Comprehensive Exam Workshop.” Writing and Pedagogy Workshop, Department of English, Michigan State University, 2022.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Laments of an Archipelago’s Aftermath: A Close Reading of Hurricane María Poetry.” Mentoring Underrepresented Scholars in English (MUSE), Michigan State University, 2021.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “¡Vamonos de Aventura!: Formulaciones identitarias dentro de la literatura popular para jóvenes!” Secretaria de Educación en Medellín, Online, 2021.
Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana. “Global Citizenship.” Citizens Scholars, Michigan State University, 2021.
EMPLOYMENT
Spring 2022
Grader, IAH 221c
Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
Editorial Assistant, New Centennial Review
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Research Assistant, Book Project
Spring 2018
Research Assistant, Online Curriculum Development
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2022 – Spring 2023
WRA 101 Writing as Inquiry
Instructor of Record ❘ Supervisor: Dr. Julie Lindquist
Summer 2022
IAH 203 Latin America and the World: “Latinx Teenagehood”
Instructor of Record ❘ Online
Summer 2021
ENG 142 Introduction to Popular Literature: “Badass Heroines in Young Adult Literature”
Instructor of Record ❘ Online
WS 403 Women and Change in Developing Nations
Instructor of Record ❘ Online
Spring 2021
IAH 209 Literature, Culture, and Identities
Graduate Teaching Assistant❘ Supervisor: Dr. Scott Michaelsen ❘ Online
Fall 2020
IAH 207 Art, the Visual, and Culture
Graduate Teaching Assistant ❘ Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Deng ❘ Online
Summer 2020
ENG 142 Introduction to Popular Literature: “(Un)Popular Literature”
Instructor of Record ❘ Online
Spring 2020
IAH 209 Literature, Culture, and Identities
Graduate Teaching Assistant ❘ Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Arch ❘ Hybrid
Fall 2019
IAH 202 Europe and the World
Graduate Teaching Assistant ❘ Supervisor: Dr. Salah Hassan
Spring 2019
SPN 201 Second Year Spanish
Instructor of Record ❘ Supervisor: William Cubides
Spring 2018
SPN 201 Second Year Spanish
Instructor of Record ❘ Supervisor: Walter Hopkins
Fall 2017
SPN 201 Second Year Spanish
Instructor of Record ❘ Supervisor: Walter Hopkins
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Fall 2022 – Current
Policy Committee Graduate Representative, Association of English Graduate Studies, English Department, Michigan State University
Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
Social Coordinator, Association of English Graduate Students, English Department, Michigan State University
Fall 2020 – Current
Peer Pedagogy Mentor, English Department, Michigan State University
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020
Volunteer, Latinx Film Festival, Department of Romance and Classical Studies, Michigan State University
Summer 2019
Teacher for Spanish for Kids Summer Camp, CeLTA Language School, Center for Language Learning Advancement, Michigan State University
Spring 2018
Teacher for Spanish for Kids, CeLTA Language School, Center for Language Learning Advancement, Michigan State University
Fall 2018 – Spring 2019
Co-Chair, TROPOS Graduate Student Association, Romance and Classical Studies, Michigan State University
Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Weekly Conversation Facilitator, Center for Language Advancement, Michigan State University
Spring 2015 – Fall 2016
Sigma Delta Pi, President, Chapter Alpha, Alpha, Alpha, National Hispanic Honor Society, University of North Florida
Spring 2018
SPN 201 Second Year Spanish
Instructor of Record ❘ Supervisor: Walter Hopkins
Spring 2015
American Sign Language to English Interpreter, One-Spark, University of North Florida
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