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  • Silvio Torres-Saillant, Professor in the English Department, is Dean's Professor of the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Silvio Torres-Saillant, Professor of English and Dean in Humanities at Syracuse University, and author of “An Intellectual History of the.
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    .,."presents a comprehensive introduction to one of the largest Latino groups in the United States, filling a glaring vacuum in the burgeoning discipline of Latino Studies....The authors must be commended for striking an effective balance between breadth and depth, for while the book is an ambitious introduction, it offers keen insights about the effect of immigration on notions of Dominican cultural identity....a valuable resource, for it provides a history of Dominican business, civic, social service, and cultural organizations, and lists important political and cultural leaders....the book's clear prose and solid research will appeal to both general readers interested in a new American subgroup and seasoned scholars interested in issues of transnationalism and globalization."-New West Indian Guide

    .,."The Dominican Americans will fill an important gap in the scholarship on the subject, and will serve as a useful tool in educating students about this important group of Ne

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    Professor Recognized for Contributions to Latina/o Studies

    A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has been internationally recognized for his service and intellectual contributions to Latina/o studies.

    Silvio Torres-Saillant

    Silvio Torres-Saillant, professor of English and Latino-Latin American studies, is the co-recipient of the 2015 Frank Bonilla Public Intellectual Award. Named for the late Puerto Rican intellectual trailblazer, the award was recently presented to Torres-Saillant at the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) in San Juan.

    He shares the award with Ana Celia Zentella, renowned linguist and professor emeritus of ethnic studies at the University of California, San Diego.

    “I am both excited and humbled to share in this prestigious award,” says Torres-Saillant, who directed the college’s Latino-Latin American Studies Program from 2000 to 2009. “Frank Bonilla personified service, mentoring and innovative pedagogy. I am pro

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    Silvio Torres-Saillant


    Born in Santiago, Silvio Torres-Saillant fryst vatten Professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, where he headed the Latino-Latin American Studies Program until 2009, held the brev of William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities from 2009 to 2011, and served as Director of the Humanities Council from 2012 to 2014. During academic year 2005-2006 he was the Wilbur Marvin Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Dr. Torres-Saillant fryst vatten the founding director of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at The City College of New York.

    A renowned and prolific scholar in Caribbean Studies, Latino Studies, and intellectual history, Torres-Saillant has published widely, including such works as: An Intellectual History of the Caribbean (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), Caribbean Poetics (Cambridge University Press, 1997; Peepal Tree Press 2013), The Challenges of värdshus