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Rivera, John-Michael Associate Professor

Positions

Associate Professor, Program for Writing and Rhetoric
Faculty Director, Program for Writing and Rhetoric
Associate Professor, English
Endowed Chair, Program for Writing and Rhetoric

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Dr. Rivera works on American Ethnic Literature and Culture, Creative Nonfiction, Archival Theory, Rhetoric and Composition, and Cross-Genre Studies. He is the Director of the Program for Writing and Rhetoric and editor of Shadowbox Magazine.

Publications

selected publications

book
- The Emergence of Mexican America 2006
- The Emergence of Mexican America: Recovering Stories of Mexican Peoplehood in U.S. Culture 2006
chapter
journal article
- Through the Eyes of Another: Lorenzo Zavala's (Un)Documented America. 122-130. 2016
- Billy the Kid's Tombstone; or, Searching for the Publics of Creative Nonfiction. Writing on the Edge: a journal about writing and teaching writing. 15-23. 2014
- RESPONSE.. English Language Notes. 1-3. 2012
- "A Complete Though Bloody Victory": Lorenzo de Zavala and the Transnational Paradoxes of Sovereignty. American Literary History. 427-445. 2006
- 'La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra': Landscapes, Mexicans, and the Browning of America. AztlÁn. 123-146. 2005
- Miguel Antonio Otero II, Billy the Kid's Body, and the Fight for New Mexican Manhood. Western American Literature. 47-57. 2000

Background

education and training

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin 2000
M.A., University of Houston-Downtown 1996
B.A., University of California-Berkeley 1992

awards and honors

Kayden Book Award Honorable Mention (College of Arts and Sciences), conferred by College of Arts and Sciences, 2007

International Activities

global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)

Italy Country