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Scholar-Authors Bring Hearts and Stories to Special Collections Event

February 7, 2020

Associate Professor Roberto “Dr. Cintli” Rodriguez, author of Yolqui, a Warrior Summoned from the Spirit World: Testimonios on Violence with University of Arizona Press, always dreamed of bringing together fellow colleagues to talk about their work as scholars, and how community matters in their research and authorship.

His dream became reality Wednesday, February 5, with “Documenting Scholarship and Community,” at University Libraries Special Collections. Veronica Reyes, the Katheryne B. Willock Head of Special Collections, noted in her welcome that this particular program came together because of Rodriguez’s efforts when he approached her about hosting a panel with Latinx scholars.

Co-sponsored by Special Collections and the University of Arizona Press’s Open Arizona project, the conversation was guided by moderator Maribel Alvarez, Associate Dean for Community Engagement in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Jim Griffith Chair in Public Folklore with The Southwest Center.

Rodriguez, an associate professor with Mexican American Studies, was joined by the following scholar-authors and editors: Michelle Tellez, an assistant professor and co-editor of The Chicana Motherwork Anthology; Cristina D. Ramirez, an associate professor, author of Mestiza Rhetorics: An Anthology of Mexicana Activism in the Spanish Language Press, 1887-1922, and Program Director for the Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English; and Nolan Cabrera, an associate professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education and author of White Guys on Campus.

If you didn’t have a chance to attend, you can listen to the panel discussion here.

Miroslava Alejandra opened the event with a song that includes a mother’s prayer for her son, which was published in Roberto Cintli Rodriguez’s new book, Yolqui, a Warrior Summoned from the Spirit World: Testimonios on Violence.
Verónica Reyes-Escudero, the Katheryne B. Willock Head of Special Collections, welcomes more than 80 people who gathered at the event. She shared her connection with Rodriguez and the inspiration for the evening, which was to bring together Latinx scholars to discuss their work.
Kathryn Conrad, University of Arizona Press director, introduced moderator Maribel Alvarez and explained Open Arizona, a collection of open-access University of Arizona Press titles. Michelle Tellez, co-editor of The Chicana Motherwork Anthology, is on the left.
The event attracted more than 80 people, including a large group of students who traveled from Mexico to Tucson to attend “Giving Women in STEM a Voice” at the university.
Cristina D. Ramirez connecting with one of the undergraduate students from Mexico.
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez connecting with students.
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez with Kristen Buckles, University of Arizona Press Editor-in-Chief.
Event panelists and moderator Maribel Alvarez with the undergraduate students from Mexico.
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