Andrés Cartagena Troche

 Education

Summer 2009        State University of New York-Oswego         Oswego, NY

Summer Intensive English as a Second Language Program

 6 credits.

 Englis as a Second Language Certificate.

August 2005 to the present            University of P.R. Río Piedras Campus      San Juan, P.R.

Master Degree in progress in History of Puerto Rico and History of Africa

36 credits aproved.

Honor Dean List.

 Currently working on my dissertation: Representaciones de Salvajismo, tribalismo y exotismo de África en el National Geographic, 1888-2010.

August 2000-Jun 2005  University of P.R.- Río Piedras Campus      San Juan, P.R.

Bachellor Degree of Secondary Eduaction-History

Magna Cum Laude, 3.74 GPA

 I have the Secondary History Teacher Certificate of Puerto Rico.

Teaching Experience

January 2007- to the present     Department of Education of Puerto Rico    Cayey, P.R.

High School History Teacher   

Congress and Presentations

 November 2, 2012      University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus  Primer Encuentro de Estudiantes Investigadores.

               Paper

 Representaciones de salvajismo, tribalismo y exotismo: África colonial en el National Geographic.

              Abril 9, 2011      University of New Mexico-Albuquerque              Third Annual Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference: Representations of Africa: Hybrid Identities, Diasporic Communities and the Politics of Representation

               Paper

 The Representation of Colonial Africa in the National Geographic II.

February 17, 2011         Baton Rouge, Luisiana        19th Annual Conference of the National Association of African American Studies

               Paper

The Representation of Colonial Africa in the National Geographic.

             September 10, 2010                 University of Lisbon-ISCTE-IUL                                                                                                                                                                                                    7th Iberian Congress of African Studies.

              Paper

 África en el National Geographic.

October 20, 2009      University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus  Coloquio África y su Identidades.             

                 Paper

 Imagen y representación del soldado africano del siglo XX.

PUBLICATIONS

“Imagen y representación del soldado africano del siglo XX” Cuadernos de Humanidades. Núm. 7, Año 2012, pp.16 – 27.

The Representation of Colonial Africa in the National Geographic” Supporting Cultural Difference Through Research 2011 Monograph Series,pp. 674- 684. Available at (http://www.naaas.org/images/2011monograph2.pdf)

“África en el National Geographic” available at (http://repositorio.iscte.pt/bitstream/10071/2251/1/CIEA7_1_CARTAGENA,%20%C3%81frica%20en%20el%20National%20Geographic.pdf) Lisboa, 2010.

“Representações de África na National Geographic” BUALA available at (http://www.buala.org/pt/a-ler/representacoes-de-africa-na-national-geographic) october 18, 2010

Languages

I speak, read and write Spanish, English and Portuguese

Professional memberships

Golden Key International Honour Society

American Historical Association