Raul
Ybarra
Ph.D.,
English, University of Illinois , Chicago
Assistant
Professor, Language, Literature, and Rhetoric
Office:
W-4-144-22
Phone
number: 617-287-7158
Raul.Ybarra@umb.edu
Professor
Ybarra has been teaching undergraduate courses in writing at CPCS
since 1995. His area of expertise is in Communication difficulties
and cultural differences between Latino students and Anglo-mainstream
instructors, and writing difficulties that Latino students have
in English. He plays an important role at CPCS advising students
on how to prepare a writing portfolio, and facilitating writing
workshops that prepare students to become better writers. He is
also the faculty advisor to the Latino Student Organization: CASA
LATINA.
Recent
Publications:
Writing
as a Hostile Act: A Reason for Latino Students Resistance to Learning
to Write, New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, total pages 160.
2004
Creating Alternative Discourses in the Education of Latinos and
Latinas: A Reader, Edited Book co-edited with Dr. Nancy Lopez,
Dept. of Sociology, University of New Mexico. New York, NY: Peter
Lang Publishing, total pages 245.
Evaluates
the following competencies:
Writing
Portfolio
Reading
Life Histories
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