Cynthia Pittmann is an Assistant Professor in the English Department in the College of General Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. Cynthia completed her PhD at the University of Puerto Rico and her MA and undergraduate work at San Diego State University in San Diego, California. She has taught English literature, language, and communication with an emphasis on autobiography, social media and creative writing, especially in the areas of creative nonfiction and poetry. She has prose, poetry and scholarly articles published in the journals Sargasso and La Torre and the books Festschrift; Homenaje al Dr. Carlos Varona Duque Estrada, In a Sea of Heteroglossia, among others. She wrote the foreword to The Indelible Heart, which is a fictional novel whose principle characters are based on her mothers (both gay rights activists and founding members of Affirmations in the Detroit metropolitan area) who were killed in a hate crime in 1992. She is currently writing a memoir about this story.

Articles that I’ve published are: "On Being Incarcerated in Puerto Rico: Employing an Autobiographical Pedagogy" in Breaking Down Binaries; "Journal Writing Revisited: Taking Tradition into a New Era;" "Experiences with Transdisciplinary Research: Developing Social Consciousness about Textile Waste;" "Creative Writing, Tips for Burgeoning Writers;" (2017) "Spanglish;" (2016) "Teaching Imprisoned Writers." Umbral Magazine; (2013) "10 Helpful Suggestions for Implementing a Student Blog Project" TESOL Gram; (2013) "Living in Puerto Rico," Retirement and Good Living; (2013) "Jamaica Kincaid's Interactive Autobiography in its Literary Contexts" (Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras)
(2012) Interview: The Advantages of Learning English, The Visitor, Marielisa Ortiz Berries; (2012) "Introduction, The Indelible Heart." Marianne K. Martin, Bywater Books; (2010) "Jamaica Kincaid; Image Manipulation and Perception," In a Sea of ​​Heteroglossia; Pluri-Lingualism, Pluri-Culturalism, and Pluri-Identification in the Caribbean. Eds. Nicholas Faraclas, et al. University of Netherlands Antilles, 311-318; (2007) Writing Research Project, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, English Department General Studies Web Page / Special Projects; (2006). "Silent Talking: Agency and Voice in Naipaul's Miguel Street", The Tower Year XI, 41-42; (2006). "A Refusal to Negotiate, Transgression and Transformation in Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, Lucy and Autobiography of My Mother." Sargasso II; (2005). "Silent Talking; Agency and Voice in Naipaul's Miguel Street", Caribbean Wave. (2005). "Voice, Vulnerability and Violation; An Exploration of Jamaica Kincaid's Disorienting Disclosures in My Brother."
I’ve also published poetry in La Torre (2004) Living Underground, I Write; Privacy Fence, Festschrift in Editorial Plaza Mayor and the WordPress blog.

Association of University Professors, Autobiography Society, Delta Kappa Gamma, National Association of Memoir Writers, The International Women's Writers Guild

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