LORNA
RIVERA, Ph.D.
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Teaching Experience
Currently, I
am Assistant Professor in the College of Public and Community Service at the University of
Massachusetts-Boston. The courses and competencies I teach are: the Sociological
Imagination: Critical Inquiry and Dimensions of Learning; Sociology of
Oppression: Critical Readings, Social Difference; Literacy for Social Change:
Community Needs & Resource Analysis; Strategy & Proposal Development;
Public and Community Action; Writing with Confidence; Latina Women in the U.S.
(cross-listed with Women’s Studies/ Latino Studies).
In June 2000
and June 2001, I was an Instructor at the Management & Community
Development Institute at
From March
1993 to December 1998, I was a Lecturer at
From January
1996 to June 1997, I was an Assistant Professor in the Applied Social Science
Program at