- Biography
- Teaching
- Research and Creative Activity
- Grants
- Honors and Awards
- Service
Education
Ph.D., English, Loyola University Chicago Chicago
M.A., English, Florida International University Miami FL
B.A., English, Florida International University Miami FL
Books
Rodriguez, R. (2019). Immunity's Sovereignty and Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century American Literature. New York, NY, Palgrave.
Journal Articles
Rodriguez, R. (2025). A Place for Utopia in Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables. Nathaniel Hawthorne Review, 51(1). 40-61.
Rodriguez, R. (2022). Crowning Revolution. American Studies, 61(1). 87-106.
Rodriguez, R. (2019). Jose Marti's Confederate Affinities. Comparative American Studies: An International Journal, 16. 31-42.
Rodriguez, R. (2018). Between North and South: Cuba and the Ends of U.S. Sovereignty. Canadian Review of American Studies, University of Toronto, 48(2). 146-70.
Rodriguez, R. (2016). The Servant's Laughter in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea. LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory, 26(4). 275-93.
Rodriguez, R. (2012). Sovereign Authority and the Democratic Subject in Poe. Poe Studies: History, Theory, Interpretation, Wiley-Blackwell, Washington State University, 44(1). 39-56.
Book Chapters
Rodriguez, R. Posthumous Fidelities. Jose Marti in Context Cambridge UP.
Presentations
Rodriguez, R. (2018, March 22). Less Than Civil: Jose Marti Immigration Chronicles. Climate. Albaquerque, New Mexico: C19:Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists.
Rodriguez, R. (2017, January 5). Jose Marti's Confederate Affinities. MLA Annual Convention. Philadelphia, PA
Rodriguez, R. (2017, June 27). The Chola Widow's Silence in Melville's Encantadas. International Melville Conference. King's College, London, England: The Melville Society.
Rodriguez, R. (2017, October 14). Jose Marti's Confederate Affinities. Jose Marti Weekend at Governors Island. Governors Island, NY: Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York.
Rodriguez, R. (2016, October 20). A Revolutionary Sense of the Common. Work-in-Progress Workshop. : Baruch English Department.
Rodriguez, R. (2016, March 17). Jose Marti and the Ends of American Sovereignty. Unsettling. The Pennsylvania State University: C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists.
Rodriguez, R. (2015, October 2). America's Imperiled Pastoral. Symposium on Pastoral. The Graduate Center, CUNY: The Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) at The Graduate Center (CUNY); The Department of Comparative Literature at The Graduate Center (CUNY).
Rodriguez, R. (2014, October 17). The Servant's Laughter in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea. Studying-Up Conference. New York, NY: Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Rodriguez, R. (2013, October 12). Tears and Fears: Making Sense of Haiti in the Age of Emotion. Revolutionary Atlantic, 1780-1830. Universite Paris IV-Sorbonne: The Charles Brockden Brown Society.
Rodriguez, R. (2013, January 5). The Servant's Laughter and the Dissolution of Colonial Authority in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea. MLA Annual Convention. Boston, MA: Modern Language Association.
Rodriguez, R. (2010, November 19). 'I have never head of such a nation as Americans': Algerian Piracy and the Crisis in Republican Sovereignty. ASA, Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX: American Studies Association.
Rodriguez, R. (2009, December 30). Freedom Bound: Cuba in the Imperial Imaginary. MLA Annual Convention. Philadelphia: Modern Language Association.
Rodriguez, R. (2007, October 12). Melville's Pisgah View. ASA Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA: American Studies Association.
Rodriguez, R. (2006, December 28). What's so Funny about Algerian Captivity?. MLA Annual Convention. Philadelphia, PA: Modern Language Association.
Rodriguez, R. (2005, March 11). (Dis)enchantment at Ground Zero. ACLA Annual Meeting. State College, PA: American Comparative Literature Association.
Rodriguez, R. (2005, December 29). Displacing Revolution. MLA Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA: Modern Language Association.
Rodriguez, R. (2004, May 28). Emire, Slave Insurrection, and the Culture of Sensation. ALA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA: American Literature Association.
Rodriguez, R. (2004, October 1). The Haitian Revolution and the Political Life of Sensation of the Early Republic. American Cultures Colloquium. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Department of English.
Rodriguez, R. (2004, November 30). Sensational Views from/of the Tropics. ASA Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA: American Studies Association.
Research Currently in Progess
Rodriguez, R.(n.d.). Rebel Souths. In Progress.
A comparative examination of the literature of the U.S. Civil War and Cuba's wars of independence.
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Leave (Fall 2020) | WSAS Office of the Dean | 2020 | |
| Global Themed Freshman Learning Community Course (with course release) | Weissman College | 2016 |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department Curriculum Committee | Committee Chair | Present | |
| English Department Executive Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| South Asian Studies Job Search | Committee Member | Present | |
| Department Curriculum Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Honoring the Work of Michael Staub | Panelist | 4/8/2024 | |
| Joel Segall Staged Reading of The Tempest | Faculty Discussant | 3/11/2024 | |
| Achy Obejas Reading : Wasserman Jewish Studies Center | Faculty Discussant | 3/28/2023 | |
| Early American Literature Search Committee | Committee Member | 12/15/2022 | |
| Latinx Literature Search Committee | Committee Member | 5/14/2021 | |
| Committee on Social and Academic Events | Committee Member | 8/28/2020 | |
| Student Poetry Event | Faculty Organizer | 12/10/2019 | |
| Honors Admission Committee | Committee Member | 1/28/2018 | |
| WSAS representative to Zicklin School of Business | Committee Member | 8/29/2017 | |
| Art-a-Thon Festival | Committee Member | 3/7/2017 | |
| Secretary | 5/28/2016 |