Rebecca L. Salois
Lecturer Doc Sch
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Department: Black and Latino Studies
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Email Address: rebecca.salois@baruch.cuny.edu
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| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2020 | SOC | 3015 | Cuban Culture and Society |
Journal Articles
(2022). Humor, Coping, and Change in Special Period Cuba: Interpreting the Role of Visual Choteo in Vereda Tropical by Joaquín Miguel Cuartas Rodríguez. Hispanic Studies Review, 6(1). 18.
(2020). Verifying Latinx Identities: Complex Character Representation in the Television Series One Day at a Time. Journal of Interdisciplinary Humanities, 37(2). 83-99.
Media Contributions
Salois, R. L., & Robles Mejias, R. (2026). Latinx Visions Podcast, Season 10: Puertorriqueñas.
Salois, R. L., Robles Mejias, R., & Caroccio Maldonado, J. (2025). Latinx Visions Podcast, Season 8: Latinx Cultural Politics.
Three podcast episodes considering Latinx Cultural Politics through conversations with different individuals on the subjects of visual arts, community theater, and graphic narratives.
Salois, R. L., & Robles Mejias, R. (2025). Latinx Visions Podcast, Season 9: Latinx Borders.
We released three episodes on the topic of Latinx Borders. Additionally I recorded, edited, and produced a bonus episode interviewing three students from BLS about their experiences in the department.
Salois, R. L., & Robles Mejias, R. (2024). Latinx Visions Podcast, Season 7: Latinx Speculative Narratives.
Four podcast episodes considering Latinx Speculative Narratives through conversations about short stories, podcasts, graphic novels, and film.
(2024). Latinx Visions Podcast, Season 6: Latinx Climate Activism.
Four podcast episodes considering Latinx Climate Activism through conversations with different individuals and organizations about the connections between culture, community, and climate.
(2023). Latinx Visions Podcast, Season 5: Amplifying Latinx Voices.
Four interview-based episodes celebrating the voices, stories, and experiences of Latinx people.
Salois, R. L., & Robles Mejias, R. (2021). Latinx Visions Podcast, (Podbean).
A Latinx-focused podcast in which we discuss (sometimes with guests) Latinx film, television, literature, the arts, and more.
Salois, R. L., & Robles Mejias, R. (2021). Latinx Visions Podcast, Season 1: Latinas, (Podbean).
A Latinx-focused podcast in which we discuss (sometimes with guests) Latinx film, television, literature, the arts, and more.
Presentations
Salois, R. L., Charon, A., Martinez, C., & Ramirez Melchor, L. (2026, April 4). Engaging in Collaborative Course Design - A Conversation with Students. CUNY Teaching and Learning Conference. The Graduat Center, CUNY
Rodriguez, E., Salois, R. L., & Caroccio Maldonado, J. (2026, March 27). Harman Reading and Conversation with Edel Rodriguez. Baruch College, NY: Harman Program.
Salois, R. L., Robles Mejias, R., & Trelles, M. (2026, March 7). Latinx Visions (live recording) - Interview with Miguel Trelles. Speaking Volumes: A Symposium on Sound and Listening. Teatro LATEA, NY
Salois, R. L. (2026, October 12). Comics in College, Pop-Culture Pedagogy, and Fandom Final Projects. New York Comic Con. New York, NY: New York Comic Con and the New York Public Library.
Salois, R. L. (2026, October 12). Reinforcing Student Comprehension through Academic Writing and Graphic Narratives. Comics in College, Pop-Culture Pedagogy, and Fandom Final Projects. New York, NY: New York Comic Con and the New York Public Library.
Salois, R. L. (2026, October 12). Pop-Culture, Fandom, and Comics in the College Classroom. New York Comic Con. New York, NY: New York Comic Con and the New York Public Library.
Salois, R. L. (2026, October 12). Pop-Culture Parallels. Pop-Culture, Fandom, and Comics in the College Classroom. New York, NY: New York Comic Con and the New York Public Library.
Salois, R. L. Student-Led Syllabi. CTL Teaching Innovations Showcase. Virtual Roundtable: Center for Teaching and Learning, Baruch College.
Salois, R. L. Why Do We Read This? A Literature Podcast. The Value (and Struggles) of Public Engagement. Virtual Roundtable: North East Modern Language Association.
Salois, R. L. Podcasts, Pop-Culture, and Academia. Bridging Cultural Gaps: Geek Fandom across Academic Disciplines. Virtual Roundtable: Kentucky Communication Association.
Salois, R. L. Life Advice: The Scholar's Guide and GISH. Academic Renegades: Scholarly Investigations of Fandom and Fanfic II. Virtual Roundtable: Super Heroines Con.
Salois, R. L. Fandom Spending: Lessons Learned from a 12th-Century Chinese Poet. Academic Renegades: Scholarly Investigations of Fandom and Fanfic. Virtual Roundtable: Nerd Alert News Convention.
Salois, R. L. (2026, March 12). Performing Identities: Representing Cubanidad through Visual Literatures. North East Modern Language Association. Boston, MA: North East Modern Language Association.
Salois, R. L. (2026, March 12). One Character at a Time: Identity Verification through Representations of cubanidad in Television. North East Modern Language Association. Boston, MA: North East Modern Language Association.
Salois, R. L. Why Do We Read This? Connecting the Supernatural Fandom to Great Works of Literature. So Get This: Supernatural Under an Academic Lens. Virtual Roundtable: Nerds and Beyond.
Salois, R. L. (2026, April 12). Vereda tropical: Choteo and Change in Special Period Cuba. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky.
Salois, R. L. (2026, March 12). Virgilio Piñera's El flaco y el gordo: Food as Power in Cuban Theater. Food for Thought: Metaphors of Eating in Literature and Film. New Haven, CT: North East Modern Language Association.
Salois, R. L. (2026, March 12). El velorio de Pura: An Evolution of Choteo in Cuban Theater. GRAPHSY: Herencia y Tradicion, Looking Back, Moving Forward. Washington DC: Georgetown University.
Salois, R. L. (2026, April 12). Choteo and Gender Roles in El velorio de Pura, by Flora Diaz Parrado. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky.
Salois, R. L. Minor Vioces, Major Impact - The Importance of the Other in Jose Pablo Feinmann's Cuestiones con Ernesto Che Guevara. 18th Annual Student Congress, Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages. New York, NY: The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Salois, R. L. (2026, March 12). Forgotten Voices: Another Look at the Cuban Revolution, Cuestiones con Ernesto Che Guevara by Jose Pablo Feinmann. Dialogos: The Tenth Annual Graduate Student Research Conference. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University.
Salois, R. L. A Message to the Cuban People: Choteo and Virgilio Piñera's El flaco y el gordo. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference; Cuban Studies Conference. Lexington, KY; New York, NY: University of Kentucky; The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Salois, R. L. Colonial Cuban Theatre? Hybridity and Transculturation in Santiago Pita's El principe jardinero. In Trans: Reading Between and Beyond. New York, NY: The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Salois, R. L. Un destino sudamericano: Jose Pablo Feinmann y Cuestiones con Ernesto Che Guevara. 2nd Annual Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Studies. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University.
Salois, R. L. Grammar in the TPRS Classroom. New Hampsire Association of World Language Teachers. Meredith, NH: NHAWLT.
Other Scholarly Works
Salois, R. L. (2017). Tourism, 'Tradition,' and the Politics of Humor in the Cuban Play '¡Guan Melón! ¡Tu Melón!'. Words without Borders.
Reviews
Salois, R. L. (2026,March 12). Review of Diary of Fire by Elías Miguel Muñoz. Cuban Studies. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Salois, R. L. (2026,February 12). Review of La Isla de los ingenios by Fernando Garciá del Río. Cuban Studies. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.