Silvia Rivera Alfaro (Nosotras/she)

I am a creative learner interested in language, gender, power, and technology.

Phd Student - Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures

Current projects:
linguisticafeminista.com
lavozactiva.com
instagram.com/_silvira/

Follow me Online
Website: http://www.silviariveralfaro.com
Blog: silvia-riveralfaro.tumblr.com
Quick Link: http://cuny.is/silvira

Refereed publications
2021 “Gender Neutral Language as an Epistemological Opportunity in Academic Writing.” with Ernesto Cuba. Academic Writing with Gender Perspective. Proposals from Scientific Communication. Coord. César Jiménez- Yañez & Rosalba Mancinas-Chávez. Autonomous University of Baja California & University of Sevilla [peer reviewed]

2019 “Linguistic Planning at the University of Costa Rica: Gender Fair Use of Language Policy, its Execution and Relationship to Proposals of Spanish Speaking Universities.” Journal of Philology and Linguistics of the University of Costa Rica, 45(2)

2019 “Gender Fair Use of Language Linguistic Policy and the Scientific Journals of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) .” with Eida Martínez Rocha. e-Ciencias de la Información 9(2).

2016 “Learning Spanish from Telenovelas?: a Contribution from the Perspective of the Romanian Audience.” Revista de Lenguas Modernas, 25, 411-423.

Recent academic blog publications

2021 Thinking-feeling the Louise Lennihan Arts and Sciences Grant Showcase. Hastac, December 13.

2021 My Feelings on the Digital Research Institute. Tagging The Tower, May 3.

2020-2022 Around 40 publications on linguisticafeminista.com

Illustration

2022 A glottopolitical approach to the Americas. Journal of Latin American Geography 22(1), cover.

2019 ¿Hola? [Comic book.] San José, Costa Rica: Zapatos en la Cabeza