Role Social Impact Fellow Email [email protected] Website LinkedIn Profile Bio/Description Paula Perez-Rodriguez is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She holds a M.A. in Cultural Studies from University of Alcala and a B.A. in Spanish Literature and Linguistics from Autonomous University of Madrid. Outside of academia, she has been involved in different educational and artistic projects at cultural institutions and publishers in Spain. Her research interests include literary and critical theory, book history, sociolinguistics, poetics, performance studies and studies on aurality and vocality. Her dissertation examines the cultural and material history of literary and non-literary experimental publications in pre-civil war Spain (1909-1936) from a comparative perspective. "I cannot speak good enough of the Social Impact Fellowships provided by GradFutures. Working with Princeton University Press during the summer is allowing me to see academic publishing from a refreshing angle, one that has allowed me to invigorate my faith in the need to bolster critical thinking. I can definitely see how a Social Impact Fellowship could be the practical impulse needed to push any graduate student to a field where their knowledge becomes meaningful in a way different to that of teaching." "GradFUTURES has shaped the way I relate both to academia and the possibility to pursue an alternative career after my PhD. The conversations held with James Van Wyck, Jonathan Aguirre, and many grad students participating in the programs, have offered me essential tools to develop a set of practical skills that have greatly broaden the possibilities of my professional future, both inside and outside the academic circles." Upcoming Professional Development Events Dec 5 Managing Active Research Data Dec 7 Writing to Influence: How Academia Inspires Action with Christopher Paul Harris Dec 7 LaTeX Drop-in Consultations Dec 7 Cynthia Dwork: It’s in Your Phone. It’s in Your Browser. It’s in Your Redistricting Data! … It’s Differential Privacy. Dec 8 30 Minutes Towards Better Bibliographies and Footnotes! (online) Dec 8 Introduction to Environmental Studies Library Research: Water Use and Availability Dec 11 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (In Person) Dec 11 Office Hours with Leonard Cassuto Dec 11 American Higher Ed Learning Cohort Session 6: International Perspectives (Europe, Asia) Dec 13 Shake It Off: Taylor Swift Friendship Bracelet Making Party (Drop in!) Dec 13 Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and Startups Learning Cohort: Capstone Presentations Dec 14 Writing to Influence: Academia and Social Advancement as Modeled by HBCUs with Jelani Favors