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Harry Franqui-Rivera
Associate Professor of History, Academic Affairs
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Dr. Harry Franqui-Rivera is an Associate Professor of History, History Program and Global Languages Coordinator, and Co-director of the Bachelor's in Applied Studies, and Alphas-Chi advisor at Bloomfield College of Montclair State University.
He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst; a Masters in history from Temple University in military/diplomatic history, and a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez.
He also holds a GED from the Departamento de Instrucción Pública de Puerto Rico.
He teaches Global History, Latin American and Caribbean History/Studies, Writing History, Geography, Honors Seminar, Race and Ethnicity in the United States and Latnx History.
His latest book, Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, was published by the University of Nebraska in 2018. His second book, Fighting on Two Fronts: The Ordeal of the Puerto Rican Soldier during the Korean War will be published by Centro Press. He published a short historical fiction novel on the experience of the “All Puerto Rican” 65th U.S. Army Infantry Regiment in Korea, and produced a short documentary on the Borinqueneers with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies.
Specialization
Dr. Franqui specializes in Puerto Rican, Caribbean, Latino, Latin American and Military History and focuses on the 19-20 centuries. His latest book, Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, was published by the University of Nebraska in 2018 (paperback edition in 2021). He is finishing a second book, Fighting on Two Fronts: The Ordeal of the Puerto Rican Soldier during the Korean War.
His academic work explores the intersectionality of race, gender, class and nationalism within the context of Spanish and American colonialism by looking at constructions of identity and nation and state building projects and the role of military service in these processes.
He is also a public intellectual, cultural critic, blogger and NBC, Latino Rebels, and Huff Post contributor. His work has been featured in national and international media outlets and National Public Radio.
He has written on Puerto Rican identities and white privilege among island-based Puerto Ricans and white-passing Latinos stateside; the island-state Puerto Rican divide; the fiscal, economic, and humanitarian crises in Puerto Rico; the effects of Hurricane Maria; and new Puerto Rican migrations. He recently published a short historical fiction novel on the experience of the “All Puerto Rican” 65th U.S. Army Infantry Regiment in Korea, and produced a short documentary on the Borinqueneers with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies.