Today, October 25, Dr. Tiffany Ana López
was appointed to the Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Riverside campus of the University of California.
This is a great distinction not only within the UC system but throughout the United States as Dr. López is the third Chicana to hold such an endowed post. Dr. Maria Herrera-Sobek was our first in 1997.
Dr. López is appointed for a five-year term. The Endowed Chair provides leadership on campus, in the region, and in the nation in Chicana/o and Latina/o creative writing and may embrace research issues central to Tomás Rivera’s life. The Endowed Chair coordinates the Annual Tomás Rivera Conference. Finally, the Endowed Chair serves as ambassador to the Tomás Rivera Archive.
Join me in sending our warmest and loudest and purely Chingona congrats to one of our MALCS leaders.
Karen Mary Davalos
Professor and Chair
Loyola Marymount University
Querida Tiffany,
Felicidades y muchÃsimas gracias for all the “work that matters” you have accomplished to get you here. As an UCR alumna and a proud former recipient of the Tomás Rivera Scholarship, I couldn’t be more proud of you and of my alma matter for selecting such an accomplished scholar for this position. It is my dream that one day I can donate my archive materials to be hosted at the Tomás Rivera Library at UCR. 🙂
Abrazos,
Rita