Sofia  Rivera

Sofia Rivera

Degree Program: MA

Advisor: Steven B. Bunker

Research Areas

  • Latin American History
  • Religious History

Bio

Education

  • BS, Troy University, 2021

Research Interests

  • 20th-Century Puerto Rico
  • Catholicism in Latin American Identity
  • Historical memory
  • Nationalism and National Identity Formation

Current Projects

  • Historical rhetoric utilized by the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico and Popular Democratic Party to construct competing national identities, 1932-1954.

Awards & Honors

  • Fellowship, Department of History, The University of Alabama, 2022-3