Rebeca L. Hey-Colón is Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Temple University. Born in Puerto Rico and now part of the ever-growing Diasporican community, Hey-Colón’s research centers the multi-directional flows of water, migration, gender, race, and spirituality in Latinx and Caribbean spheres. Her publications can be found in Chicana/Latina Studies Journal, Latino Studies, and Small Axe, among others. In 2018, Hey-Colón was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship, and in 2017-2018 she was the Carlos E. Castañeda Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS).

Hey-Colón will be giving a community talk at the Whitehead Campus Center #313 at 4:15pm on 9/28. If you'd like to RSVP, please fill out this form as there is a 60 person capacity.