UMass Boston

Latinx literary and cultural studies; popular culture and commodification; diaspora and nation; Puerto Rican and Nuyorican history and culture; Latinx student success.

Courses Taught

Imagining Latinidad: Historical Trajectories and Everyday Lives
Borderlands, Diasporas, and Transnational Identities
Social History of Popular Music
Race, Class, and Gender
The Immigrant Experience
American Identities
Modern Political, Social, and Cultural History 
Ethnicity, Race, and Nationality

• "Our Latin Thing: Fania Records, Nuyorican Subjectivities, and the 1970s New York Salsa Boom" (2015). Journal of Popular Music Studies, 27(3): 274-303.
• “A Tale of Two Singers: Representation, Copyright, and ‘El Cantante’.” Latino Studies Journal 13, no. 1 (2015): 44-68. doi: 10.1057/lst.2014.74.
• Lazú, Jacqueline and Marisol Negrón. “Languages in Dialogue: Reflections on the 4th International Congress of the Puerto Rican Studies Association.” Centro Journal XII.1 (Fall 2000): 117-123.
• Book Review: Rondón, César Miguel. The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music From the Caribbean to New York City. Trans. Frances A. Aparicio and Jackie White. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. Centro Journal XII.1 (Fall 2000): 117-123.
• Reference entry: “Harlow, Larry.” The New Grove Dictionary on American Music. New York: Grove Dictionaries of Music, 50
• Reference entry: “Fania All-Stars." The New Grove Dictionary on American Music. New York: Grove Dictionaries of Music, 238.
• Reference entry: “Fania Records.” The New Grove Dictionary on American Music. New York: Grove Dictionaries of Music, 238.
• Reference entry: “Mercado, Ralph.” The New Grove Dictionary on American Music. New York: Grove Dictionaries of Music, 454.

Affiliations

Affiliate Faculty, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Core Faculty, Critical Ethnic and Community Studies

Women's Studies Research Center Scholar, Brandeis University, 2023-2025 

Professor Negrón is a founding member of the New England Consortium of Latin@ Studies, which brings together Latino Studies scholars from across the region to provide mentorship to junior faculty and cultivate relationships across rank, institution, and disciplinary boundaries. In 2023 she was elected to a three year term on the National Council of the American Studies Association. 

Awards &  Grants (Selected)

Negrón, M. (Co-PI), Negron, R. (PI), Estrada-Martinez, L. (Co-PI) and Aldrich, D.  (Co-PI) National Science Foundation Grant. Social & Moral Factors in Post-Hurricane Maria Evacuation Decisions: Implications for Puerto Ricans’ Well-being, $253,862. 2020.

Negrón, M. (Co-PI), Rivera, L. (PI). Latino Student Success Initiative, Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions Title V Grant, Bunker Hill Community College, $35,000. 2022.

Negrón, M. (Co-PI), Rivera, L. (PI). “Latino Student Success Initiative,” Hildreth Family Foundation, $100,000.00. 2018.

Negrón, M. (Co-PI), Rivera, L. (PI). “Latino Student Success, Building Pathways from High School to Baccalaureate,” Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, $250,000. 2017.

Career Enhancement Fellowship, Institute for Citizens and Scholars (formerly the Woodrow Wilson Foundation) and Mellon Foundation, 2012

Mellon Mays University Fellow, Mellon Foundation, 1991-present

Courses Taught:

Imagining Latinidad: Historical Trajectories and Everyday Lives
Borderlands, Diasporas, and Transnational Identities
Social History of Popular Music
Race, Class, and Gender
The Immigrant Experience
American Identities
Modern Political, Social, and Cultural History 
Ethnicity, Race, and Nationality