Johanna Hernández-Pérez
Degrees
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University of California, Los Angeles–M.A., Sociology, 2021
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Field Exams: Race and Ethnicity (Faculty: Vilma Ortiz, Min Zhou); Sociology of Culture (Faculty: Rebecca Jean Emigh, Aliza Luft)
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University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras– B.A., Sociology (Summa Cum Laude), 2019
- Honors Thesis: (Re)Writing Racialized and Gendered Scripts: Contemporary Bomba Practices and Discourses in Puerto Rico
Fields of Study
Subfields: Political Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Sociology of Culture, Latinx Studies, Black Diaspora Studies
Research
My research interests revolve around the relationships between cultural politics and nation-building processes, both for international and domestic consumption.
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
- Emigh, Rebecca Jean and Johanna Hernández-Pérez (2022). The Present of the Past: A Sociotechnological Framework for Understanding the Availability of Research Materials.” IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 44 (4): 16‒27.
- Hernández-Pérez, Johanna. 2019. “Espacio Urbano y Música Popular: La (De)Construcción de la Ciudad de San Juan en la Salsa.” [IN]Genios 5 (2): 1-10.
Other Publications
- Emigh, Rebecca Jean, Johanna Hernández-Pérez, and Corey O’Malley. “Teaching Theory: Should We Cancel the Core?”. Perspectives 42, no. 2 (2020): 7-13.
Awards & Grants
- External Fellowships
- Graduate Studies Enhancement Grant, MMUF Graduate Initiatives Program, 2024
- Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship, ACLS ($50,000), 2023
- Travel & Research Grant, Institute of Citizens and Scholars, 2023
- Predoctoral Research Development, MMUF Graduate Initiatives Program, 2023
- Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 2021
- Graduate Studies Enhancement Grant, MMUF Graduate Initiatives Program, 2020
Internal Fellowships and University Awards
- Dissertation Fieldwork Fellowship, UCLA International Institute, 2025
- Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division, 2024
- Graduate Student Summer Research Grant, UCLA Latin American Institute, 2023
- Graduate Student Summer Research Mentorship Program, UCLA, 2022
- Graduate Research Mentorship Program, UCLA, 2020
- Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship, UCLA, 2019
- Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF), UPR Río Piedras, 2017–2019
Conference Presentations
- Hernández-Pérez, Johanna. 2018. “The Resignification of Race in the Discourses of Bomba Groups: Transiting through a Polysemy.” Presented at the MMUF Southeastern Regional Conference, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, November 3, 2018.
- Hernández-Pérez, Johanna. 2018. “Performeando Feminidad Negra: Libretos de Autenticidad en Las Prácticas de Bomba de Taller Tamboricua.” Presented at the Quinto Encuentro Subgraduado de Investigación y Creación, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, San Juan Puerto Rico, September 14, 2018.
- Hernández-Pérez, Johanna. 2018. “Transiting through Racial, National, and Gendered Understandings: The Facebook (Counter)Discourses of Puerto Rican Bomba Groups.” Presented at the Honors Program of the American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 12, 2018.
- Hernández-Pérez, Johanna. 2018. “Performing Black Femininity: Scripts of Authenticity in Taller Tamboricua’s Bomba Practices.” Presented at the SROP Research Colloquium, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, August 9, 2018.
- Hernández-Pérez, Johanna. 2018. “La Resignificación de la Raza en Grupos de Bomba Puertorriqueña.” Presented at the Caribbean Studies Association 43rd Anual Conference in Havana, Cuba, June 6, 2018.