Academics

Faculty & Staff

Luis Aponte-Parés

  • Associate Professor of Community Studies, College of Public and Community Service Program Director, Community Studies Online Degree Completion Program
  • Telephone: 617-287-7286
  • Office Location: W-4-144-10

Degrees

PhD

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • “Outside/In. Transgressing Queer and Latino Boundaries.” In Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York . Edited by Arlene Dávila and Agustín Laó. New York : Columbia University Press. 2001.
  • “Appropriating Place in Puerto Rican Barrios. Preserving Contemporary Urban Land­scapes.” In Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America . Edited by Arnold R. Alanen and Robert Z. Melnick. Maryland : John Hopkins University Press 2000. The book is the first arguing for the preservation of cultural landscapes in the United States.

Additional Information

Professor Aponte-Pares has been teaching undergraduate courses in community planning and community service management at CPCS since 1994. His work includes development of collaborative projects with neighborhood groups in the Boston Metropolitan area for the Center for Community Planning. Professor Aponte-Parés is also the Director of Latino Studies, a multi-disciplinary and inter-collegiate Program of Studies. Research agenda focuses on (a) documenting attempts made by Latino community development organizations in Boston and New York City in envisioning and/or imagining their community in space in the increasingly complex and discontinuous post-industrial urban environments, and (b) research on issues of identity of Latino gays.

Recent Publications:

“Outside/In. Transgressing Queer and Latino Boundaries.” In Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York . Edited by Arlene Dávila and Agustín Laó. New York : Columbia University Press. 2001.

“Appropriating Place in Puerto Rican Barrios. Preserving Contemporary Urban Land­scapes.” In Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America . Edited by Arnold R. Alanen and Robert Z. Melnick. Maryland : John Hopkins University Press 2000. The book is the first arguing for the preservation of cultural landscapes in the United States.

Coures Taught:

•  Community Portraits
•  Historical Change
•  Exploring Community
•  Strategy & Proposal Development I and II
•  Community Impact Assessment
•  Planning Models and Theories
•  Exploring Culture
•  Crafting Art
•  Exploring Community
•  Reflecting Art
•  Human Resource Management
•  Management Theories and Practices
•  Community Development

Links:

http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1352_reg_print.html
http://www.centropr.org/journal/jrnal16.html
http://www.plannersnetwork.org/htm/pub/archives/99.html