Curriculum Vitae

Roberto G Fernandez

February 26, 2018

General Information

University address:	Spanish
Modern Languages and Linguistics
College of Arts & Sciences
DIFFENBAUGH BUILDING 0362
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1540
Phone: 850 644 3728; Fax: 850 644 0524

E-mail address:	rfernandez@.fsu.edu

Professional Preparation

1977	Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University. Major: Spanish. Supervisor: James L. Wyatt. 

Unspecified Name. (1977). El cuento cubano del exilio: Un Enfoque. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Florida State University. 

1973	M.A, Boca Raton: Florida Atlantic University. Major: Spanish Linguistics. Spanish Linguistics. Supervisor: V. Rangel. 

Unspecified Name. (1973). The Lexical and Syntactical Impact of English on the Cuban Spanish Spoken in Southeastern Florida. Unpublished master's thesis, Boca Raton: Florida Atlantic University. 

Professional Experience

1994–present	Professor, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Florida State University. 

1986–1994	Associate Professor, Modern Languages, Florida State University. 

1981–1986	Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Florida State University. 

1978–1981	Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages, University of South Alabama. 

Visiting Professorship(s)

2001	Brandeis University. 

1997	Brandeis University. 

1989	University of Central Florida. 

Artist/Designer in Residence

2009	Writer-in Residency Rollins College, Florida. 

1992	Writer-in-Residency Institut Fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universitat Erlangen-Nuremburg, Germany. 

1990	Parks Novelist Western Michigan University. 

1989	Writer-in-Residency University of Texas at El Paso Department of English. 

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

Roberto's Rules of Order and Disorders, Cuban Research Institute FIU Miami, Florida (2015). 
University Teaching Award, Florida State University (2013). 
Works of Roberto G. Fernandez, Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Conference (2010). 
Colloquium on the works of Roberto G. Fernandez, Ohio University (2009). 
Nominator, MacArthur Fellows Program (2007). 
Invited witer and respondent, NEH Summer Seminar University of Buffalo (2006). 
Juror, Florida Best Book Awards (2006). 
Escritor invitado, XVI Feria Internacional del Libro, Guadalajara, Mexico (2002). 
Keynote Speaker Global Diaspora Conference, Florida Atlantic University (2002). 
Keynote Speaker Global Diaspora Conference, Florida Atlantic University (2002). 
Named Professor: Dorthy B Hoffman, Florida State University (2002). 
Invited writer, II Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Española, Valladolid, Spain (2001). 
University Sabbatical, Florida State University (2001). 
Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, Symphony Space New York, New York (1999). 
COFRS Research Grant, Florida State University (1997). 
Escritor invitado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid y Ministerio del Exterior (1996). 
University Teaching Award, Florida State University (1994). 
Teaching Incentive Award, Florida State University (1993). 
Keynote speaker Romance Laguages and Literatures Conference, Purdue University (1992). 
COFRS Research Grant, Florida State University (1991). 
University Sabbatical, Florida State University (1991). 
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences (1990). 

Fellowship(s)

State of Florida, Individual Artist Fellowship (Fiction) (1993–1994).
State of Florida, Individual Artist Fellowship (Fiction) (1986–1987).
Cintas Fellowship (Fiction) (1986–1987).

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

American Association Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 
Associated Writing Programs (AWP) 
Latin American Studies Association 
Modern Language Association 

Teaching

Courses Taught

Advanced Spanish Composition and Translation (SPN4420)
Spanish for Heritage Speakers (SPN3350)
Spanish Reading and Conversation (SPN3400)
Approaching Hispanic Literature (SPW3030)
DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY IN HISPANIC LANGUAGE (SPN4905)
Caribbean Literature (SPW4770)
Directed Readings (FOW6907)
Internship in Applied Spanish (SPN4942)
Contemporary Spanish American Prose Fiction (since 1927) (SPW5386)
Special Topics in Hispanic Languages and Literature (SPW4190)
Communication in Language and Culture II (SPN3333)
Cultures of Latin America (SPN3520)
Topics in Hispanic Language and Literature (SPW6934)
Communication in Language and Culture I (SPN3332)
Tutorial in Modern Languages, Literatures or Linguistics (FOL4901)

New Course Development

Medical Interpreting (2013)
Hispanic Caribbean Literature (1984)
Spanish for Heritage Speakers (1984)

Management of Multiple Course Sections

Spanish for Heritage Speakers (Spn 3350)

Doctoral Committee Chair

Cruz, L., graduate. (2016).
Saavedra, N., graduate. (2012). Forja de una identidad amalgamada: El europeo y el colombiano en la literatura venezolana contemporanea. 
Das, A., graduate. (2005). Writing Memory: The Latino Community and Continuity in the Writings of Julia Alvarez, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Achy Obejas. 
Vellon, B. S., graduate. (2003). Palabras de mujer: Convergencias en el discurso femenino en la narrativa caribena de origen hispano escrita en los Estados Unidos. 
Erika Kratzer, graduate. (2000). The American Dream In The Works Of Four Contemporary Cuban American Novelists. 
Juan Carlos Valencia, graduate. (2000). Violencia e historia, sotanas y faldas en"El Cristo de espaldas". 
Rita Tejada, graduate. (2000). Analisis de tres novelas dominicanas de la postguerra: De abril en adelante, Curriculum, La otra Penelope. 
Ken LaBrant, graduate. (1996). An Analysis of A Pesar de Todo ... Dios Sigue Siendo Amor, Dialogo Desde Una Cruz, Itinerario de la Pasion and Tentacion Y Mision. 
Rosalinda Wright, graduate. (1996). Un Estudio Psicológico de la Caracterización en Amistad Funesta de José Martí Y Los Pasos Perdidos de Alejo Carpentier. 
Humberto Lopez, graduate. (1995). La novela antiesclavista: Presencia e identidad negra en la literatura colonial cubana. 
Jay Corwin, graduate. (1995). Las Fuentes Indigenas de Cien Años de Soledad. 
Isabel Cotrell, graduate. (1990).
Liset Cruz, doctoral candidate.  Espacios de poder: La reimaginación del habanero através de sus practicas espaciales en las narrativas de la Cuba postsoviética. 

Doctoral Committee Member

Elizabeth Huard, graduate. (2014). Texts and Tastes: Food and Cultural Identity in Hispanic Writing and Film. 
Jaclyn Salkauski, graduate. (2012). "From Cutting Cane to Planting Seeds: Race, Gender, and Identity in Caribbean Women''s Fiction.". 
Bartlett, J. L., graduate. (2011). Sexualidad, religion y maternidad en lanarrativa moderna de Cuba y España. 
Servi-Roberts, J., graduate. (2011). Estrategias de rebelión: "Defamiliarización" dela nación, la historia, el idioma, y la identidad en la literatura chicana/o. 
Collazo, I., graduate. (2010). El ensayo feminista caribeno ante la preocupacion de la mujer en la politica y la education durante el siglo XIX y principios del XX. 
Butler, B. A., graduate. (2009). La Anorexia en la Narrativa Espanola 1994-2008. 
Balmori, F. F., graduate. (2008). Simbolos e Intertextualidad Cultural en la Poetica de Jose Lezama Lima. 
Tudares, M., graduate. (2008). Que soy de aqui, Que soy de allá: Conciencia Nómada y (Re)contrucción cultural de la nacionalidad en la narrativa y el teatro hispano escrito en los Estados Unidos. 
Chang-Shik, L., graduate. (2007). La representacion de Asia en las letras modernas hispanoamericanas. 
Schwieter, J. W., graduate. (2007). A Psycholinguistic Investigation of language Selectiviy in Bilingual Speech Production. 
Montanaro, E., graduate. (2006). La Construcción Del Imaginario Económico De José Martí En Las Crónicas De Los Estados Unidos. 
Villagomez, R., graduate. (2005). El esclavo silenciado en las letras puertorriqueñas del Siglo XIX. 
Gonzalez, J. A., graduate. (2005). Visión cultural martiana del Nueva York decimonónico. 
Hennes, H. R., graduate. (2005). The Spaces of a Free Spirit: Manuela Saenz in Literature and Film. 
Merino, M., graduate. (1999). Ambiguedad y certidumbre en las Edades poeticas de Antonio Gamoneda. 
Ramos, J., graduate. (1997). La vision de la conquista de America en las novelas de Salvador de Maradiaga. 
Watkins, P., graduate. (1996). Los aspectos socio-politicos en la trilogia canalera de Joaquin Beleno. 
Campell-Ross, J., graduate. (1996). Las novelas ganadoras del Premio Nadal 1981-1990. 
Neinenger, N., graduate. (1995). The Female Orphan in the Hispanic novels. 
Barboun, L., graduate. (1995). A Quantitative Computer-Assisted Partial Syntactic Analysis of the Dramatic Works of Alejandro Casona. 
Madera, N., graduate. (1992). La relacion entre la fisonomia y el caracter en los personajes en Don Quijote de la Mancha. 
Juarez, F., graduate. (1990). La poesia indigenista en cuatro poetas latinoamericanos. 

Doctoral Committee University Representative

Green, L., graduate. (2009). Timba, music of struggle, triumph and modernized tradition. 
Belford, W., graduate. (2006). Creative Writing. 
Henley, C., graduate. (2006). Creative Writing. 
Varela, J., graduate. (2004). Humanities. 
Davis, C. V., graduate. (2001). Creative Writing. 
Davis, C. V., graduate. (2000). Creative Writing. 
Van Clieve, R., graduate. (2000). Creative Writing. 
Watzeke, B., graduate. (2000). Creative Writing. 
Franklin, R., graduate. (1999). Creative Writing. 
Kidwell, C., graduate. (1998). Creative Writing. 
Standley, M., graduate. (1998). Creative Writing. 
Viera, J., graduate. (1997). Creative Writing. 
Laffant, P., graduate. (1996). Creative Writing. 
West, R., graduate. (1995).
Trammel, M., graduate. (1993). Creative Writing. 
Foster, P., graduate. (1992). Creative Writing. 
Neuman, D., graduate. (1992). Creative Writing. 
Miller, M., graduate. (1991). Creative Writing. 
Turkle, A., graduate. (1991). Creative Writing. 
Seabrook, W., doctoral candidate. 

Bachelor's Committee Chair

Linares, D., graduate. (2010). El Amor en el Pais del Silencio. 

Bachelor's Committee Member

Silveiro, D., graduate. (2010). "Los Fantasmas de Espana: A Cultural Memory of Repression". 
Diaz, Y., graduate. (2009). Crimes Against Humanity in Chile. 
Maceiras, G., student.  Interconnected stories. 
Bridgewater, A., student. 
Palomino, K., student.  Parts of me are not here. 
Ruiz, D., student.  Translations of poetry of Garcia Lorca. 
Ruiz, D., student. 
Nerger, M., student.  Honor Thesis in Fiction. 

Supervision of Student Research Not Related to Thesis or Dissertation

Cachan, M. (Jun–Aug 1995). 

Research and Original Creative Work

My creative output centers on the immigrant experience and the resulting myth making and cultural dislocations. 

Program of Research and/or Focus of Original Creative Work

The focus of my creative output is the Cuban American experience within the context of Latino Literature of the United States. 

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Fernandez, R. G. (2002). La subversión del inglés. Insula, No. 667-668, 27-30.

Fernandez, R. G. (1986). Anglicismos o modalidades lexicas del español de los Estados Unidos. Actas del Primer Congreso Internacional Sobre el Español de America, 529-533.

Fernandez, R. G. (1984). La Revolucion y el Lexico Cubano. Critica Hispanica, 6 No. 2, 131-144.

Fernandez, R. G. (1983). English Loanwords in Miami Cuban Spanish. American Speech, 58 No. 1, 13-19.

Fernandez, R. G. (1979). Hybrid Verbs, -ar or -ear? Hispania, 62 No.3, 536-539.

Invited Books

Fernandez, R. G. (1989). Nosotros los jovenes. Orlando: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 

Refereed Books

Fernandez, R. G. (1983). Biographical Index of Cuban Authors (Diaspora 1959-1979). Miami: Ediciones Universal. 

Refereed Encyclopedia Entries

Fernandez, R. G. (2005). Virgil Suarez. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. New York: Oxford University. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2004). Virgil Suarez. In Latino and Latina Writers (p. 747-761). New York: The Scribner Writers Series. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1990). Emilio Bacardi. In Dictionary of Twentieth Century Cuban Literature (p. 41-43). Westport: Greenwood Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1989). Heberto Padilla. In Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Literature (p. 227-233). Westport: Greenwood Press. 

Presentations

Invited Papers at Conferences

Fernandez, R. G. (accepted). Ciempies de la encrucijada: Panel de escritores: Sangre y Rabanos. Paper to be presented at 9th Conference on Cuban and Cuban-Americans Studies, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. (International)

Refereed Papers at Conferences

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 2004, November). Let me tell you Pepe about the demise of the Augustflower. Paper presented at Association of Literary Scholars, Association of Literary Scholars, New Orleans, Louisiana. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1997, October). Cuban American Writers:Here, There and Everywhere. Paper presented at Institute of Cuban and Cuban American Studies, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. (International)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1997, February). Milagro en la ocho y la doce in the context of Latino Literature. Paper presented at La Chispa, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1996, August). Self and Community in Today's Cuban-American Literature. Paper presented at American Association Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, ASTSP, Orlando, Florida. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1990, November). This Shrimp at the Little Garlic is Going to Make you Fall on your Back. Paper presented at American Humor Studies, SMLA, Tampa, Florida. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1990, March). Miami Lirerature and Multicultural Influences. Paper presented at Miami and Its Images, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1989, October). Language Choice and Loyalty in Literature. Paper presented at The Future of the Spanish Language in the 21st Century, University of Houston, Houston, Texas. (International)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1985, November). U.S. Hispanic Literature a Perspective. Paper presented at SMLA, SMLA, Atlanta, Georgia. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1983, October). La demencia en la cuentistica cubana. Paper presented at Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Virginia Polytechnic University, Blacksburg, Virginia. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1983, August). Elementos literarios del folklor cubano-americano. Paper presented at American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, ASTSP, New Orleans, Louisiana. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1982, August). Anglicismos o modalidades lexicas del español de los Estados Unidos. Paper presented at I Congreso sobre el español de America, El español de America. (International)

Fernandez, R. G. (presented 1982, March). La Revolución y el Léxico Cubano. Paper presented at Southwest Council on Latin American Studies, Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, Texas. (Regional)

Invited Lectures and Readings of Original Work

Fernandez, R. (2016, November). Cuban American Voices: A Reading and Discussion with Roberto Fernandez. Delivered at Florida International University, Florida International University. (International)

Fernandez, R. (2014, November). Immigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories. Delivered at Miami Book Fair International, Center for Literature and Theater Miami, Florida. (International)

Fernandez, R. (2009, April). Bilingual puns, mistranslations, intertextualities and the opera: layers to be deciphered in my works. Delivered at University of Florida, University of Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (2005, April). Congas from the Orient, The Joys of Mistranslation. Delivered at Univeristy of Virginia, University of Virginia. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (2004, October). Versión vs translation: The case of the bilingual writer," and readings from recent works". Delivered at Bates College, Bates College. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (2004, April). If don't have a waterfall in my eye, I am going to throw the house through the window: Humor and Exile. Delivered at Davidson College, Davidson College. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (2002, December). La literatura cubana de la diaspora. Delivered at XVI Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico. (International)

Fernandez, R. G. (2002, June). Reading from works. Delivered at Cuban American Heritage Festival, San Carlos Institute, Key West, Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (2001, November). En la ocho y la doce y la prosa del mestizaje. Delivered at College of the Holy Cross. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (2001, November). San Guiven y otros Milagros de En la ocho y la doce: El escritor entre dos aguas.". Delivered at Brandeis University. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (2001, October). A case of similarities: Southern and Cuban-American literature. Delivered at Bates College. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (2001, October). La subversion del ingles". Delivered at , II Congreso Internacional de la Lengua, Valladolid, Spain. (International)

Fernandez, R. G. (2001, May). Readings from works. Delivered at University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (2000, November). Voices from the Tropics. Delivered at University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (2000, January). Latino Authors Read Their Work. Delivered at Conference on Film and Literature, Florida State University. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1999, December). Winter Festival of Writers. Delivered at North Florida Library Association. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (1999, May). Lloviendo al reves y otras narraciones en Espanish" La Literatura Hispana de los Estados Unidos. Delivered at Casa de America. (International)

Fernandez, R. G. (1998, October). Cuban-American Literature, A Perspective. Delivered at Clemson University. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (1998, March). The Secret Codes in Raining Backwards." The Latino Cultures Seminar: Interdisciplinary Prespectives. Delivered at David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1997, December). Readings from works. Delivered at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1997, November). Reading from works. Delivered at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1997, November). Reading from works. Delivered at Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1997, November). The Tragic and the Comedy: Holy Radishes! Raining Backwards. Delivered at Brandeis University, Brandeis University. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1997, October). Little Havana Blues: A Literary Journey. Delivered at The Smithsonian, Washington D.C. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1997, March). "Readers, Writers, Registers: Latin American, Spain, USA and the New Polities of Publishing in Spanish. Delivered at University of Florida, University of Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (1997, February). Florida's Literary Heritage: Diversity and Commonalities. Delivered at Central Florida College, Central Florida College. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (1996, April). Raining Backwards and Holy Radishes. Delivered at Appalachian State University. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (1995, December). Readings from Holy Radishes! Delivered at Books and Books. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (1995, November). Readings from works. Delivered at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (1995, November). With a Cuban Beat. Delivered at Miami Book Fair International, Miami, Florida. (International)

Fernandez, R. G. (1995, October). Radishes and Celery: My Kalamazoo Connection. Delivered at Western Michigan University, Western Michigan University. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1995, October). Readings from Holy Radishes! Delivered at Barnes & Nobles, Tallahassee, Florida. (Local)

Fernandez, R. G. (1993, April). Readings from recent works. Delivered at University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1992, March). Raining Backwards, a Writer's Perspective. Delivered at Cornell University, Cornell University. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1991, March). Writers on the Bay. Delivered at Florida International University, Miami, Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (1990, October). Readings from works. Delivered at Miami International Book Fair, Miami, Florida. (International)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, October). Readings from Raining Backwards. Delivered at University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, October). Readings from Raining Backwards and other works. Delivered at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, October). Readings from works. Delivered at The Writer's Voice, Miami, Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, June). Readings from Raining Backwards. Delivered at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, May). Readings from Raining Backwards. Delivered at The Writer's Voice of the West Side Y Center for the Arts, New York, New York. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, March). Readings from Raining Backwards. Delivered at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, March). Readings from Raining Backwards. Delivered at Our Lady of the Lake University, Guadalupe Cultural Center, San Antonio, Texas. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, February). Readings from new novel, Raining Backwards. Delivered at University of Texas, El Paso, Texas. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, February). Readings from Raining Backwards. Delivered at El Paso Community College, El Paso, Texas. (Regional)

Fernandez, R. G. (1989, February). Readings from Raining Backwards. Delivered at Books and Books, Miami, Florida. (State)

Fernandez, R. G. (1988, October). Reading from short stories. Delivered at Bainbridge Community College, Bainbridge, Georgia. (Local)

Fernandez, R. G. (1987, June). Reading from recent works. Delivered at Writer's Festival/ University of Houston, Houston, Texas. (National)

Fernandez, R. G. (1984, January). Readings from novels in Spanish. Delivered at Center for Latin American Studies/ University of Florida. (State)

Original Creative Works

Novels and Novellas

Fernandez, R. (in press). El príncipe y la bella cubana. Havana, Cuba: Letras Cubanas. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2014). El príncipe y la bella cubana. Madrid: Verbum. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2007). Entre dos aguas. La Habana: Editorial Letras Cubanas. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2001). En la ocho y la doce. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1995). Holy Radishes. Houston: Arte Publico Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1989). Raining Backwards. Houston: Arte Publico Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1985). La Montaña Rusa. Houston: Arte Publico Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1982). La Vida Es Un Special. Miami: Ediciones Universal. 

Short Stories in Books

Fernandez, R. (2015). Awakening. The Haunted Tropics. University of West Indies Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2011). America Nuestra. Untitled book. Miami: Tres Aguas Linkgua. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2002). Herencia: The Anthology of Hispanic Literature of the United States. Untitled book. New York: Oxford University Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2000). Keyword Options. Untitled book. Stockholm: Liber AB. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2000). Nochebuena, Hispanic American Christmas Stories. Untitled book. New York: Oxford University Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2000). Seeing and Writing. Untitled book. New York: Bedford/St. Martins. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1997). The Hispanic Literary Companion. Untitled book. New York: Visible Ink. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1996). Little Havana Blues. Untitled book. Houston: Arte Publico Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1996). ¡Dime! Untitled book. Evanston: D.C. Heath. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1996). A Century of Cuban Writers in Florida. Untitled book. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1996). Tu mundo. Untitled book. Evanston: D.C. Heath. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1995). Hispanic American Literature. Untitled book. New York: Harper Collins. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1995). Sendas literarias. Untitled book. Boston: Heinle & Heinle. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1994). Barrios and Borderlands. Untitled book. New York: Routledge. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1994). Latino Caribbean Literature. Untitled book. Paramus: Paramount Publishing. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1994). Roy Blount's Book of Southern Humor. Untitled book. New York: W.W. Norton. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1993). Cuentos Hispanos de los Estados Unidos. Untitled book. Houston: Arte Publico Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1993). Short fiction by Hispanic Writers of the United States. Untitled book. Houston: Arte Publico Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1992). Introducción a la linguística española. Untitled book. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1992). Iguana Dreams. Untitled book. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1989). Cuban American Writers: Los Atrevidos. Untitled book. Princeton: Linden Lane Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1988). Veinte años de literatura cubanoamericana. Untitled book. Tempe: Arizona State University/Bilingual Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1986). Southwest Tales. Untitled book. Colorado Springs: Maize Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1984). Nuevas Voces Hispanas. Untitled book. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1982). Nuevos Horizontes. Untitled book. Boston: D.C. Heath. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1978). 20 Cuentistas Cubanos. Untitled book. Miami: Ediciones Universal. 

Short Stories in Edited Books

Fernandez, R. G. (in press). Awakening. In The Haunted Tropics (7 pages). University of West Indies Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2014). Crossroads(Encrucijada). In Achy Obejas and Megan Bayles (Ed.), Immigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories (pp. 236-245). Chicago: The Great Books Foundation. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2014). Milagro en la ocho y la doce and Wrong Channel reprints. In Julio Ortega, Gustavo Pellon & Martin Gaspar (Ed.), Letras de Hispanoamérica (pp. 262-269). Boston: Vista Higher Learning. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2010). Retrieving Varadero and The Last Supper. In Ilan Stavans, Gustavo Perez Firmat, & Harold Augenbraun (Eds.), The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature (pp. 1791-1808). New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2008). Nellie. In Jorge Gracia, Lynette Bosch, & Isabel Alvarez Borland (Eds.), Identity, Memory and Diaspora (pp. 197-198, 164-172). New York: Sunny Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2005). Wrong Channel reprint. In Jack Canfield, Mark Hensen, & Susan Sanchez (Eds.), Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul (pp. 232-233). Deerfield: Health Communications Inc. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2003). Wrong Channel. In Aviva Chomsky, Barry Carr, & Pamela Smorkaloff (Eds.), The Cuban Reader: History, Culture and Politics (pp. 362-363). Durham: Duke University Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2002). Hologramas. In Carlos Espinosa (Ed.), Isla tan dulce (pp. 103-110). La Habana: Letras Cubanas. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2002). La Llamada. In Jorge Fornet, & Carlos Espinosa (Eds.), Cuento Cubano del Siglo XX (pp. 217-218). Mexico, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Economica. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2000). Huevos. In Ambrosio Fornet (Ed.), Memorias Recobradas (pp. 53-56). Santa Clara: Ediciones Capiro. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2000). Abode. In Andrea O'Reilly (Ed.), ReMembering Cuba: The Legacy of Diaspora (pp. 511-513). Austin: University of Texas Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1996). Wrong Channel. In Jerome Stern (Ed.), Microfiction (pp. 30-31). New York: W.W. Norton. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1996). "Radishes". In Ruth Behar (Ed.), Bridges to Cuba (pp. 267-280). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1994). Nellie. In Wolfgang Binder (Ed.), Facing America: Multikulturelle Literatur der heutigen USA (pp. 26-45, 215-235). Zurich: Rotpunktverlag. 

Short Stories in Magazines

Fernandez, R. (2017, September). The Big Bang. Camino Real (Universidad de Alcalá, 9:12, 219-224.

Fernandez, R. (2017, April). It's not easy. Label Me Latina/o, 7, 8.

Fernandez, R. G. (2012, August). The Augustflower. Caribe.

Fernandez, R. G. (2004, December). Kon Tiki reprint. Caribe, 7, 81-86.

Fernandez, R. G. (2002, October). Kon Tiki. La Gaceta de Cuba, No. 5, 34-35.

Fernandez, R. G. (2002, October). Mercaderes. Casa de las Americas, 43 No. 229.

Fernandez, R. G. (2002, March). Wrong Channel reprint. Linea Imaginaria, 4 No. 4, 14.

Fernandez, R. G. (2001, December). Con las estrellas. Encuentro, 19, 126-128.

Fernandez, R. G. (2001, October). Encrucijada. La Gaceta de Cuba, No. 5, 21-23.

Fernandez, R. G. (2001, September). Wrong Channel (español) Raining Backwards (reprint) Sabiduria. Numero, No. 31, 40-45.

Fernandez, R. G. (2001, April). Is in the Stars. Callaloo, 24 No. 1, 64-66.

Fernandez, R. G. (1999, December). Love in the Suburbs & Yankee Talk. Caribe, 2 No.2, 131-134.

Fernandez, R. G. (1998, October). The Brewery reprint. Americas Review, Vol 24 No. 3-4.

Fernandez, R. G. (1998, June). The Brewery. The Madison Review, 20 No. 2, 89-100.

Fernandez, R. G. (1997, July). Coquina House. Manoa, Pacific Journals of International Writing, 9 No 1, 102-104.

Fernandez, R. G. (1994, October). La Llamada, Huevos, Alpiste. La Gaceta de Cuba, No 2, 32, 34-35.

Fernandez, R. G. (1994, October). Radishes. Michigan Quarterly, 33 No. 4, 701-715.

Fernandez, R. G. (1994, July). Silence & Last Supper. Americas Review, 22 No 1-2, 1-2 47-66.

Fernandez, R. G. (1993, October). Et tu Delfina. Trafika, 117-125.

Fernandez, R. G. (1993, March). Milkmaid. Manoa, Pacific Journal of International Writing, 142-154.

Fernandez, R. G. (1991, December). Dans L'Apres Midi. Review: Latin American Literature & Arts, No. 45, 14-16.

Fernandez, R. G. (1988, August). Retrieving Varadero. Apalachee Quarterly, 29-30, 69-76.

Fernandez, R. G. (1988, April). One of them. Linden Lane Magazine, Vol 7 No. 1, 23.

Fernandez, R. G. (1987, October). El bazar de los recuerdos. INTI Revistas de Literatura Hispanica, No. 24-25, 227-232.

Fernandez, R. G. (1987, April). Raining Backwards. The Florida Review, 15 No. 1, 66-71.

Fernandez, R. G. (1986, April). Milagro en la Ocho y la Doce & Raining Backwards (en español). Americas Review, 14 No. 1, 28-31.

Fernandez, R. G. (1985, October). With Coconut Flakes. West Branch, 17, 101-104.

Fernandez, R. G. (1985, March). Coco Rallado. Linden Lane Magazine, Vol 4 No. 1, 19.

Fernandez, R. G. (1985, March). Origination. Swallow's Tale, No. 4, 4-8.

Fernandez, R. G. (1983, July). El Aram. Termino, No. 4, 4.

Reviews of My Research and Original Creative Work by Other Authors

Reviews Appearing in Journals

Alvarez Borland, I. (2014). El príncipe y la bella cubana de Roberto G. Fernandez: Identidades rotas y costumbrismo. La Habana Elegante, 54, 1-4. 

de Posada, D. (2012). Water as Creator and Destroyer of Dreams and (Hyper)realities: Hydrosymbolism in the works of Roberto G. Fernandez. Label me Latina/o, 2, 1-15. 

de Posada, D. (2010). Operatic Transposition and the Romantic Aesthetic in the Works of Roberto G. Fernández. Caribe, 11 No. 2, 23-42. 

Irizarry, G. (2010). La falla de la cubanidad en Roberto Fernández. Bilingual Review, 30 No. 1, -. 

Fornet, A. (2009). Cuba: Nation, Diaspora and Literature. Critical Inquiry, 35 No. 2, 1. 

Irizarry, G. (2007). Cadavers Encountered: Identification and Community in US Latino/a Cultural Production. Latino Studies, 5 No. 1, 104-122. 

Watanabe, A. (2004). Memory and Desire in Exile: The Narrative Strategies of Raining Backwards. Caribe, 7 No. 1, 25-42. 

Febles, J. (2004). "La tríada Belle Glade, Miami, Xawa: Tres nombres, tres culturas y un solo espacio novelesco en la narrativa de Roberto G. Fernández. Hispanic Journal, 25 No. 1-2, 225-241. 

Adams, C. (2003). The Intercepted Space: Desired and Summed Identity in Holy Radishes! by Cuban-American Writer, Roberto G. Fernandez. Diaspora, 11, 66-71. 

Binder, W. (2003). Is Memory the Amnesia you Like? Some Remarks on Self-Invention and the Presence of Caribbean Literature in North America. Publication des Groupes de Recherches Anglo-Americaines de l"Universite Francois Rabelais de Tours, 27, 293-299. 

Irizarry, G. (2003). La traducción imposible o la inoperabilidad de la gran familia humana: a propósito de The House on the Lagoon, de Rosario Ferré, y Raining Backwards, de Roberto Fernández. Chasqui, 32, 17-34. 

Lopez Cruz, H. (2003). Dos novelas cubanoamericanas: Dos inserciones del imaginario Cuba dentro de la realidad estadounidense. Torre de Papel, 13 No. 2-3, 15-23. 

Dominguez, A. (2002). Geographies of Identity in Cuban-American Narrative. Collectanea, 65, 267-275. 

Perez Mejias, A. (2002). Entre la nostalgia y los flamingos. Numero, 31, 38-39. 

Lopez Cruz, H. (2001). Señales contradictorias en el enunciado de asimilación de Roberto G. Fernández: Raining Backwards vs. En la Ocho y la Doce.". Baquiana: Revista Literaria, 3, 151-159. 

Dominguez, M. (2001). Recreacion de una patria soñada: Los espacios literarios en la narrativa cubano-americana. Entre Lineas, 1, 116-121. 

Lopez Cruz, H. (2001). Las microficciones dentro de la narrativa de Roberto G. Fernandez. Cuban Studies, 32, 1-11. 

Perez, H. (2000). Generational Conflicts in Raining Backwards by Roberto G. Fernandez. Arkansas Philological Association, 26 No. 2, 33-34. 

Perez, H. (2000). Generational Conflicts in Raining Backwards by Roberto G. Fernandez. Arkansas Philological Association, 26 No. 2, 33-44. 

Lopez Cruz, H. (1999). Going Under and Raining Backwards: Una lectura de enfrentamiento en el proceso de asimilacion dentro de la sociedad estadounidense. Journal of the Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies, 31, 85-91. 

Lopez Cruz, H. (1999). Humor e hiperbole en Raining Backwards y Going Under. Encuentro, 14, 163-169. 

Deaver, W. (1998). Intimate Dwellings: Meditation on Shelter and Sheltered Meditations in Roberto G. Fernandez's Coquina House. Romance Languages Annual, 10 No.2, 529-533. 

Deaver, W. (1998). From Polyglossia to Disglossia: Defining Chronotape, Authority, and Subversion in Raining Backwards i. Romance Languages Annual, 9, 448-452. 

Perez, H. (1998). Memories of Cuba in Roberto G. Fernandez's Raining Backwards. Arkansas Philological Society, 24 No. 2, 47-57. 

Deaver, W. (1996). The Prodigal Son in the Structure of Raining Backwards, Crazy Love and Latin Jazz. Americas Review, 24 Nos. 3-4, 179-190. 

Deaver, W. (1996). Menippean Satire and Skaz in Raining Backwards. Confluencia, 12, 168-177. 

Deaver, W. (1995). Raining Backwards: Stylization and Mimicry. Romance Languaes Annual, 7, 446-449. 

Lopez Cruz, H. (1995). A Technological Novelty in Raining Backwards: The Creation of Virtual Reality. Americas Review, 24 Nos. 3-4, 191-200. 

Leon, J. (1994). A Connecticut Yankee in Cuban Miami: Reflections on the Meaning of Underdevelopment and Cultural Change. Michigan Quarterly, 33 No. 4, 690-701. 

Deaver, W. (1994). Raining Backwards: Colonization and the Death of Culture. Americas Review, 21 No. 1, 112-118. 

Deaver, W. (1993). Raining Backwards: Colonization and the Death of a Culture.". Americas Review, 21 No. 1, 112-118. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1992). El pretexto de la parodia o la parodia del pre-texto:en torno a un capitulo de Raining Bacwards. Hispania, 75 No. 1, 69-77. 

Ingried Kerk Hoff. (1992). Jenseits Von Eskapismus Und Politisher Schmährede: Cubanisch-Amerikanishe Literatur Auf Der Suche Nach Neuen Stimmen. Gulliver, 32 No. 2, 32-45. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1991). The Fantastic and the Grotesque in the Fiction of Roberto G. Fernandez. Confluencia, 6 No. 1, 75-82. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1991). Sobre intenciones e intuiciones: la desnaturalización de textos en Raining Backwards. MIFLC, 1, 159-169. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1991). La persistencia del carnaval en la narrativa de Roberto G. Fernandez". Bilingual Review, 13 No. 3, 80-86. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1991). Family, Generation, and Gender in Two Novels of Cuban Exile: into Mainstream?". Bilingual Review, 16 No. 1, 23-34. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1990). Parody, Intertexuality and Cultural Values in Roberto G. Fernandez's "Raining Backward. Americas Review, 18 No. 2, 92-102. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1990). Musing on Humor. Cuban Heritage, 2 No. 1, 43-46. 

Reviewer. (1989). Raining Backwards. Apalachee Quarterly, 31, -. 

Reviewer. (1989). Raining Backwards. River City Review, 2 No. 4, -. 

Reviewer. (1989). La Montaña Rusa. Lector, 20 No 2, 87. 

Reviewer. (1989). Raining Backwards. The Net, 1 No. 3-4, -. 

Reviewer. (1988). Raining Backwards. Publishers Weekly, 96. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1987). Risa, Crisis y Coronación Paródico: Lo Carnavalesco en La Vida Es Un Special". Confluencia, 3 No. 1, 123-127. 

Reviewer. (1987). La Montaña Rusa. Hispania, 70 No. 1, 103-104. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1986). Polifonía y Heterogeneidad Lingüística en La Vida Es Un Special. Americas Review, 14 No. 1, 51-60. 

Reviewer. (1986). La Montaña Rusa. Linden Lane, 5 No. 1, 35. 

Reviewer. (1985). La Vida Es Un Special. Critica Hispanica, 7 No. 2, 175-176. 

Reviewer. (1984). La Vida Es Un Special. Circulo, 13, 136-137. 

Reviewer. (1984). La Vida Es Un Special. Hispania, 67 No. 2, 315. 

Reviewer. (1983). La Vida Es Un Special. Lector, 12 No. 2, 41. 

Reviews Appearing in Books or Monographs

Febles, J. (2017). Resonancias y disonancias: Roberto G. Fernandez y Gustavo Pérez Firmat. In Jorge Febles (Ed.), Revisiones Lecturas heterogéneas de textos cubanos (pp. 182-258). Valencia: Aduana Vieja Editorial. 

Febles, J. (2017). Recuperación Histórica e Invención de la Memoria: La Parodia de lo Noir en El Príncipe y la Bella Cubana, de Roberto Fernandez. In Forero Quintero, Gustavo (Ed.), Memoria de crímenes: Literatura, medios audiovisuales y testimonio (pp. 197-220). Medellín, Colombia: Universidad de Antioquia. 

de Posada, D. (2011). Operational (Hyper)realities in Exilic Labyrinth: Roberto G. Fernandez's Construction and Destruction of Identity through Parodic Simulacra. In De Rosa, Robin (Ed.), Simulation in Media and Culture (pp. 187-197). Lanham: Lexington Books. 

Deaver, W. (2010). Three Waves of Immigration Waving (Wavene) the Flag of Patriotic Fervor. In Paolo A. Giordano (Ed.), The Hyphenate Writer and the Legacy of Exile (pp. 67-84). New York: Bordighera Press. 

Helmick, G. (2009). Cuban Revisionist Historiography and the Poetics of Transculturation in Roberto G. Fernández ́s La vida es un special $1.50 .75. In Archival Dissonance in the Cuban Post-Exile Historical Novel (Dissertation) (pp. 38-129). Austin: University of Texas. 

Del Rio, E. (2008). Conversations with Cuban-American Writers. In One Island Many Voices (pp. 32-38). Tucson:University of Arizona Press. 

Graziadei, D. (2008). Raining Backwards. In McOndo, Crack und Avant-Pop :The Adventures of Lucky Pierre von Robert Coover, und Raining Backwards von Roberto G. Fernandez als Vertreter Gemischtsprachiger Literatur (pp. Book). Frankfurt: Verlag. 

Alvarez Borland, I. (2007). Escaping the Humors. In Jorge Gracia, Lynette Bosch, & Isabel Alvarez Borland (Eds.), Identity, Memory, and Diaspora (pp. 164-172). New York: Suny Press. 

Ortiz, R. (2007). Diaspora and Disappearance. In Cultural Erotics in Cuban America (pp. 14-19, 21, 91, 178). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 

Sesnic, J. (2007). Diasporic identities: breaking and re-making ethnicity. In From Shadow to Presence: Representations of Ethnicity in Contemporary American Literature (pp. 185-214). Amsterdam: Rodopi. 

Montes, M. (2006). Treacherous Pilgrimages: Identity and Travel in Roberto G. Fernandez's The Augustflower. In Proceedings of the Florida College English Association (pp. 218-227). New Castle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. 

Montes, R. (2006). Memory and trauma in Roberto Fernandez's Raining backwards. In Generational Traumas in Cotemporary Cuban American Literature: Making Places (pp. 73-110). Mellen Press. 

Alvarez, S. (2006). Literary Transculturation in Latino United States: An Analysis of Language in the Works of Tato Laviera and Roberto G. Fernandez. In Dissertation. University of Oklahoma. 

Fernandez, R. G. (2006). Roberto G. Fernandez. In Joseph Flora, & Amber Vogel (Eds.), Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary (pp. 468). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 

Irizarry, G. (2004). Latino and Latina Writers: Roberto G. Fernandez. In Alan West-Duran, Maria Herrera-Sobek, & Cesar Salgado (Eds.), Latino and Latina Writers (pp. 591-611). New York: Scribner's. 

Rivero, R. (2004). Janus Identities. In Janus Identities and Forked Tongues: Two Caribbean Writers in the United States (pp. book). New York: Peter Lang. 

Sommer, D. (2004). Choose and Loose. In Bilingual Aesthetics (pp. 1-2, 15, 52). Durham and London: Duke University Press. 

Dominguez, M. (2003). La vision esperpentica del exilio cubano en Raining Backwards. In Alonso Gallo, & Fabio Murrieta (Eds.), Guayaba Sweet: Literatura Cubana en los Estados Unidos (pp. 115-131). Cadiz: Aduana Vieja. 

Febles, J. (2003). La trayectoria creadora de Roberto G. Fernandez: Modelo de estatismo ideologico y excentricidad linguistita en las letras cubanoamericanas. In Alonso Gallo, & Fabio Murrieta (Eds.), Guayaba Sweet (pp. 281-301). Cadiz: Aduana Vieja. 

?. (2000). Roberto G. Fernandez. In Bernd Engler, & Kurk Muller (Eds.), Metzier Lexicon Amerikanischer Autoren. Stuttgart: Verlag. 

Smorkaloff, P. M. (1999). Canon and Diaspora: "Memories of the Future". In Cuban Writers On And Off The Island (pp. 51-56, 82). New York: Twayne Publishers. 

Pignataro, M. (1998). Roberto G. Fernández y Guillermo Reyes: Posmodernismo latinoesdounidense" M.A. Thesis. In M.A. Thesis (pp. -). Arizona State University. 

Alvarez Borland, I. (1998). Contrasting Visions of Community. In Cuban-American Literature of Exile From Person to Persona (pp. 97-106). Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. 

Christie, J. S. (1998). Carnival and "a department store called America". In Latino Fiction and the Modernist Imagination (pp. Chapter 5). New York: Gardland. 

Deaver, W. (1997). Holy Radishes! Image is Everything. In Lemuel Berry (Ed.), NHLS Bringing the World Together (pp. 218-229). Ann Arbor: Univerisyt of Michigan. 

Reviewer. (1997). Holy Radishes! / American Literature. In Encyclopedia Americana Yearbook 1996 (pp. -). Danbury: Connecticut. 

Binder, W., & Helmbrecht, B. (1995). Roberto G. Fernandez. In Wolfgang Binder, & Breinig Helmbrecht (Eds.), American Contradictions: Interviews with Nine American Writers (pp. 138-150). Hanover: University Presses of New England. 

Binder, W. (1995). Roberto G. Fernandez. In American Contradictions (pp. 1-18). Hanover: Wesleyan University Press. 

Wolfgang Binder. (1994). Roberto G. Fernandez. In Wolfgang Binder, & Breining Helmbrecht (Eds.), Facing America: Multikulturelle Literatur (pp. 215-236). Zurich: Rotpunktverlag. 

Febles, J. (1993). English and Spanish Pop Songs as Part of Character Speech: Cultural Hybridity in Roberto G. Fernandez's Raining Backwards. In Helen Ryan-Ranson (Ed.), Imagination, Emblems and Expressions (pp. 35-48). Bowling Green: Popular Press. 

Mary S. Vasquez. (1992). Gender in Exile: Mothers and Daughters in Roberto G. Fernandez's Raining Backwards. In Whitlark & Aycock (Ed.), The Literature of Emigration and Exile. Texas Tech University Press. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1991). Parody, Intertexuality and Cultural Values in Roberto G. Fernandez's "Raining Backwards. In David Bevan (Ed.), Literature and Exile (pp. 67-76). Rodopi. 

Reviewer. (1989). Raining Backwards/ American Literature. In Encyclopedia Americana 1988 Yearbook (pp. 333-334, 336). Danbury, Connecticut. 

Reviews Appearing in Magazines or Newsletters

Reviewer. (1996, July). Holy Radishes! Hispanic Magazine, -. 

Perez Firmat, G. (1996, April). Holy Radishes! Encuentro, 1, -. 

Reviewer. (1996, February). Critic Choice: Holy Radishes! Orlando Sentinel, -. 

Reviewer. (1995, December). Holy Radishes! El Nuevo Herald, -. 

Reviewer. (1990, May). Exiliados on Main Street. The Village Voice, 85-96. 

Reviewer. (1989, September). Raining Backwards. The Palm Beach Post, 3-L. 

Reviewer. (1989, March). Raining Backwards. Hispanic, 47. 

Reviewer. (1989, January). Raining Backwards. USA Today, 5-D. 

Hallifax, J. (1988, December). The Voice of a Cuban Baby Boomer. Associated Press National Release, -. 

Reviewer. (1988, December). Raining Backwards. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4-D. 

Reviewer. (1988, December). Raining Backwards. The St. Petersburg Time, 7-D. 

Reviewer. (1988, December). Raining Backwards. The Albuquerque Journal, -. 

Reviewer. (1988, October). Raining Backwards. Orlando Sentinel, F-6. 

Reviewer. (1988, October). Exploring the Myths. Vista Magazine, 13. 

Reviewer. (1988, September). Raining Backwards. Vista Magazine, 17. 

Reviewer. (1988, September). A Novel Approach. The Miami Herald, 1C-3C. 

Andrei Codrescu. (1988, August). Raining Backwards. The New York Times Book Review, -. 

Reviewer. (1988, April). Raining Backwards. San Francisco Chronicle, -. 

Reviewer. (1987, March). La Montaña Rusa. La Republica, 21. 

Reviewer. (1984, June). La Vida Es Un Special. El Debate, 8. 

Reviewer. (1982, October). La Vida Es Un Special. Diario Las Americas, 5, 17. 

Reviews Appearing on a Web Site

Barradas, E. (2014). La historia desde el humor. 80grados. 

Febles, J. (2014). El principe y la bella cubana: última novela de Roberto G. Fernández. Cubaencuentro. 

Perez Firmat, G. (2014). De Sagua a la Saguesera. Diario de Cuba. 

Additional Research or Original Creative Work Not Reported Elsewhere

Fernandez, R. G. (1996). Stage Adaptation of Raining Backwards. Theater of the Body Festival New York, New York. 

Fernandez, R. G. (1988). Stage Adaptation of Raining Backwards. Bridge Theater. 

Service

Florida State University

FSU University Service

The Grievance Committee panel hears grievances brought to its attention by university faculty, Grievance Committee (2014–present).

Coordination, student interviews, new courses, Certificate in Medical Interpreting/together with School of Medicine and Communications (2013–present).

To determine the scope of alleged academic honor violations, Academic Honor Panel (2014).

-, Kingsbury Award Selection Committee (2002–2004).

-, Library Committee (2001).

Award for research, COFRS Selection Committee (1999–2000).

Member, Junior College Articulation (1985–1988).

FSU College Service

Director, Director Latin American and Caribbean Studies (2000–2002).

FSU Department Service

Coordinate with School of Medicine and School of Communications classes for this certificate, Certificate Medical Interpreting (2013–present).

Selection of presenters for different divisions, Lecture Series Committee (1998–present).

Promotion and Tenure of deserving faculty, Promotion and Tenure Committee (1986–present).

Selection Committee Member, Winthrop King Fellowship Committee (2007–2011).

Coordinator of the Spanish Division, Coordinator (2008–2010).

Student Advisor, Advisor Basic Studies Program (1983–1989).

FSU Institute or Center Service

Faculty, International Programs Valencia Summer Program (2012).

Faculty, International Programs Valencia Summer Program (2011).

Faculty, International Programs Florence Study Center (1988).

Director, International Programs Costa Rica Summer Program (1988).

Director, International Programs Costa Rica Summer Program (1984).

The Profession

Editor for Refereed Journals

Editorial Board, Anales Literarios (1995–1996).

Contributing Editor, Americas Review (1990–1994).

Associate Editor, Hispanic Journal (1992–1994).

Reviewer or Panelist for Grant Applications

National Endowment for the Arts (1991–present).

National Endowment for the Humanities (1992).

Florida Arts Council (1989–1991).

Interviews

Interviewer. (1998, October). Works of Roberto G. Fernandez. Public Broadcastig System [Television/ Channel 17 Miami, Florida]. 

Interviewer. (1993, June). Florida Writers. National Public Radio [Radio]. 

Interviewer. (1990, March). Your Works in Perspective. Michigan Public Radio [Radio]. 

Interviewer. (1988, October). Your recent novel, Raining Backwards. Channel 6 [Television Tallahassee, Florida]. 

Interviewer. (1988, September). Raining Backwards. Florida Public Radio [Radio]. 

Interviewer. (1985, March). Scope of your works in Spanish. Public Broadcasting System [Radio KPFT Houston, Texas]. 

Service to Other Universities

Faculty Evaluator Promotion and Tenure, University of Kentucky (2004).