Talks & Presentations
Over the course of her career, Dr. Patricia Herrera has given numerous talks, presentations, and workshops.
Featured Talks —
Click on the above video watch Dr. Herrera’s TedxTalk.
Road Trip in Search of America
Patricia Herrera was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY as the proud daughter of garment workers who emigrated from Ecuador. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Richmond. Patricia researches U.S. Latinx cultural productions, including visual art and theater performance. She is also an artist and educator who uses theater to promote social justice. In her TEDxRVAWomen talk, Patricia takes us on a road trip through the eyes of the 1st generation girl she was, the woman she would like her daughter to be and the role that dramatic arts, such as Lin Manuel’s Hamilton, can play in the formation of identity.
Featured Discussions —
Selected Talks & Presentations
2022
Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond
March 23 | Camp Concert Hall
A screening and panel discussion about the collaborative process of creating the bilingual dance film Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not be Moved.
2021
Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond
January 20 | New York University
March 10 | University of Richmond
A conversation with with Alicia Díaz about the collaborative process of creating the bilingual dance film Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not be Moved.
Knowledge of This Cannot Be Hidden
March 3 | University of Richmond
October 20 | University of Richmond
A conversation about Knowledge of this Cannot Be Hidden with Alicia Díaz. In what ways can we use the arts to incite conversation about the grounds we walk on? How can we use the arts to honor those who stewarded the land we inhabit?
Forum on Race and Representation in Theatre Publication
March 6 | Southeastern Theatre Conference
A panel discussion with with Shannon Epplett, co-facilitated by Tiza Garland and Greg Carr, about how theatre journals and organizations can more rigorously integrate inclusivity and equity practices in their publication and programming process.
2020
Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond
September 17 | ICA @ VCU
October 21 | Moderated by MK Abadoo
A conversation with with Alicia Díaz about the collaborative process of creating the bilingual dance film Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not be Moved.
Historical Context Panel
September 6 | San Diego Repertory Theatre
Latinx New Play Festival
This panel, moderated by Dr. Jade Power-Sotomayor, focused on a number of topics including how new technologies were integrated into theatre in the past, anti-racist practices across the field, colorism within Latinx theatre, and how women’s voices claimed space in Latinx theatre in the 80s and 90s.
2019
History is Happening:
Understanding Hamilton
November 17 | University of Richmond
University of Richmond professors Kevin Cherry (Political Science), Patricia Herrera (Theatre), and Samantha Seeley (History) discussed how Hamilton, the person and musical, has transformed America's historical imagination with the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, Richmond Performing Arts Alliance, and Partners in the Arts.
From Dartmouth Alum to Faculty of Color
October 4 | Dartmouth College
How the Liberal Arts Help Diversify the Profession
Dartmouth alumni who graduated within the last 50 years—who pursued careers in academia—discuss the challenges they faced as students of color at Dartmouth, where they found support on campus, and how the Liberal Arts curriculum has contributed to their professional achievements and successes.
A Latinx Testimonio of Motherhood in Academia
March 18 | Virginia Commonwealth University
March 20 | University of Richmond
March 27 | James Madison University
April 17 | University of Maryland Baltimore County
This book documents the lived experiences of women of color academics who have leveraged their professional positions to challenge the status quo in their scholarship, teaching, service, activism, and leadership.
2018
Listening to Sonic Labor: Virginia Rep’s In the Heights
October | University of North Carolina
Co-Presented with Dr. Maci McMahon
Closely listening to The Virginia Repertory Theater’s production of Lin Manuel-Miranda’s In the Heights, Dr. Marci McMahon and Dr. Herrera examine how the sound disrupts white supremacy through various forms of sonic labor.
Listening to Hamilton
October 22 | University of Richmond
In this discussion, with Prof. Joanna Love’s SSIR class Popular Music and the Margins, we listen to how Lin Manuel-Miranda uses hip-hop to narrate the story of a founding father and trace the audible silence of black people haunting the audiences today.
From Hamilton to the National Parks
October 18 | Shepherd’s Center of Richmond
Dr. Herrera takes us on a road trip through the eyes of the 1st generation girl she was, the woman she would like her daughter to be and the role that dramatic arts, such as Lin Manuel’s Hamilton, can play in the formation of identity.