critical biography of Dominican Figure

Students will choose a Dominican individual or person born in colonial Santo Domingo (SALOME URENA is the Dominican figure) whose life represents or intersects with the themes and topics discussed in our course. The chosen historical individual must have been born prior to 1880. For their term paper, students will research the individual and create a critical biography that goes beyond the mere facts of the individual’s life and begin to consider how the individual has been portrayed in history, what role they played within the social development of Dominican society, and how we can understand their life as representative of the historical moment in which they lived.

Term papers must be approximately 8-10 pages (between 2,000 – 2,500 words). All papers must provide at least 5 secondary sources in APA citation style. These sources can include books, book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, encyclopedia entries, academic research reports, archival sources, or .org/.edu websites.