Antonio Medina-Rivera, Professor of Spanish and Linguistics. Originally from Caguas, Puerto Rico, Dr. Medina-Rivera received his BA in Hispanic Studies from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. His MA is from SUNY at Stony Brook, and PhD from University of Southern California. Dr. Medina-Rivera's fields of study include sociolinguistics and cultural studies with special emphasis on Spanish in the US, stylistic variation, food and literature, Rosario Ferré, and US Latino writers. He is the Director of Cultural Crossings, the coordinator of the Symposium Crossing Over, and the director of the Linguistics Program.