César Colón Montijo Email & Phone Number

Valencia, Es

• 15+ years writing independently about music and popular culture for publications such as 80 Grados, Mayagüez Sabe a Mangó, and Antilla News.• 8 years working as independent editor and writer with publishers in Puerto Rico and Venezuela. 4 books published + 1 book forthcoming in 2022 + 1 manuscript in preparation for 2023.• 3 years working as story consultant for the documentary film, Bartolo (director, Leandro Fabrizi Ríos).

I mentor high school students on independent research projects.

Princeton, Nj

• 2 book manuscripts completed and 2 articles published in leading academic journals• Designed and taught 2 undergraduate seminars - Music and Migration in the Caribbean, and Puerto Ricans Under U.S. Empire: Memory, Diaspora, and Resistance,• Advised 3 undergraduate students working on their senior theses

Greater New York City Area

• 8 years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in Puerto Rico, Panamá, Venezuela, and New York• Taught and designed syllabi for 5 undergraduate courses in the Department of Music and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race• Directed the 2018 Office of Academic Diversity Summer Research Program – designed daily programming for 17 undergraduate students, supervised 6 doctoral students working as instructors, and wrote program assessment portfolio • Designed and lead the inaugural Office of Academic Diversity Research Collective – wrote program description, evaluated applications and lead interviews alongside the Assistant Dean of Academic Diversity, co-organized the inaugural OAD Research Symposium, and wrote assessment portfolio

Puerto Rico

I co-researched and wrote the musical documentary "Sonó Sonó… Tite Curet",​ which portrays the life and work of salsa’s utmost composer. The film two Suncoast Emmy Awards in 2012.

Puerto Rico

Produced a daily news program, a narrative journalism series of 5 one-hour programs, and a literature-centered interviews show between 2005 and 2007. Then, co-produced and co-hosted a two hour weekly salsa radio show from 2007 to 2011.

Puerto Rico

Designed syllabi and taught undergraduate seminar about online journalism and documentary film.

Puerto Rico

I taught and designed syllabi for 4 undergraduate courses in the Department of Communications, from entry level classes to advanced journalism writing seminars. Courses:Introduction to Mass Communication Theory; Journalistic Genres: Writing Hard News, Feature Articles, Columns, and Profiles; Reading and Writing the Journalistic/Literary Chronicle

Puerto Rico

I worked as general producer, researcher and writer of 9 one-hour documentaries produced by Zona Franca, our small independent production house, for the Public Broadcasting Station in Puerto Rico. In charge of production design and coordination, research design and execution, scriptwriting, interviews, and marketing of films.

Puerto Rico

Published bi-weekly columns in the opinion section of El Nuevo Día, newspaper of record in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico

I produced and reported short journalistic pieces about culture & art for daily TV program aired by WIPR Channel 6, the Public Broadcasting Station in Puerto Rico.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Musicology And Ethnomusicology

Master’S Degree, Anthropology & Audiovisual Communications

Masters Thesis: Represento. Short Documentary Film.

Bachelor’S Degree, Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs, 3.84 Gpa