Palmira N Rios González, Dean of Academic Affairs (2015-2016) of Recinto de Río Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, and interim Dean of Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico. She earned her MA in Caribbean Studies from Fisk University, and her Ph.D. from Yale University. Over the years she has served on numerous boards and commissions for civil and human rights, including the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission, which she chaired for four years; Coordinator of the Academic Team of the Special Council to Address Social Inequality in Puerto Rico; and as a member of the International Coordinating Committee of the 3rd World Conference Against Racism (Durban 2001). She is one of the founders of Instituto Puertorriqueño de Estudios en Raza e Identidad (IPERI). She has also written and edited numerous publications, including Contrapunto de género y raza en Puerto Rico (2005).
