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In 2005, Matos Rodríguez took a leave from CUNY to go home to Puerto Rico for a job as chief adviser to the governor on health and social welfare issues. A year later, he was named
Cabinet Secretary of the Department of Family Services, a post in which he managed an annual budget of $ 2.3 billion and
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ranked the school 11th of all U.S. colleges for upward social and economic mobility. Increasing diversity among faculty and senior administrative staff was another key element of Matos Rodríguez's tenure at Queens. Under his presidential hiring initiative, nearly 65 percent of new faculty hires came
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country's oldest and largest Latino research archives. Matos Rodríguez has published numerous books and peer-reviewed journal articles on Puerto Rican history and culture, including a volume that examined Puerto Ricans in New York City in the first half of the 20th century. He received the
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Gutmann, Matthew C. Perspectives on Las Américas: A Reader in
Culture, History, & Representation. Edited by Félix Matos Rodríguez, Lynn Stephen, and Patricia Zavella. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2003.
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Rodríguez, Félix Matos. Editor. A Nation of Women: An Early
Feminist Speaks Out / Mi Opinión Sobre Las Libertades, Derechos Y Deberes De La Mujer. By Luisa Capetillo. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 2005.
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Rodríguez, Félix Matos. “$ 46,432 vs. $ 372 -- Community
Colleges and Philanthropic Support.” HuffPost. July 28, 2013. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/46432-vs-372-community-co_b_3346305.
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Haslip-Vieira, Gabriel, Angelo Falcón, Félix Matos Rodríguez. Boricuas in Gotham: Puerto Ricans in the Making of Modern New York City. Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener, 2005.
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Rodríguez, Félix Matos. “Celebrating 45 Years of Hostos
Community College.” HuffPost. June 23, 2013. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hostos-community-college_b_3139172.
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Rodríguez, Félix Matos. Women and Urban Change in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1820–1868. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1999.
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