1991 PhD, Sociology, University of California Los Angeles
1986 M.A., Sociology, University of California Los Angeles
1970 B.A., Communications, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1968 A.A., Liberal Arts, Northeastern Jr. College, Sterling, CO

2015-2016 
Grants for Alternative Spring Break ($7,000)    

2011-2014 
Dean of Faculty Grant, Alternative Spring Break W/ Farm Workers 
Weeekly Partnership Day Laborer Encuentros

2010    
Glikbarg Foundation Grant for Pitzer/Day Laborer Partnership ($5,000)

2009      
Glikbarg Foundation Grant for Pitzer/Day Laborer Partnership ($5,000)

2008      
Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage grant ($1800)
Renewal: Glikbarg Foundation Grant, ($5,000)

2007     
City of Pomona Grant for Pomona Economic Opportunity Center ($170,000)
Renewal of  Glikbarg Foundation Grant, “Pitzer and Pomona Day Labor Center Partnership,” $5,000

2006     
Glikbarg Foundation, “Pitzer and Pomona Day Labor Center Partnership” $5,000

2005     
Liberty Hill Grant: “Health Initiatives Through Capacity Building” $17,000
                       
2003     
“La Paz de Cesar Chavez:  The Farmworkers’ Social Movement, Cesar Chavez
Day of Service Learning, Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism,” (funded for $19,000)

Pomona Day Labor Center Health Project funded by California Endowment ($10,000)

City of Pomona grant for Pomona Economic Opportunity Center
(Board of Directors funded for $160,000)

2002   
Coordinator for ASA “Minority Opportunities School Transformation” Project
Grant proposal, City of Pomona for Day Labor Center (Board of Directors CDBG Grant funded for $38,000))
Pitzer Salathe Fund ($3,000)
UFW Alternative Spring Break grants from CCCSI ($500), Dean of Faculty ($2,000)

2001   
Grant Proposal, City of Pomona Day Labor Center (CDBG Grant funded For $35,000, 6/01)                 
                       
2000   
Academic Initiatives Grant to bring Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Memorial ($7,000)
UFW Alternative Spring Break grant, CCCSI ($500)
Grant from California Endowment for development of day labor center health referral program ($15,000)
Emergency grant for day labor center, City of Pomona ($15,000)
CCCSI Grant for Day Labor Center Partnership ($5,000 stipend donated to the Pomona day labor center)
Grant from Edison International for English Language Program, Pomona Day Labor Center ($10,000)

1999   
Grant written and funded for ASA MOST Program to advance research initiatives with Sociology students ($19,500)
Social Responsibility Committee member for a year to develop a paper that laid the foundation for a Pitzer development proposal that led to funding for the establishment of the California Center for Community and Social Issues by the Irvine and Keck foundations 
                       
1998   
Helped develop and write a proposal to the Pomona City Council for a day labor center in Pomona (funded for $50,000)
Salathe Fund Grant to bring Los Angeles musicians, poets, artists ($3500)
Grant (along with Sally Raskoff and Joe Parker), Academic Events Committee, for a forum series, “New Directions in Pedagogy”  ($3500)
Grant, Pomona Dean of Faculty, for a teatro production, “The Adventures of Connie Chancla” ($5,000)

1997   
Research and Awards Grant for UFW Alternative Spring Break ($1250)

1996   
Rockefeller Foundation Grant to cover expenses, Meeting of Los Angeles County Latino Leaders ($500)
Summer Fellowship in the Social Sciences ($1400)
Campus Compact grant for Service Learning ($800)
Breakaway Alternative Spring Break grants for UFW Spring Break ($1,000) and for a summer training workshop, two Pitzer students ($500)
Ford Foundation “Ism” project proposal involving 20 Pitzer college students for a class on video documentary and campus diversity
Printed Word Fund grant for a series on “Language Rights and the Effects of English Only”  ($4500)

1995   
Irvine Enterprise Award to develop a class connecting students to community-based issues ($4,000)
Breakaway Spring Break Grant for development of “Urban Ethnic Movements” class to involve students with farm workers ($1,000)
Consultant on developing a Campus Diversity Initiative Grant to make arts and culture an integral component of campus diversity work, Ford Foundation (6/25/95)
           
1994   
“Addressing Conflict in the Schools” grant to train teachers and community leaders in conflict mediation, Southern California Edison ($65,000 for three years)
American Sociological Association “Minority Opportunity School Transformation” proposal (Pitzer accepted as one of eighteen colleges in the nation)

1993   
“Cooperative Coalition Building in a Multi-Ethnic School District,” Pitzer College Faculty Research and Development Grant
Campus Compact Grant, “Ethnic Conflict and Models of Multi-Ethnic Cooperation in the Alhambra School District,” ($8,000)
Edison International grant, “Conflict Resolution Training Program,” ($10,000)

1992   
“Conflict and Alliance: Multi-Ethnic Coalition-Building in a Southern California School District,” Faculty Research and Development Grant “Faculty Curriculum Development in Chicano Studies,” Pitzer College Dean’s Grant, Summer, 1992.  (funded for 8 faculty at $2,000 each plus $200 book stipend)
Liberty Hill Foundation, “Multi-Ethnic Task Force and Conflict Resolution Development,” ($4,000)

1991   
Research Assistant in the Policy Unit of the Chicano Studies Research Center

1990   
Research and Writing, Chicano Studies Curriculum Development Proposal, UCLA Office of Instructional Development (funded $40,000)

1989   
Co-Writer Research Assistant, Ford Foundation Changing Relations National Ethnographic Research project on Changing Relations ($100,000)

1988   
Co-Writer Research Assistant, UCLA Institute of American Cultures Grant, “The Politics of Ethnicity in Monterey Park ($10,000)

“Mexican Americans in a Multi-Ethnic Community: The Case of Monterey
Park, 1986-1990, Department of Sociology, University of California Los Angeles , 1991.

PUBLICATIONS:

Lessons From an Activist Intellectual: Teaching Research, and Organizing for Social
Change.  Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2015.

“The Commonalities in Our Past Transform Pedagogy for the Future,” in Tessa Hicks Peterson, ed., The Pitzer College 50th Anniversary Engaged Faculty Collection: Community Engagement and Activist Scholarship, Claremont, CA, Pitzer College, 2014.

 ”Latin@s and Social Movements in the Obama Years,” in Camino Real Journal, vol. 5, no. 8 (2013).

“Building on the Legacy of Cesar Chavez,” Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, March 27, 2014

“Latin@s and Social Movements in the Obama Years,” Camino Real Journal, 5:8 (2013) 141-157.

“Toward an Economic Justice Plan in Pomona,” Daily Bulletin, September 6, 2013.

“Perspective-Taking as a Tool for Building Democratic Societies.” (Republished) Community Works Journal, March 2013.

“Toward Education That Advances Democracy, (Republished) Somos en Escrito Literary Magazine, Feb, 2013.

“Affirmative Action Must Remain Part of College Admissions Policies,” Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,June 28, 2013.

“Challenges for Pro-Immigrant Coalitions,” San Gabriel Valley Tribune, May 23, 2013.   

 “One Activist Intellectual’s Experience in Surviving and Transforming the Academy,”
 in Transforming the Ivory Tower: Critical Analyses of Sexism, Homophobia, and Racism
 in the Academy, edited by Mary Danico and Brett Stockdill, University of Hawaii Press, 2012.

“Civic Engagement:  A Tool for Building Democracy,”  Teacher Education and Practice, Vol. 24, No.3, (Summer, 2011).

Review Global Capitalist Crisis and the Second Great Depression by Armando Navarro, in Latinopia.com  (April 2, 2012).

“Perspective-Taking as a Tool for Building Democratic Societies.” Diversity & Democracy, vol.14, no. 1 (Winter, 2011).

 “Meaning of Independence Involves Justice, Equality.” Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, September 16, 2010. 

 “Unity or Division in 59th Assembly,” Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, October 24, 2010.

Review Mexican Migration and the U. S. Economic Crisis: A Transnational Perspective, edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, David Fitzgerald, Pedro Lewin Fischer, and Leah Muse-Orlinoff in Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, July, 2010.
“Blaming Immigrants During Downturns,” Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, March 30, 2010.
“Policies Erode Support for Obama,” Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, January 5, 2010.
 “Restructuring State Government,” Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,  July 30, 2009.
“Martin Luther King’s Legacy: A Movement of Common People,” Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, 1/24/2009.

“Inclusive Immigration Reform” in Innovation and Equity: Transforming America, MIT Community Innovator’s Lab, November, 2008.

“Lessons From An Activist Intellectual: Participatory Research, Teaching, and Learning for Social Change” in Ethnic Studies Research: Approaches and Perspectives.  Timothy P. Fong (ed.) Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2008.  (Formerly published in Latin American Perspectives 134:31)

“Partnership in Teaching and Learning: Combining Critical Pedagogy with Civic Engagement and Diversity” and “Connecting Classroom Pedagogies to Community-Based Service Learning” in Diversity and Democracy: Civic Learning for Shared Futures, Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring, 2008.

“Identifying With The Legacy of Cesar Chavez” and “An Unjust War Finds and Unjust War at Home” in Voices From the Margins Literary Magazine, Center for Asian Pacific American Students, Issue 6, Spring, 2008.  (Reprint)

“Debate Over Checkpoints in Pomona,”  Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, 6/4/2008.       
 “Operation Return to Sender: A Historical Pattern of Immigration Raids,” in Relay Magazine, Toronto, Canada, No. 18, July, August, 2007.

Race, Poverty, and Social Justice: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning.  Editor.  Herndon, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2007.

“Linking Critical Democratic Pedagogy, Multiculturalism, and Service Learning to a
Project-Based Approach” in Race, Poverty, and Social Justice. Calderon (ed.)
Co-authored with Gilbert Cadena.  Herndon, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2007

“Operation Return to Sender: A Historical Pattern of Immigration Raids,” Relay Magazine, Open Door Press, Winnipeg, Canada, July/August, 2007.

“Rose M. Calderon” in Latinas in the U. S.: A Historical Encyclopedia. edited by Vickie L. Ruiz and Virginia Sanchez Korral, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006.

Syllabi and Instructional Materials for Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies in Sociology, Sixth edition (edited with Gilda Ochoa),  American Sociological Association Teaching Resource Center, 2006

“Lessons From An Activist Intellectual: Participatory Research, Teaching, and Learning For Social Change,”  Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 31, No. 1, Jan., 2004.

Review of Shifting Borders, Rhetoric, Immigration, and California’s Proposition 187 by Kent A. Ono and John M. Sloop in Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, Vol. 33, No. 1, January, 2004.

“Partnership in Teaching and Learning: Combining the Practice of Critical Pedagogy With Civic Engagement and Diversity,” in Peer Review, American Association of Colleges and Universities, Spring 2003.

“Organizing Immigrant Workers:  Action Research and Strategies in the Pomona Day Labor Center” (with Suzanne Foster and Silvia Rodriguez) in Latino Los Angeles, Edited by Enrique C. Ochoa and Gilda Laura Ochoa,  Arizona State University Press, 2004.

 Resource Materials Manual for Teaching Latino/a Sociology, (edited with Gilda Ochoa),  American Sociological Association Teaching Resource Center, 2003.

“Inclusion or Exclusion: One Immigrant’s Experience and Perspective of a Multicultural Society,”  Minority Voices: Linking Personal Ethnic History and the Sociological Imagination.  Ed John Myers. Boston:  Allyn & Bacon, 2004: 106-120.

“Pomona’s Day Labor Center Addresses Needs of Community,” (With Francisco Suarez), Los Angeles Times Inland Valley Section (28 January 2002): A4.   

“Acordandome de Cesar Chavez.”  In America 2002, (Marzo, 2002): 10, 11.

“Suits Peril Last of Affirmative Action in Education.”  In Newsday (March 21, 2001).

Review of Between Two Nations:  The Political Predicament of Latinos in New York City by Michael Jones –Correa in Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, Vol. 29, No. 3, May, 2000. 

 “A Break of Consciousness.” In Educational Foundations: An Anthology, edited by Roselle K. Chartock. 78 – 82 New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2000.

Interview by Sandra Enos.  “A Multicultural and Critical Perspective on Teaching Through Community.” In Cultivating the Sociological Imagination: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Sociology, edited by James Ostrow, Gary Hesser, and Sandra Enos. Washington, D. C.: American Association of Higher Education American Sociological Association, 1999.

“One Participant’s View of Cuba,”  Critical Sociology, Vol. 25, #1, 1999.

 “Building Bridges of Collaboration:  Students, Community and the United Farm Workers.”  Deeper Than the News Internet Resource Site, May, 1999.

Class syllabi from classes Rural and Urban Social Movements and Restructuring Communities, Resource Materials Manual for Teaching Latino/a Sociology, A. S. A. Teaching Resource Center, Spring, 1999.

“Making a Difference: Service Learning as an Activism Catalyst and Community Builder.”  AAHE Bulletin, Vol. 52, No. 1, September, 1999.

“Cultural and Structural Inequalities: Sources of Unity and Division Among People of Color.”  Deeper Than the News Internet Resource Site, February, 1999.

Interview With Rudy Acuna, Professor of Chicano Studies at Cal State University Of Northridge, in ColorLines, Summer, 1999.

“An Essay on Sources of Inter-Community Conflict and Models of Collaboration.”  Journal of California Politics and Policy.  Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Institute of Public Affairs, California Statue University, L. A., 1998.

“Anti-Bilingualism Rooted in Anti-Immigrant Movement.”  Deeper Than the News Internet resource site, December, 1998.

“Building Creativity and Collaboration in Diverse Classrooms” and a poem, “A Break of Consciousness,” in Diversity Web resource hub for higher education, Association of American Colleges and Universities, October, 1997.

Commissioned review for Pine Forge Press of book manuscript, Building Community: Social Science in Action, edited by Philip Nyden, Anne Figert, Mark Shibley, Darryl Burrows, June, 1997.

“Situational Identity of Suburban Mexican American Politicians in a Multi-Ethnic Community.”  Chicanos and Chicanas in Contemporary Society, edited by Roberto M. DeAnda.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996.

“Doing Sociology: Connecting the Classroom Experience With A Multi-Ethnic School District.”  Teaching Sociology, (with Betty Farrell).  January, 1996, Vol. 24: 46-53.

“A Gift to the Class of 1996.”  In The Other Side.  October, 1996, Vol. XXVII: 3, 8.

The Politics of Diversity: Immigration, Resistance, and Change in Monterey Park, California (John Horton with Jose Calderon, Mary Pardo, Leland Saito, Linda Shaw, and Yen Fen Tseng).  Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.

“Multi-Ethnic Coalition Building in a Diverse School District.”  Critical Sociology, 21,1 (1995): 101-111.

“The Media As Deviant in the Rodney King Incident.”  In The Image of Violence, Selected Papers, Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Edited Will Wright and Steve Kaplan.  University of Southern Colorado, Fall, 1995.

“Combating Racial Youth Conflict Through Parent, Community, and School Coalitions in the San Gabriel Valley,”  Journal of California Politics and Policy: California Urban Issue of the ‘90’s, edited by Jaime Regalado.  Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Institute of Public Affairs, California State University, L. A., 1,1 (November, 1995).

Review for October, 1993 (Vol. II, Number 1) “Notas” Newsletter of the Section On Latina and Latino Sociology of the American Sociological Association, Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicano’ Vision of Progressive Law Practice by Gerald P. Lopez, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992

Class syllabi, from Chicanos in American Society and Urban Ethnic Movements, Classes in Resource Materials Manual for Teaching Latino/a Sociology, American Sociological Teaching Resource Center, Washington, D. C., August, 1994.

“Hispanic and Latino:  The Viability of Categories for Panethnic Unity.”  Latin American Perspectives, June 1992. 

 “Language Struggles in a Changing California Community.”  Source Book on Official English, (With John Horton) edited by Jim Crawford, University of Chicago Press, 1990.

“Latinos and Ethnic Conflict in Suburbia:  The Case of Monterey Park.”  Latino Studies Journal,, Vol. 1, No. 2, May, 1990.

“How the English Only Initiative Passed in California.”  Chicano Studies and thePolitics of Community, Ann Arbor, MI, 1988.

“Latinos, Ethnic Conflict, and Political Trends: the case of Monterey Park.”

AWARDS AND HONORS:

2016   
University of LaVerne Office of Civic and Community Engagement “Partnership With Co-Educators” Award, May 25, 2016.
Pomona Unified School District “Community Service Award,” 2015-2016.
County of Los Angeles “Service to the Affairs of the Community” Award, March, 2016
President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of San Gabriel Valley and Pomona Valley

2015   
NAACP Award on America’s Journey for Justice, Sept., 2015
Honored with “Golden Apple Award” for serving 2013 – 2015 on Los Angeles County Board of Education, June, 2015
President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of San Gabriel Valley and Pomona Valley

2014    
Founder’s Award from the American Sociological Association Latina/o Sociology Section, August 2014  
Received the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center Community Award for founding the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center (PEOC) and developing links between academia and day laborers, PEOC, Pomona, CA, June 2014.

Invited as past recipient of the Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence & Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnership in Higher Education to join other awardees at the California Campus Compact Richard E. Cone Retreat, Ben Lomond, CA, June 2014.

Appointed consultant, New University on Community Engagement Forum organized by United for Rio Grande Valley and University of Texas, McAllen, Texas, November 2013.

Scholar Participant, “Work, Action, and Civic Learning, Kettering Foundation and AACU, Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 27, 28.

Selected as Presenter, “Finding Cesar Chavez:  Transformational Moment,” TEDx Claremont Colleges, March 31, 2014.

President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of San Gabriel Valley and Pomona Valley

2013   
“New University on Community Engagement,” Sponsored by United for Rio Grande Valley, McCallen, Texas, November 8, 2013.
Appointed, Los Angeles County Board of Education, June, 2013.
Selected as a scholar participant, “Civic Arts: Civic Learning at the Intersections of Communities, Campuses, and Workplace,” Kettering Foundation and AACU, Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 25, 26, 2013.

Recipient of the Hilda L. Solis Scholarship “Nopal Award,” Cal Poly Pomona, April 11, 2013.

2012   
Recipient of the 2012 Ambassador Nathaniel & Elizabeth Davis Civil Rights Legacy Award

Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 3-6, 2012.

Appointed to the National Task Force on Civic-Learning and Democratic Engagement, Global Perspective Institute and AACU, Washington, D. C., 2012.

President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of San Gabriel Valley and Pomona Valley
      

2011  
Appointed to the Advisory Board of the MIT Community Innovators Lab, March, 2011.

Elected Student Marshal by Pitzer College Graduating Class 2011
           
President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of San Gabriel Valley and Pomona Valley

2010   
Elected President of Latino and Latina Roundtable of the Pomona and San Gabriel Valley

2009   
Faculty Marshal, Pitzer Graduation, May, 2009

California Alliance of African American Educators “Unsung Hero and Dreamkeeper” Award 
          
Center for California Cultural and Social Issues Ten-Year Anniversary Award

Emcee for Congressional Testimonial Community Meeting for Families of Immigrants with Congress Representatives Joe Baca and Luis Gutierrez, Saint George Catholic Church, Ontario, CA, March 7, 2009.

2008   
Appointed to the American Sociological Association’s Program Committee for the 2010 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia
 
Reappointed to the ASA Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology

Emeriti president of the American Sociological Association’s Latino/a Section
American Sociological Association Committee on Sections.

Community Service and Empowerment Plaque by the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center and the Latino and Latina Roundtable at the Annual Cesar Chavez Day Pilgrimage Celebration.

“Ambassador for Peace” award by Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace

2007   
Appointed to Program Committee for 2009 American Sociological Association Annual Conference in San Francisco by ASA President Patricia Hill Collins

2006   
Elected to three year term, American Sociological Association Practice of Sociology Committee

Elected to two year term to the ASA Committee on Sections

Elected President of Latino/a Section of the American Sociological Association

Michi and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair in Multicultural Studies, Cal Poly Pomona

Pomona City Council “Goddess of Pomona” city service award

Fifty-ninth Assembly District “Democrat of the Year” award

2005   
President-elect, Latino/a Section of the American Sociological Association

Distinguished Career Award Committee, ASA

Michi and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair in Multicultural Studies, Cal Poly Pomona

2004    
Michi and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair in Multicultural Studies, Cal Poly Pomona
Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence and Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education, California Campus Compact

Civic Scholar appointment, Corporation for National and Community Service

2003   
Appointed member of the National Advisory Council of the New Institute on Liberal
Education and Civic Engagement,  American Association of Colleges and Universities,

Appointed to three-year position, Distinguished Career Award Committee, American
Sociological Association

Finalist for the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning, Campus Compact

2002   
Third year council member and head of Research and Teaching Awards Committee of Latina/o Section of the American Sociological Association

One of fifteen national diversity and service learning leaders for a “Pedagogies of Engagement” conference, Carnegie Foundation
           
Honored at Lavender Graduation for support of gay and lesbian students, Scripp’s College
           
Accreditation reviewer with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Selected as one of seven national leaders in diversity and service learning for a special AACU Forum on Civic Education and Diversity to recommend ways to improve undergraduate education by gathering examples of good practice from a variety of fields and develop a report.

2001   
Selected, alongside sixty five other leaders from U. S., for the Ninety eighth    
American Assembly: “Racial Equality: Policies for the Twenty first Century,
Arden House, Columbia University, New York, 4/19-22, 2001
           
Second year of elected two-year position on Faculty Executive Committee

Second year of three year term as council member and head of Research and Teaching Awards Committee, ASA section on Latina/o Sociology

2000   
Seminar Leader for AACU Boundaries and Borderlands Institute, Rhode Island Brown University, 7/13-7/23, 2000
           
1999   
Appointed to a Special Task Force on Campus Hate Crimes by the Executive Board of the American Sociological Association

Elected to two year position on the Faculty Executive Committee

Elected to three year term as council member, ASA section on Latina/o Sociology

1998   
Professor Award plaque and appreciation dinner, Unidos Organization

Finalist for the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning, Campus Compact

United Farm Worker’s Union “Si Se Puede” Community Award for life-long contributions to the farm worker movement

Three-year appointment to the selection committee for the ASA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching

1997   
Elected, Southern California representative and board member, National Coordinating Committee, National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies

Elected Faculty Student Marshal by Pitzer graduating class for fourth year in a row

1996   
Board Member of Diversity Web, American Association of Colleges and Universities

Elected Faculty Student Marshal by Pitzer graduating class for third year in a row

Faculty of the Year award by Chicano Studies at Dia de la Familia

Selected as one of two U. S. representatives by the Indian National Committee on Campus Diversity to speak at a National Conference on Campus Diversity in India, “Our Common Goal Reaching Across Differences,” Goa, India

1995   
National Advisory Board of Breakaway to promote service learning

Urban Ethnic Movements Class and UFW Alternative Spring Break selected as “Curriculum Based Alternative Break Program of the Year” by Breakaway

Chair of the American Sociological Association Committee on Teaching

Faculty Student Marshal by Pitzer graduating class for second year in a row

Selected as one of 60 faculty for the Invisible College, focused on Service Learning

1994   
Pitzer Outstanding Fieldwork Community Service Award
           
Community Service Award and Plaque, the Southern California Chinese American Education Association

Faculty Student Marshal by graduating class

1993   
Elected to two-year position, Latina/o Sociology Section
           
Appointed to three-year position, ASA Committee on Teaching

1992   
Chicana/o Studies Faculty of the Year Award presented at Dia de la Familia

90-91   ASA Dissertation Fellowship

89-90   Institute of American Cultures Graduate Fellowship

85-89   ASA Minority Fellowship

Professional Papers and Presentations:

2016   
“The Future of Public Education,” The Next System Teach-in, UC Santa Barbara, April 16, 2016
           
 “The Legacy of Cesar Chavez: Using One’s Life to Empower Others.”  Cal State Dominguez Hills Scholarship Banquet, April 7, 2016

“Research, Action, and Activism” at Critical Solidarities and Mult-Scalar Powers Conference, URBAN Research-Based Action Network, CUNY Graduate Center, April 1, 2016

“Weaving Together Career and Civic Commitments for Social Change,” NASPA and AACU Online Learning Community Webinar, Feb. 16, 2016

“Organizing for Change,” Mt. San Antonio College Inter-Club Council conference, May 20, 2016

2015   
Presentation on “Lessons from An Activist Intellectual,” UCLA Race and Ethnicity Group, UCLA, October 22, 2015

Book Presentation on “Lessons from an Activist Intellectual,” MIT, October 15, 2015.

“”Creating Democratic Spaces Through Transformative Community Engagement,” Missouri State University Conference on Civic Engagement, Sept. 17, 2015.

“Crossing the Activist Scholar Divide,” Special Session, American Sociological Association, August, 2015
           
“Your Challenges Ahead,”  Chicano/Latino Graduation Ceremony keynote speaker, UC Riverside, June 6, 2015

“The Meaning of Cesar Chavez for Our Communities Today,”  Memorial Luncheon, San Gorgino Pass Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Banning, California, March 29, 2015.

“Where do We Go from Here?” at Status of Mexican@s and Latin@s in the U. S. Conference, UC Riverside, March 7, 2015

2014   
“Bringing to Center Stage Our Contributions,” keynote address at the San Gabriel Valley Conservation Corps and Youthbuild Graduation Ceremony, El Monte, CA, June 2014.

“Seeds of Knowledge for Our Future,” keynote address at the Semillas Community Schools Commencement Ceremony, Los Angeles, CA, June 2014.

“We Are Here: Cultivating Our Hope,” keynote address at the 20th Annual Raza Graduation, Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA, May 2014.

“Mass Incarceration and Mass Deportation,” workshop, United Association for Labor Education Conference, Sheraton, Los Angeles, March 29, 2014
 
Kettering National Scholar Participant, Kettering Foundation Research Exchange on Work, Action, and Civic Learning, Kettering Foundation and American Association of Colleges and Universities, Dayton, Ohio, February 2014.

“Activist Intellectual: Combining Community-based Pedagogy, Research, and Learning with Social Change,” keynote address at the Faculty Development Symposium, Oakton College, Chicago, IL, January 2014.

“Media and Politics in the School Reform Movement,” paper delivered at American Sociological Association Urban Workshop, New York, NY, August 2013.

2013     
“Media and Politics in the School Reform Movement,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, URBAN Roundtables, August 12, 2013

“Platicas y Memorias: Reflections on the UFW,” with UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta and artist Barbara Carrasco, Cesar Chavez Memorial Week, Riverside, CA, June 5, 2013.

“Immigrant Rights and Local, State, National Strategies,”  Forum on Humane Immigration Reform, UC Riverside, May 11, 2013.

“Uniting Labor, Immigration, and Student Movements for Immigrant Rights,” Labor, Immigration, and Education Panel, East Los Angeles College Labor History Month, May 9, 2013.

“Changing Demographics and Prospects for Immigration Reform,” Town Hall Meeting on Immigration Reform, KPFK and ULWC, San Bernardino, March 25, 2013.

“Embracing Our Community, Our Children, Our Commitment,” presentation Ontario-Montclair Annual Parent Leadership Conference, Feb. 20, 2013

“Community Engagement as a Social Change Value,”  National Community Engagement Conference, Pomona College and Draper Center for Community Partnership, Feb 1, 2013.

“The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.,”  presentation at 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Pilgrim Congregational Church, Jan. 20, 2013.

2012   
“Latinos/as and Social Movements in the Obama Years,” paper presented at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, CO, Aug. 18, 2012.
           
Contributor to A National Call to Action: A Crucible Moment, College Learning & Democracy’s Future, The National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, American Association of Colleges and Universities, Washington, D. C., 2012.

“Building Coalitions to Organize,” Keynote at 2012 National Teamsters Hispanic Caucus Convention, Los Angeles Marriott, July 28, 2012.

“Analysis of Armando Navarro’s Global Capitalist Crisis,” presentation at University of California, Riverside, January 25, 2012.

Participatory Action Research for Community-Based Social Change,” presentation at San Francisco State University, April 12, 2012.

2011   
“Contemporary Social Justice Movements and Black/Brown Relations,” paper presented 106th Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV, August 21, 2011.

“Transformations in Learning and Action: Gandhi and Chavez,”  all-day workshop at Ahimsa Institute for K-12 Educators, Cal Poly Pomona, July 29, 2011.

The Economics of Grocery Workers,” El Monte Center Grace Black Auditorium, July 22, 2011

“Strategies for Leadership and Empowerment,” presentation at Foothill Family Service Leadership Conference, La Puente, CA, Sept. 13, 2011.

“Diversity in the Curriculum,” faculty workshop at Lafayette College, Easton, PA, October 14, 15, 2011.

 “Crossing Borders of Collaboration: A Perspective on Family and Community Support,” Hand-in-Hand Conference, Office of Head Start National Centers, Washington, D. C.,  June 23, 2011.

“Immigration Reform and the Dream Act,” Hall of Congress, State of Aguascalientes, Mexico, June 15, 2011.

“Roots of Economic Crisis,”  At Our Community in Crisis Forum sponsored by Service   Employees International Union, Centro Comunitario, Pomona, CA, March 18, 2011.

“Voter Demographics and Civic Engagement,” Claremont High School, March 17, 2011.

“Essential Dimensions and Enhancing Practices of Democratic Engagement” at Civil Learning and Democratic Engagement Conference, Department of Education,      Washington, D. C., Feb. 7, 2011.

“Trends in Immigration Rights Organizing,” Walk in in My Shoes: An Immigration Conversation Conference, Holy Family Church,Pasadena, CA, Oct. 30, 2010

2010  
“Immigration Legislation in Arizona and Its Implications for the Nation,”  Radio With A View, WMBR, 88.1 FM, Boston, MA, August 1, 2010.

“Immigration Policies and Contemporary Trends, Interview on Sonali Kohatker’s Uprising program, KPFK, January 14, 2010.

“Trends in Immigration Rights Organizing,” Walk in in My Shoes: An Immigration Conversation Conference, Holy Family Church,Pasadena, CA, Oct. 30, 2010

“Our Academic Challenges in Building Community-Based Leadership” Keynote    Presentation at Fourteenth Annual Hilda L. Solis Scholarship Dinner, Cal Poly Pomona University,  2010. 2009  

“The Election of Obama as a Transformative Movemen t.” Presented in a Plenary Session at the 104th American Sociological Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, August 8, 2009.

“Day Laborer Communities and Immigrant Social Movements” Presentation in Social Movements Thematic Session on August 9, 2009 and “Dilemmas in Service Learning and Community-based Research” in Civic Engagement Session on August 10, 2009 at American Sociological Association Annual Conference, San Francisco.

“Connecting Critical Pedagogy, Multiculturalism, and Community-based Teaching, Research, and Learning” Presentation and Workshop Facilitation at Faculty Development Institute, Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, July 28-29, 2009.

“Global and Local: Checkpoints As A Denial of Human Rights,” Cal Poly Pomona, May 26, 2009.

“The Economic Crisis, Globalization, and Immigration,” Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, May 6, 2009.

“Immigration Trends in the Inland Empire,” Latin American Studies Conference, Cal State University/San Bernardino, April 23, 2009
“Our Academic Challenges in Building Community-Based Leadership” Keynote
Presentation at Fourteenth Annual Hilda L. Solis Scholarship Dinner, Cal Poly Pomona University, April 9, 2010.

“Remembering The Legacy of Cesar Chavez: Combining Multiculturalism, Critical Pedagogy, and Community-Based Teaching and Learning for Social Change,” Clark Atlanta University Fourth Annual Teaching and Learning for Empowerment Virtual Conference, March 25, 2009.

“After the Inauguration: The Road Ahead,” A community forum on Expectations and Possibilities under the Obama Administration, Sponsored by the Peace With Justice Center of the Pomona Valley, February 23, 2009.
“The Significance of Forging Ties Between the People of the U. S. and Viet Nam” Presentation at Viet Nam Trade University as part of an American Labor Delegation panel, Hanoi, December 10, 2009.
“Perspective-Taking and Community-Based Learning” Presented at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2, 2009.

“Lessons in Cultivating Leaders of Color in Civic Learning and Civic Engagement,” at the California Campus Compact Bridge-Building Leadership Conference, Steve Breuer Conference Center, Malibu, CA, October 8, 2009

2008  
“The Legacy of Leadership,” Martin Luther King Jr. Teach-in, Claremont Colleges, January, 2008.

“Identifying Commonalities of Oppression to Reach Higher Levels of Unity,” Department of African and African American Studies 25th Black World Conference, Metro State College, Denver, Colorado, February 21, 2008.

“Engaged Scholarship and Faculty Development,” Conference on Connecting Communities: The University and Multi-Ethnic Civic Engagement, A Southern California Regional Symposium, University of California, Irvine, February, 2008.

“Day Laborer Organizing for Social Change,” Immigrant Workers’ Rights in Southern California and Beyond Conference, UC-Riverside, May, 2008.

2007   
“The Politics of Immigration Raids in Latino/a Communities, Panel on Immigration and Political Participation in Latina/o Communities, ASA, New York, August, 2007
           
“Teaching Connections: Critical Pedagogy, Multiculturalism, and Service Learning In Diverse Communities, Teaching Sociology Session, ASA, New York, Aug., 2007

“Building Political and Economic Power Through Community Coalitions,” Plaza del Pueblo, Santa Barbara Woman’s Club, July 8, 2007.

“Connecting Meanings of Classroom to Community Building,” Leadership Sin Limites Conference, Atlanta: University of Georgia, July, 2007.

“Immigration, Influences of Family, Individuals, and Education,” Pepperdine University’s Diversity Council Speaker Series, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, October, 2007.

“MLK Across Racial Lines,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Teach-in, Claremont Colleges, January, 2007

2006   
“Ways to Advance Diversity and Democratic Culture in the Classroom and Community,” Department Chairs’ Conference, ASA, Montreal, Canada, Aug., 2006

“The Engaged College: Educators for Social Responsibility,” presentation at forum sponsored by Pitzer College and the Los Angeles Times, January 2006

2005   
“Building Rainbows of Civic Engagement,” Cal Poly College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences graduation presentation

“Immigration Raids in the Inland Valley”  and “Chicana and Chicano Studies as an Engaged Department:  the Cal Poly Pomona Model,”  National Association of Chicano and Chicana Studies, Miami, Florida, 4/14 and 4/16.

“Border Enforcement and ICE Raids on the Hispanic Community:  Business as Usual, or Enhanced Enforcement?” panel at Immigration and U. S. Citizenship in an Era of Homeland Security Conference, Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 3/31/2005.

2004   
“Knowledge, Service, and Action as Democratic Forms” presentation at Journey Towards Democracy Symposium, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, 1/21/04

“Connecting Multiculturalism, Student Centered Learning, Critical Pedagogy, and Participatory Research to a Diverse Curriculum,” All-day Workshop,  Regis University Denver, Colorado 1/9/04

2003   
“Teaching Chicana/o and Latina/o Sociology,” American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 9/19/03

“Connecting Research, Teaching, and Community Organizing,” to Sociology Honor’s students, American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 9/17/03

“Participatory Research in the Pomona Day Labor Center,” American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 9/19/03

2002   
Presentation, Future Faculty Professional Development Practicum, Claremont Graduate University 2/26/02

“Immigration and Public Policy in Multi-Ethnic Los Angeles,” presentation in Ethnic Geography Specialty Group Plenary Session, Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, 3/22/02

Presentation, “Organizing Day Laborers:  Action Research and Strategies in the Pomona Day Labor Center,” at 28th Annual Southwest Labor Studies Conference, Cal State University, Los Angeles, 5/11/02

Forum leader for a reflective seminar of high school and college faculty on Civic Engagement in a Diverse Democracy, Oberlin College, Ohio, 6/2/02

Keynote speaker, “Partnership in Teaching and Learning: Combining the Practice of Critical Pedagogy with Civic Engagement and Diversity” at conference for Liberal arts colleges, For the Common Good: Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement sponsored by Oberlin College, Campus Compact, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Oberlin College, Ohio, 6/3/02

Keynote Speaker, “Overview of the MOST Program: Origins, Goals, and Accomplishments,” at Transforming Higher Education: New Ways for Academic Departments to Advance Excellence & Inclusiveness: Lesson on Promoting Diversity from the MOST Program, sponsored by the American Sociological Association, Washington, D. C., 67/02

“A Perspective on the MOST Program and its Achievements: Pitzer College,” as part of a Thematic Session, “Creating Inclusive and From ASA’s MOST Program,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 8/16/02.

Discussant in session, “Immigrant Communities,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 8/16/02   

“Challenges and Lessons in Community Based Research,” Teaching Workshop: ‘Community-Based Research Methods, Courses, and Experiences.”  ASA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 8/17/02.

“Overcoming Cultural and Structural Sources of Division: Coalition-Building Between Asian Pacific and Latino Communities,” Special Session: “Emerging Relations of Asian Americans and Latinos,” ASA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 8/19/02.

Keynote presentation, “Service Learning and Immigration:  Meeting the Challenge in Southern California,”  Unboxing the University Conference, Azusa Pacific University, 11/1/02

2001   
Presentation at National Day Laborer Gathering, Cal State Northridge, 7/29/01

Presentation, “Hate and Hate-Bias at Colleges and Universities” as part of a policy statement by a Special Task Force on Campus Hate Crimes, American Sociological Association, Anaheim, 8/20/01

Panel Presentation, “Day Laborers,” Inland Valley Economic Development Corporation Economic Summit, Cal Poly Pomona Kellogg West Conference Center, 2/15/01     

Speech presentation, “Service Learning and the Legacy of Cesar Chavez,”  UFW Statewide Student Conference, La Paz, CA, 3/11/01

Presentation, “The Meaning of a Cesar Chavez Holiday,” Cesar Chavez Memorial, Claremont Colleges, 3/29/01

2000   
Lecture, “Chicano/Latino Social Movements.” Sponsored by Cultural Diversity Program and the Latino Student Association, Pepperdine
University, 10/26/00

Panel Presentation, “Perspectives on the Model Minority Myth: How it Affects Us All,” Pomona College, Asian American Resource Center, 11/28/00

Panel Presentation, “The Use of Video in the Classroom: Lessons From the –ISM Project,” AACU Boundaries and Borderlands Conference, Brown University, Rhode Island, 7/18/2001.

1999   
Presentations on “Latina/o Political Empowerment and “Teaching Social Research Across the Undergraduate Curriculum,” ASA, Chicago, 8/7/99

Presentation on “Advocacy Research as a Trend in Service Learning,” University of Colorado, boulder, 4/9/99

Presentation, “The Politics of Community Organizing,” University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, 4/10/99

Presentation, “Campus and Community Collaboration,” at Service Learning Summit of College and University Presidents and Chancellors, University of Denver, 4/12/99

Presentation, “Participatory Action Research in Chicana/o Studies, National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies, San Antonio, TX 4/30/99

Presentation, “A Response to the Report on Social Capital and Community Building Among Latinos,” Tomas Rivera Policy Conference, 2/12/99

1998   
“Chicana/o Studies As a Discipline:  Thinking About Our Future,” National Association Chicana and Chicano Studies, Mexico City, June 25, 1998.

“Service Learning in Sociology,” American Sociological Association, Aug. 24, 1998

Panel Presentation, “Shifting Demographic Landscapes: Political Implications For California,” at “Conflict, Change & Continuity” Conference, Sponsored by the Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Institute of Public Affairs, Omni  Hotel, November 18, 1998

Plenary Presentation, “Identity and Diversity,” at “Identity, Community, and Intellectual Development” Conference, Sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Philadelphia Sheraton, November, 15, 1998.

“Participatory Action Research and Service Learning,” Colorado Campus Compact Conference, University of Denver, September 25, 1998.

Presentations as consultant on “Including Race and Ethnic Relations literature in the college curriculum” at Pepperdine Curriculum Transformation Institute, 6/2- 6/10, 1998.
           
Keynote Presentation, “Back to Our Roots,” at “Razing Our Voices: Ethnic Studies in the University” Conference, Sponsored by Student Coalition for Diversity, the Yale Women’s Center, the History Department, the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Program, and UOFC, Yale University, April 11, 1998.

“Multi-Racial Coalitions and Latino Politics,” presentation at Western Political Science Association as part of a panel titled “Latino/Latina Politics in Los Angeles,” Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, March 12, 1998.

Presentation on “Race Relations” at a Cultural Diversity Town Hall Meeting as part of a San Bernardino Valley College Arts and Lecture Series (and as part of President Clinton’s Dialogue on Race), Feb. 11, 1998.    

Presentation, “Advancing a Collaborative Curriculum,” at a National Diversity Conference: Effective Strategies for Managing Change in a Multicultural Environment, sponsored by the Leadership Alliance for Excellence in Education, May 1, 1998.

Presentation, “How Parents Can Become Advocates in our Local Schools,” workshop at Parent’s Institute, Village Plaza, Pomona School District, May 15, 1998

1997   
“Building Creativity and Collaboration in Diverse Classrooms, American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 9, 1997.

Service Learning and Campus-Community Collaboration,”   Invisible College Conference, Denver, CO, 6/20/97.

Presentation (Keynote), “Research and Teaching as a Form of Social Activism,” Urban Research Conference, Augusta State University, Georgia, June 7, 1997.

“Lessons from the ISM project,” presentation at Educating One-Third of a Nation VI conference sponsored by American Council on Education, Assoc. of American Colleges and Universities, Ford Foundation’s Campus Diversity Initiative, Miami, Florida, October 17, 1997.

Two Presentations:  "Advocacy Research and Teaching for Social Change" and "Which Way For the Chicano Left?,"  National Assoc. of Chicano Studies Conference,       Sacramento, CA, April 17, 1997.

1996   
"The Sociologist As Activist" in a Special Session titled "Teaching By Doing" at the American Sociological Association Conference, New York, August 16, 1996.

"Models of Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum Transformation: Lessons From the MOST Program," at the American Sociological Association Conference, New York, August 16, 1996.

Keynote Address: "Service Learning As Advocacy," and two workshops on "Service as a Tool for Community Development," Colorado Campus Compact Institute, University of Denver, October 4-5, 1996.

Keynote Address at Plenary:  "Forging Commonalities: Research and Teaching for Building Community” and an "Informal Session on Participatory Action Research" With La Prensa de Minnesota, Minnesota Migrant Services Consortium. Presentation" Campus-Community Collaboration for Farm Worker Justice" at La Raza Cultural Center, Minnesota Campus Compact, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 6-8, 1996.

"Forging Collaboration in the Multi-Ethnic Classroom," at the Southern California Asian American Studies Regional Conference titled "Connecting Histories, Forging Solidarities," The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Ethnic Studies Department, University of California San Diego, Lajolla, California, November 23, 1966.           
 
"Service Learning in Academia," American Association of Colleges and Universities Conference, Washington, D. C., January 13, 1996.      
           
"Advocacy Research in Fostering Campus Diversity," Ford Foundation Campus Diversity Initiative Conference, Goa, India, Feb. 18, 1996.

Keynote address, "Research for Change: Ethics, Cultures, and Realities," at a conference "Strengthening Community University Partnerships" sponsored by the Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization Consortium and the Center for Urban & Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, March 7, 1996.

Keynote address, "Social Responsibility and Empowerment In A Changing Society," at the Texas Association of College Admission Counselors.  Also, a workshop on "Guidance, Gangs, and Conflict Resolution."  Arlington, Texas, April 21 -23, 1996

1995   
"Connecting Research to Community Advocacy," California Campus Compact Conference, University of  Southern California, June 22, 1995.

"Diversity in the Workplace: Strategies for the 90's," United Food and Commercial Workers National Conference, Denver, Colorado, August 13, 1995.

"A Break of Consciousness,"Invisible College, Tennessee, September 30, 1995.

1994  
"Community and Identity," Cultural Pluralist Institute, Evergreen State College, WA, Aug., 1994
         
"Teaching Sociology: Connecting the Classroom Experience With a Multi-Ethnic School District," American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, August, 1994.

"Urban Ethnic Identities," Race and Ethnic Relations Section of the American Sociological Association, August, 1994.

Race, Class, and Gender: Latinos in the U. S.,"Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts, Oct., 1994.

1993  
"Latinos and Asian Pacific Americans: The Role of Leadership and Strategy in Multi- Ethnic Coalition-Building," American Sociological Association, Miami, Florida, 8/16.        

1992   
Two presentations: "Multi-Ethnic ­Coalition-Building in a School District" and "The Sources of Contemporary Urban Unrest," American Soc. Association Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Aug. 20, 21.
           
"The Politics of Coalition-building," Service Employees International Union Western Region Civil and Human Rights Conference, Sheraton Townhouse Hotel, Los Angeles, February 21, 1992.
                                   
"Harnessing the Strength of Diversity: Building Effective Multi-Ethnic Coalitions," 77th Annual National University Continuing Education Conference, Sheraton, San Diego, April 11,1992. 

 1991  
"Conceptions of Mexican American and Latino Identity in a Changing Community" at the American Sociological Association Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1991.

"An Example of Undergraduate Curriculum Development: Chicano/a Studies at the University of California Los Angeles" at the American Sociological Association Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1991.

"Mexican American Ethnic and Class Alignments," Ethnic Studies Department Colloquium Series, University of California San Diego, November 7, 1991.

"Segregation, Resistance, and Assimilation,"Encuentro: Mexico in Los Angeles Conference, Occidental College, November 23, 1991.

1990   
"Hispanic and Latino: The Viability of Categories for Panethnic Unity" at the American Sociological Association Conference in Washington, D. C., Aug.15, 1990.

"Applications in Qualitative Research: Latinos in Suburbia" at the Latino Graduate Seminar on Cultural Studies and Latino Research, UCLA, July 1, 1990.
           
“A Framework For Leadership In A Multi-ethnic Society" at Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, April 20, 1990.
           
"Contemporary Conditions and Trends Amongst the Chicano/Mexican people" presented at the National Association of Chicano Studies, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 30, 1990.

1989   
"The Language Struggle in a Changing Community" presented at the Society For The Study of Social Problems Conference, Berkeley, CA, Aug. 8, 1989. 
   
"Latinos and Ethnic Conflict in a Suburban Community" presented at the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA, Aug.12, 1989.

"Politics of the English Only Movement" presented at the National Association of Chicano Studies Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, March 30, 1989.
 
"Latino Politics in a Changing Community" presented at the National Association of Chicano Studies Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, March 31, 1989.
                       
1988   
"Why The English Only Initiative Passed In California” presented at the National Association of Chicano Studies Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, April 16.

"Latinos, Ethnic Conflict and Political Trends: The Case of Monterey Park" presented at the National Association of Chicano Studies Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, April 14.

"Racism and The English Only Movement" presented at the Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section, American Sociological Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 26.

1987   
"The Impact of Asian Immigration On the Latino Population," presented at the Community Relations Conference of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, May 5.         

"Origins of the English Only Movement," presented at the National Association of Chicano Studies Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 10.

“Usefulness and Inadequacies of Internal Colonial and Conflict Theories As Applied to the Chicano Experience," presented at the National Association of Chicano Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 11.

"The Consequences of English Only For The Latino Population," presented at the 5th Annual National Hispanic Media Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April, 25.

1985  
"Lessons From the La Raza Unida Party - Which Way  For the Chicano Vote Today?,"
presented at the National Association of Chicano Studies Conference, Sacramento, CA, April 13.

SCHOLARLY AFFILIATIONS:

American Sociological Association
Latino and Latina Section of American Sociological Association           
American Association of Colleges and Universities           
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Urban Research-Based Action Network    
Pacific Sociological Association
COLAB (Community Laboratory) Board of Directors, MIT

LANGUAGES:

Spanish: fluent speaking, reading, and writing

Available on request