UCLA CHICANO STUDIES RESEARCH CENTER ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE 4 Los Angeles Education Project Day Laborer Project PEOPLE 6 Metropolitan Origin Migration Geography of White Racial Formation Administration 6 Violence Prevention Curriculum Administrative Staff 6 Parent Involvement in El e men ta ry School Press Staff 6 Ethnic Identity and HIV Prevention Library Staff 6 Health Related Behaviors of Latino Ad o les cents Researchers and Fellows 6 Institute of American Cultures 13 Faculty Advisory Committee 6 CSRC Postdoctoral and Predoctoral Fel lows Student Representatives 7 IAC Faculty and Graduate Student Grants Faculty Associates 7 Experiences of Un doc u ment ed Latino Youth Affi liated Faculty 7 Ethnicity, Stress, and Outcome in Severe Mental Illness Grantees 7 Exhibiting Diversity: “Americanos” Student Participants 7 Ethnic Identity Among Mexican Americans Faculty Participants from Other Uni ver si ties 9 Corridos Sin Fronteras RESEARCH 10 Preserving Oaxacan Language Los Tigres del Norte Fund 14 Senior Research Sociologist 10 Briefs and Reports 14 CSRC Research Projects 10 Grantee Publications 15 Mexican American Study Project Brown-Collar Occupations PRESS 16 Chicano Education Research Project Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies 16 Maquiladora Murders Project Monographs 17 Race & Independent Media Project Other Publications 17 A Ver: Revisioning Art History Latino Policy & Issues Brief Latino Research Program 11 CSRC Research Report Latino Diversity in California CSRC Newsletter Mexican American People: A Gen er a tion Later Formation of Latino Communities in Los An ge les 2 3 LIBRARY AND SPECIAL Research Exchanges 20 COLLECTIONS 18 Special Events 21 Exhibitions 21 Reference Service 18 International Collaborations 21 Instruction and Curricular Support 18 Co-sponsored Events 21 Library Upgrades 18 Artist-in-Residence 21 Archival Program 19 Instructional Support 21 Visiones Archival Project Courses through the Cesár E. Chávez Center Frontera Digitization Project Writing the Book Review Workshop Chicano Cinema Recovery Project Library Workshops Chicano Studies Archival Program Preserving Cultural Heritage STRATEGIC ACADEMIC AND PLANNING PROCESS 22 COMMUNITY RE LA TIONS 20 BUDGET 23 Community Forums 20 Arts Forum Legislative Forum Health Forum Education Forum by Ruben Ochoa © 1999. Ruben by by Delilah Montoya © 1998. Delilah Montoya by by Isis Rodriguez © 1999. Isis Rodriguez by Pachuca a la Vidrio La Guadalupana Virgen, Little Miss Attitude 2 3 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE he UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) was In 2002-03, under a new director, the CSRC continued exist- founded in 1969 with a com mit ment to foster ing programs, developed new research and ar chi val projects, T multidisciplinary research efforts as part of the land and strengthened community relations through a series of new grant mission of the University of Cal i for nia. That mission public pro grams, in clud ing com mu ni ty forums, legislative brief- states that UC research needs to be in the service of the state ings, and research exchanges. The CSRC placed an empha- and that it must main tain a pres ence in the local com mu ni ty. sis on policy-oriented research through the ap point ment of a Senior Research Sociologist and the establishment of a new The CSRC serves the entire campus and supports faculty and series, the Latino Policy & Issues Brief. students in the social sci enc es, life sciences, hu man i ties, and the professional schools. Its research ad dress es the growing Highlights for 2002-03 include: Chicano and Latino pop u la tion, which now constitutes nearly one-third of Cal i for nia and one-half of Los An ge les, but contin- Faculty and graduate student research support. ues to have dis pro por tion ate ly low access to higher educa- The CSRC awarded $160,000 in grants and fel low ships to tion. Given its campus- and community-wide mandate, the fi fteen faculty and four graduate stu dents. These awards gen- CSRC reports directly to the Offi ce of the Chancellor at UCLA. erated a sig nifi cant fi ve-to-one return on their in vest ment: the The CSRC also forms part of the Inter-University Program for grantees were awarded over $800,000 in external funding Latino Research (IUPLR), a con sor tium of Latino research cen- during 2002–03. ters located at sixteen in sti tu tions in the United States. External funding for projects. The CSRC received The CSRC houses a library and special collections archive, gifts and was awarded grants of over $370,000 for its an academic press, research projects, com mu ni ty-based re search and archival projects. The research projects involved part ner ships, two competitive grant/fellowship programs, and eigh teen faculty from other cam pus es and six grad u ate the Los Tigres del Norte Fund. In ad di tion, since the 1970s, students from UCLA. The archival projects included on go ing the CSRC holds six “in sti tu tion al FTE” or faculty po si tions that col lab o ra tions with the UCLA Film and Tele vi sion Archive and are placed on loan to de part ments. These positions were the UCLA Music Library. originally designed to increase the center’s re search capacity, but also to allow the center to serve as a vital force across campus for diversifying the curriculum and the faculty. 4 5 Publications. In addition to publishing the fi eld’s fl agship Strategic Planning Process. Throughout 2002-03, journal, the CSRC in tro duced two new policy-based publica- the CSRC Faculty Ad vi so ry Com mit tee initiated a stra te gic tions: Latino Policy & Issues Brief (six issues) and CSRC Re search planning process that included an as sess ment of the re- Re port (one issue). The CSRC also initiated an electronic search and teaching ca pac i ty for Chicano Studies at UCLA. monthly newsletter and provided sub ven tion grants for two The CSRC identifi ed forty-two Chicano Studies faculty faculty book pub li ca tions. across twenty de part ments at UCLA and an oth er thirty-three positions that were needed across twenty-fi ve de part ments. Library Upgrades. The CSRC increased library Based on that as sess ment, the CSRC explored possible resources through several external grants that allowed for the ap point ments for its open FTE with fi ve de part ments. In the hiring of a full-time archivist and upgrading of equipment and end, the CSRC decided to split its open FTE between two facilities to include multiuse space, com put er-based resources, areas—Public Health and Information Stud ies—with each and pro cess ing work sta tions. The library added seven new school providing the other half of the FTE. These search es collections to its archival holdings. will take place during 2003-04. Student training and instruction. The CSRC in- Faculty Diversity Initiative. In February 2003, the volved hun dreds of students in its re search projects, library, CSRC joined with the American Indian Studies Center, Asian pub li ca tions, and other activities. Of that number, forty-eight American Studies Center, and Ralph J. Bunche Center for students worked as research as sis tants on faculty projects and Af ri can American Studies in pro pos ing an increase in the eleven acquired hands-on experience on CSRC projects and number of institutional FTE allocated to the centers. This activities. In addition, the CSRC held three student work shops initiative received a favorable eval u a tion by the Offi ce of the on re search skills and pub lish ing that drew over fi fty students Chancellor as well as strong support on- and off-campus. A and spon sored two courses through the César Chávez Center fi nal decision from the Chancellor is still pend ing. for In ter dis ci pli nary Instruction. Budget Cuts. During 2002-03, the CSRC received a Public Programs. The CSRC organized twenty-one 10 percent permanent budget cut—with another 10 percent events reaching over 2,500 people and that in clud ed faculty slated for the next year. These cuts required staff re duc tion research exchanges, com mu ni ty forums, and ex hi bi tions. and pose a long-term threat to the center’s infrastructure and The CSRC also hosted an artist-in-residence. Off-campus its ability to serve the campus and com mu ni ty. events included a teach-in at Creative Artists Agen cy, benefi t con certs at the Kennedy Center in Wash ing ton, D.C. and the Public education faces many challenges in the years Ford Theater in Los Angeles, and a faculty exchange with the ahead, including deep budget cuts, increased student University of Veracruz in Mexico. The CSRC also co-spon- enrollments, and declining access for the Chicano and sored four events on campus and pro vid ed logistical support Latino communities. We must work together in order to for one com mu ni ty event. make sure that our nation fulfi lls its promise to provide quality education for all students and employment equity Fifteen Year Review. In October 2002, the UCLA across the educational system. The UCLA Chicano Studies Chancellor concluded the CSRC fi fteen-year review pro- Research Center is committed to supporting research that cess per the UC guidelines for Organized Research Units, makes a difference. ap prov ing the center’s con tin u a tion. All ORUs must establish a rationale for continuance, in terms of schol ar ly or sci en tifi c merit and campus priorities, at fi fteen-year intervals.