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1 Chicano Studies: Proliferation of the Discipline And Chicano Studies: Proliferation of the Discipline and the Formal Institutionalization of Community Engagement, 1965 to Present Item Type text; Electronic Dissertation Authors Hill Zuganelli, Dee Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 28/09/2021 09:02:14 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/620852 1 CHICANO STUDIES: PROLIFERATION OF THE DISCIPLINE AND THE FORMAL INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, 1965 TO PRESENT By Dee Hill Zuganelli _________________________________ A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the SCHOOL OF SOCIOLOGY In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2016 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Dissertation Committee, we certify that we have read the dissertation prepared by Dee Hill Zuganelli, titled Chicano Studies: Proliferation of the Discipline and the Formal Institutionalization of Community Engagement, 1965 to Present, and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. __________________________________________________________ Date: Robin Stryker __________________________________________________________ Date: Celestino Fernández __________________________________________________________ Date: Erin Leahey __________________________________________________________ Date: Nolan L. Cabrera Final approval and acceptance of this dissertation is contingent upon the candidate’s submission of the final copies of the dissertation to the Graduate College. I hereby certify that I have read this dissertation prepared under my direction and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement. __________________________________________________________ Date: Dissertation Director: Robin Stryker __________________________________________________________ Date: Dissertation Director: Celestino Fernández 3 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This dissertation has been submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this dissertation are allowable without special permission, provided that an accurate acknowledgment of the source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the head of the major department or the Dean of the Graduate College when in his or her judgment the proposed use of the material is in the interests of scholarship. In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the author. SIGNED: Dee Hill Zuganelli 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To my mom and dad for their unconditional love. To my writing partners for their motivation. To the members of my dissertation committee for their patience. To the Black Graduate Student Association, African American Student Affairs, and Certificate of College Teaching Program for their warmth and space to grow. To Drs. Celestino Fernández and Erin Dokter for their love of teaching. To Dr. Ozan Jaquette for his guidance. To Vienna DeLuca, Heidi Hopkins, and Raquel Fareio for their encouragement. To my friends for their much needed laughter. To Archontoula, for a name that instills pride. And to Dr. J. Richard Thompson, for the courage to start this new journey. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ...........................................................................................................................7 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................13 CONCEPTUAL DEFINITIONS ...........................................................................................16 LITERATURE REVIEW ......................................................................................................26 PRESENT STUDY ................................................................................................................35 NOTES ...................................................................................................................................41 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................42 APPENDIX A: HOLDING PATTERNS: CURRICULAR AND STRUCTURAL EXPANSION AMONG CHICANO AND ETHNIC STUDIES PROGRAMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Abstract ......................................................................................................................49 Introduction ................................................................................................................50 Literature Review.......................................................................................................54 Theory and Hypotheses..............................................................................................60 Data and Methods ......................................................................................................64 Results ........................................................................................................................69 Discussion and Conclusion ........................................................................................71 Notes ..........................................................................................................................74 References ..................................................................................................................75 List of Figures and Tables..........................................................................................83 APPENDIX B: OUTWARD BOUND: CHICANO STUDIES PROGRAM INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND ITS PROSPECTS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Abstract ......................................................................................................................89 Introduction ................................................................................................................90 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Literature Review.......................................................................................................92 Theory and Hypotheses..............................................................................................100 Data and Methods ......................................................................................................102 Results ........................................................................................................................110 Discussion and Conclusion ........................................................................................114 Notes ..........................................................................................................................117 References ..................................................................................................................118 List of Figures and Tables..........................................................................................125 APPENDIX C: “IT’S WHO WE ARE:” INTEGRATING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC LABOR IN MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT A RESEARCH- INTENSIVE UNIVERSITY Abstract ......................................................................................................................130 Introduction ................................................................................................................131 Literature Review.......................................................................................................135 Context .......................................................................................................................141 Data and Methods ......................................................................................................145 Results ........................................................................................................................147 Discussion and Conclusion ........................................................................................154 Notes ..........................................................................................................................159 References ..................................................................................................................160 List of Figures and Tables..........................................................................................168 7 ABSTRACT This dissertation is a comparative study of the formal institutionalization of Chicana/o Studies programs in four-year colleges and universities between 1970 and the present, and of how variations in institutionalization create different community engagement dynamics for Latina/o populations both on- and off-campus. This research examines the impact of program and university-level characteristics on the formal institutionalization of these programs and the embedding of community engagement within program mission statements. Program-level characteristics include formal classification as either a Chicana/o Studies program or cognate (e.g., Mexican American Studies, Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies,
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