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1 Marta Tienda Curriculum Vitae September 2020 ADDRESS Marta Tienda Curriculum Vitae September 2020 ADDRESS Office of Population Research, Princeton University 184 Wallace Hall Princeton, New Jersey 08544-2091 Telephone: (609) 258-1753 Fax: (609) 258-1039 e-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION 1968-72 Michigan State University, B.A., Spanish (Education) Honors College Magna Cum Laude 1972-77 The University of Texas at Austin M.A., Sociology, 1975 Ph.D., Sociology, 1977 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Current Positions Princeton University, 1997 - • Maurice P. During ’22 Professor in Demographic Studies, 1999 – • Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, 1997 - • Research Associate, Office of Population Research, 1997 - Past Positions Margaret Olivia Sage Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation 2015-2016 Visiting Scholar, NYU Center for Advanced Social Science Research, 2010-11 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Brown University, January - June, 2007 Visiting Scholar, The Rockefeller Foundation, 2006 – 2007 Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, September 1994 - 1997 • Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, October 1987 - 1994 • Research Associate, Population Research Center and Ogburn-Stouffer Center, 1987 - 1997 Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, Stanford University, January-June, 1987 Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1983 - 1989 • Associate Professor, 1980 - 1983 • Assistant Professor, 1976 - 1980 Assistant to the Director, Special Programs, Michigan Cooperative Extension Service, March - August 1972 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Founding Director, Program in Latino Studies, Princeton University, 2009 - 2018 Director, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, 1998 - 2002 Director of Graduate Studies, Office of Population Research, 2008- 2010; 2011-2015 Faculty Chair PhD Program, Woodrow Wilson School, 2009-2010 Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1994 – 1997 1 Biography Diane O’Connell. People Person: The Story of Sociologist Marta Tienda. New York and Washington, D.C.: Scholastic and Joseph Henry Press. Translated to Chinese. HONORS and FELLOWSHIPS President, Population Association of America, 2002 Honorary Degrees Doctor of Humane Letters, Bank Street College of Education, 2006 Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, Lehman College, 2003 Doctor of Social Science Honoris Causa, The Ohio State University, 2002 Honorific Fellow Fudan Scholar, Research Institute for Higher Education, Fudan University, 2019 External Fellow, American Institutes for Research, 2017 Fellow, National Academy of Education, Elected 2015 Fellow, American Education Research Association, Elected 2009 Ernest W. Burgess Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Elected 2004 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Elected 1993 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1990 Academic Recognition American Dream Legacy Award, 2007, New Jersey International Institute. Outstanding Latina Faculty in Higher Education, AAHHE, 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award, Hispanic Business Inc., November 2004 Named Top 100 Influential Hispanics, Hispanic Business Magazine, October 2003 Named “80 Elite Hispanic Women of 2003”, Hispanic Business Magazine, April, 2003 Outstanding Graduate Alumnus of the Year, The University of Texas, 2002 – 2003 Sociological Research Association, 1987 - AAUW, Outstanding Young Scholar Recognition Award, 1984 - 1985 Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology Honorary Society), 1978 Undergraduate Honors Phi Kappa Phi, 1972 Phi Beta Kappa, 1971 Mortar Board, 1971 Alpha Lambda Delta, 1969 Fellowships Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation International Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy, 1997 Fellow, Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, Tel Aviv University, 1994 Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1993 - 1994 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1990 - 1991 Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Chicano Council on Higher Education, fall 1979 Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellow, 1972 - 1976 E.D. Farmer Fellow, for SSRC seminar, Cuernavaca, Mexico, summer 1974 Michigan Higher Education Grant, 1968 - 1972 Leo W. Huff Teaching Scholarship, 1968 2 EDITORIAL Editorships Cambridge University Press, Jacobs Foundation Series on Adolescence, (2007-2012) Stanford University Press Series on Social Inequality, (1998 - 2003) Advisory Editor, The Encyclopedia of Sociology, (1997 - 1999) Westview Series on Social Inequality, (1987 - 1997) American Journal of Sociology, (July 1991 - April 1995) Boards Sociology of Education (2008 – 2011) Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2007 – 2014) Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, (2000 - 2003) Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, (1999 - 2004) Social Problems, (1999 - 2004) Rose Monograph Series, (1996 - 1997) Sociological Inquiry, (1989-1991) American Journal of Sociology, (1986 - 1988) Sociological Quarterly, (1986 - 1987) Journal of Family Issues, (1984 - 1986) American Sociological Review, (1983 - 1986) Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, (1983 - 1986) Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, (1983 - 1986) Social Science Quarterly, (1978 - 1981), (1982 - 1985) BOARD MEMBERSHIPS Holdsworth Center, 2019 - Urban Institute, 2019 - Robin Hood, 2017 - Novume Solutions Inc., 2017- 2018 Population Reference Bureau, 2015 - 2018 TIAA, 2005 - The Sloan Foundation, 2005 - ; Vice Chair 2016-17; Chair, 2017 - Corporation of Brown University, 2004 – 2010 Rand Corporation, 2006 – 2008 Princeton HealthCare System, 2004 - 2007 Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2003- 2005 W.T. Grant Foundation, 1999 - 2003 Jacobs Foundation (Switzerland), 1998 - Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1996 - 2004 Public/Private Ventures, 1998 - 2001 Russell Sage Foundation, 1992 - 2001 Kaiser Family foundation, 1992- 2000; Vice Chair, 1998 - 2000 Center for Migration Studies, 1992 - 2000 Population Resource Center, 1988 - 2000 Center for Gender Equality, 1997 - 1999 Chicago Reporter, 1993 - 1995 Hispanics in Philanthropy, 1992 - 1995 Social Science Research Council, 1989 - 1994 3 Traveler's and Immigrants Aid of Chicago, 1989 – 1993 Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1988 – 1989 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Education Research Association (AERA) American Economic Association (AEA) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Member at Large, Section on Social, Economic and Political Sciences, 1993 - 1997 (elected) American Sociological Association (ASA) 1976-2016 Nominations Committee, Section on Population, 1987 Council, Section on Population, 1982 - 1984 (elected) Committee on Nominations, 1987 - 1988 (elected) Committee on the Executive Office and Budget, 1988 - 1990 (appointed) Chair, Section on International Migration, 1996 - 1997 Member, Committee on Publication, 1997 - (elected) Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) 2006 – (elected) Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA) Population Association of America (PAA) Member, Census Advisory Committee on Population Statistics, 1979 - 81; 1982 - 84 (appointed) Board of Directors, 1985 - 1987 (elected) Committee on Nominations, 1987 (elected); 1994 (elected) Committee on Publications, 1999 - 2000 (elected) President, 2002 (elected) Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Executive Council Member, 1986 - 1989 (elected) Program Committee, 1983 Meetings in Mexico City Southwestern Social Science Association (SSSA) SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1990 to present Advisory Committee, NYC Basic Income Study, 2019 - 2020 Member, The U.S. Partnership on Mobility from Poverty, 2016 - 2018 Advisory Board, Mellon Foundation on Our Common Interests (OCI), 2014 - 2018 NRC, Panel on Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration, 2014 - 2016 Member, RWJ Expert Panel on Building a Culture of Health, 2014 Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) Advisory Committee, 2014-2015 Advisory Committee, American Education Research Association (AERA), 2013- 2016 Board of Directors, Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), 2013 – 2014 Diversity Advisory Committee, Brown University, 2012 - 2014 White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, 2011- 2016 Adrenalina Human Sciences Institute, 2009 - 2011 Key National Indicators Commission, 2011-2012 Advisory Committee, Vital Pictures, Aging America project, 2009 -2010 Visiting Committee, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2009 - 2014 Advisory Board, Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, 2007 – 2009; 2011-2013 Chair, Panel on Hispanics in the US, National Academy of Sciences, 2003 - 2006 4 Advisory Board, Hispanic Business Incorporated, 2001 - 2006 Advisory Board, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Urban Health Initiative, 2000 - 2005 Advisory Committee, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, July 2000 - 2004 HRS Monitoring Committee, September 2000 - 2001 Advisory Committee, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, 1999 - 2003 National Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Study of Adolescent Health, 1998 - 2003 Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, 1998 - 2000 Presidential Search Committee, Social Science Research Council, 1998
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