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ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:
Assistant Professor, American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2009 to the present. Burdine 418, M/C B7100, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78741; Office: 512-232-4582; [email protected].
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1999-2005. Dissertation: “The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Identity in San Francisco.”
M.A. in American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1997-1999. Thesis: “Paul Feeley: His Life, His Art, and the Rise of the Avant-Garde at Bennington College.”
B.A. in English Literature, University of California, Los Angeles, Cum Laude, 1988-1992.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book Manuscript under contract with University of Pennsylvania Press: “The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Identity in San Francisco.”
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
“The Mission in Nicaragua: San Francisco Poets Go To War,” in Beyond El Barrio: Everyday Life in Latina/o America, eds., Adrian Burgos, Frank Guridy, and Gina M. Perez (New York: New York University Press, 2010), 211-231.
“Hombres y Mujeres Muralistas on a Mission: Painting Latino Identities in 1970s San Francisco,” Latino Studies, winter 2006, Vol. 4, Issue 4, 356-38. (Peer Review)
Other Articles:
“Paul Feeley’s Life,” Paul Feeley: Imperfections by Chance, Exhibition Catalog edited by Doug Dreishpoon to accompany exhibitions at the Albright-Knox Museum (2014-2015) and Columbus Museum of Art (2015) [Forthcoming].
“Yolanda Lopez: A Woman’s Work Is Never Done,” Women’s Caucus for Art: Honor Awards 2008, Women’s Caucus for Art 2008 conference publication, Dallas, TX.
“Spirits Walking on the Earth: The Paintings of Liliana Wilson.” Voices of Art, Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring 2005, 28-29.
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“It Takes a Village To Raise an American Studies Ph.D.,” Main Currents, Inaugural Edition, American Studies Newsletter, University of Texas at Austin, spring 2007.
Published Encyclopedia Contributions and Bibliographies:
“Culture Clash,” encyclopedia entry, Latinos and Latinas in U.S. History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, eds. David J. Leonard and Carmen Lugo-Lugo (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2010).
“Exhibition History and Bibliography,” Paul Feeley: Painting and Sculpture. Lane Relyea, ed. New York: Lawrence Markey/ Matthew Marks, 2003. (Catalogue)
Online Interviews and Research:
Oral Histories for the Archives of American Art:
“The Enslaved People of Patton Plantation: Original Research by Cary Cordova.” Texas Parks and Wildlife Department published Website in October 2000.
SELECT RESEARCH AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS:
College Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, spring 2013.
Subvention Grant Award, Office of the President, University of Texas at Austin, in support of the publication of The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Identity in San Francisco, 2012-2013.
Honorable Mention, Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship, 2012-2013.
Center for Mexican American Studies Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, summer 2011.
Nominated by Latino Studies for the Berkshire Conference Article Prize Competition, for publication of “Hombres y Mujeres Muralistas on a Mission: Painting Latino Identities in 1970s San Francisco,” Latino Studies, Houndmills: Winter 2006, Vol. 4, Issue 4, 356-380.
Finalist, Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize, American Studies Association Annual Conference, October 12-15, 2006.
Nominee, Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2006.
Travel Award, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA), University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Smithsonian Latino Studies Fellowship, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Summer 2003.
University of Texas Continuing Fellowship, Fall 2002 - Spring 2003.
Manuscript Society Scholarship Prize, May 2000.
Interpreting the Texas Past Research Fellowship, Spring and Summer 2000.
University of Texas Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship, Spring 2000.
TEACHING AWARDS:
Invited Member, Society for Teaching Excellence at the University of Texas at Austin, elected September 2012.
Graduate Teaching Award, 2010-2011, given by the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, awarded May 10, 2011.
Appreciation Award, given by the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities at the University of Texas at Austin for creating an inclusive environment, awarded fall 2010.
Honorary Member, Wheel and Chain, awarded by the senior women’s honorary society for undergraduate teaching, Dickinson College, elected April 2008.
Service Learning Grant, Dickinson College, Fall 2007. Grant to develop a “Field Methods” class dedicated to public service, working in partnership with the Downtown Carlisle Association, the Cumberland County Historical Society, and the “High I” Economic Redevelopment Project.
SELECT CONFERENC PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES:
“A Psychogeography of Latina/o Radicalism: The Politics of Latina/o Landscapes,” presenter, American Studies Association annual conference, Washington, D.C., November 21-24, 2013 (forthcoming).
“Human Rights and Arts Workshop with Artist Adriana Corral,” Commentator, workshop organized by the Rappoport Center’s Human Rights and the Arts Working Group and the Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS), University of Texas at Austin, January 28, 2013.
“Beyond el Barrio: Everyday Life in Latina/o America,” panelist, Latin American Studies Association annual conference, San Francisco, California, May 23-26, 2012.
“The Activist Art of a Salvadoran Diaspora: Abstraction, War, and Memory in San Francisco,” invited lecture by The Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, February 27, 2012.
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“From the Barrio: Art, Politics, and Youth Literature From the Barrio,” Presenter, 2012 OAH/NCPH Annual Meeting (Organization of American Historians / National Council on Public History), April 19-22, 2012.
“Latina Magazine Has Food Issues,” Presenter, American Studies Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 20-23, 2011.
“Pages of Patronage: Children’s Book Press and the Production of Latina/o Art,” Presenter, Latino Art Now! The New Wave / La Nueva Ola, Third Biennial Conference, Los Angeles, CA, November 11, 2010.
“Beyond El Barrio Symposium,” Panelist, University of Texas at Austin, November 16, 2010.
“Solidaridad con El Salvador”: The Art and Politics of Salvadoran San Francisco,” Presenter, Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Oakland, CA, October 24-28, 2007.
“The Mission in Managua: San Francisco Poetry, Neighborhood Art, and Transnational Action.” Presenter, American Studies Association Annual Conference, Oakland, CA, October 12-15, 2006.
“Freedom in the Beats: Latino Artists in the San Francisco Counterculture.” Lecture, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, December 12, 2005. AND: Lecture, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, December 5, 2005.
“Día de los Muertos in History, Memory, and Meaning,” public lecture, Mission Cultural Association, San Francisco, CA, November 16, 2005.
“Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead: A Nexus for Grief in 1980s San Francisco.” Presenter, American Studies Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 11-14, 2004.
“The Project in Reinterpreting the Texas Past,” Presenter, National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, April 25-26, 2003.
Media Interviews and Articles on Research and Teaching:
T.W. Burger, “Dickinson Students ‘Mapping’ Carlisle History,” The Patriot-News, December 6, 2007; www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2007/12/dickinson_students_mapping_car.html [on teaching].
Alex Roarty, “Students Study Carlisle Maps: Intensive ‘Mapping’ Project Uncovers the Secrets Behind the Borough Way of Life,” The Sentinel, December 5, 2007; http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2007/12/05/news/news191.txt [on teaching].
“Día de los Muertos and its Historical, Cultural, and Political Impact,” KPFA radio panel for “Full Circle,” Berkeley, CA, October 28, 2005 [on research].
Rick Cherwitz and Julie Sievers, “Historians as Intellectual Entrepreneurs: Citizen-Scholars Build Bridge Between University and Community,” American Studies Association Newsletter, March 2004, 23, 36 [on research].
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor, American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, August 2009-present. Assistant Professor, Latina/o Studies and History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, August 2008-August 2009. Assistant Professor, American Studies, Dickinson College, August 2006-May 2008. Lecturer, American Studies, University of California, Davis, January 2005-June 2006. Assistant Instructor, Department of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, August 2003- May 2004. Instructor, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, UC Santa Cruz, Summer 2002. Teaching Assistant, American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, January 2001-May 2002.
COURSES TAUGHT:
UT Austin: o Introduction to American Studies (AMS 310 / HIS 315G) o American Disasters (AMS 370) o Radical Latinos (AMS 370) o Mexican American Cultural Studies (AMS 370 / MAS 361) o Latinidades: Communities, Markets, and Representations (AMS 390) o Reframing Visual Culture (AMS 390)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: o Mexican American History (LAS 279 / HIS 279) o Latina/os and the City (LAS 379 / HIS 379)
Dickinson College: o Introduction to American Studies (AMST 201) o Latino U.S.A.: Art, Culture, and Identity (AMST 301) o Cultures of the United States (AMST 101) o Research and Methods in American Studies (AMST 401 and AMST 402) o Introduction to Field Methods in American Studies (AMST 302)
UC Davis: o Introduction to American Studies (AMS 10) o Corporate Cultures (AMS 125) o The Individual and Community (AMS 153) o Theories and Practices of Everyday Life (AMS 111) o Landscapes and Places (AMS 151)
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Contracted Oral Historian, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, September 2003 – September 2004.
Intern and Assistant to the Director, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, September 1999 – August 2001.