Christine Marie Sierra Is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of New Mexico
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Department of Political Science Christine Marie Sierra is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of New Mexico. Her exper- tise is in American politics with a focus on race, eth- nicity, and gender. Her most recent publication is Contested Transformation: Race, Gender, and Leader- ship in Twenty-First Century America, a national study of elected officials of color, co-authored with Carol Hardy-Fanta, Pei-te Lien, and Dianne M. Pinderhughes (Cambridge University Press 2016). See http:// www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics- international-relations/american-government-politics-and- policy/contested-transformation-race-gender-and-political- leadership-21st-century-america?format=PB Other publications include work on Mexican Ameri- can activism on immigration policy, Hispanic politics in New Mexico, and the politics of Latina women in the United States. Sierra has been a guest scholar at the Brookings Insti- tution, the University of Arizona, and the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. As an expert in American and Latino/a politics, she appears frequently in local, national, and internation- al media outlets. She served as Director of the South- west Hispanic Research Institute at the University of New Mexico from 2011 – 2014. CHRISTINE MARIE SIERRA 12/2016 Professor Emerita Department of Political Science MSC 05 3070 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001 Dept. Office: (505) 277-5104 Fax: (505) 277-2821 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION B.A. with honors, 1972, University of Texas at Austin, Government. M.A., 1981, Stanford University, Political Science. Ph.D., 1983, Stanford University, Political Science. AREAS OF EXPERTISE American Politics; Race, Ethnicity and Gender Latino/a Politics, Women in American Politics interest groups, social movements, community-based organization U.S. immigration politics and policy EMPLOYMENT/ACADEMIC POSITIONS Predoctoral Fellow and Instructor, 1979-1980, Department of Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California). Assistant Professor, 1981-1985, Department of Political Science, The Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado). Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Council/The Ford Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities, 1985-86, in residence at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. Assistant Professor, 1986-1991, Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Associate Professor, 1991-2006, Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Professor, 2006 – 2014, Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Director, Southwest Hispanic Research Institute (SHRI), University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico), August 2011 – June 2014. Professor Emerita, as of January 1, 2015, Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico) TEMPORARY AND VISITING APPOINTMENTS Co-Director, with Douglas Monroy, History, Southwest Studies Summer Institute, 1983, The Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado). [graduate program] Faculty Fellow and Seminar Instructor, “Majority-Minority Relations: The Power of Perceptions and Ideology,” February 1984, Associated Colleges of the Midwest/Great Lakes Colleges Association, Newberry Library Program in the Humanities, Chicago, Illinois. Guest Scholar, 1985-86, The Brookings Institution, Governmental Studies Division, Washington, D.C. Academic Coordinator, 1994-96, Chicano Studies Program, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Visiting Scholar, Academic year 1997-98, and Fall, 1998, Mexican American Studies & Research Center (MASRC), The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona). Visiting Professor, Fall 2003 and Summer 2004. Center for American Women and Politics, The Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey). PROFESSIONAL HONORS, AWARDS, ACTIVITIES Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship for Minorities, 1973-78, Stanford University. Stanford University Dissertation Research Grant, 1978. Researcher and Cataloguer, Manuel Ruíz, Jr. Collection, 1977-79, and the CASA Collection, 1979-80, Cecil H. Green Library - The Main Library, Special Collections, Stanford University. Predoctoral Fellowship, 1979-80, Department of Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Fellowship, Summer 1982, Ford Foundation Dissertation Completion Project, sponsored by The Institute for Social Research, National Chicano Research Network, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 2 Visiting Scholar, travel grant, August 4-16, 1982, The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Ford Foundation Research Task Force on Hispanic Civic Identity and Political Participation, 1982-83. Invited participant (funded), American Political Science Association, Workshop on "Women and American Politics," Annual Convention of the Western Political Science Association, Seattle, Washington, March 24-26, 1983. Faculty Research and Development Block Grants, January 1983; November 1983; December 1984, The Colorado College. Invited participant (funded), Associated Colleges of the Midwest/Wood Institute, Lake Forest College, Conference on "Reform in Chicago: An Assessment of the Harold Washington Administration," Chicago, Illinois, October 4-5, 1984. Colorado College Nominee, 1984, for the national Young Scholars Award offered by the American Association of University Women. Grant from the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW), The University of Arizona, 1984-85, for one-year project, "Integrating the New Scholarship on Women into the Curriculum," at Colorado College, Professors Margaret Duncombe and Judith Genova (co-PIs). Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1985-86, The Ford Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities. Guest Scholar, 1985-86, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. Postdoctoral Award, 1985-86 (declined), The Rockefeller Foundation, Research Fellowship Program for Minority-Group Scholars. Guest Scholar Affiliation, 1985-86 (declined), The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College. Faculty Mentor Recognition, Arts & Sciences Student Advisory Council, University of New Mexico, 1991. Outstanding Teacher Award, Hispanics for the University of New Mexico (H.U.N.M.), 1991. Nominated by the Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico, for the Burlington Resources Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for 1991-92. 3 Columnist, The Albuquerque Tribune (daily city newspaper). Monthly column on social/political issues, 1991-1994. Presidential appointee to the Good Neighbor Environmental Board. Established by the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act of 1992, the GNEB advises the President and Congress on environmental and infrastructure needs of the U.S.-Mexico border region. Board members chosen from the states contiguous to Mexico. New Mexico representative, 1994 to 1997. Nominee to the national Citizens’ Advisory Panel to monitor the law enforcement activities of the Immigration & Naturalization Service, 1995. Nominated by the National Office of the Lutheran Church. Invitation to serve by the Commissioner, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service. (declined) Nominee for UNM Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 1999. Award administered by the Office of the Provost and the Teaching Enhancement Committee on Awards & Fellowships. Students nominate for these campus-wide awards. Co-president (with James Jennings) of the American Political Science Association, Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, 1999-2000. American Political Science Association, Executive Council, 2000-2002, Administrative Committee of the Executive Council, 2000-2001. Named by the Bernalillo County Clerk to the Elections Transition Overview Committee to advise the County Clerk on election processes and procedures to increase voter confidence and participation, December 2000-2001. This Town Is Not For Sale!: The 1994 Santa Fe Mayoral Election, video documentary co-written and produced by Christine Sierra, screened at the 2001 San Antonio CineFestival, San Antonio, Texas and the Third Annual Vistas Film Festival, Dallas, Texas, October, 2001. The Public Broadcasting Service distributed the video nationwide via satellite for local PBS station broadcasts during Hispanic Heritage Month, September - October, 1999. Appointed by the Mayor’s Office and City Council of Albuquerque to the Unification Exploratory Group, a citizens’ task force to study the consolidation of city and county government for Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, New Mexico, June – October 2002. Nominated by the Vice Provost for Research and the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, University of New Mexico, for the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship, 2003-2004. American Political Science Association, Secretary, 2004-2005. 4 College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) Social Sciences and History Examination Committee, The College Board/Educational Testing Service, 2003-2007. Named a 2006 Latino Educator by La Herencia Magazine (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Vol. 51, Fall 2006, p. 51. Immigration Policy Roundtable, co-sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and the Brookings Institution, invited participant, 2008-2009. Panelist, Characters Unite National Town Hall with Tom Brokaw (moderator), sponsored by USA Television Network, Washington, D.C., December 2, 2009. Named to the Hispano Advisory Board, First Congressional District, New