Irasema Coronado Department of Political Science 5508 Fernwood Circle University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas 79932 El Paso, Texas 79968 915-581-0716 Telephone: 915-747-7980 Email: [email protected] Education Ph.D. Political Science University of Arizona 1998 Dissertation Topic: Who Governs in a Binational Context? The Role of Transnational Political Elites M.A. Latin American Studies University of Arizona 1989 B.A. Political Science Certificate of Latin American Studies University of South Florida 1983 Professional Experience Associate Provost, University of Texas at El Paso July 1, 2008-present. Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at El Paso September 1, 2006 to June 2008. Graduate Advisor Department of Political Science September 2006- January 2008. Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso September 1, 2005-September 1, 2006. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso 2004-present. Assistant Professor, Academic Advisor Center for Inter-American and Border Studies August 1999-2003. Contributing Faculty Environmental Science and Engineering, Ph.D. program August 1999 to present Professor, Border Exchange Program, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juárez, January- 1 May 1999. Assistant Professor, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, July 1997- August 1999. Visiting Professor, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas January 1995- July 1997. Adjunct Professor, University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas Summer 1998. & 1999. Visiting Professor, University of Arizona, Guadalajara Summer School, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Summer 1997 & 2001. Researcher, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Nogales, Sonora, México, November 1992 - July 1995. Associate Faculty, Pima Community College, Nogales, Arizona Campus August 1992- December 1994. Visiting Scholar, Associate Faculty, Cochise College, Sierra Vista, Arizona, August- December 1991. Environmental Protection Specialist, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy Analysis, Washington, D.C., May-August 1991. Graduate Research Associate, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, August 1990-May 1994. Program Coordinator, College of Education, University of Arizona, May 1989-August 1990. Student Recruiter, Office of Minority Students, University of Arizona, August 1988-May 1989. Publications (*refereed) Books *Politicas: Latina Trailblazers in the Texas Political Arena, Garcia, Sonia, Martinez- Ebers, Valerie, Coronado, Irasema, Navarro, Sharon, Jaramillo, Patricia Austin, Texas: University of Texas Austin Press 2008. * Juntos Pero No Revueltos: Estudios sobre la Frontera Texas-Chihuahua, Coronado, Irasema and Padilla, Hector Eds. 2006 Jalapa, Veracruz: Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juárez. 2 Digame! Public Policy on the Texas Border 2003 Brenner, Christine, Coronado, Irasema, Soden, Dennis, Eds. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt . *Fronteras No Más: Toward Social Justice at the U.S.-Mexico Border 2002 with Kathleen Staudt, New York: Palgrave. Articles “Be Realistic Demand the Impossible: Public Policy Changes on the U.S.-Mexico Border,” in Transformation of La Familia on the U.S.-Mexico Border, Raquel Márquez, and Harriett Romo, Eds. South Bend, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press 2008. *“Acción Cívica Binacional en pro de la rendición de cuentas: Organización contra la violencia en Ciudad Juárez-El Paso,” with Kathleen Staudt in Reforma de la Administracion de la Justicia en México, Arturo Alvarado Ed. Colegio de Mexico 2008. *“Civic Action for Accountability: Anti-Violence Organizing in Ciudad Juárez-El Paso,” with Kathleen Staudt in Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico. Wayne Cornelius and David Shirk, Eds. Notre Dame Press 2007 Chapter 15, pages 349-368. *“Mujeres y trabajo: la participación de la mujer en la fuerza laboral de la frontera Texas- México,” with Christine Brenner, in Juntos Pero No Revueltos: Estudios sobre la Frontera Texas-Chihuahua. Irasema Coronado and Héctor Padilla Eds. Jalapa, Veracruz: Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juárez 2006. *“Styles, Strategies, and Issues of Women Leaders at the Border,” in Women and change at the U.S.-Mexico Border Eds. Doreen Mattingly, and Ellen Hansen. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press 2006. *“Resistance on the Global Frontlines: Gender Wars at the U.S.-Mexico Border,” with Kathleen Staudt in Critical Theories, World Politics and the Anti-Globalisation Movement. Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguasscha, Eds. Routledge.: London 2005 “Cross-Border Cooperation: The Case of Ciudad Juárez-El Paso,” with Hector Padilla in Digame! Public Policy on the Texas Border, Christine Brenner, Irasema Coronado, Dennis Soden, Eds. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt 2003. “La Vida en las Colonias de la Frontera/Life in Colonias on the Border,” Latino Studies Journal 2003: 193-197. 3 “Universities as Sites of Citizenship and Civic Responsibility: A Report on the Pilot Phase of the Research,” with Virginia Chanley, and Ashley Woodiwiss in The Political Psychologist Newsletter American Political Science Association Vol. 7, No. 1 Spring 2002: 2-18. “Water Conflict in the Borderlands,” with George Kourous in Borderlines Vol. 7, No. 6 Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 1999. *“Conflictos Ambientales Internacionales e Internacionales,” II Simposio de Estudios Fronterizos, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte: Piedras Negras, Coahuila December 1996. *“Legal Solutions vs. Environmental Realities: The Case of the United States-Mexico Border Region,” University of Connecticut Journal of International Law Vol. 10, No. 2 Spring 1995, p. 281-300. “Sustainability of Development in a Border Context: The Case of Ambos Nogales,” with Francisco Lara Valencia in Sustainable Development in the 21st Century Americas: Alternative Visions of Progress: Conference Proceedings, B.A. Suderman, J.C. Jacob and M. Brinherhoff, Eds. Division of International Development, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 1995, p. 104-115. *“Relaciones Sociales y Cooperacion Transfronteriza en la Region Sonora-Arizona,” with Francisco Lara Valencia, Estudios Sociales Vol. V. No. 10 December 1995, p. 171- 196. *“The Hardening of the United States-Mexico Borderlands: Causes and Consequences,” with Edward J Williams Boundary and Security Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 4, University of Durham, England January 1994. Technical Reports “Effectiveness of The American Community of the U.S. Census in a Borderlands Colonia Setting,” with Duncan Earle, U.S. Census Publication Technical Report 2002. (78 pages). “Barriers to Enumeration in Colonias on the U.S.-Mexico Border,”with Duncan Earle, U.S. Census Publication Technical Report, 2001. (39 pages). Contributor, Report prepared by Udall Center to Ford Foundation “U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Water Resources Management: Bilateral Issues, Policies and Strategies in the Nogales Region,” 1995. 4 Encyclopedia Entries Contributor, Mexico and the United States, Ed. Stacy, Lee. New York: Marshall Cavendish: 2003 (Six Encyclopedia Entries). Contributor, The Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States Oxford University Press 2006 (Eight Encyclopedia Entries). Book Reviews Women and Migration in the U.S-Mexico Borderlands, in Choice forthcoming 2009 Women and Migration in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands in New Mexico Historical Society Journal 2009 Troublesome Border, in Development in Practice 2008. Huesos en el Desierto, in La Prensa, Riverside, California 4-10 April 2003. Mexico’s Politics and Society in Transition, in Choice vol. 40 no. 10, June 2003. Disciplining Feminism: From Social Activism to Academic Discourse, in Choice vol. 39 no. 11, July 2002. Woman and Gender in the Middle East, in Choice September 2001. Forthcoming Reprint “The Cultural Poetics of Environmental Justice,” with Kamala Platt, 23 pages to be published by Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas, forthcoming. “The State of the Environment in Paso Del Norte, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas” Irasema Coronado, et.al. SCERP: forthcoming. Honors and Special Recognitions Border Fulbright, “Border Politics Project,” Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez 2004-2005. Woman of the Year, Latinas Unidas Harvard University 2004. REACH Award, Education Category, YWCA El Paso, Texas 2002. 5 Adaljiza Sosa Riddell Undergraduate Mentor Award, American Political Science Association, Committee on the Status of Latinos and Chicanos in the Profession 2002. Fulbright Scholar, German Studies Seminar, “International Migration and National Identities” Summer 2002. Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2002. Participant, “Infusing Asian Studies into the Curriculum Study Tour” University of Hawaii and Manila, Philippines June 1999. Recipient, Medalla de Merito Civico, Club de Mujeres Profesionistas y de Negocios de Sonora, A.C. February 1995. Recipient, Environmental Award, November 1994, Prescott College. Classes Taught at UTEP University 1301 Gobierno Local en Perspectiva Comparativa University 1301 Medio Ambiente en la Frontera LABS 3300 The Americas LABS 2330 The Border POLS 2311 American Government (English and Spanish) POLS 4334 Regional Politics (Middle East Politics) POLS 5380 Southwest Border Politics POLS 4337 Government and Politics of Mexico POLS 4314 Women, Power and Politics ESE 6301 Environmental Law and Policy POLS 5380, POLS 4380, CHIC 4350 and LABS 5301 Cross-Border Cooperation (Wintermester) POLS 2310 Introduction to Politics POLS 3314 Ethnicity and Race in America