Faculty Biography
- Ph.D. in Political Science, Stanford University
- M.A. in Political Science, Stanford University
- B.A.S. Emphasis on Latin American Studies, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.
Latinos as political actors; Latinos as transnational political actors; Immigration and Migrant Rights; Citizenship/Transnational Citizenship; Mexican Politics; Transnational Motherhood and Domestic Service.
- LTNS 670 (cross-listed with the Department of Political Science as PLSI 408) Mexican Politics and Society
- LTNS 660 Latina/o Politics
- LTNS 470 Immigration of Latinas/os to the US.
- LTNS 445 Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization (cross-listed as WGS 445)
- LTNS 215 Introduction to Latina/Latino Studies.
- ETHS 820 Advanced Research Seminar in Ethnic Studies (formerly ETHS 880)
- RAZA 410 Latina Women Seminar
- RAZA 315 Raza in California: Public Policy Issues in Health, Education and Housing.
- 2020 Grant to develop High Quality Online Teaching and Learning, CEETL, San Francisco State University
- 2010 – Present Elected representative on the Steering Committee of the California State University Council on Ethnic Studies (CSUCES) representing 600+ Ethnic Studies faculty members in the CSU.
- 2017 Research Associate with Dr. Sam Naidu of Rhodes University in South Africa on a Mellon Foundation funded project “Intersecting Diasporas: A Comparative Study of Literature of the African, Latin American and South Asian Diasporas.”
- 2014 Selected to participate in the NEH Summer Institute “Pictorial Histories and Myth-Histories: ‘Graphic Novels’ of the Mixtecs and Aztecs” in Mexico June/July 2014
- 2008-2011 Principal Investigator for a grant from the US Dept. of Education and Headstart for a Pilot Program for Teacher Training in the Latina/Latino Studies Department, SFSU. $1,200,000.
- 2005 Teaching Award for Community Service Learning, SFSU
- 2002/03 Outstanding Teacher Award for Innovation, SFSU
- Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee for LTNS
- Hiring Committee for LTNS
- Upper Division GE Committee (campus-wide)
- Willie Brown Fellowship Selection Committee
- Faculty Advisor for Alpha Pi Sigma Sorority, Inc.
- Faculty Advisor for Delta Tau Chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc.
- The Latino Voter Guide. El Tecolote. http://eltecolote.org/content/en/sf-state-students-analyze-how-propositions-would-affect-latino-community/ (2004 – 2020)
- Mexican Migrants and the Vocabulary of Transnationalism. Scrutiny2, https://www.tandfonline.co/loi/rscr20 Taylor and Francis. (2019)
- Elvira Arellano. Raul Grijalva. Maria Hinojosa. Kenneth Salazar. Four entries in Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti, Editor. Latinos in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Latinos as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2019. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440853470 (2018)
- Latinas and Domestic Service. In Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK (2016)
- Translation and Transnationalization of Domestic Service. In Tranlocaties/Translocalidades: Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas. Editors Sonia E. Alvarez, Claudia de Lima Costa, Verónica Feliú, Rebecca Hester, Norma Klahn, Millie Thayer. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. (2014)
- The Best of Care: Latinas as Transnational Mothers and Caregivers. In Techno/futuros: Critical Interventions in Latina/o Studies. Editors Nancy Raquel Mirabal and Agustin Laó-Montes. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. pp 191-212. (2007)
- Elizabeth (Betita) Martínez In Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States Eds. Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2005)
- Testimony Across Cyberspace. In Claire Joysmith and Clara Lomas, eds., One Wound for Another / Una Herida Por Otra. Mexico DF: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. (2005)
- Editor of Coyolxauhuqui Remembered: A Journal of Latina Voices 2005 Raza Studies Department, San Francisco State University. (2005)
- Watching Over Greater Mexico: Recent Mexican Initiatives on Migration and the Alambristas of the New Millennium. In Nick Cull and David Carrasco, Eds., Alambristas and the US-Mexico Border. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. pp 103-124. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. (2004)
- Editor of Coyolxauhuqui Remembered: A Journal of Latina Voices 2003 Raza Studies Department, San Francisco State University. (2003)
- Latino Immigration and Citizenship. (Co-authored with Christine Sierra, Louis DiSipio and Micheal Jones-Correa) Political Science Journal. September, 2000.
- Calendario de la Raza 2000: Art and Politics. (Editor/Co-author) Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate Press. (1999)
- Cross-Border Talk: Transnational Perspectives on Labor, Race and Sexuality. In Ella Habiba Shohat, ed. Talking Visions: Multicultural Feminism om a Transnational Age. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. (1998)
- Calendario de la Raza 1999: Images of the Mujer. (Editor) Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate Press. 1998.
- Editor of Coyolxauhuqui Remembered: La Raza Women’s Journal 1996 La Raza Studies Department, San Francisco State University. (1996)
- Gendered Unions: The Rise and Demise of the Mexican Garment Workers Union, 1985-1995. CLRC News, a newsletter of the Chicano/Latino Research Center. No. 5 Fall/Winter 1994/95. UC Santa Cruz.
- A Review of Barbara Kingsolver's Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike. Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer, 1992.
- Promoting Multicultural Dissertation Research in a Eurocentric University. American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 181-187. November/December 1990.
- Women and Independent Unionism in the Garment Industry. In Ann Craig and Joe Foweraker, eds., Popular Movements and Political Change in Mexico. Boulder, CO.: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 1990.
- "The Women's Movement and the Left in Mexico: The Presidential Campaign of Doña Rosario Ibarra de Piedra," in Teresa Cordova et al., eds., Chicana Voices: Intersections of Race, Class and Gender. Austin, TX.: CMAS Publications, University of Texas. 1986.
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