Preliminary
Conference Program 2/23/2004
Literary
Excursions: Baca, Cisneros and Chicana Anthologies
B. V. Olguin, University of Texas, San
Antonio. “Movement Y Movimiento: Jimmy Santiago Baca and the Chicano
Picaresque”
Lisa Flores, Grand Canyon University.
The Architecture of the self and history in Sandra Cisneros’ Caramelo”
Manuel de Jesus Hernandez-G., Arizona
State University. “Tactical Essentialism and Differential Feminist Praxis in This
Bridge We Call Home (2002) and Chicana Feminisms (2003)”
Immigrant
and Binational Students Issues
Presenters: Jonathan Alcantar, San José
State University. “Community resources for immigrant pupils: a report of
selected states”
Michelle Healy, San José State University.
“Immigrant Women’s Roles in Providing Resources for their Children”
Carol Stephenson, San José State
University. “Laws and Policies pertaining to immigrant/binational families and
students”
Alma J.Ortiz, San José State University.
“Changing Worlds: A child’s Perspective”
Moderator: Julia E. Curry Rodriguez,
San José State University
Presenters: Elizabeth “Betita”
Martinez, Writer and Activist
Jose Moreno, California State
University, Northridge
Ernesto Bustillos, Educator and member
of Union del Barrio
Brent Beltran
Chair: Luis Moreno, California
State University, Northridge
Acequias
at the Millennium
Presenters: Paula Garcia, Executive
Director, New Mexico Acequia Association
Joe Gallegos, President, Colorado Acequia
Association
Jose Rivera, University of New Mexico
Devon Peña, University of Washington
Chair: Sylvia Rodriguez,
University of New Mexico
Presenters: Eric‑Christopher
Garcia, University of New Mexico
Jaime H. Garcia, University of Texas,
Brownsville
Brian Herrera, Yale University
Ernesto Martinez, Cornell University
Ramon H. Rivera‑Servera, Arizona
State University
Phil Rodriguez, University of
California, Santa Cruz
Chair: Michael Hames‑Garcia,
Binghamton University
What's
Killing Chicano and Latino Communities?: Important Health Questions Regarding
Academic and Community Unity
Presenters: Patricia Miranda,
University of Michigan
Yvonne Montoya, University of Arizona
Myrna Ruiz, University of Arizona
Andrea Romero, University of Arizona
Commentator: Elena Gutierrez,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chair: Lisa M. Lapeyrouse,
University of Michigan
Chicano Studies and Popular Culture
Presenters: Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson, Whitman College and
Jonathan Thompson, Cornell University and Whitman College. “Future Ambiguity: Latino
Portrayals in Contemporary Science Fiction Film”
Michelle A. Holling, Colorado State University. “Chicano Masculinity as
Temporal Spatiality in Resurrection Blvd”
Dolores
Ines Casillas, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. “Constructing Community or
Targeting Audiences?: US Spanish-language Radio”
Between a
Rock and a Hard Place: Documenting
Difference
Presenters: Ann Massmann, University of
New Mexico. “Documenting 20th Century Chicana/o Grassroots Activism in the
Southwest”
Lourdes
Alberto, Rice University. “The Secret Mexico: The Erotics of Touring the
Indigenous”
Cynthia
Duarte, Columbia University. “Between
Shame and Authenticity: Negotiating 3rd+ Generation Mexican Ethnicities in Los
Angeles”
Creating
a Chicana/o Performing Arts Journal
Presenters: Jorge Huerta, University of California, San
Diego
Elizabeth Ramirez, St. Philip's College
Chair: Cecilia Aragon, California
State University, San Bernardino
Contemporary
Historical/Cultural Research on Identity Formation Processes in New Mexico
Presenters: Dulcinea Lara, University
of California, Berkeley
Lillian Gorman, University of New Mexico
Melina Vizcaino, University of New
Mexico
Presenters: Moises Gonzales, Mexicano
Land Education and Conservation Trust. “Historical Formation of New Mexico
Villages and Development of a Sustainable Land Ethic”
Eric Romero, New Mexico Highlands
University. “Land and Identity in Northern New Mexico: Language Foundations for
Developing a “Place‑Identity “in the Village”
Marissa Christina Barrett, New Mexico
Highlands University. “El Descanso: Sacred Place for the Dead and the Alive”
Roberto Mondragon and Georgia Roybal,
Aspectos Culturales. “Aspectos Culturales del Pueblo Nuevomexicano”
Chair: Eric Romero. New Mexico
Highlands University
Transnational
Migrations, Economic Change, and Latina/o Activism: Paradigms for Action
Presenters: Lorena Marquez, University
of California, San Diego. “The Co-Rise of Nativism and Mexican Nationalism
during California’s Proposition 187”
Ericka Rivera, Washington State
University. “Chicana/o Studies at Washington State University: Origins and
Challenges
Discussant:
Chair: Linda Heidenreich,
Washington State University
Dialectical Subjectivities: Health, War and
History
Presenters: Anthony Nuno, California
State University, Bakersfield. “Dialectical Subjectives: Oral Histories/
Traditions among Chicanos/as Latinos/Latinas Senior Citizens in Bakersfield and
Kern County, California”
Gilda Baeza
Ortego, Texas A & M University‑Kingsville. “El Poder de la Familia
Chicana and Health Information Campaigns”
Maria Teresa Marquez, University of New Mexico General Library.
“Manny Garcia's An Accidental Soldier: Setting the Record Straight of Who
Fought in the Vietnam War”
Charles Truxillo, University of New
Mexico
Xavier Medina, University of New Mexico
Steve Martinez, University of New Mexico
Ignacia
Martinez,
University of New Mexico
Presenters: Anne Martinez, University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. “Mexican Catholics in the West: Revising the
Civilizing Mission”
Matthew J. Martinez, University of Minnesota. “Imaging Mestizaje:
The Photography of Miguel Gandert”
Felicity Schaeffer-Grabiel, University of California, Santa Cruz. “Media
Representations and the Trans-border Marriage Industry”
Chair: Gaye T. M. Okoh, University
of Texas, San Antonio
Picking
up the Parts: Reconstructing the Chicano/Latino Body
Presenters: Spencer Herrera, University
of New Mexico. “The Circumstances Surrounding the Education of the Chicano
Body: A Gender Based Bildungs”
Veronica Calvillo, University of New
Mexico. “Face of An Angel And Body of a Devil”
Melba Amador, University of New Mexico.
“Mi cuerpo, mi hogar: el cuerpo femenino en la novela Geographies of Home de
Loida Maritza Pérez”
Jose Quintana, University of New Mexico.
“Past & Present: Chicano Empowerment Through the Grotesque Body”
Faculty
and Student Perspectives of El Pueblo Indigena
Presenters: Stephen Casanova, St. Cloud
State University
Jeanne Lacourt, St. Cloud State
University
Cory Lawrence, St. Cloud State
University
Daniel Martinez, St. Cloud State
University
Marisol Rodriguez, St. Cloud State
University
24 Hours on the Border
Presenters: Adrián Aragonés, University of Texas, El Paso
George Padilla, University of Texas, El Paso
Guillermo
Rodriguez, University
of Texas, El Paso
Chicano(a)/Méxicano(a)
Politics in Occupied Aztlán: Past, Present, and Future
Presenters: Armando Navarro, University
of California, Riverside. “Chicano(a)/Méxicano(a) Politics in Occupied Aztlán:
Past, Present, and Future”
Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas, Arlington. “21st Century Transcendental Politics: Inter and Intra
Chicano/a Relations”
Ignacio
Garcia, Bringham Young University. “The
Trials, Tribulations and Tragedies of the Mexican American Civil Rights
leadership, 1920 -- 1968”
Richard
Santillan, “Chicano(a)/Méxicano(a) Politics in Occupied Aztlán: Past, Present,
and Future”
Maria
Anna Gonzales, University of California, Riverside. “The reality for mujeres, has it really changed all
that much?”
California's
Hidden Avant-Garde: Performative/Artistic Discourse between North and South
California
Presenters: Elias Serna, California
State University, Northridge. “Xicano Soldier: Street demonstrations and
performance”
Laura Perez,
University of California, Berkeley. “California's Hidden Avant-Garde:
Chicano/Latino Performative and Artistic Discourse between North and South
California”
Tomas Carrasco,
California State University, Chanel Islands. “Narratives and Performance: San
Diego, Berkeley, Oxnard and Los Angeles”
Education
Matters
Presenters: Christopher A. Kypuros,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “Savage inequality in San Anto: Public School
Funding”
Carlos S. Navarro, California State
University, Hayward. “An Independent Latino University: The Development of
National Hispanic University”
Daniel Martinez, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. “Just Another Chicano TA- Recollections and Suggestions from
Graduate School Teaching at an Heartland University”
Presenters: Yazmin Cano, University of
Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Nancy Sanchez Chavez, University of
Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Heladio Barajas, University of Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Juan Carlos Perez, University of
Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Chair: Nelia Olivencia, University
Of Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Greek & Greek Type Student Group Involvement &
Chicano/Latino Students : A University of California, Berkeley Sample Study
Presenters: Fabrizio Mejia, University of California, Berkeley
Nora Sandoval, University of California, Berkeley
Lupe Gallegos, University of California, Berkeley
Moderator: Julian Ledesma, University of California, Berkeley
Young
Latinas Constructing Identities: Negotiating Family, Gender, and Health Across
Contexts
Presenters: Angela Gallegos-Castillo,
University of California, San Francisco. “La Casa: Mexican American Girls
Negotiating Family Cultural Practices, Constructing Identities”
Patricia Sanchez, University of California,
Berkeley. “¿No sabías? Some Chicanas Are Also Transnational: The
(Dis)Continuities of Youth Identity Fromation Across Borders”
Yvette G. Flores, University of
California, Davis. “La Salud: Latina Adolescents Constructing Identities,
Negotiating Health Decisions”
A
Historiographic Approach to M.E.Ch.A. and its Critics
Presenters: Roberto Hernandez,
University of California, Berkeley. “From Traditionally Radical Chicanas/os to
Radically Traditional Xicanos/as”
Ralph Unamuno, University of California,
Los Angeles. “M.E.Ch.A.: Transcending Border(land)s”
Gustavo Licon, University of Southern
California. “(Re)Claiming Aztlán: MEChA Activism and Ideology
Race and
Ethnicity: Allegiances and Legacies
Presenters: Susan Marie Green,
California State University, Chico. “Americanism, Mexicanidad, y Chicanismo:
Three Perspectives on American Race and Nationalism”
Gilberto
Garcia, “The Inter Connections of Ethnicity, Race, and Class in Baseball:
Californios, Tejanos, and Other Mexicans in the Bush Leagues”
Henrietta
L Munoz, University of Texas, San Antonio. “The Culture and Legacy left for a
family: An in-dept look at a San Antonio Mexican American Family”
Robert M. Koehler, San José State
University. The Underworld and
Overworld Consequences of the Mastication and Mortification Process(es) on
Former Chicana/o Prisoners of State Prisons”
Organizing
in the 21st Century on College Campuses
Presenters: David Khilji, Eastern
Michigan University
Ernesto Mireles, Xicano Development
Center, Lansing, MI
Ramon Hernandez, Eastern Michigan
University
United
Fronts: Mexicano, Indigenous, and
Immigrant Latino Communities
Presenters: Hortencia Jimenez, San José
State University. “Latino Immigrant Identity; a comparison of how undocumented
vs. permanent resident and U.S citizen status shapes identity formation”
Bianet Castellanos, University of
California, San Diego. “Rethinking Remittances Among Indigenous Mexican
Migrants”
Sam Rios, Jr. California State
University, Sacramento. “Chicano/Latino Communities: Co-Cultural Adaptation”
Delberto Dario Ruiz, University of
California, Berkeley. “Silence in the Arizona Borderlands: The Militarization
of the Arizona/Sonora Border, Indigenous Communities and the Aesthetics of
Human Rights Violations”
Defining Chicano Communities: Struggle, Transition and Change
Presenters: Cristina Duran, University of New Mexico. “Re-Mexicanizing New Mexico: Albuquerque Neighborhoods in Transition”
Vanessa Macias, University of New Mexico. “South Martineztown: A Community that Resisted Erasure”
James Barrera, University of
New Mexico. “Political Repression in Colorado: The Plight of Francisco E. Kiko
Martinez”
Chair: Ernie Chavez, University of
Texas, El Paso
Participatory
Research in A Day Labor Center
Presenters: Jose Calderon, Pitzer
College. “Organizing for Social Change: Coalitions With Day Laborers”
Jesse Diaz, University of California,
Riverside. “Health Issues of Day Laborers”
Brianne Davila, Pitzer College.
“Organization and Empowerment Efforts Among Students and Day Laborers”
Nina Diaz, Pitzer College. “Health
Issues Among Day Laborers”
Abby Machson-Carter, Pomona College.
“Democracy, Consciousness, and Organization Among Day Laborers”
Teaching Critically as an Act of Resistance and Praxis
Presenters: Denise Sandoval, California
State University, Northridge
Tomas Sandoval, California State
University, Monterey Bay
Jorge Garcia, California State
University, Northridge
Victor Carrillo, California State
University, Northridge
William DeLaTorre, California State
University, Northridge
Documenting
Mistreatment by Border Authorities: Bi‑national Community Based Research
on Mistreatment by Authorities on the U.S. ‑Mexico Border
Presenters: Manuel S. Escobedo, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
“Revisiting U.S.Mexico Border Mistreatment by Border Authorities/Commentator”
Consuelo Aguilar, University of Arizona.
“Organizing the Students and Running the Survey”
Francisca Felix, University of Arizona.
“Interviewer Training”
Vanessa Gallego, University of Arizona.
“Knocking on doors y Saludando: Interview Experiences”
Josephina Perez, University of Wisconsin‑Parkside.
“Putting Statistics to Work for Our Community”
Commentator: Raquel Rubio Goldsmith,
University of Arizona
Moderator: Pat Antonio Goldsmith,
University of Wisconsin‑Parkside
Education
Issues in Formal and Informal Settings
Presenters: Lucila D. Ek, University of
California, San Diego. “Using religious texts for learning and socialization in
a Latino Pentecostal Sunday school
Valerie Talavera-Bustillos, California State
University, Los Angeles. “Community Participation through Education
Maritza De La Trinidad, University of
Arizona. “Collective Outrage: Mexican American Women and Educational Reform”
Anna O. O'Leary, University of Arizona.
“Social
Exchange Practices among Mexican-origin Women in Nogales, Arizona: Prospects
for Education Acquisition”
The
Importance of Community Activism In Chicano Studies: The Struggle For A Working
Class/Barrio Voice Within Raza Academia
Presenters: Rosa Furumoto, California
State University, Northridge
Ernesto Bustillos, Educator and member
of Union del Barrio
Francisco Romero, Educator and member of
the committee on Raza Rights
David Khilji, Eastern Michigan
University
Chair: Luis Moreno, California
State University, Northridge
Sisters
of the Heart, Sisters of the Mind: A Pedagogy of Hope
Presenters: Ana Tavares, Harvard
Graduate School of Education
Rebeca Burciaga, University of California, Los
Angeles
Adriana Katzew, Harvard Graduate School
of Education
Issues in
Latino Children's Literature: Perspectives from the Rivera Book Award Committee
Presenters: Ana M. Juarez, Texas State
University, San Marcos. “Parallel Themes and Issues in Chicana/o Literature and
Mexican American Children's Literature”
Rosalinda B. Barrera, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. “Literary Bilingualism and Cultural Authenticity in
Mexican American Children's Literature in English”
Oralia Garza de Cortes, Families in
Schools, Inc. and Claremont Graduate University. “Publication, Marketing,
andAccess: Issues and Trends in Latino Children's Literature”
Roxane Cuellar, Texas State University,
San Marcos. “Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award: Award-Winning
Books and Their Uses in the Classroom”
Escritoras de Espanola
Presenters: Patricia
Trujillo, University of Texas, San Antonio
Ana Martinez, University
of New Mexico
Enrique Martinez, Activist
and Writer
Bernadette Ellis,
Longfellow Elementary
In
Different Voices: Immigrant Stories and
a Meta-ethicalCritique of Critical
Theory
Presenters: Anthony G. Villar,
University of California, Santa Cruz. “Chicano Cultural Production and The
Narration of Immigrant Subjects”
Michael R. Candelaria, University of New
Mexico. “Ethics in the Border Lands: Meta-ethical Critique of Chicana/o
Critical Theory”
Jose D. Munoz, University of Arizona.
Migration Corridos: The Point of View of Undocumented People and its
Implications for the Mexican Origin Population in the U.S.”
José Palafox, University of California,
Berkeley. “Beyond Real and Imaginary Fronteras: Border Social
Movements and Borderland Studies Confront the Post 9/11 Panoptican Era”
Presenters: Manuel Callahan, Humboldt State University. “Zapatismo as
critical pedagogy and the challenges to Chicano Studies”
Lizabeth Britton, University of
California, Los Angeles. “Transnationalism and Transformation in Cherrie Moraga
and Laura Esquivel”
Barbara Curiel, Brinson Humboldt State
University. “Indias y Chinas: Latina Identity and The Global Economy in Ana
Castillo’s Peel My Love Like an Onion”
Juanita Heredia, Northern Arizona
University. “Latina Writers Traveling with a Transnational Vision: The Politics
of Identity, Gender and Race in Caramelo and American Chica”
Chair: Barbara Brinson Curiel, Humboldt
State University
Decentering
Mestizaje: Multiethnic Identities
Presenters: Martha I. Chew Sánchez, St.
Lawerence University. “Decentering mestizaje: The Chinese-Mexicans in the
construction of Mexicans”
Marissa K. López, University of
California, Berkeley. “Raza on The
Inside: Teaching Chicana/o Literature at San Quentin State Prison”
Rudy P. Guevarra, Jr., University
of California, Santa Barbara. “Burritos
and Bagoong: Mexipinos and Multiethnic Identity in San Diego, California”
Jacobo Prendez, California State
University, Northridge. “Multiracial/Multiethnic Chicana/os, Latina/os, and the
Struggle for Inclusion”
Aztlán y
México: Repatriation, the Consular Corps, & Colonization, 1848-1910
Presenters: Samuel Sisneros, National
Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “The 1849 Repatriation of
Mexican Citizens From Central New Mexico and the El Paso Lower Valley to
Guadalupe and San Ignacio, Chihuahua, Mexico”
Jaime Aguila, University of Texas, Permian Basin.
“Forjando México de Afuera During the Porfiriato”
José Angel Hernández, University of
Chicago. “El México Olvidado: Race, Nation, and Mexican American Colonization”
Books in the Barrio,
Revolutionary Power, A Fading Historical Icon, y Música Chingona
Presenters: Astro Musquiz, University of Texas, San
Antonio. “Books in The Barrio: Constructs of Alternative Thought and Discourse”
Marissa
Ramirez, University of Texas, San Antonio. “Power and Authority in Zapatista
Communiques”
Alexandro
Hernandez, University of Texas, San Antonio. “Corridos, Mosh Pits, y Cumbias:
The politics of past and contemporary Raza Music”
Nino Acuña, University of Texas, San
Antonio. “Searching for Juan N. Cortina: A Reintroduction of a Brownsville Hero
to Contemporary Chicano History”
Cuban-Chicana/o
Relations Past and Present
Discussants: Armando Navarro, University
of California, Riverside
Elisa Facio, University of Colorado,
Boulder
Maria Anna Gonzales, University of
California, Riverside
Moderator: Jorge Mariscal, University
of California, San Diego
Subversion
of Identity: Chicana/o Cultural
Production
Presenters: Mike Amezcua, University of
California, Los Angeles. “Corridos Jodidos: Chicana/o Punk, Race, and the
Cultural Production of Resistance, 1991-2001”
Mary C. Beltran, University of
Wisconsin-Madison. “Why the Hollywood
Latina is Never Chicana: Tracing the Absences”
Peter C. Haney, University of Texas,
Austin. “Costumbrismo en los 'estamos sumidos': The Sound Recordings of
Beatriz, La Chata Noloesca”
Cecilia Cortez, California State
University, Northridge
Immigration/Immigrant
Advocacy: Collaborative Efforts in Mexico and the U.S.
Presenters: Rosaura Galeana Cisneros,
Presidenta, Centro de Investigación para el Éxito y la Calidad Educativa S.C.
(CIEXCE), México, D.F.
Miguel Angel Rodrìguez,
Contracorriente, Puebla, MX
Víctor Manuel Ponce Grima, Tizapán el
Alto, Jalisco, MX
Alicia (Alice Lucille) Tinley, Independent Researcher,
México, D.F.
Chair: Julia E. Curry Rodríguez,
San José State University
Latinos
in San Diego: History, Politics and Culture
Presenters: Isidro Ortiz, San Diego
State University
Ricardo Griswold del Castillo, San Diego
State University
Emmanuelle Letexier, University of
California, San Diego
Patricia Washington, NAACP, San Diego
Chapter
Community
Research: Latina Immigrants in Central Minnesota
Presenters: Margaret Villanueva, St.
Cloud State University
Flora Calderon-Steck, St. Cloud State University
Ilia Rodriguez, University of New Mexico
Presenters: José Limon, University of
Texas, Austin
Deborah Paredez, University of Texas,
Austin
Xochitl Chavez, University of Texas,
Austin
Alex Chavez, University of Texas, Austin
Speaking
Sexualities Across Borders
Presenters: Aida Hurtado, University of
California, Santa Cruz. “Chicanas Speak Out on Abortion: Personal
Responsibility Means Personal Choice”
Elena Gutierrez, Chicago University of
Illinois, Chicago. “Chicanas Speak Out on Abortion: Personal Responsibility
Means Personal Choice”
Patricia Zavella, University of
California, Santa Cruz. “A Hierarchy of Risk: Gendered Sexual Meanings by
Latina University Students”
Sinha Mrinal , University of California,
Santa Cruz. “Restriction and Freedom in the Construction of Sexuality: Young
Chicanas and Chicanos Speak Out”
Jessica Roa, University of California,
Santa Cruz. “Latinas and White College Students in Dialogue: Sexual
similarities, Sexual divergences”
Chicano Studies Department/Program Assessment Guidelines workshop
Discussants:
Maria Herrera Sobek, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jerry Garcia, Iowa State
University
Susan Green, California
State University, Chico
Carmelita Castaneda,
University of Wyoming
Chair: Ed A.
Muñoz, University of Wyoming
Conflicting Profiles: From Frats, Gangs and Intellectuals to
Racial Profiling
Presenters: Marcos D. Martinez, Nuestra
Cultura. “Analyzing College Fraternities and Gangs to Investigate and Compare”
Julio Cammarota, University of Arizona. “Raising
Voices, Breaking the Silence in Our Schools: Compassionate Intellectualism for
Chicana/o Students”
Robert
M. Koehler, San José State University. Police Racial Profiling of Chicana/o
Youths in San Jose, California: Petit Apartheid and the TB Syndrome”
Presenters: Ernestina P.Hernandez,
University of New Mexico. “Children's Voices: Using and Not Using Spanish in A
Dual Language Immersion Program”
Raul Ybarra, University of
Massachusetts, Boston. “Writing as a Hostile Act: A Reason for Latino Students
Resistance to Writing”
Gloria S. Vaquera, University of New Mexico. “Examining the Factors of Doctoral Student Departure Among Hispanics and NonHispanic Whites”
Kathryn Herr, University
of New Mexico, and Gary L. Anderson, California State University, Los Angeles.
“Violent Youth or Violent Schools? A
Critical Incident Analysis of Symbolic Violence”
Chair: Nancy Lopez, University of
New Mexico
Theorize
This! Social Resistance, Praxis, and the Space of Chicana/o, Latina/o
Philosophy
Presenters: Michael Hames-García,
Binghamton University. “Pilgrims and Streetwalkers: Space and Knowledge in the
Philosophy of María Lugones”
Manuel
Chávez-Jiménez, Binghamton University. “Challenging the Theory/Praxis
Distinction by Theorizing Resistant Praxis”
Gabriel
Soldatenko, Binghamton University. “‘Where You From?’ Space and Urban
Resistance”
Chair: Ernesto Martinez, Cornell
University
Latinas y
Chicanas in Higher Education
Presenters: Liliana Hernandez,
University of Wyoming. “Portraits of Latinas”
Elvia Ramirez, University of California,
Riverside. “Chicanas/Latinas in Higher Education: A Critical Examination of the
Race, Class, and Gender Inequalities Embedded in the Graduate Schooling
Process”
Preparing
Teachers for New Mexico's Students: University and K-12 Alliances
Presenters: Rudolfo Chavez Chavez, New
Mexico State University
Paul Martinez, New Mexico Highlands
University
Letty Naranjo, Santa Fe Community
College
David Lopez, National Hispanic
University
Chair: Louis Holscher, San José
State University
Eres Una
Feminista: Examining Our Families Through the Lens of a Chicana Feminist
Consciousness
Presenters: Larissa Mercado-Lopez,
University of Texas, San Antonio
Nancy Garcia, University of Texas, San
Antonio
Yvonne Perez, University of Texas, San
Antonio
Lilliana Saldana, University of
Wisconsin, Madison
Educating Raza: From Elementary to Graduate School
Presenters: Yolanda Loza Marquez, University of California, Santa Barbara. “La
Universidad Con La Promesa Del Futuro: A Case Study of the University of
California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of Chicano Studies”
Bernadette
Ellis, Longfellow Elementary School. “Encontrando el Camino”
Juan C. Gonzalez, Arizona State
University and Edwardo L. Portillos, California State University, San
Marcos. “Bourdieu in the Barrio?:
Insights and Limitations of Approaching the Research of Chicano Academicians
with a European Theoretical Framework”
Resistance
through Representation: Media Politics and Chicano/a Cultural Practices
Presenters: Olga Herrera, University of
Texas, Austin. “Chicana Spectatorship and Selena”
Richard T.
Rodriguez, California State University, Los Angeles. “Drive-by Cinema: The
Emerging Gangster Video Aesthetic”
Gilberto Rosas,
University of Texas, Austin. “Violent Resistance? Robert Rodriguez’s Trilogy
and US-Mexico Border Violence”
Fatima
Djelmane, University of Texas, Austin. “Reclaiming History: ‘Zoot Suit’ &
‘American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots’”
Disjointed
and Unid@s: Critical Disruptions and the Revisualization of Latin@ Bodies
Presenters: Marivel Danielson,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. “In Her Skin: Body Politics in Carla
Trujillo’s When Night Falls”
Emma García,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. “Real Women Have Curves: ‘Real’ Bodies
Redefined”
Silvia Heredia, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor. “Maid and Remembered in the Arts and Society”
Linda Arellano, University of California, Santa Barbara. “Sexual
Transgressions and the Politics of Space in Margarita Cota-Cardenas' Puppet”
How Many
Borders? Perspectives on Borders in Chicano/a Mexicano/a Literature
Presenters: Tey Diana Rebolledo,
University of New Mexico. “Nepantla, the Land in Between: Border Crossings in
Chicano/a Mexicano/a Literature”
Jesus Tafoya,
Sul Ross State University. “De frontera a frontera: Construcciones
geografico-sicologicas en Loving Pedro Infante de Denise Chavez”
Elizabeth
Martinez, Sonoma State University. “Las fronteras: Multiple Perspectives on the
Border in Chicano Literature”
Building
Student Power for Educational Justice in East Los Angeles
Presenters: Lester Garica, InnerCity
Struggle
Lizette Patron, InnerCity Struggle
Luis Sanchez, InnerCity Struggle
Isaac Martin, InnerCity Struggle
Moderator: Maria Brenes, InnerCity
Struggle
Discussants: Angela
Rosales de Villegas, University of Minnesota
Jennifer Caron, University
of Minnesota
Katie Molina Groh, La
Escuelita
Representative from the
Chiapas Media Project
Facilitators:
Alondra Espejel, University of Minnesota
Fernando Aguirre-McKibbin,
Jr., University of Minnesota
Chicano
Professors and their Students: Negotiating the Classroom Domain
Presenters: Carlos Nevarez, California
State University, Sacramento.
Rose Borunda, California State
University, Sacramento
Cirenio Rodriguez, California State
University, Sacramento
Chicano
Studies Through the Decades at University of New Mexico
Presenters: Lucille Cordova, University
of New Mexico
Enrique Lamadrid, University of New
Mexico
Steve Martinez, University of New
Mexico. “
Addressing
Heterosexism in Chicano Studies Classrooms
Discussants: Jaime Garcia, University of
Texas, Brownsville
Luz Calvo, Ohio State University
Español,
la lengua de mi chante: Language recovery, identity and unity
Presenters: María Dolores Gonzales, University of New Mexico. “Entre La
Práctica y La Teoría: La Enseñanza del Español Como Lengua de Herencia”
Lilian Gorman, University of New Mexico. “Un Estudio
de las Categorías étnicas y el Desplazamiento de Lengua en dos clases de
Español como Lengua de Herencia en la Universidad de Nuevo México”
Damián Vergara Wilson, University of New
Mexico. “Tesoros de Nuestra Cultura: Chicano language competency in heritage
language classes”
Presenters: Gerardo Gaytan, California
State University, Monterey Bay
Ana lbarra, California State University,
Monterey Bay
Linda V. Mendoza, California State
University, Monterey Bay
Remberto Nunez, California State
University, Monterey Bay
Maricela Ortiz, California State
University, Monterey Bay
Laura Ramos, California State
University, Monterey Bay
Discussant: Gloria Avalos, California
State University, Monterey Bay
Moderator: Tomas Sandoval, California
State University, Monterey Bay
Transnational Communities:
Globalization and Labor
Presenters: Norberto Valdez, Colorado State University, and Maura
Velazquez-Castillo. “Dos Comunidades, Un Solo Pueblo: Global Factors in the
Anti-Immigrant Debate”
Tony
Zaragoza, Washington State University. “Farm Workers, Racism, and Automation: A
Comparative look at the Drive to Introduce Labor-Replacing Agricultural
Technologies in the US and Israel”
Ruth
Trinidad Galvan, University of New Mexico. “Grassroots Organizations
Globalizing from Below: The case of Campesinas in a Mexicano Transnational
Community”
Mariana
Chew, University of Texas, El Paso. “Non-Governmental Organization-State
Relationships: The case of Chihuahua”
In ixtli
in yóllotl: Decolonizing Chicana/o studies
Presenters: Yolanda Leyva, University
of Texas, El Paso
Patrisia Gonzales, University of
Wisconsin
Martha Ramirez Oropeza, University of
California, Los Angeles/ Universidad Nahuatl
Roberto Rodriguez, University of
Wisconsin
A
Critical Analysis of Five Films: Spy Kids, Real Women Have Curves, The Lion
King, Chocolat, Frida
Presenters: Roberta Orona-Cordova, California
State University, Northridge. “Salma's Frida: A Visual Feast, But Not
Without Its Disappointments”
Vincent Gutierrez, California State
University, Northridge. “Mainstreaming the Dream: Spy Kids, The
Messenger”
Gabriel Gutierrez, California State
University, Northridge. “Social Imagineering in Disney's The Lion King:
The Three C's”
Gerard Meraz, California State
University, Northridge. “Viva Chocolat”
Mujeres,
Maestras y mas: Chicana teachers challenge the Pedagogy of Control
Presenters: Joyce Burstein, California
State University, Northridge
Cecilia Martinez, Loreto Elementary
School, LAUSD
Veronica
Camelo, Loreto Elementary School, LAUSD
Elvia Botello, Loreto Elementary School,
LAUSD
Chair: Theresa Montaño, California
State University, Northridge
Creative
Collectives: Chicana Painters Working in Community
Presenters: Irma Lerma Barbosa, Artist
Carmel Castillo, Artist
Maria
de Socorro, Artist
Laura Llano, Artist
Moderator: María Ochoa, San José State
University
Borderland
Pedagogies and Epistemologies: The Land, Environment and Popular Culture
Presenters: Alejandra Elenes, Arizona
State University West. “Chicana/o Education, Borderland Theories and Popular
Culture”
Karleen Pendleton Jimenez, York
University. “'Start with the Land': Groundwork for Chicana Pedagogy”
Perla R. Dicochea, University of
California, Berkeley. “New River Pollution and Environmental Justice: Toward a
Borderlands Methodology”
Día de Los Muertos: The Chicano Experience and the Tradicional Día
de Los Muertos – a workshop
Rosa Sanchez, San José State University
Rocio Ruiz, San José State University
Writing South Texas: Chicana/o Literature Written after the Treaty of
Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Presenters: Patricia Trujillo, University of Texas, San Antonio. “Locations of
Chicana/o Third Space Identity”
Lori
Beth Rodriguez, “University of Texas, San Antonio. “Women’s Resistance to
Patriarchy in Jovita Gonzalez’s Caballero”
Rene
Montemayor, “University of Texas, San Antonio. “Laredo’s Impact on la Onda
Tejana: Circa 1995 and the Progressive”
Rose
Rodriguez-Rabin, “University of Nebraska, Lincoln. “The Wilderness of Texas Has
Been Redeemed”
Chair: Sonia
Salvidar-Hull, University of Texas, San Antonio
Representing
Chicana/o Religion and Spirituality: Praxis and Pedagogy
Presenters: Lara Medina, California
State University, Northridge. “Nepantla Spirituality: Lessons From A Decade of
Teaching Chicanos/as and Religion”
Sybil Venegas, East Los Angeles College.
“Visual Pedagogy for Mesoamerican Roots, Chicana/o Art, and Spirituality”
Yreina Cervántez, California State
University, Northridge. “Lightening In the Blood: Wisdom, Truth and Artistic
Creation”
Gilbert Cadena, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona. “Service Learning in a Latin@s and Religion
Course”
Performing
Authentic Culture: Indigenous Identity and Patriarchy
Presenters: Edén Torres, University of
Minnesota
Susana De León, University of Minnesota
Anna Morales, Univerity of Minnesota
Idalia Robles, University of Minnesota
Presenters: Maria Cristina Lopez, Santa
Fe Community College, Somos Un Pueblo Unido
Elsa Lopez, University of New Mexico,
Somos Un Pueblo Unido
Marcela Diaz, Somos Un Pueblo Unido
Transnational
Labor: Immigrant Workers Past and
Present
Presenters: Elaine Levine, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México. “Mexican Women who migrate to the United States to
Work”
Mario J. Gonzales, New Mexico Highlands
University. “Post Bracero Labor Migration
in the Southwest: The Journey from Wetback to Illegal Alien”
Manuel Barajas, California State
University, Sacramento. “Dios y Norte:” An Extended-Case Study”
Issues Of Language And
Literacy
Presenters: Esteban Malacara, University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “What is Literacy and How does it affect Our
Communities”
Damiánc Vergara Wilson,
University of New Mexico. “Tesoros de nuestra cultura: Chicano language
competency in heritage language classes”
Lilia R. de Katzew, California
State University, Stanislaus. “Interlinguism: The Language of Chicanos”
In ixtli
in yollotl Decolonizing Chicana/o studies (Roundtable 2)
Presenters: Christina Alvear,
University of Texas, El Paso
Juan J. Garcia, University of Texas, El
Paso
Martha Luna, University of Texas, El
Paso
John Paul Nuno, University of Texas, El
Paso
Nicol Partida, University of Texas, El
Paso
Moderator: Yolanda Chavez Leyva,
University of Texas, El Paso
Chican@
Studies for Youth: New Strategies for Educational Change
Presenters: Jose Luis Avalos, San José
State University
Adriana Cabrera-Garcia, San José State
University
Marco Antonio Diaz, San José State
University
Monique Mowad, San José State University
Moderator: Marcos Pizarro, San José
State University
Chicanas on the Tenure Track: A Worshop on
Tenure Review Preparation
Presenters: Ines Hernandez-Avila, University of California, Davis
Yvette Flores-Ortiz, University of
California, Davis
Chair: Dionne Espinoza, California
State University, Los Angeles
Conducting Research on Sexuality with Latino Adolescents: Experiences
of Latina/o Research Assistant
Presenters: Nayeli Cerpas, University
of California, San Francisco
Mario Garcia, University of California,
San Francisco
Diana Oliva, University of California,
San Francisco
Raul Tejeda, University of California,
San Francisco
Chair: Angela Gallegos‑Castillo,
University of California, San Francisco
Augustine Romero, Tucson
Unified School District Mexican American/ RAZA Studies
Larry Lopez, Tucson
Unified School District Mexican American/ RAZA Studies
Amanda Carrillo, Cholla
High School, Tucson, AZ
Blanca Monge, Cholla High
School, Tucson, AZ
Yarko Ruiz, Cholla High
School, Tucson, AZ
Veronica
Trujillo, Cholla High School, Tucson, AZ
Chair: Julio Cammarota, University
of Arizona
Inter-Intra-Generational
Trans(local)national Identity formations in U.S. and/or U.S.-Mexico Public
Presenters: Melissa Moreno, University
of Utah. “Practicing Cultural Citizenship in Community Organizational (third)
space among Young Adults in U.S. and Mexico regions”
Roberto Avant-Mier, University of Utah.
“And the Cradle will Rock?: Viewing Generational differences and Assimilation
Patterns among Latina/os through the lens of Popular Music”
Melba Schneider, Stanford University.
“Trans-cultural social/self mirroring among Latina/o youth: Civic Identity
Formation and Empowerment in Community Service Practices”
Brenda Valles, University of Utah. “Theories
of Immigrant Children Juxtaposed with Globalization Trends”
Discussant: Ruth Trinidad-Galvan,
University of New Mexico
Power of
the Image: Visual Culture, Distortions and Contested Identities
Presenters: Dulcinea Lara, University
of California, Berkeley
Martin Olea, University of California,
Berkeley
Lilia Soto, University of California,
Berkeley
Gerardo Arellano, University of
California, Berkeley
Activist Struggles
Presenters: Linda Quintanilla, “The Austin Chicano Huelga A David and Goliath
Battle”
Teresa Castellanos, San José State
University. “Mexican Civic Engagement in Santa Clara County”
Alejandro Wolbert Pérez, University of
Texas, San Antonio. “‘No Tenemos Hambre de Comida, Tenemos Hambre de Justicia’:
The Activism of Fuerza Unida”
Presenters: Horacio N. Roque Ramirez,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ester E. Hernandez, California State
University, Los Angeles
Gustavo Guerra, University of California,
Berkeley
Feminist
Historiography and Tejana History
Presenters: Carol A. Chavez, University
of Texas, Austin. “Homophobia, Hate Crimes, and Victimization in Racial and
Ethnic Communities of Color”
Maylei
S. Blackwell, University of California, Los Angeles. “Divided loyalties and
Split Agendas: Convergence and Disjuncture at the 1971 Conferencia de Mujeres
por la Raza, Houston, Texas”
Marissa
K. López, University of California, Berkeley. “Of Caballeros and Cowboys:
Jovita Gonzalez and Feminist Historiography”
Identity
Constructions in Chicana/o Culture
Presenters: Maria Gonzalez, University
of Houston. “Quinto Sol Identity: Nostalgia and Metanarratives”
Elizabeth Kessler, Prairie View A&M.
“Las Mexicas y las Chicanas el la Casa del Padre, or What Do Chicanas Really
Want?”
Roberta Orona-Cordova, California State
University, Northridge. “Best Wishes to a Lady: A Memoir”
Surviving
and Succeeding in (spite of) The Academy: Latinas’ Experiences in Graduate
School, Reflect
Presenters:
Rebeca Burciaga,
University of California, Los Angeles
Martha A. Rivas, University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel G. Solórzano, University of California, Los Angeles
Tara Watford, University of California, Los Angeles
Tara Yosso, University of California, Santa Barbara
ENDdependence
Spoken Word Tour: An Example of Strength in Unity
Presenters: Karina Oliva Alvarado,
University of California, Berkeley
Adriana Cabrera-Garcia, San José State
University
Gustavo Adolfo Guerra Vasquez,
University of California, Berkeley
Chair: Cesar Cruz, University of
California, Berkeley
Cultural Discourse
Presenters: Ramon D. Chacon, Santa Clara
University. “Pedro Infante: His Life, Music and Films”
Brenda
Romero, University of Colorado at Boulder and Phil Gallegos, University of
Denver. “Space and Sound in Traditional New Mexican Penitential Rites”
Changes
in Faculty Attitudes, 1960-2004
Presenters: Rodolfo Acuña, California
State University, Northridge
Mary Pardo, California State University,
Northridge
Jorge Garcia, California State
University, Northridge
Denise Sandoval, California State
University at Northridge
Transformative
Spaces: Public and Private Spheres
Presenters: Terri Gomez, California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona. “Chicana Public Spheres: Negotiating the
Boundaries, Borders and Brujos Among and Between Critical Counter Discourses”
Cecilia Cortez,
California State University, Northridge. “Bodies that Splatter, Bodies that
Matter”
Elisa Facio,
University of Colorado, Boulder. “Chicana Feminism and Spirituality: Healing
and Transformative Spaces”
Presenters: Alberto Lopez Pulido,
University of San Diego
Barbara Driscoll de Alvardo, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México
Carmen Samora, Samora Legacy Project
Frank Castillo, Erie Family Health
Center
Julie Leininger Pycior, Manhattan
College
Presenters: Richard Villegas, Los
Angeles United School District, Teacher
Ray Fernandez, AIDS Project Los Angeles
Erick Serrato, Architect
Tony Moreno, Community Member
Christian Bracho, La Puente School
District, Teacher
Gera Felix, Lennox Unified School
District, Teacher
Moderator: Richard T. Rodriguez, California
State University, Los Angeles
Literacy
as the Major Obstacle to Unification among Latinos on Both Fronteras to Mexico
and the U.S.
Presenters: Leticia Campos, University
of Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Maria Castillo, University of Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Juliana Duran, University of Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Leticia Ramirez, University of Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Chair: Nelia Olivencia, University
of Wisconsin‑Whitewater
Transborder Alliances:
Guadalupe and other identity constructs
Presenters: Chalane E. Lechuga,
University of New Mexico. “No, I Don't Speak Spanish: Construction of Chicana
Identity in a Monolingual Context”
Judith L. Huacuja, University of Dayton.
“Transborder Alliances”
Laura
G. Gutiérrez, University of Iowa.
“Sexing Guadalupe in Transnational Double-Crossings”
TV and Film:
Documenting/Dismantling Racism in U.S. Media
Presenters: Fatima A.
Djelmane, University of Texas, Austin. “Divergent Voices in Media
Representation of Latinos: Coverage of the Zoot Suit Riots in the Los Angeles
Times & La Opinion”
Elizabeth
Martinez, Sonoma State University. “En Contra de Hispanic: The Piñero
Film”
Jose
R. Lopez, University of California, Riverside. “Speedy Gonzales: The Complex
Nature of a Brown Mouse and his Contribution to Racism”
Adriana
Katzew, Harvard Graduate School of Education. “¡Haste a un lado, Hollywood!:
Chicana/o visual educators in the film and TV industries”
Latino
Studies: A Dialogue on the Implications of Critical Scholarship in the Field
Presenters: Suzanne Oboler, University
of Illinois, Chicago
Antonia Darder, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Silvio Torres-Saillant, Syracuse
University
Rodolfo D. Torres, University of
California, Irvine
El Centro
de la Raza: A Holistic Approach to Serving Our Students
Presenters: Verónica Méndez-Cruz,
University of New Mexico
Rosa Isela Cervantes, University of New
Mexico
Andrew González, University of New
Mexico
Vicente Griego, University of New Mexico
Meriah Heredia, University of New Mexico
Presenters: Gloria Ayala, Mother of
Prisoner currently serving time in Pelican Bay maximum security prison. San
Diego, CA
Cathy Espita, coordinator of the Chicano
Mexicano Prison Project and staff of La Verdad Newspaper. San Diego, CA
Quetza Ortiz, Barrio Defense Committee
and coordinator of the Committee To Free Jose Luis Avina. San Jose, CA
Amanda Sosa Perez, Counselor, Southern
California Prison Consortium, Los Angeles, CA.
Rafael Unibe, Community organizer for
the Chicano Mexicano Prison Project, San Diego, CA.
Chair: Ernesto Bustillos, Chicano
Studies Teacher, editor of Las Calles y la Torcida
Presenter: Eduardo Obregon Pagan,
National Endowment for the Humanities
Living Raza Studies: Guerilla Tactics for Radical Work with Youth
Presenters: Marcos Pizarro,
San José State University
Julia Gonzalez Luna, Making Waves
Raquel Jimenez, Youth Together
Margaret Montoya, University of New
Mexico
Presenters: Gregorio Mora, San José
State University. “The Coalescing of the Mexican Colonia in the Santa Clara
Valley, 1900‑1930”
Larry Gamino, San José State University.
“Mexicans and The Great Tracy Tomato Strike of 1950”
Phillip G. Tabera, San José State
University. “United Farm Worker Political Involvement in the California Recall
& the 2004 Elections in Monterey County”
Threat or
Menace: Rethinking Race and Labor in Comparative Histories
Presenters: Lilia Raquel Rosas,
University of Texas, Austin. “Race and Sex Work: Tejanas and Black Texan Women
and the Transborder Trafficking in Turn-of-the-Century Texas”
Isabela Seong-Leong Quintana, University
of Michigan. “Constructing Nation, Building Empire: Chinese and Mexican
Railroad Workers in U.S. Popular Culture, 1880s-1920s”
Rebecca Montes, “University of Texas,
Austin. “Whose American Rights Should Prevail? Houston’s Black, White and
Mexican American Dock Workers Debate Race and Citizenship”
An
Untangling of Story: Chicana/o
Literature
Presenters: Kristy L. Ulibarri,
University of Northern Colorado. “The Unity of Consciousness: A Study of
Mestizaje and Chicana Literature”
Patricia Portales, San Antonio College. “Myth and Memory in
Sandra Cisneros' Caramelo”
Norma Cárdenas, University of Texas, San Antonio. “Food in Chicano literature:
Performance of identity
Lisa Ann Báez Aguilar, San Antonio College. “Symbolism and Casares' Brownsville”
Romance,
and Power: Reconstructing Chicana/o Literary Modes of Being
Presenters: Elias Serna, California
State University, Northridge. “Putting Coyolxauhqui Back Together
Laura K.
Padilla, University of Texas, Austin. “Aquella Noche: Denise Chávez,
Cleofas Jaramillo, and the Trouble with Romance”
Jennifer A. Dickinson, University of New Mexico. “La
Risa de las Mujeres: Chicanas and The Funny Business of Shifting Power”
Chicano
Studies in the Northwest and Midwest: Challenging Southwest Centric
Perspectives in the Research
Presenters: Gilberto Garcia, Eastern
Washington University, Spokane
Dennis Valdes, Michigan State University
Jerry Garcia, Iowa State University
Community
Organizations and Sites of Struggle
Presenters: Trinidad Gonzales,
University of Houston. “Moving Beyond A Generational Understanding of Ethnic
Mexican Politics: A Third Space Analysis of the Origins of LULAC”
Erica A. Rios, Mill College. “Connecting
Community Organizing with Chicana/o Studies: A Technology Driven Approach”
Meriah E. Heredia, University of New Mexico.
“MEChistas Speak: Increasing Community Participation Through Cultural
Organizations”
Jose-Antonio Orosco, Oregon State
University. “Cesar Chavez on Violence in the Struggle for Global Justice”
Cultural
Production and Wars of Position
Presenters: Rita Urquijo-Ruiz,
University of California, San Diego. “La Pachucada: A Historical look at the
figures of the Pachuca and the Pachuco through art, film and theater”
Cuevas, Ofelia University of California,
San Diego. “Chicana/os on Reality Television: Race and Criminality in the 21st
Century”
Ruben Murillo, “University of
California, San Diego. “State Violence in Margarita Cota Cardenas's Puppet”
Marta Sanchez, University of California,
San Diego. “Shakin'Up Race and Gender: Intercultural Connections in Puerto
Rican, African American, and Chicano Narratives (1965-95)”
Chair: Barbara Reyes, University
of New Mexico
Presenters: Margarita Pignataro,
Arizona State University‑Main. “Site, Religiosity, and Feminist
Resistance: The Female Protagonist in Who Would Have Thought of It? and Loving
Pedro Infante”
Maribelle Salazar, Arizona State
University. “Chicana and Dominican Female Writiers: Nation and Gender in Esperanza's
Box of Saints (1999) by María Amparo Escandón and Mudanza
de los sentidos (2001) by Angela Hernández”
Norma Valenzuela, Arizona State
University. “Lourdes Portillo's Development of A Chicana Feminist Film
Aesthetic: After the Earthquake, Las Madres, and Señorita
Extraviada”
Chair: Manuel de Jesus Hernandez, Arizona
State University
Presenters: Margaret Montoya,
University of New Mexico School of Law. “Affirmative Action Activism: Un
Compromiso con la Comunidad”
Marta C. Lopez‑Garza, California State University, Northridge.
“Performance as Community Activism”
Karen Mary Davalos, Loyola Marymount
University. “Service Learning in South LA: in Struggle with Latino/Black
Communities”
Technologies
of Identification and Meaning (Re-)making: Tequila, Arte, Danza y el Digital
Divide
Presenters: Steve Nava, University of
California, Santa Cruz. “Chicana/o Cultural Arts Centers: A Case Study of
Tradition, Art, and Progressiveness in Everyday Culture”
Anthony Villarreal, University of California, Santa
Cruz. “Virtual Braceros: A High-Tech Industry/Highschool Partnership”
Elisa Huerta, University of California,
Santa Cruz. “Performing Indigeneity: Chicana/os y la Danza Azteca”
Sarita Gaytan, University of California,
Santa Cruz. “Consumption and Meaning Making: Tequila as a Social Process”
Consejos
de Afirmacion Personal
Presenters: Gabriela DeLaRosa,
University of Texas, San Antonio
Jessica Hawkins, University of Texas,
San Antonio
Dalia Ramirez, Edison High School-San
Antonio, Texas
Andrew Rodriguez, University of Texas,
San Antonio
Judith Torres, Edison High School-San
Antonio, Texas
El
Grito Del Norte: The History, Politics, and Legacy of a Chicano
Movement Newspaper
Presenters: Lorena Oropeza, University
of California, Davis
Dionne Espinoza, California State
University, Los Angeles
Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez,
author/activist; El Grito del Norte editor
Enriqueta Vasquez, author/activist; El
Grito del Norte columnist
Valentina Valdez Martinez,
author/activist; El Grito del Norte staff writer
The U.S.-Mexico Border: Perspectives from a
Documentary Filmmaker
Presenter: Paul Espinosa, Filmmaker
Me Vale
Si Me Llaman Hocicona...Tengo Voz...Soy Mujer!
Presenters: Anita Tijerina Revilla,
Pitzer College & Raza Womyn. “Muxerista Activism: A Look at the
Contemporary Chicana/Latina Student Movement in Los Angeles
Aurora Anaya-Cerda, Raza Womyn. “Raza Womyn
Beyond College: Muxeristas Committed to the Long Struggle
Stacy Macias, University of California,
Los Angeles and Tongues. "Tongues: Queer Women of Color
Collaborating for Social Change."
Ana Yvette
Maria Bran, Chrissie Castro, and Nohelia Canales, Raza Womyn de UCLA,
“Testimonios de Muxeristas en Resistencia”
Youth Research Achievement Gap for Rural Latino Students in Northern New Mexico.
Presenters: Lorenzo Montoya, Student
Researcher and ENLACE student
Letecia Delgado, Student Researcher and
ENLACE student
Lupe Shenae, Student Researcher and
ENLACE student
Catherin Vigil, Student Researcher and
ENLACE student
Erika Reyes, Student Researcher and
ENLACE student
Chair: Ron Martinez, Director,
Northern New Mexico ENLACE,
Library Workshop – continued discussion
Discussants:
Kathryn
Blackmer Reyes, California State University, Sacramento
Susana Hinojosa, University of
California, Berkeley
Lillian Castillo-Speed, University of
California, Berkeley
Rafaela Castro, University of
California, Davis
Romelia Salinas, California State
University, Los Angeles
Cultural
Capital: Questions and Answers
Presenters: Michael A. Calderon-Zaks,
Binghamton University. “Internal
Colonialism Revisited: Toward a Model
Applicable to Chicanos”
Tomas
A. Madrigal, Washington State University. “Bridging the Gaps between
Universities and Grassroots Communities in Washington State: Viva La Voz Summer
Project 2003”
Rebeca
M. Burciaga, University of California, Los Angeles. “Criticisms of Cultural
Capital: The Importance of Moral and Emotional Cultural Wealth”
The LatCrit Project and Chicana/o Studies
Presenters: Mary Romero, Arizona State
University. “LatCrit and Framing the Border, Immigration, and Citizenship”
Kevin Johnson, University of California,
Davis. “The Roots of LatCrit Theory in Chicana/o Studies Scholarship and
Activism”
Mize Ronald, University of Saint
Francis. “One Chicano Sociologist's View of Past, Presentist, and Emancipatory
Concerns”
Tara J. Yosso, University of California,
Santa Barbara. “Critical Race Theory, LatCrit and Methodology”
Solorzano, Daniel G. University of
California, Los Angeles. “Critical Race Theory, LatCrit and Methodology”
Supporting
our Graduate Students
Presenters: Javier Benavidez, University of New Mexico
Julian
Baca, University of New Mexico
Meriah
Heredia, University of New Mexico
Joseph
Garcia, University of New Mexico
Moderator: Emma Flores, University of New Mexico
Presenters: Michael Avila, San José
State University. “The Impact of Latin American Colonization on the Mental
Health of Chicanos”
Apolonis Carrasco, San José State
University. “Unknown Heroes”
Oscar Alberto Alfaro, San José State
University. “Augusto Cesar Calderon
Sandino: Ell General de Hombres Libres”
Veronica P. Mendoza, San José State
University. “Experiences of Latina
adolescents in a Charter High School”
Chair: Phillip Tabera, San José
State University