Preliminary Program as of 3/10/2017

Time and room information will be available in the printed program available to conference registrants.

 

Saturday

Roundtable: Porque Sin Madres No Hay Revolución: Chicana M(other)work as Theory, Collective, and Everyday Practice

Caballero, Cecilia. University of Southern California.

Martínez-Vu, Yvette. Independent Scholar.

C. Pérez-Torres, Judith. Independent Scholar.

Vega, Christine. University of California, Los Angeles.

Chair: Tellez, Michelle. University of Arizona, Tucson.

 

Health and Survival: Strategies for Healing and Autonomy

Lopez, Ariana. University of Minnesota. “Contested Spaces of Autonomy within Pregnancy and Childbirth.”

Barahona, Elizabeth. Duke University. “Navigating Migration through its Physical and Psychological Barriers.”

Farfan-Santos, Elizabeth. University of Houston. “Bodies of Exclusion: Undocumented Patients and the Moral Imperative of Health.”

 

Epistemological Shifts in Chicana/o Studies

Soldatenko, Gabriel. Kennesaw State University. “Re-thinking Chicana/o Studies for the New Millennium.”

Hernandez, Roberto. San Diego State University. “Hemispheric Xicana/o Indigeneity: Domingo Martinez Paredes and Jack Forbes as Chicana/o Studies scholars.”

Elenes, Alejandra. Arizona State University. “Chicana/Latina and Indigenous Borderland Epistemologies in the México-U.S. Border Region.”

 

Art and Performance as Acts of Resistance

Salas, Maya. Scripps College. “Young Chicanx on the Move: Folklórico Dance Education as a Mechanism of Self-Assertion and Social Empowerment.”

Amaro, Jose. California State University, Northridge. “Existing within the Boundaries: Reclaiming Queer within the Hetero-normative tradition of Ballet Folklorico.”

Aviles-Rodriguez, Guillermo. California State University, Northridge. “From El Teatro Campesino to Teatro Jornalero: Chicana/o Theatricality and Authenticity in Contemporary Quotidian Performances.”

 

Public Knowledge: Studies in Community Identity and Resistance

Victor, Nancy Desiree. San José State University. “Homegirl Identity: A Collective of self-identified Homegirls in the South Bay, San José, CA.”

Garcia-Villa, Margarita. San José State University. “Developing Chicana Studies Public History Projects through Community Collaboration.”

Valois, Mika. San José State University. “Barrio Expressions Public Access Television 1976-1985 a Community Studies Project: Lowriders, Barrio Life, Community Resistance and Political Action.”

 

Workshop: Living and Learning Communities: Strategies for the Recruitment and Retention of Chicanx Latinx Students

Torres, Eden. University of Minnesota.

Lopez Lyman, Jessica. University of Minnesota.

Rojo, Evelyn. University of California, Berkeley.

Chair: Gallegos-Diaz, Lupe. University of California, Berkeley.

 

Roundtable: LA Art Strategies in the New World Order

Baltazar, Raul. Otis College of Art and Design.

Delgadillo, Victoria. Self Help Graphics and Art.

Flores, Lysa. Bring Your Love records.

Rivas, Adrian. Form Follows.

Chair: Terrones, Humberto.  

 

Roundtable: U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles and Communities of Resistance

Alvarado, Karina Oliva. University of California, Los Angeles.

Hernandez, Ester E. California State University, Los Angeles.

Estrada, Alicia I. California State University, Northridge.

 

Roundtable: Teaching Anzaldúa: Toward a Pedagogy of Conocimiento

Venegas, Yolanda. University of California, Santa Cruz.

Zepeda, Susy. University of California, Davis.

Lara, Irene. San Diego State University.

 

Roundtable: Chicano, Chican@, Chicanx: Generational Approaches to Chicanx Studies

Oliverez, Juan. California State University, Monterey Bay.

Serena, David. California State University, Monterey Bay.

Torres, Mayra. California State University, Monterey Bay.

Flores, Eduardo. California State University, Monterey Bay.

Chair: Villaseñor, María. California State University, Monterey Bay.

 

Addressing Latino Pushout: Cultural Violence in Schools and Interventions for Transformation, Practitioners in Conversation

Herrera, Corina. County of Santa Clara, Probation Officer.

Gonzalez, Jessica. Escuela Popular High School, Academic Counselor.

Chair: Martinez, Maribel. County of Santa Clara, Director, Office of LGBTQ Affairs.

Radical Pedagogies: Subverting the Curriculum and Renovation

González Cárdenas, Elizabeth. California State University, Fullerton. “I wanted to learn more!” Learning and Living Chicana/o Studies Curriculum.”

López, Ron. Sonoma State University. “Alternative pathways to Ethnic Studies Instruction: The case of Napatitlán, Califas.”

Zavala, Miguel. Chapman University. “Critical Literacies in Youth Participatory Action-Research Projects: Lessons for Ethnic Studies Pedagogies.”

Ochoa, Gilda. Pomona College and Ochoa, Enrique. California State University, Los Angeles. “Learning From and Within the Pauses: Radical Reflections on Teaching Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies.”

 

LA High School Students Living and Speaking Among the Walls: Stories of Migration and Meaning

Olmedo, Sandra. Vistamar School.  “Living in the Shadow of the Wall: ICE, My Grandmother, and Me.”

Godinez, Tatiana. Vistamar School.  “Breaking through the Wall: Finding Self through the Stories of Crossing, Fear and Terror.”

Marcial, Fidel. Vistamar School.  “Stories Invisible Behind the Wall: Police Violence, ‘the Talk,’ and Living and Driving in My Skin in L.A.”

Solar, Sofia. Vistamar School.  “Walling Me In: Seeking My Immigrant Latina Self Without Spicy Food or an Accent.”

Torino, Sophia. Vistamar School.  “Among, Between, and Over the Wall: The CIA, Pinochet, and Me.”

Gomez, Maria. Vistamar School.  “Taking a Hammer to Trump’s Wall: Fighting Back against the Dehumanizing Gaze.”

Chair/Moderator: Pritchard, Démian. Vistamar School.

 

La Raza Comica: New Directions in Latino/a Comic Book Art (Presented by the Latino Comics Expo, the Nation's Premier Convention for Comic Book creators & animators)

Hernandez, Javier. Independent Comic Artist - “El Muerto”, and co-founder of the Latino Comics Expo.

Padilla, Ricardo. Executive Director and co-founder of the Latino Comics Expo.

 

Xicanista Narratives: Student Testimonio Research on Feminism, Representation, Trans-Xicanx lives, Afro-Latinidad and Chicanx Tattoos as an art of Revolution

Moreno, Maria Elena. California State University, Channel Islands.

Nembhard, Jaqueline. California State University, Channel Islands.

Saenz, Patrisia. California State University, Channel Islands.

Marquez, Rebecca. California State University, Channel Islands. 

 

On the Cultural Significance of Sport in an Era of Globalization, War, and Mass Expulsions

Alamillo, José. California State University, Channel Islands.  “Illusion of Inclusion: Latin@ Baseball and the Sports Media.”

Mendoza, Oscar. New Mexico Highlands University.  “Benched: Marginal Realities of Futbolistas in the U.S. Soccer.”

Moraga, Jorge. Washington State University.  “La NFL Visits the Global South: Or, Why the NFL in Mexico Matters.”

Chair: Gradilla, Alexandro. California State University, Fullerton. 

 

Roundtable: Ending the War that Hits Home: Heteropatriarchal Violence in Chicanx Studies

Rojas, Clarissa. University of California, Davis.

Castañeda, Antonia. St. Mary's University.

Sylvestre, Audrey. University of California, Los Angeles.

Zepeda, Nadia. University of California, Los Angeles. 

 

Reproductive Justice Ayer y Hoy: Decolonizing Birth, Legal Rights & Making the Birth Movement Relevant to Xicanas

Luna, Jennie. California State University, Channel Islands.  “Invoking Coyolxauhqui and Tlazoteotl in the Xicana Birth Movement.”

Lara, Dulcinea. New Mexico State University.  “Represent: Reproductive Legal Rights versus a Brown Baby-Making Body.”

Lozano, Melissa. California State University, Channel Islands.  “Recovering the Sacred & the Appropriation of Indigenous Birthing Practices.”

 

Research Local, Impact Global: Community Engaged Research and Environmental Justice

Verduzco, B. Iris. University of Southern California.

Garay, Javier. University of California, Irvine.

Aguirre, Suzette. California State University, Long Beach.

Amaya, Whitney. Mariana Pando-Social Justice Research Collaborative.

Chair: Prieto, Jessica. Mariana Pando-Social Justice Research Collaborative.

 

Escuelita Aztlan: What Educational Self-Determination Looks Like

Lares, Christina. San Diego State University.

Carbajal, Erick. San Diego State University.

Amaya, Andrea. San Diego State University.

Rodriguez, Mayra. University of California, San Diego.

Chair: Simón Salazar, Harry. University of California, San Diego.

 

Race, Citizenship and Disciplinary Matters of the State

Ruiz, Stevie. California State University, Northridge.  “Spanish Boys: Mexican-American Experiences with Segregation in the Civilian Conservation Corps.”

Perez, Nancy. Arizona State University.  “Migrant Domestic Workers and the Changing Landscape of Activism.”

Vergara Bracamontes, Damian. Yale University.  “The Price of Life.”

Chair: Pardo, Mary. California State University, Northridge. 

 

Rethinking Methodologies: Self-Awareness through Family Autoethnographies

Garcia Jr., Antonio. California State University, Dominguez Hills.  “Deconstructing Machismo: Domestic Violence within Mexican American Families.”

Corral, Diana. California State University, Dominguez Hills.  “Uncovering Inequalities: My educational Journey in the San Joaquin Valley.”

Tolosa, Melissa. California State University, Dominguez Hills.  “Colorism in the Latino Community: The African Mexican Experience.”

Aguirre, Marysol. California State University, Dominguez Hills.  “Los Maldito Vicios: Trauma and Deception of the American Dream.”

Chair: Perez, Joanna. California State University, Dominguez Hills. 

 

Reclaiming Ancestral Sabiduria: Chicana/Latina Counselors Decolonizing and Transforming Communities and the Academy

Coronado, Heidi. California Lutheran University.

Soriano, Belen. California Lutheran University.

Sand, Melina. California Lutheran University.

Robles, Monica. California Lutheran University.

Razana, Denise. California Lutheran University.

 

XITO - Toward a Decolonizing and Liberatory K-12 Xicanx Education

Fernández, Anita. Xicanx Institute for Teaching and Organizing.  “XITO's Grassroots Underpinnings.”

Gonzalez, Norma. XITO.  “Pedagogical Methods/Structures of XITO.”

Arce, Sean. XITO.  “Theoretical Framework of XITO.”

Gonzalez, Jose. XITO.  “The Implications of Neoliberalism on Xicanx Youth.”

 

Roundtable: MuXeres de Color: Decolonizing Cultural Norms from the Ivory Towers to the Streets

García, Sarah Rafael. Barrio Writers.

Rosas, Lilia. Red Salmon Arts.

Oviedo, Laura Lee. Texas A&M University, College Station.

Mejía, Michelle. Mama Sana/Vibrant Woman.

 

Neoliberalism and the Fetishization of Avocados, Coffee, and the Chicana/o Body

Garcia-Gonzalez, Aracely. University of California, Santa Barbara.  “Neoliberalism and the Chicana/o body: interrogating theoretical distance north of the U.S.-México border.”

Prado, Alejandro. University of California, Santa Barbara.  “The Mexican Hass Avocado, the Consumption of Multiculturalism and Neoliberal Policies.”

Ramírez-Niembro, Paulina. University of California, Santa Barbara.  “Stories from Chiapas: Neoliberalism, Resistance and Conocimiento.”

Discussant: Hurtado, Aída. University of California, Santa Barbara. 

 

Latina TV Viewers & Devious Maids: A Media Analysis

Saucedo, Francisco. University of Texas, San Antonio.

Simon, Veronica. University of Texas, San Antonio.

Sanchez, Gabriella. University of Texas, San Antonio.

Chair: Alemán, Sonya M. University of Texas, San Antonio.

 

Trauma Informed Pedagogy in the Age of Mass Incarceration and Neoliberal Multiculturalism: Decolonial Voices in Urban Education, Stand Up!

Almendariz, Noe. Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School.

Realegeno, Cathy. Animo College Preparatory Academy.

Fernandez, Kori. Animo College Preparatory Academy.

Vera, Lizet. Animo Watts Charter High School.

Hernandez, Angel. Animo College Preparatory Academy.

 

Political Power: Education, Reconstruction, and Demographics

Barragán Goetz, Philis. Texas A&M University. “Education as Hegemonic Struggle: American Progressives and the Mexican Consulate-Sponsored Escuelitas of Texas, 1920-1930.”

Menchaca, Martha. University of Texas, Austin. “Social Violence during Reconstruction: Mexican Americans in Texas, the 1870s.”

Manzanarez, Magdaleno. Western New Mexico University. “Demographic Growth and Political Power: The Latino Reality in the United States.”

 

Porous Genres: Literary Paradoxes and Inscriptions

Gonzalez, Keri. University of Utah. “La Cojera como Alegoría del Mestizaje en Peel my Love Like an Onion de Ana Castillo.”

Simone, Adrianna. University of California, Santa Barbara. “Subversive Chicana and Chicano Role Models: Decolonial Storytelling as Resistance in Michele Serros’ Chicana Falsa and Other Stories of Death, Identity, and Oxnard and How to be a Chicana Role Model.”

Gonzalez, Liliana. University of Arizona. “Parties, Hangovers, and Other Effects: Chicana/o Counter-narratives to the Narcosphere.”

de la Garza Valenzuela, José. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. “High-Risk Citizenship: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Criminal Exposure, and Queer Belonging in Michael Nava’s The Death of Friends.”

 

Workshop: Embracing Tezcatlipoca en el Norte: Living, through the Teaching of our Antepasados

Espinoza, Paula. University of Colorado, Denver.

Corrales-Lujan, Adrienna. Sisters of Color United for Education (SOCUE).

Garcia, Belinda. Community member.

 

Mujeres de Maiz: Honoring Two Decades of Art, Activism and Healing

González, Amber Rose. Fullerton College.

Gonzales, Martha R. California State University, San Marcos.

Montes, Felicia. Mujeres de Maiz.

 

Xicanx and Native American Studies’ Intersecting Methodologies: Rerooting Indigenous Hxstories to the Land

Zepeda, Susy. University of California, Davis.  “Queer Xicanx Indígena Root Work: The Decolonization of Aztlán and Unsettling of Mestizaje in Chicanx Studies.”

Quintero Lule, Cuauhtemoc. University of California, Davis.  “El Espíritu del Matupari: Interweaving Indigenous Voices, Yaqui Cosmologies, and the Juan Banderas Revolution of 1825-1833.”

Figueroa, Rebeca. University of California, Davis.  “(Re)mapping the Ancestors: Re-Indianizing Aguascalientes with Archives and Stories.”

Cornejo-Warner, Daniel. University of California, Davis.  “Towards an Indigenous Holistic Pedagogy in service of Urban Native, Xicanx, and Underrepresented Youth.”

Chair: Moreno, Melissa. Woodland Community College.