Preliminary Program as of 3/10/2017.
Complete program with time and room will be available in the printed program for conference registrants.
Friday
Transnational and Diasporic Movements for Solidarity
Chavez, Miguel. St. Cloud State University. “Alianza de Latinoamericanos: The Chicana/o Movement and Pan-Latino Solidarity.”
Irazabal, Clara. University of Missouri - Kansas City. “Transbordering Latinx and Latin American Diasporas: Liminal Places, Cultures, and Powers (T)Here.”
Zepeda, Arturo. California State University, Los Angeles. “A Transnational Approach to Chicana/o Studies in an era of Globalization and Rising Grassroots Social Movements in Latin America.”
Critical Readings: Ancient Spiritual Warriors
Aldana, Gerardo. University of California, Santa Barbara. “Días de Muertos, Astronomy and the Archaeological Record at Ancient Teotihuacan.”
Lopez, Felicia. University of California, Santa Barbara. “Challenging the Stereotypes of the Aztec Warrior: Ancient Nahua Accounts of War.”
Calvo-Quiros, William A. University of Michigan. “Global Spiritual Migrations: Legalizing Undocumented Saints.”
Poets, Editors, Activists and Terrorists: Studies in Chicana Feminist History
Perez, Annemarie. California State University, Dominguez Hills. “Practice and Praxis: Chicana Feminism and the History of the Journal of Chicana/Latina Studies.”
Mariscal, Sonia. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “Sirenas en la Noche: Transnational Chicanas and Chicanos and the Neoliberalism Continuum.”
Saavedra, Yvette. California State University, San Bernardino. “Chicana Lesbian Terrorists”: The Legacy of Chicana Lesbian Feminism within Chicana/o Studies, 1970-2000s.”
Moderator: Davalos, Karen Mary. University of Minnesota.
Social Media and Misrepresentation in the Digital Age
Chee, Fabio. California State University, San Marcos. “Socializing Latinx Popular Culture in the Digital Global Age.”
Salcedo, Cassandra. California State University, Los Angeles. “Media Representations and Stereotypes of Latinas.”
Aragon Garcia, Seiri. University of Texas, Austin. “Social Media and Narco Violence.”
Hernandez, Justine. St. Edward's University. “CyberAztlán: History of Chicanx in the Digital Humanities.”
Roundtable: The Latino Question This Roundtable is sponsored by the Labor Caucus
Carlos, Alfredo. California State University, Long Beach.
Torres, Rodolfo. University of California, Irvine.
Ibarra, Armando. University of Wisconsin, School for Workers.
Bonilla, Eddie. Michigan State University.
Nothoff, Rob. Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Humans of New Mexico Digital Media Oral History Project
Martinez, Rafael. University of New Mexico.
Santos, Moises. University of New Mexico.
Weiss-Elliott, Georgia. Humans of New Mexico.
Orozco, Froilan. University of New Mexico.
Chair: Romero, Levi. University of New Mexico.
Spectacles of the Border: Contesting Representations and Self-Representations
Chew, Noli. University of Texas, Austin. “Auto representación lingüística de pachucos y cholos en la música.”
Chew, Selfa. University of Texas, El Paso. “Safari en la frontera: Intervenciones en las zonas de dolor.”
Chew Sanchez, Martha Idalia. St. Lawrence University. “El Piporro”: Bringing Light into Border Sensibilities.”
Chew, Selfa. University of Texas, El Paso. “Your luxury is our displacement: The Anti-Gentrification Struggle of Duranguito in El Paso, Texas”
The Politics of Language in Canada and the U.S.
Martinez, Simena. University of Toronto. “Escuela Pioneros, Exercising Resistance through Language and Memory.”
Villegas, Francisco. Kalamazoo College. “A Matter of Justice or a Global Beacon? Frames of In/action regarding Access to Schooling for Undocumented Students in Toronto.”
Costello Tzintzún, Elena. The Ohio State University. “Spatial Exclusion via Language in Public Signage.”
Flores, Michael. Cypress College. “Spanish for Non-Spanish Speakers: Chicano Identity among 3rd, 4th, and 5th Generation Mexican-Americans in Southern California.”
Politics and Possibilities: Chicana/o and Ethnic Studies in K-12 Public Education
López, Patricia D. San José State University; Puente, Jaime R. University of Texas, Austin. “Collective Action and Chican@ Education: Politics and Possibilities in Context.”
Berta-Avila, Margarita. Sacramento State University. “A Capitol City Case Study of Curriculum Transformation and Community Empowerment: Ethnic Studies Now Sacramento.”
Saldaña, Lilliana Patricia. University of Texas, San Antonio; Moreno, Celina. Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. “Somos MAS: Chicana/o Studies in Texas PreK-12 Public.”
Rosendo-Servin, Maribel. San Juan High School (California); González, Rubén A. Florin High School (California). “Ethnic Studies in Practice: Empowering Youth Socially, Politically & Academically.”
Cuentos de Éxito/Stories of Success
Diaz, Viridiana. Sacramento State University. “Strategic Diversity Initiatives Director, College Assistance Migrant Program.”
Gonzalez, Amber. Sacramento State University. “Child Development Child Development Undergraduate Program Coordinator College of Education Faculty Advisor -- Paving Excellence, Retention and Success in Student Trajectories (PERSIST).”
Irigoyen, Fermin. College of San Mateo.
Romero, Lisa. Sacramento State University. “Doctorate in Educational Leadership.”
Roundtable: Teaching at the Intersections: Rhetoric and Composition Programs in Chican@ Studies
Macias, Reynaldo F. University of California, Los Angeles.
Moreno, Renee. California State University, Northridge.
Ramirez, Loretta. California State University, Long Beach.
Serna, Elias. University of California, Riverside.
Chair: Sandoval, Anna. California State University, Long Beach.
Roundtable: Latinx Educators and Microaggressions in Classroom and Educational Settings
Rodriguez, Louie. University of California, Riverside.
Correa, Abel. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Nevarez, Arturo. University of California, Riverside.
Arteaga, Nalleyly. University of California, Riverside.
Chair: Hathaway Miranda, Heather. University of Illinois, Chicago.
Crimmigration: The Political Economy of Incarceration
Caporale, Juvenal. University of Arizona. “Criminalization of street ‘gang’ members in Southern California and the Expulsion of Migrants in the U.S./Mexico borderlands.”
Velasquez, Roberto. New Mexico State University. “Crimmigration, Incarceration, and Color-Blindness: An Assault on the Latino/a Family (Familia) in the U.S. and Latin America.”
Barajas, Manuel. California State University, Sacramento. “U.S. Deportations of Raza in the Twenty-First Century: An Interactive Colonization Analysis.”
Producing and Eating in the Age of Neoliberalism: Revisiting the Relationship between Food, Culture and Identity
Paredes Ruvalcaba, Nerli. Michigan State University. “Infant Feeding Practices among Chicanx: A Space for Cultural Traditions.”
Ramos, Santos F. Michigan State University. “Displacement and the Continuance of Chicanx Foodways in Michigan.”
G. Villagrán, José. University of Texas, Austin. “How America’s Fields became Mexican: Race and Space in U.S. Agriculture.”
Carr Salas, Consuelo. University of Texas, El Paso. “Consumption of Cultural Identity: Product Packaging Selling Mexican Culture.”
Roundtable: Love & war: Conversations and Perspectives by and for Chicanx about Soldiers and Warriors
Acevedo, Martha O. Community Activist and Scholar, Merced, CA. “Ongoing Issues of Chicanx Families of Color.”
Lopez, Felicia Rhapsody. University of California, Santa Barbara. “Mythos of the Aztec Warrior.”
Mondragon, Dolores (Lola). University of California, Santa Barbara. “Woman Veterans Perspective and Military Life.”
Rocha, Hermelinda. Hartnell College. “Mothers and sons and the Military.”
Starks-Littlepage, Jessica. San José State University. “Desensitization of Warriors: Consequences for men and wives during after deployment in the Middle East.”
Critical Race Feminista Praxis: A Decade of Co-Creating Educational Pathways in a Chicanx/Latinx Community
Delgado Bernal, Dolores and Aleman, Enrique. University of Utah.
Morales, Socorro and Mendoza Avina, Sylvia University of California, Los Angeles.
Castrellon, Liliana and Edward, Jana. University of Utah.
Oliva, Nereida. University of Utah; Flores Carmona, Judith
De Leon, Alicia and Perez-Torres, Judi. University of Utah.
Regional Histories
Lopez, Lorraine. University of California, San Diego. “Connecting Globalization, Mexican Immigrants and the Central Valley Economy.”
Mora Torres, Juan. DePaul University. “The Mexicanization of Pilsen (Chicago).”
Mora Torres, Gregorio. San José State University. “La Confederación de La Raza Unida--Speaking for the Chicano Community of the Santa Clara Valley.”
de Hinojosa, Alana. University of California, Los Angeles. “El Río Grande as Unruly Archive: Submerged Voices of the Chamizal Diaspora.”
Impact of Colonialism on Latinx: Disbelief, Resistance, Conciencia in Education and Health
Madrigal Lara, Griselda. University of Texas, Austin. “Undocumented Mexican Women: Navigating Academia Amongst Health Disparities.”
Ayala Macias, Patricia. Sonoma State University. “Latinx First-Generation College Students in a PWI: Caught between Colonialism and Internal Racism.”
Mendoza Morales, Maria de los Angeles. Sonoma State University. “Latino Immigrants: Practices of Home Remedies and Social Cohesion.”
Chair: G. Martinez, Mariana. Sonoma State University. “Resisting and Existing: Papelitos Guardados de Mujeres Mexicanas Navegando el Doctorado.”
Comparing Black and Brown Coalitions: The Perpetuity of Racial Marginalization
Palacios, Agustin. Contra Costa College. “We merely ask for Our Fair Share”: Black and Chicano/a Competition Over Affirmative Action Employment and College Admissions.”
Lopez, Antonio. Rutgers University at Newark. “From Dais to Die-In: Transnational Entanglements of Black Power Salute and the Brown Boycott.”
Narratives of Survival: Those Richmond Kids Teaching Revolutionary Knowledge (TRK²)
Chacon, Eddy. University of California, Davis.
Martinez, Eduardo (Lalo). University of California, Davis.
Parra, Marvin. University of California, Davis.
Molina, Miguel. University of California, Davis.
Chair: Jackson, Carlos. University of California, Davis.
Tides of Belonging: Diasporas, Migrations, and Higher Education
Manriquez, Araceli. University of Texas, San Antonio. “Central Americans: Reaching to Achieve Graduation and Higher Education.”
Trujillo, Ester. University of California, Santa Barbara. “Transnational Belonging and the Salvi Diasporic Imaginary.”
Diaz, Kristian. University of Denver. “The Three Tides of Migration and Salvadoran Faith since the Civil War.”
Barillas Chon, David. University of Washington. “Immigrant Indigenous Latin American Youth and Chicana/o Studies.”
Latinx Representations in L.A.’s Urban Spaces
Garcia-Orozco, Antonia. California State University, Long Beach. “Communitas in Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras’ Comunidades.”
Rodriguez, Rigoberto. California State University, Long Beach. “Towards Community Self-Governance: Latina/o Immigrants Rearticulating the Local Racial State.”
Rojas, Maythee. California State University, Long Beach. “Dogged Profiling: Latino Criminalization and LA County Animal Welfare Legislation.”
Rosas, Abigail. California State University, Long Beach. “Building a Shared Sense of Community: Latinx and African American Coalition Efforts in South Central Los Angeles.”
Discussant: Moreno, Jose. California State University, Long Beach.
Discipline and Punishment in Latino Communities
Cuevas, Ofelia. University of California, Davis. “Policing L.A.’s Latino population: The Criminal/Non-Human at Point Zero.”
Ibarra, Jonathan. University of California Santa Barbara. “The Creation of a Carceral Masculinity: How Latinos Navigate Their Intersectional Identities Within Carceral Institutions.”
Olguin, Ben. University of Texas, San Antonio. “From Discipline & Punish to Missionize & Medicate: Ideologies of Control in Undocumented Immigrant Faith-Based Shelters & Juvenile Detention Treatment Centers—Two Case Studies in San Antonio, Texas.”
Portillos, Alejandra. University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. “Latinx Experiences in I.C.E. Detention Centers.”
Roundtable: Ernesto Galarza and Mexican Activism in an Age of Neoliberalism
Mercado, Juan Pablo. University of California, Los Angeles.
Curry Rodriguez, Julia. San José State University.
A. Ángel, Hiram. CUCEA-Universidad de Guadalajara.
Rios Kravitz, Rhonda. Alianza, Sacramento, CA.
Leadership4Life: A College-Prison-Community Partnership
Rocha-Tabera, Hermelinda. Hartnell College.
Oliva, Nereida. Hartnell College.
Garcia-Camarena, Nancy. Hartnell College.
Barnes, Renee. Phoenix Alliance.
Sanchez, Anthony. Hartnell College.
Tabera, Phillip. Hartnell College.
Juarez, Luis. Hartnell College.
COMPAS/Rene Nunez Caucus Panel: Anti Imperialist Struggles, The Police State and Conflicts, Radicalism, and the Political Role of Chicana/o Studies Scholarship
Contreras, Raoul. Indiana University Northwest.
Virgil, Ernesto. Independent Scholar.
Romero, Francisco Chavo. Raza Press and Media Association.
Diaz, Anthony Choice. Independent Scholar.
Chair: Moreno, Jose G. Northern Arizona University.
Gentrification and Land Displacement in Latino Communities
Trujillo, Luis. University of California, Riverside. “Anti-Displacement Activism in Relational Analysis: The Overarching Effects of Settler Colonial and Anti-Black Relations of Power on Los Angeles’ Mexican Population.”
Avendano, Ana. University of San Francisco. “Critical Coraje in Little Michoacan: Voices of Resistance from a Rising Social Movement.”
Mora, Lucecita and Najera Salinas, Guadalupe. California State University, Fullerton. “La Lucha SanTanera: Fighting Gentrification and ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) in Santa Ana, CA.”
Revisiting the School to Prison Pipeline: Incarcerated Latinx Youth Experiences
Portillos, Edwardo. University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
Gonzalez, Juan Carlos. Fresno State University.
Peguero, Anthony. Virginia Tech University.
Immekus, Jason. University of Louisville.
Luna, Christina. California State University, Fresno.