| EDUCATION |
08/90-12/98 |
Ph.D. Yale University, December, 1998 |
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Departmental Examinations Passed: April 20, 1992 |
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Fields: Chicano History |
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History of the American West |
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Women in the Third World |
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Dissertation Title: "In Consideration of His Being Married to a Daughter of the Land," Interethnic Marriages in California from 1820-1875 |
| 06/97 |
M.A. Yale University |
| 1988-1990 |
Graduate Studies, American History, University of California, Santa Barbara |
1986-1988 |
Graduate Studies, American History, Cornell University |
| 1982-1986 |
B.A., History, California State University at Fresno |
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
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Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
8/97-3/04 |
Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, tenure track position |
8/00-6/01 |
Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara |
8/97-8/00 |
Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, tenure track position |
8/94-6/95 |
Lecturer at the Chicano Studies Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison |
6/94-8/94 |
Huntington Library Fellowship |
1/94-5/94 |
Visiting Scholar at the Chicano Studies Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison |
1/93-6/93 |
Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Yale University, Women in America: The Twentieth Century |
9/92-12/92 |
Instructor, College Seminar, Yale University |
9/89-6/90 |
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, General |
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Survey Courses in American History, from the Colonial Period to the Present |
1/89-3/89 |
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, Women in the Third World |
EMPLOYMENT |
| 3/04-Present |
Associate Professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
8/97-3/04 |
Assistant Professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
1/94-8/95 |
Lecturer, Chicano Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
1/94 -5/94 |
Visiting Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
5/93-8/93 |
Assistant to George Miles, Curator of the Western American Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Created more than 200 catalog records for the Beinecke's Spanish language manuscripts collection |
8/90-5/91 |
Graduate Student Coordinator of Mellon and MYSRP Programs for Sara Salvide, Dean of Yale University, academic year |
5/91-8/91 |
Research Assistant to Professor Mario T. Garcia |
9/89-6/90 |
Graduate team advisor, UCSB, in the Graduate Research Mentorship Program |
8/87-8/88 |
Graduate Assistant to the Dean of Minority Affairs, Cornell University
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| PUBLICATIONS |
Married to a Daughter of the Land:Spanish-MexicanWomen and Interethnic Marriage in California, 1820-1880, University of Nevada Press, March, 2007. Paperback edition, forthcoming, March, 2009 |
Reviewed, Michael J. Gonzalez, “This Small City will be a Mexican Paradise”: Exploring the Origins of Mexican Culture in Los Angeles, 1821-1846. Southern California Quarterly, Fall 2006, vol. 88,No. 3, 369-371. |
| “Victoria’s Secrets,” in Latina Legacies, Vicki L. Ruiz, ed., University of Oxford Press, 2005 |
| Article entry on Feliciana Arballo, forthcoming in Latinas in the United States: An Historical Encyclopedia, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press) |
| Article entry on the Spanish Black Legend, in Latinas in the United States: An Historical Encyclopedia, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005) |
| Article entry on Josefa Carrillo in Latinas in the United States: An Historical Encyclopedia, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005) |
| Article entry giving an overview of early settlement life for women in the Southwest in Latinas in the United States: An Historical Encyclopedia, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005) |
| Article entry on Spanish Mexican women in California, in Latinas in the United States: An Historical Encyclopedia, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005) |
| Book review of Vicki L. Ruiz's From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America, Western Historical Quarterly, 29 no.4 (Winter 1998) |
| RESEARCH INTERESTS |
| Chicana/o History, Chicano Historiography, Gender History, Borderlands History, and Multiracial Studies |
| HONORS AND AWARDS |
Robert Morris Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 2009 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000-2001 |
| Yale University Fellowship, 1991-92 |
| Yale University Fellowship, 1990-91 |
| IUP Graduate Latino Student Seminar, 1990 |
| UCSB University Fellowship, 1988-89 |
| Cornell University Fellowship, 1986-87 |
| Outstanding graduating senior in the CSU-Fresno history department, 1986. Nominated for the Dean's Medal, 1986 |
| PAPERS, PANELS AND PROGRAMS |
| Panelist, Roundtable: Women Between Cultures in Early North America, Part II: Marriage Between Cultures in the 19th Century, 14th International Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, St. Paul MN, June 12-16, 2008 |
Session Chair, Women and the Settling of Frontiers, 48th Western Historical Association Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, Oct. 22-25, 2008
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| Member, 2009 Program Committee, Western Historical Association Conference, Denver, CO |
| Panalist, Women’s Summit 2007: Nevada Women United Take Back the Public Agenda: Educating, Empowering, and Activating Nevadans. January 20, 2007, Alexis Park, Las Vegas, Nevada |
Roundtable, Historians Who Have Made a Difference: Albert Camarillo. Annual Meeting Organization of American Historians, Washington D.C, Wednesday, April 19-Saturday, April 22, 2006 |
| Chair, “Chicano Catholic History”, at the Western History Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 14-17, 2004 |
| Chair, “Peopling the Fields, at the Western History Association, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Oct. 17-19, 2002 |
Paper to be presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians and the National Council on Public History, Washington D.C., April 11-14, 2002, entitled, "Reframing American Family Portraits: Comparative Multi-Racial Images." |
Paper presented at the 116th Annual meeting of the American Historical Association, San Francisco CA, January 4-6, 2002, entitled "Loving After the War Years: Biethnic Californian Children and Californio Identity, 1850-90." |
Member, Program Committee for the 42th Annual Conference, Western History Association, San Diego, California, Oct. 25-27, 2001. |
Panalist, Symposium, “Race, Gender and Power: People of Color Along the American River,” CSU-Sacramento. February 14, 2001.
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| Invited lecture presented at New Mexico State University, March 10, 2000 |
Paper presented at the 39th Annual Conference Western History Association, Portland, Oregon 6-9, 1999, entitled "'There's a Touch of Romance': The Bandini Sisters and the Construction of Post Mexican American War Californiana Identity." |
| Commentator, Berkeshire Conference on Women's History, June 3-6, 1999 |
| Paper presented at the 37th Annual Conference Western History Association, St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 15-18, 1997, entitled "He Might Have Gone Further and Found Worse, The Union Between Victoria Comicrabit and Hugo Reid.” |
| Panelist at the Midwestern Consortium of Latino Researchers, August 8, 1994 |
| Panelist at a Roundtable on Latina History at the Organization of American Historians, Anaheim, California, 1993 |
| Paper presented at the Organization of American Historians, Louisville, Kentucky, 1991, entitled "Josefa Carrillo: The Myth of Romantic California." |
| COMMITTEES |
System |
| Member of the University of Nebraska Press, Editorial Board |
University |
Program Director, Latina/o Studies
Member, Vice Presidential Diversity and Inclusion Commission
Acting Director, in forming the Center for Social Justice, 2007-2009
Member of the Advisory Committee for the Director of General Education, 09/04 to the
present
Member General Education Committee, 4 /99-5/00.
Member Committee for a Just and Equitable Campus, 2001 to the present |
College of Liberal Arts |
| Member of the Financial Aid Committee |
Department |
Graduate Coordinator, 2008-2009 |
Member, Search Committee on Senior Native American history position, 2009 |
2004-2006 |
Graduate Admissions Committee |
2001-2003 |
Curriculum Committee |
1997-2004 |
Women Studies Program Committee |
1997-1998 |
Library Committee |
1998-2008 |
Travel Committee |
1997-1998 |
Teaching and Awards Committee |
| SERVICE |
Member, Coalition for Western Women’s History, Business Committee,2004-to the present |
Chair, Lorena Ledesma Memorial Dissertation Committee, Western Historians Association, 2008-2009 |
Manuscript reviewer, University of Arizona Press, 2003-to the present |
Article reviewer, Pacific Historical Review, University of California Press |
| Article reviewer, Gender and History, Nottingham University, UK |
| Article reviewer, Journal of the History of Sexuality, University of Texas Press |
| Academic Advisor to Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, 2006-to the present |
| Academic Advisor to Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity, 2001-to the present |
| Member of UNLV Planning Initiative Award, 2004-2005 |
| Committee member of the Lerner-Scott Prize Committee, the Organization of American Historians, 2005-2006 |
| Evaluator for the Nevada Department of Education, Title III, Immigrant Education, applications |
Panalist and organizer for the 6th Annual Hispanic Leadership Summit of Nevada, “Part of the American Fabric,” Moyer Student Union, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 20-21, 2002. |
Speaker representing College of Liberal Arts on Academic Advising Council, September 9, 1999 |
Participant at the Multicultural Student Affairs Faculty and Professional Scholar Mentoring Programs |
| Panelist for the Honors College Panel Discussion entitled, "What is Multiculturalism?," November 15, 1999 |
Participant at the Multicultural Student Affairs Faculty and Professional Scholar Mentoring Programs |
Participant and organizer for the Cultural Leadership Retreat, Pre-retreat orientation Friday, January 29, 1999, Retreat, February 6 -February 7, 1999. |
Participant at the College Wide Award Winners Reception, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History. April 28, 1999 |
Participant at the Hispanic Cultural Event "Evolving Traditions," at the Community College of Southern Nevada, May 2, 1999. |
Participant and speaker at the 11th Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony for the 14 Latin Chamber of Commerce Career Day. Stardust Hotel and Casino, April 30th, 1999. |
| Participant at a Grants Workshop sponsored by the Office of Research or Sponsored Programs, April 21, 1999 |
| Panelist for Dr. Colleen M. Peterson's Graduate Counseling course Oct. 7, 1999 |
| Participant at the Latin Chamber of Commerce and the Latino Youth Leadership Conference Committee, " 1999 Career Day Scholarship Awards |
| Participant at the Hispanic Cultural Event "Evolving Traditions," at the Community College of Southern Nevada, May 2, 1999 |
| Participant and speaker at the 11th Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony for the 14th Latin Chamber of Commerce Career Day. Stardust Hotel and Casino, April 30th, 1999 |
| University representative at Latino Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet, September, 1997 |
| University representative at Dedication of Rafael Rivera Park, November 11, 1997 |
| University representative at the Lowdon Community Center, Community Fair, October, 1997 |
| Cited as academic resource by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Identity Crisis: American's melting pot forces the question of how we define ourselves," September 30, 1997 |
| EDITORIAL BOARDS |
Member, University of Nevada Press, 2001 to 2006 |
| Member, University of Nebraska Press, Race and Gender in the West series, 2002 to present |
| PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS |
American Historical Association |
Organization of American Historians |
Mujers Activas en Letras Y Cambios Sociales |
National Association for Chicano Studies |
Association for the Advancement of Latinos and Chicanos in Higher Education (AALCHE)
Vice-President of UNLV Chapter |
| COMMUNITY AND STUDENT AFFILIATION |
Faculty Mentor to Society of Latinos (SOL) |
Faculty Mentor to Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, (MEChA) |
Faculty Advisor to Sigma Delta Alpha (Latino fraternity) |
Faculty Advisor to the Young Latino Democrats |
| COURSES TAUGHT |
History 102: US History, 1865-Present
History 101: US History, US History to 1865
History 110: Multicultural West
History 444/644: Latinos in the U.S. West
History 481: Pro-seminar
History 495/695 Women in the U.S. West
History 726: Graduate Colloquium
History 727: Graduate Colloquium |
