El Noticiero de IUPLR

The Electronic Monthly Newsletter for the IUPLR network of member centers,
associates, researchers and scholars.

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April 2001
Volume 5, No.7
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Letter from the Director
Center News
Faculty Opportunities

Dear Colleagues,
There are two census-data resources I think you should visit on the web. The Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research maintains the first one. The URL is <http://www.albany.edu/mumford/census/>. At this site you may select statistics on any of the 331 metro areas in the nation and find data for the metro area as a whole or for the city or suburban portions of the metropolis. For those interested in the ranking of metropolitan areas, it also has sortable lists. If you wish to obtain racial/ethnic composition or segregation data in a spreadsheet, you can download the data directly. Tabulations are available for both 1990 and 2000.

The second site represents an in-progress project. The Rockefeller Foundation has funded the Urban Institute to create the Neighborhood Change Database (NCDB), which will combine census tract-level data from Census 2000 with data from the 1970, 1980, and 1990 decennial censuses. The data from earlier censuses will be standardized to 2000 census tract boundaries, and a wide range of variables will be included. To make the database more accessible to a variety of users, the Urban Institute has teamed with Geolytics, a company specializing in user-friendly menu-driven software to display, map, and export Census data. Based on the Census Bureau's current plans for the release of Census 2000 data products, a preliminary NCDB should be up and running in November 2001; the final NCDB should be at hand in July 2003. You can view descriptions of current and prospective products by going to <http://www.geolytics.com>. The research end of the project is codirected by Tom Kingsley and Peter Tatian. The plan is to use the new NCDB to analyze patterns of neighborhood change nationally between 1990 and 2000, including changes in the concentration of poverty. For more information about the intended research, go to <http://www.urban.org/nnip/>.

I also want to remind you to occasionally visit the Census web site at <http://www.census.gov/>. Its American FactFinder link, for example, is now the user-friendliest tool for accessing redistricting data on race/ethnicity and the voting age population. You should remember that the Census web site offers access to more than just population data. A recent news release by the Census Bureau, for instance, announced that US businesses owned by Hispanics topped 1 million. The leading states were California, Texas, and Florida. The complete news release can be found at http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-53.html

On February 14 Th the Census Bureau declared that preliminary estimates indicated a probable improvement in the coverage of Census 2000 over 1990. Moreover, significant reduction apparently occurred in the undercount rates for non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics. The range of net undercount for Hispanics was 2.22 to 3.48 percent. For more information please go to:
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cn03attach.pdf.

Sincerely,

Philip Garcia
Associate Director
Institute for Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame
garcia.82.nd.edu

INSIDE the April 2001 Noticiero de IUPLR:

* Member centers announce their remaining spring calendar of events.
* Arizona State University, West Campus, seeks applicants for a visiting assistant professor position in the social sciences.
* A one-year postdoctoral fellowship is available for research on Immigration, Religion, and Civic Engagement in Miami, Florida.

IUPLR HEADQUARTER NEWS

This is the Noticiero’s 5th year as an electronic informational outlet for the IUPLR network of scholars and member centers.

Please send your center updates, center events, faculty news, faculty opportunities, fellowship opportunities, and publication news to vsaenz@prodigy.net

CENTER NEWS

Chicano Studies Research Program, UTEP

Upcoming Spring Events:

• Thursday, May 3, 8pm
  Join the CSRP for a special evening when three outstanding performers will offer their talents together on stage in a one-of-a-kind show that will conclude with a question and answer session with audience members. Guests are: 1) Luis Alfaro, writer, director, cutting-edge performance artist, recipient of the MacArthur Genius Fellowship; 2) Lupe Ontiveros, film and stage actress (Zoot Suit, Selena, As Good As It Gets, Chuck and Buck); 3) April Ortiz, television, film and stage actress (Father of the Bride, Cats)
  8:00 p.m., The Wise Family Theatre, UTEP.
• Saturday, May 26, 1:00 pm
  “Indigenous Women's Issues in Chiapas: A Perspective of the Life, Struggles and Accomplishments of Indigenous Women in Chiapas, Mexico,” by Rebecca Rodríguez, Graduate Student in Cultural Anthropology, NMSU, La Peña, 2000 Texas Street. For additional information call 778-6053 or 351-0446
  
  
  

Center for Mexican American Studies, UT-Austin

• May 3 (Thursday) 7:00 pm, Paredes Distinguished Lecture
  Maria Herrera-Sobek, Luis Leal Endowed Professor of Chicano Studies at the University of California–Santa Barbara, will deliver the 15th Annual Américo Paredes Distinguished Lecture, "Nation, Nationality, & Nationalism: Américo Paredes's Theoretical Paradigms of Self & Country." The Lecture will take place on in the Bass Lecture Hall.
• May 19 (Saturday) 3:00 to 4:00 pm The Center for Mexican American Studies will hold a special graduation ceremony on in the University Teaching Center (UTC) 2.112A. Carlos A. Moreno, MD, MSPH, Professor & C. Frank Webber Chair in Family Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, will be the commencement speaker. A reception will follow from 4:00 to 5:00 pm Family and friends are especially welcome!

Please visit the CMAS web site for more information at: http://www.utexas.edu/depts/cmas.

Chicano Studies Research and Center, UCLA

The Center presents “The Struggle for Social Justice: A Symposium on Recognition, Reparations, & Redress.” Jointly organized by UCLA's Center for African American Studies, American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, and the Chicano Studies Research Center, the Symposium will take place on Friday and Saturday, May 11-12, at the Covell Commons, 330 DeNeve Drive, UCLA. For more information on this event, visit the symposium web site at:
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/reparations/

Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College

• Wednesday, May 9, 6:00 to 8:00 pm "The Influence of Puerto Rican Music in the United States." The speaker is Raymond Torres-Santos, Universidad de Puerto Rico & CUNY-UPR, Academic Exchange Visiting Professor, Hunter College, 68th Street Campus, Room TBA.
• Monday, May 14, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, “Moving Up the Economic Ladder: Latino Workers and the Nation's Future." Speakers include: Sonia Pérez, National Council of La Raza; Edwin Meléndez, Milano Graduate School, New School University; and Cordelia Reimers, Hunter College. The moderator is Clara Rodríguez, Fordham University. This panel discussion will take place at Hunter College, 68th Street Campus, Room 217 W (West Building).
• Friday, June 8, 9:00am to 5:00 pm "International Tribunal on Human Rights: The Vieques Case," The Graduate Center, (CUNY), Recital Hall.

Mauricio Gaston Institute, Michigan State University

• Tuesday May 8, 1:00 to 2:30 pm Faculty Lounge, 11th Floor, Healey Library, Guest Speaker: Lorna Rivera.

For more info, visit the web site at http://www.gaston.umb.edu.

FACULTY OPPORTUNITIES

Arizona State University, West Campus, seeks applicants for a visiting assistant professor position in the social sciences, effective 16 August 2001. Applicants should have a PhD in Anthropology or Sociology by 1 August 2001. Candidates must demonstrate a potential for or evidence of excellence in research and teaching in qualitative research methods and evidence of an ability to contribute to an interdisciplinary degree program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Ability or experience in creating applied research experiences for students is desired. The deadline to apply is 1 May 2001, or the last day of every month thereafter until filled. Interested applicants should send a letter of application, vita, letters from three referees and a reprint or work in progress to: Carol Mueller, Chair, Social Science Search Committee, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University West, PO Box 37100, Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100.

A one-year postdoctoral fellowship is available for research on Immigration, Religion, and Civic Engagement in Miami, Florida. The postdoctoral fellow will join an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Immigration and Ethnicity Institute at Florida International University in a study of religiosity and youth, including organized Christian as well as less organized Afro-Caribbean practices and groups. The postdoctoral fellow will focus specifically on West Indian and African American youth and religion. The broader project also includes other researchers focusing on Cubans, Nicaraguans, Mexicans, and Haitians. Work will involve participant observation and interviewing. This project is one of several addressing immigration and religion supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The fellowship is for one year beginning September 2001. Salary, $21,000 plus benefits. The postdoctoral fellow is expected to also join the principal investigators for data analysis and publication. For further information or to send a letter of application and curriculum vitae, contact Alex Stepick, Director, Immigration & Ethnicity Institute, Florida International University, e-mail: Stepick@fiu.edu.

IUPLR E-mail Update compiled by:
Victor Saenz
2401 Wickersham Ln. #2124
Austin, TX 78741
vsaenz@prodigy.net

Edited by:
Philip Garcia and Zoe Samora
Institute for Latino Studies/IUPLR
University of Notre Dame