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El
Noticiero de IUPLR
INSIDE the May 2003 Noticiero
de IUPLR:
- Applications
are now available for the Second
Annual IUPLR Census Workshop at the University of Notre Dame, July
28-30, 2003– Download
the PRELIMINARY Agenda for the workshop
- Come join the
Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University for the First Annual
Latina/o Art Auction and Symposia on May 2-4, 2003, in Tempe, Arizona
- JSRI and the
Lansing Community College invite all to their 2003 Cinco de Mayo festivities
- Chicano Studies
Research Program at UTEP is co-hosting the El Paso Heritage Week Festival,
April 26 - May 5
- CMAS is hosting
its Seventeenth Annual Américo Paredes Distinguished Lecture
on Friday, May 2nd, 2003
- Paul & Daisy
Soros announce the Soros Fellowships for New Americans
- The American Civil
Liberties Union announces the 2003-05 Ira Glasser Racial Justice Fellows
Program
- Please visit
and distribute the 2003 Resource Guide of Summer Opportunities for Minority
Undergraduate Students
- The Board of
Trustees of the National Hispanic University (NHU) invites nominations
and applications for the position of President
- The Center for
Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites
applicants to submit for a Visiting Research Scholar Fellowship
- The Society for
Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is
seeking qualified applicants for the position of executive director
- The 16th Annual
National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE) in American Higher
Education will be held May 27 through May 31, 2003 in San Francisco
- Grolier Publishers
announces the development of a new four-volume reference set, the “Encyclopedia
Latina: History, Culture, Society,” devoted to Latinos in the
United States
IUPLR
HEADQUARTER NEWS
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
IUPLR CENSUS WORKSHOP (SUMMER 2003)
Amigos:
Arrangements have been made for the Second Annual Census Workshop at the
University of Notre Dame. I am writing to request your support in disseminating
this announcement and identifying participants for this important program,
a partnership between the IUPLR and the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Applications
will be accepted until Mid-July or until a contingent of 15 participants
is selected for the program, whichever comes first. The workshop will
begin at 9:00 a.m., Monday, July 28 and end on Wednesday, July 30 at noon.
The primary goal of the workshop is to prepare researchers and graduate
students with advanced standing to use Census data to address Latino social
and economic issues. The program will consist of general session, tailor
made workshops, and hands on-computer-based training sessions by Census
Bureau experts and IUPLR research staff. Two important objectives of the
workshop will be:(1) to generate statistical profiles for places and areas
where Latinos are settling and concentrated and, (2) to develop data sets
for the analysis of social and economic conditions of Latinos.
Scholarships covering travel, room and board are part of the Workshop.
Highest priority is for faculty and advanced graduate students of IUPLR
Centers who are involved in computer based research and data analysis.
If you are interested in participating, please call Maria Elena Bessignano
at (574) 631-3481 for an application. If you have questions about the
workshop, please contact Dr. Tim Ready at (574) 631-2974.
Thank you,
Refugio.
Download
Workshop Registration Form (requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader to view)
This is the Noticiero’s 7th year as an electronic informational
outlet for the IUPLR network of scholars and member centers. Be sure to
visit the IUPLR web site at: http://www.nd.edu/~iuplr.
Please
send your center updates, center events, faculty news, faculty opportunities,
fellowship opportunities, and publication news to Victor Saenz, vsaenz@prodigy.net.
CENTER NEWS
Chicano Studies
Research Center, UCLA
The CSRC recently published their first report in a new series of occasional
reports available in electronic format entitled: “Looking for Latino
Regulars on Prime-Time Television: The Fall 2002 Season,” written
by Alison Hoffman. For access to this report, visit the CSRC website at
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/csrc/.
Smithsonian
Center for Latino Initiatives, Smithsonian Institution
Visit the Center for Latino Initiatives’ Calendar of Events web
page at http://latino.si.edu/latinsitio/explolatino/exploindex.html
for the most recent listing of sponsored events and exhibits around the
country.
Hispanic
Research Center, Arizona State University
Come join the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University for
the First Annual Latina/o Art Auction and Symposia on May 2-4, 2003, in
Tempe, Arizona. The event will feature:
* May 2, 2003 Art Symposia
Chicana/o Art: Scholars Look at Four Decades of Achievement
* May 3, 2003 Auction of Latina/o Art
Auctioning of up to 1,000 pieces of art in-person on the Arizona State
University campus, or via the Internet from anywhere in the world!
* May 4, 2003, Tour of the Hispanic Research Center Gallery and art archives.
For more information or to register, visit their website at: http://www.latinoartcommunity.org.
Cuban Research
Institute, Florida International University
CHANGE OF DATE. The 5th CRI Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies
will now be held on October 29-November 1, 2003, at the University Park
Campus of Florida International University. They will consider all papers,
but strongly encourage the submission of proposals for panels, especially
on "the transnational nation". Deadline for submission of all
paper and panel proposals is still February 15, 2003. For further details
on this or other CRI activities, please check their website at http://lacc.fiu.edu/cri.
For more information or to send your abstract, contact: Lisandro Pérez,
Director (perezl@fiu.edu) or Uva de
Aragón, Associate Director (aragonu@fiu.edu)
at: Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, DM 363,
University Park, Miami, FL 33199, or be phone at (305) 348-1991.
The Julián
Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University
JSRI and the Lansing Community College invite all to their 2003 Cinco
de Mayo festivities, which will include plenty of entertainment, ethnic
foods, and celebration. This year’s observance will be on May 2,
2003, 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. at the LCC Outdoor Amphitheater on N. Washington
Square, Lansing, MI.
The annual celebration continues in downtown Lansing as the afternoon
events include an assortment of food, entertainment and displays. Call
(517) 483-9803 for more information.
Also, visit the Latino News section of the JSRI website. It is updated
often and offers insightful articles to Latino news around the globe.
The link is: http://jsri.msu.edu/cgi-bin/news/index.cgi.
Chicano Studies
Research Program, University of Texas at El Paso
*April 26 - May 5: El Paso Heritage Week Festival. A community-wide celebration
showcasing El Paso's unique character and diversity through its art, culture,
history and natural beauty. For information visit http://www.elpasoheritage.org
or call (915) 533-1555.
For more info on Center events, contact (915) 747-5462, or visit their
website at http://www.utep.edu/chicano/events.htm.
Centro de
Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College-CUNY
The Centro will be celebrating its 30th anniversary during the 2003-04
academic year. To commemorate this milestone, they have planned a celebration
on September 19, 2003, with a keynote speaker and fundraising gala hosted
by El Diario/La Prensa. Stay tuned for more details.
Centro Events:
*Wednesday, May 14, 2003, 12-2pm
Odalys Díaz, from New York University, will give a talk entitled
"The Challenge of Connecting Schools to Urban Community Development."
Location: Hunter College, East Building Room Solarium.
Mauricio
Gaston Institute, University of Massachusetts at Boston
The Mauricio Gastón Institute presents the Spring 2003 Speakers
Series.
*Tuesday, May 13, 1:00-2:30pm
A talk by Edwin Melendez entitled, "Workforce Development in Boston:
Recent Transitions." Professor Meléndez will discuss how changes
brought about by the WIA have affected CBOs and other labor-market intermediaries
serving disadvantaged workers. Using Boston as a case study, his research
identifies successful strategies of those organizations that have benefited
from the restructuring of the industry. Edwin Meléndez was director
of the Gastón Institute from 1992 to 1998. He is a professor of
Management and Urban Policy and director of the Community Development
Research Center at the Robert J. Milano Graduate School, New School University,
New York City.For more information, send an e-mail to gissell.abreu@umb.edu.
Center for
Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
CMAS is hosting its Seventeenth Annual Américo Paredes Distinguished
Lecture on Friday, May 2nd, 2003. The lecture will be delivered by the
Llano Grande Center for Research and Development. This year’s event
will differ from those of years past, in that the lecture will not be
presented by an individual, but by a number of people who work with and
have given shape to the organization. The multifaceted presentation, titled
“Teaching and Learning in a Community Context,” will include
audience interaction with the panel of presenters and a screening of the
inspiring documentary film Edcouch-Elsa. The screening is being co-sponsored
by the UT Valley Horns, an organization of students from the Lower Rio
Grande Valley of Texas. The presentation is free and open to the public
and will take place in the Bass Lecture Hall of the LBJ School of Public
Affairs, UT Campus. The Américo Paredes Distinguished Lecture was
established by CMAS in 1987. The series honors Américo Paredes,
who before his death in 1999 was the Dickson, Allen, and Anderson Centennial
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and English at UT Austin. For more
information, please call (512) 471-4557.
Institute
for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame
For information on Institute events, contact Carmen Macharaschwili, Program
Coordinator for the Institute for Latino Studies, at (574) 631-3747 or
at cmachara@nd.edu.
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR YOUR STUDENTS
Please visit and
distribute the 2003 Resource Guide of Summer Opportunities for
Minority Undergraduate Students available at http://www.doorsofopportunity.org.
The 2003 guide contains descriptions of more than 130 summer research
programs, internships, and conferences geared towards students of color.
It was created by a student at Occidental College.
Paul &
Daisy Soros announce the Soros Fellowships for New Americans.
The purpose of this fellowship program is to provide opportunities for
continuing generations of able and accomplished new Americans to achieve
leadership in their chosen fields. The national program awards thirty
fellowships each year. To be eligible, an applicant must be an individual
who
(1) is a resident alien; i.e., holds a green card or,
(2) has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen, or
(3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens.
Candidates must demonstrate the relevance of graduate education to their
long-term career goals and potential in enhancing their contributions
to society. Each fellowship provides an annual maintenance grant of $20,000
and a tuition grant of one-half the tuition cost of the U.S. graduate
program attended by the fellow. A fellow may pursue a graduate degree
in any professional field (e.g., engineering, medicine, law, social work,
etc.) or scholarly discipline in the arts (including the fine and performing
arts), humanities, social sciences, and sciences. See the program's Web
site for complete program information, eligibility guidelines, and application
instructions and forms at: http://www.pdsoros.org/.
The American
Civil Liberties Union announces the 2003-05 Ira Glasser Racial Justice
Fellows Program. The Program provides support for individuals
who will further the ACLU’s commitment to racial justice. The Glasser
Fellows will be placed throughout the ACLU, primarily in selected affiliates,
to further develop, strengthen, and increase the ACLU’s programmatic
work on racial justice. The program is designed both to expand substantially
racial justice programs and to search for new paradigms, new analyses,
and new ways of looking at old problems in order to develop new remedies
for the persistence of skin color injustice, despite the establishment
of formal legal equality. The Fellows are named after Ira Glasser, former
Executive Director of the ACLU, in recognition of his longstanding commitment
to issues of racial justice and equity. Under Glasser’s watch, the
ACLU was transformed into a truly diverse organization that actively implemented
the principles of affirmative action internally and that advocated vigorously
for racial justice on every front externally. The ACLU is pleased to announce
that he has agreed to participate in this program, including the selection
of the Fellows, and to be involved with their work on an ongoing basis.
The ACLU will be awarding up to 6 Fellowships to begin in the fall of
2003, for up to two years, depending on the project. The program seeks
applicants with a demonstrated commitment to racial justice from a wide
variety of disciplines, including but not limited to: lawyers, journalists,
social scientists, and community organizers. Consideration will be given
primarily to people with significant prior accomplishments but also to
people of promise. The ACLU must receive completed applications and all
supporting materials no later than May 28, 2003. Applicants must be available
for interviews in New York in July and August 2003. Applicants should
submit a completed application form, a resume or vitae, a proposal with
a clear, detailed, focused explanation of the proposed project, a proposal
timeline, and three letters of recommendation to: Karen Delince, ACLU
National Office, 125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004.
The Migrant
Farmworkers Project serves approximately 400 Latino workers and
their families who migrate to Missouri to harvest apples in Lafayette
County, western Missouri, as well as farmworkers in the Bootheel region
of southeastern Missouri. They are currently seeking a full-time Project
Director and a full- or part-time Migrant Advocate. MFP is a field project
of Legal Aid of Western Missouri. The requirements for the position of
Project Director are someone who is mature, self-motivating, fluent in
Spanish and willing to work irregular hours. College degree in related
field and experience in social service area are required; graduate degree
and experience with Latinos in the US preferred. The requirements for
the full- or part-time Migrant Advocate are someone who is mature, self-motivating,
fluent in Spanish, and willing to work long and irregular hours. Experience
with Latinos in the US is helpful. This is an excellent position to gain
a wide variety of experience in social service, health care and legal
settings. Applications for both positions are currently being accepted.
Send a resume (with references) and cover letter to: MIGRANT FARMWORKERS
PROJECT, 920 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108. For more information
contact Lydia Oelschlaeger, Project Director, at (816) 474-9868.
The Hispanic
Association of Colleges and Universities announces the (HACU) 2003-2004
Scholarship Programs. Please note that students at campuses within
HACU member systems and districts are not eligible to apply to HACU scholarship
programs unless the campus they attend is also a member of HACU. Copies
of the application may be printed off of HACU's website at http://www.hacu.net
under "Student Resources." Applications and all required documentation
must be received by June 27, 2003. If you have any questions regarding
HACU's scholarship programs, please contact them at (210) 692-3805, ext.
3231 or members@hacu.net.
The Hispanic
Scholarship Fund (HSF) has partnered with the National Society of Hispanic
MBA's (NSHMBA) to provide financial resources to assist outstanding Latinos
pursuing Master's Degree in management/ business. The scholarships
will be awarded on a competitive basis to full-time and part-time Master's
degree-seeking graduate students. In 2002, the HSF/NSHMBA Scholarship
Program was able to award $617,000 in scholarships. The awards ranged
from $2,500, $5,000, $7,500, with fifteen of the $10,000 scholarships
and three of the $15,000 scholarships. The application deadline is June
16, 2003. Submit complete application packets to: Hispanic Scholarship
Fund, ATTN: NSHMBA - HSF Selection Committee, One Sansome Street, Suite
1000, San Francisco, CA 94104. For questions concerning the application,
please contact The Hispanic Scholarship Fund at specialprograms@hsf.net.
For more information, contact Adriana Rivera - Educational Specialist
at arivera@nshmba.org or by phone
at (214) 596-9338 ext. 228.
MCR Productions
in conjunction with Dr. Pancho McFarland of the Center for the
Applied Study of American Ethnicity at Colorado State University
invite Chicano youth ages 12-25 to submit your poetry, rap and song lyrics
and short stories for possible inclusion in the book, “Desde
el Barrio: Revolutionary Songs and Poems from Our Chicano Streets.”
If you'd like to see one or more of your writings in print, send one copy
of your work to Dr. McFarland by December 31, 2003 at the addresses below:
Dr. Pancho McFarland, Center for the Applied Study of American Ethnicity,
Clark C127, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, or e-mail
at lmcfarla@colostate.edu.
For more info, call (970) 491-2215.
FACULTY
OPPORTUNITIES
The Board
of Trustees of the National Hispanic University (NHU) invites nominations
and applications for the position of President. NHU is an accredited
private institution in San Jose, California. Founded in 1981 to meet the
particular educational needs of Latinos, bilingual learners and working
students, NHU now enrolls over 500 students in its undergraduate and graduate
programs. Committed to quality instruction, small class size and attention
to individual students, NHU offers degrees in such fields as Business
Administration, Liberal Studies and Computer Information Systems. NHU
is now poised to take a major step forward in its development. Campus
facilities are being upgraded and expanded and preliminary strategic planning
calls for enrollment and curriculum expansion as well as the development
of distance and computer-based learning and other innovative pedagogies.
The Presidential Search Committee for NHU seeks a leader to carry the
institution through this period of dynamic growth and the $25 million
capital campaign now underway. Candidates should hold an earned doctorate,
have a strong commitment to the mission of NHU and have a minimum of 10
years of broad experience in higher education administration, including
academic planning, budget and staff management, and fund-raising. Candidates
should have outstanding communication skills and experience in forming
educational partnerships with other institutions, community groups, foundations
and the business sector. Additionally, candidates should be well-informed
about issues facing Latinos in higher education. Nominations, applications
and expressions of interest should be directed to: Presidential Search
Committee, The National Hispanic University, 14271 Story Road, San Jose,
CA 95127-3823. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue
until the position is filled. For more info, visit the NHU website at:
http://www.nhu.edu.
The Center
for Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites
applicants to submit for a Visiting Research Scholar Fellowship.
The Center seeks applications for a post-doctoral fellowship from scholars
who pursue interdisciplinary research on Chicana/o Latina/o Studies. Projects
on the ways in which migration, economics, media, and social movements
are altering ethnic and racial dynamics are especially valued, as are
inquiries into the ways in which practices related to language, religion,
sexuality, class and gender interact with ethnic and racial formation.
The Center encourages applications by junior, senior, and independent
scholars of any nationality that are conducting research on Chicana/o
Latina/o Studies. Fellows are expected to remain in residence at the Center
during the regular academic year (September-June), to participate in the
ongoing activities of the Center and to live in the immediate area of
the university. During the academic year, fellows will be required to
present their research through lectures and workshops, to engage with
faculty and students at colloquia and conferences, and to draw on the
variety of resources available at the university. Applications will be
judged on (1) the appropriateness of the research proposal; (2) the promise
of the specific research project being proposed; (3) the originality and
intellectual distinction of the candidate’s previous work; (4) the
applicant’s ability to engage in collegial interaction. They also
seek candidates whose research is likely to contribute to intellectual
exchange among a diverse group of scholars. The application deadline is
May 15, 2003. For applications and further information, contact: Director
Carlos Morton, Center for Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa
Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6040, (805) 893-2226, fax (805) 893-4446,
e-mail: carlos.morton@chicano.ucsb.edu.
Visit the Center web site at: http://research.ucsb.edu/ccs/.
The Society
for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS),
through its Board of Directors, is seeking qualified applicants for the
position of executive director. The Society's mission is to encourage
Chicano/Latino and Native American students to pursue graduate education
and obtain the advanced degrees necessary for research careers and science
teaching professions at all levels. The Executive Director will have a
broad range of responsibilities including representing SACNAS to the outside
world and implementing the Board of Directors' vision. Additionally, the
executive director will be responsible for managing the daily operations
of the SACNAS office, providing oversight for all the Society's programs,
soliciting and administering government and private grants, developing
corporate and foundation support and creating a plan for broadening the
funding sources of the organization. The position is based in Santa Cruz,
California. The ideal candidate will possess proven leadership qualities,
a minimum of 5 years of senior administrative experience, excellent oral
and written communication skills with substantive experience in public
speaking, recent involvement in fund raising, grant writing and grants
management. To apply, please send a resume, cover letter including where
you learned about the position, list of fund raising successes, three
professional references, and salary requirements to: Executive Director
Search Committee, SACNAS, P.O. Box 8526, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-8526. Screening
of Applications will begin on May 15 and continue until the position is
filled. The College of Public and Community Service (CPCS) at the University
of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) seeks applications for a Visiting Lecturer/Assistant/Associate
Professor in Latino Studies. The position is available starting September
2003 for a one year appointment. The Latino Studies Program at UMB is
an inter-collegiate and inter-disciplinary program of study in CPCS and
draws on faculty and students from every college of the university. Candidates
should be interested in this pedagogical approach and have experience
with various Latino groups and community based organizations. The successful
candidate will teach at least two courses each semester and will work
with the director and steering committee of Latino Studies on program
and curriculum development. Experience with field-based education, research
with Latino populations, experience working with Latino community organizations
and bilingual Spanish ability is preferred. Interested applicants should
send a cover letter and curriculum vitae (indicating references) to: Human
Resources Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey
Blvd., Boston MA 02125-3393. Also, please send a copy of the complete
application to Prof. Luis Aponte-Parés, College of Public and Community
Services, University of Massachusetts Boston. Questions may be directed
to Professor Aponte at (617) 287-7286, or at
luis.aponte@umb.edu.
The School
of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Concordia University at Austin, Texas
seeks applicants for a full-time faculty position in Communication. The
position will begin Fall 2003. The successful candidate will teach Communication
Technology, Media Production, Media Analysis and Criticism and other Communication
courses as needed. A Ph.D. in Communication is preferred as well as demonstrated
expertise in Communication technologies. ABD considered. Applicants must
send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of all graduate
level transcripts and three letters of reference to Dr. Paul Muench, Concordia
University at Austin, 3400 IH 35 North, Austin, Texas, 78705. Applications
will be accepted until the position is filled.
The College
of Public and Community Service (CPCS) at the University of Massachusetts
Boston (UMB) seeks applications for a Visiting Lecturer/Assistant/Associate
Professor in Latino Studies. The position is available starting September
2003 for a one year appointment. The Latino Studies Program at UMB is
an inter-collegiate and inter-disciplinary program of study in CPCS and
draws on faculty and students from every college of the university. Candidates
should be interested in this pedagogical approach and have experience
with various Latino groups and community based organizations. The successful
candidate will teach at least two courses each semester and will work
with the director and steering committee of Latino Studies on program
and curriculum development. Experience with field-based education, research
with Latino populations, experience working with Latino community organizations
and bilingual Spanish ability is preferred. Interested applicants should
send a cover letter and curriculum vitae (indicating references) to: Human
Resources Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey
Blvd., Boston MA 02125-3393. Also, please send a copy of the complete
application to Prof. Luis Aponte-Parés, College of Public and Community
Services, University of Massachusetts Boston. Questions may be directed
to Professor Aponte at (617) 287-7286, or at luis.aponte@umb.edu.
The CSRC
at UCLA is seeking a Researcher for a 50 percent appointment
for 2003-04 with the possibility of renewal. This temporary research series
position has been established in the CSRC to contribute to the center’s
new research plan. The CSRC Researcher will develop public policy and
applied social science research that enhances the center and promotes
service to the community. Ideally, this position would be filled by a
scholar with a solid record of research and who would bring or attract
extramural funding to the CSRC. Candidates applying by April 30, 2003,
will be given first consideration. Interested applicants should submit
their C.V. to Carlos M. Haro at cmharo@csrc.ucla.edu.
NEWS,
EVENTS, CONFERENCES, SUBMISSIONS, OTHER
The Critical Research
Issues in Latino Mental Health Conference seeks to foster research careers
that contribute to our knowledge of Latino mental health. The conference
will bring promising young investigators together with distinguished and
established researchers in the area of Latino mental health. Last year’s
conference, which was highly successful, was related to mood disorders
among Latinos. This year, the conference will focus culture and psychiatric
diagnoses in preparation for DSM-V. Investigators are being invited to
submit an abstract related to the main theme of culture and psychiatric
diagnosis in DSM-V. Authors of selected abstracts will be paired with
senior investigators who will provide guidance on the preparation of the
final paper, which will be presented at the conference. To submit an abstract,
please send an inquiry to interial@umdnj.edu
by July 15, 2003 for further instructions.
The 16th Annual National
Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE) in American Higher Education
will be held May 27 through May 31, 2003 in San Francisco, California
at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. NCORE is recognized as the leading and
most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American
higher education. For conference and registration information, please
visit the conference website at http://www.ncore.ou.edu,
or contact their office at (405) 292-4172.
The OMH and HRSA
announce a satellite broadcast on Cross-Cultural Communication in Health
Care: Building Organizational Capacity to be held on Wednesday, June 4,
2003. OMH and HRSA are jointly sponsoring this event. To find out where
this free broadcast will be televised, visit http://www.HRSA.gov/financeMC/broadcast
and follow the instructions to find the locations where the broadcast
will be available.
The Journal of Ethnicity
in Criminal Justice invites scholars to submit manuscripts for a special
edition of its journal on "Hispanics and the U.S. Criminal Justice
System." The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2003. All manuscripts
submitted for publication to Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
are peer-reviewed. Please send manuscripts to: Dr. Wilson R. Palacios,
University of South Florida, Department of Criminology/SOC327, 4202 East
Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620. For more info, call (813) 974-7290 or
send an e-mail to: wpalacio@chuma1.cas.usf.edu.
The Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice is indexed in Criminal Justice
Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and other
major abstracting and indexing services.
The International
Conference on Education and Social Justice will be held on June 13-15,
2003 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel. This small, collegial
event will explore the innovations as well as the tensions that characterize
current movements toward social justice in teacher education. By gathering
a diverse group of educators who share commitments and priorities, this
conference will offer rare opportunities to exchange ideas, develop resources,
build networks, and explore possibilities for new directions in teacher
education. The tentative program is now online. The International Conference
on Education and Social Justice is organized by the Center for Anti-Oppressive
Education (CAOE). For more information on the Conference and the Center,
please visit their website at http://antioppressiveeducation.org
or contact the Director of CAOE, Dr. Kevin Kumashiro, via e-mail at kumashiro@antioppressiveeducation.org.
Grolier Publishers
announces the development of a new four-volume reference set, the “Encyclopedia
Latina: History, Culture, Society,” devoted to Latinos in the United
States. The editor is Ilan Stavans. The Encyclopedia will be a multidisciplinary,
one-million-word set on Latinos in America, covering history, literature,
art, popular and folk cultures, science, politics, religion, business,
demographics and law. This Encyclopedia brings together the work of many
scholars in a reference work designed both to introduce the field to non-specialists
and to indicate the state of current scholarship to the following groups:
upper high school and undergraduate students; librarians; academics; and
the general public. They are currently inviting scholars, writers and
experts to be contributors to the Encyclopedia. All interested candidates
should contact Ilan Stavans at encyclopedialatina@amherst.edu
with the following information: name; affiliation; contact information
(phone and e-mail are sufficient); statement of area of interest and expertise;
and a short writing sample.
The Library of Congress,
through its American Folklife Center, has established an important program,
The Veterans History Project. They invite participation in this significant
national effort to collect and preserve audio- and videotaped interviews
from veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam and
Persian Gulf wars. Congress unanimously passed the "Veterans' Oral
History Project Act" in October of 2000. In addition to interviews,
the law also calls for the acquisition of documents such as letters, diaries,
and photographs. With public participation the project is developing as
Congress intended: children interviewing their grandparents; students
talking with veterans and homefront supporters in the community; veterans
interviewing each other; and libraries, museums, and civic groups starting
their own projects. The Library of Congress and its American Folklife
Center continue to invite individuals to interview veterans and affiliated
civilians. More information is on line at http://www.loc.gov/vets/
which features a list of those interviewed in the National Registry
of Service. For further information please call Taru Spiegel, Program
Officer, at (202) 707-9814, or e-mail at tspi@loc.gov.
The High School Journal
invites all to submit papers to a special issue on Chicana/o Activist
Educators: Theories and Pedagogies of Trans/formation, to be published
April/May, 2004. Guest editor, Luis Urrieta, Jr., invites submissions
that address the complex and diverse educational experiences, histories,
and philosophies of Chicana and Chicano activist educators. Educators
can include: 1) Chicanas/os working within educational institutions (K-12)
as paraprofessionals, teachers, administrators; 2) Chicanas/os working
in higher education as college or university professors of undergraduate,
graduate, and professional students; and 3), Chicanas/os working in community
endeavors through programs for youth, migrant students, etc. Papers that
address new and/or revisited theoretical perspectives and/or highlight
daily practices and pedagogies of trans/formation are welcomed. Manuscripts
must be postmarked no later than September 16, 2003. Submissions of articles,
reviews of relevant books, and other creative endeavors should be mailed
to Luis Urrieta, Jr., UCB 249, Education 124, School of Education, The
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309-0249. For further inquiries
please email at urrieta@email.unc.edu.
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