IUPLR - NOVEMBER Faculty E-mail Update
Dear Colleagues,
Hope you had a ghoulish Halloween and remembered all those ancestors who have
led the way before us. This year Day of the Dead carried special meaning for
me and my family. Honoring our ancestors and loved ones with altars, prayers,
and remembrances draws us all closer together.
I hope that you have made plans to join us at the 1848/1989@1998 Transhistoric
Thresholds Conference on December 8-12, 1998. The Conference is sponsored by
Arizona State University and the Inter-University Program for Latino Research.
The conference will be an international conference on the convergence in 1998
of the sesquicentennial of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the centennial
of the 1898 Spanish-American War. It's not too late to register and plan to
attend.
The conference is designed to present wide-ranging scholarly research on the
creative representations of the historic milestones and cumulative political,
economic, cultural, and other consequences of 1848 and 1998. Preliminary schedule
is as follows:
December 8: Preconference workshops
December 9-11: Conference sessions
December 12: Commemorative Events and Mariachi Mass
Exhibitions and community programs December 8-12
Contact the Hispanic Research Center at 1848/98.Conference@asu.edu
for more details regarding registration, or visit their web site at: http://www.asu.edu/1848and1898at1998.
We hope to see many of you in the greater Phoenix area in December.
Regards,
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D.
Professor, Health Policy and Management, UCLA
Associate Director, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
National Research Director, IUPLR
ROValdez@aol.com
http://iuplr.utexas.edu
Inside the November IUPLR E-mail Update:
* The Dominican Studies Institute at CUNY joins the IUPLR network
* Seven IUPLR network members are chosen among the 100 most influential Hispanics
in the U.S. by Hispanic Business Magazine
* Tomas Ybarra-Frausto, an associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation,
has been
awarded the Joseph Henry Medal by the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents
* Estevan Flores has been named permanent director of the Latino/a Research
and Policy
Center at UC-Denver
* The ETS announces their slate of summer programs and fellowships
* Several new faculty positions are announced throughout the country
IUPLR HEADQUARTER NEWS
Dominican Studies Institute joins IUPLR.
The Inter-University Program for Latino Research announces the addition of a
new member center, the Dominican Studies Institute (DSI) at the City University
of New York. Under the leadership of Dr. Silvio Torres-Saillant, the Institute
was launched in 1992 by CUNY. It is charged with producing and disseminating
knowledge on the Dominican experience in order to address the current dearth
of information about a community that is the second largest - and fastest growing
- Latino group in New York.
DSI works as an interdisciplinary research unit devoted to the study of Dominican
life in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and the Dominican Diaspora.
With an advisory board of twenty-five scholars, educators, administrators, business
executives, artists, and cultural activists from throughout the country, the
Institute has implemented a stimulated plan of action, including a Rockefeller
Foundation Humanities Fellowship Program, a Dominican Research Monograph Series,
a review journal published once a year, and a growing library resource center.
The newest addition to the IUPLR network brings the total to fourteen member
centers from coast to coast. On behalf of Gilberto Cardenas, executive director,
and the entire network of scholars, member centers, and staff, IUPLR extends
a grand welcome to the Dominican Studies Institute as we work towards a successful
collaborative relationship. Bienvenidos!
Hispanic Business Magazine Names its Top 100
For the second year in a row, Gilberto Cardenas, IUPLR Executive Director,
was named one of the one hundred most influential Hispanics in the U.S. by Hispanic
Business magazine's October '98 issue. The following members of the IUPLR network
were also included in the honored list:
Hon. Xavier Becerra, IUPLR D.C. Advisory Committee
Rodolfo de la Garza, UT-Austin
Hector Garza, IUPLR D.C. Advisory Committee
Refugio Rochin, Director, Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives & D.C.
Adv. Cmt.
Sara Martinez Tucker, NHSF and IUPLR research partner
Raul Yzaguirre, IUPLR D.C. Advisory Committee
Congratulations to all the honorees.
CENTER NEWS
Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University
CRI is hosting an upcoming conference entitled "The Treaty of Paris of
1898: Origins and Consequences", on November 5-6, 1998.
CRI is also hosting its second annual "CRI Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American
Studies", on March 18-20, 1999. Building on the success of the First CRI
Conference in 1997, the CRI is issuing a call for participation in its upcoming
Second Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. The conference is part
of CRI's continuing efforts to expand and challenge the paradigms of Cuban and
Cuban-American Studies and address neglected areas in the field. The conference
is interdisciplinary in spirit and welcomes a plurality of approaches and perspectives.
For more information on either conference, contact: Cuban Research Institute
Florida International University, University Park, DM 363 Miami, FL 33199, or
phone (305)348-1991, or e-mail: crinst@fiu.edu.
Latino/a Research and Policy Center, University of Colorado at Denver
Dr. Estevan Flores, associate professor at UC-Boulder, has been named permanent
director of the Latino/a Research and Policy Center through the 1998-99 academic
year. Dr. Flores becomes the first official director of the center since its
inception.
Dr. Fernie Baca, associate Vice-Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities,
has been named the Executive Director for the International Training Academy,
which houses the Latino/a Research & Policy Center.
Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Wednesday, November 11, 1998, 12:00 p.m.
Norma Elia Cantu, author of the award-winning "Canicula: Snapshots of a
Girlhood en la Frontera," will discuss and read from her work. The discussion
will be held in Garrison Hall, room 7.
Friday, November 20, 1998, 12:00 p.m.
Jacqueline Toribio, assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
at UC-Santa Barbara and visiting scholar at CMAS, will be discussing "Acquiring
Spanish-English Code-Switching Competence." The discussion will take place
in the Texas Union Chicano Culture Room, 4.206.
For more information on CMAS events, contact Jordana Barton at (512) 471-4557,
or e-mail: jordana.b@mail.utexas.edu.
FACULTY NEWS
Tomas Ybarra-Frausto, associate director for Arts and Humanities at the Rockefeller
Foundation, has been awarded the Joseph Henry Medal by the Smithsonian Institution's
Board of Regents for "exemplary contributions to the Smithsonian Institution."
The Henry medal was created in honor of the Smithsonian's first Secretary, shortly
after his death in 1878. It is given by the Board of Regents in recognition
of outstanding service to the Institution. Among the previous recipients were
Fred Whipple, Hubert Humphrey, Mary Ripley, Daniel Moynihan, and Sidney Yates.
The Medal was presented to Dr. Ybarra-Frausto on Friday, November 6, by the
Smithsonian regents at the annual dinner of the Smithsonian Council.
Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte, associate professor in Journalism and Latin American
Studies at UT-Austin, was named the 1998 Hispanic Communicator of the Year by
the Hispanic Link Journalism Foundation. The award, which is now in its fourth
year, was established to recognize communicators of high achievement who through
their professional and personal efforts have opened doors for others in the
communications field.
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
Richard Valencia, associate professor of Educational Psychology at UT-Austin,
recently had two articles published. The "American Psychologist" published
an article of his entitled "Race-Ethnicity and Measured Intelligence: Educational
Implications." The "Harvard Educational Review" published an
article entitled "From the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to Hopwood: The
Educational Struggle and Plight of Mexican Americans in the Southwest."
EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
The Institute of Latin American Studies at UT-Austin invites all to an upcoming
conference entitled, "Emerging Bilateral Relations: Social and Economic
Development across the Texas-Mexico Border." The conference will be held
on November 20, 1998, in the Hackett Room 1.313 at UT-Austin. For more information,
contact Lindalee F. Valdivieso-Synyakov at (512) 232-2423, or e-mail: mexctr@uts.cc.utexas.edu.
Also, please see their web site at: http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/mexcenter.
The Univesidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur is issuing a call for papers
for its third annual interdisciplinary conference entitled, "The Border:
A New Cultural Conception", to be held February 24-26, 1999. Deadline for
summaries is December 1, 1998. For more information, contact Dr. Antonina Ivanova
Boncheva through e-mail: aivanova@calafia.uabcs.mx.
The Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University invites all to its
upcoming conference entitled, "1848/1898@1998: Transhistoric Thresholds,"
to be held December 8-12. The conference is designed to present wide-ranging
scholarly research on, and creative representations of, the historic milestones
and numerous political, economic, cultural, and other cumulative consequences
of 1848 and 1898. For more information, write to: 1848-1898 Conference, c/o
Hispanic Research Center, P.O. Box 872702, Arizona State University, Tempe,
AZ 85287-2702, or e-mail at: 1848/98.Conference@asu.edu.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (CSRE) at the University of California,
San Diego (UCSD) seeks applicants for postdoctoral fellowships from scholars
conducting research on ethnic identity in an international frame. Projects on
the ways in which migration, economic restructuring, trans-national media, and
social movements are altering ethnic and racial identities are especially welcome,
as are inquiries into the ways in which cultural practices related to religion,
language, sexuality, and gender serve to reflect, inflect, reinforce, and subvert
ethnic and racial categories. The amount of the Fellowship Award is $30,000
(prorated on a nine month basis), and the tenure of fellowship is up to nine
months. For more information, contact the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity,
University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive -- 0522, La Jolla, CA
92093-0522, or phone (619) 534-3276, or e-mail: rgutierrez@ucsd.edu.
The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies invites applications for Visiting Research
Fellowships and for non-stipend Guest Scholar affiliations for the 1999-2000
academic year. The Center's Researcher-in-Residence Program is the largest residential
fellowship program in the United States for Mexico specialists. Each year the
program brings together about 25 researchers in the social sciences, history
and various interdisciplinary fields. Research Fellows and Guest Scholars at
both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels will be selected. Researchers of
any nationality are eligible. The deadline for receipt of applications is January
8, 1999. Application forms can be requested >from the Center directly and
can also be downloaded from the Center's web page. For additional information
please contact: Graciela Platero, Fellowship Program Coordinator, Center for
U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
92093-0510, or phone (619) 534-4503, or e-mail: usmex@ucsd.edu. Additional information
can be found at the center web site at: http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/USMex/welcome.htm.
Williams College announces the 1999-2000 Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships for
Minority Graduate Students. The Bolin Fellowships enable two minority graduate
students to devote the bulk of their time during the academic year to the completion
of dissertation work. Applicants must have completed all doctoral work except
the dissertation by the end of the current academic year. The stipend for the
fellowship is $26,000. Candidates should submit a full curriculum vitae, a graduate
school transcript, three confidential letters of recommendation, a copy of the
dissertation prospectus, and a description of teaching interests. Please send
all application materials to: David L. Smith, Dean of the Faculty, Hopkins Hall,
Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267.
The Education Testing Service announces its slate of 1999-2000 fellowships and
summer programs:
1. The 1999 Summer Program in Research for Graduate Students
2. The 1999-2000 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Program
3. The 1999-2000 Visiting Scholar Program
4. The 1999-2000 Assessment Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The application deadline for each of these programs is February 1, 1999. For
more information and application materials, please contact Linda J. DeLauro,
Mail Stop 16-T, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08541-0001, or phone
(609) 734-1806, or e-mail: ldelauro@ets.org. You can also find information online
at http://www.ets.org/ETS
The Newspaper Association of America Foundation announces its 1999 Robert R.
McCormick Tribune Foundation Fellowship Program. The McCormick Fellowship Program
seeks to provide the media with a brain trust of minority leaders to lead the
way in a changing future. Eight fellows will be selected for a fellowship year
that begins and ends in January. For more information, contact the NAA Foundation
at: McCormick Fellowship, NAA Foundation, 1921 Gallows Rd., Suite 600. Vienna,
VA 22182-3900, or fax to (703) 902-1735.
FACULTY OPPORTUNITIES
The University of Notre Dame is seeking an established scholar to direct its
newly instituted Latino Studies Center. Candidates for the position are expected
to have earned a Ph.D. and have experience in working with Latino populations
and a record of research in any field related to Latino Studies. The successful
candidate will provide direction and leadership for an interdisciplinary program
of teaching and research focusing on the Latino experience in the United States.
Please direct all applications and nominations, including a complete dossier
and names of references to: Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C., Vice President and
Senior Associate Provost, 234 Hayes-Healy Center, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, IN 46556.
The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University seeks a Director for
its Latino-Latin American Studies Program. The Director will hold appointment
as an associate or full professor in an academic department of the College of
Arts and Sciences; the search is being conducted by an all-college committee.
In addition to directing the Program, the Director will be expected to make
a major contribution to teaching and scholarship in Latino Studies. Applications
will be accepted until the position is filled; the Search Committee will begin
reviewing new applications on November 1. Please send a letter of application
addressing teaching and research interests, a curriculum vitae, and three letters
of reference to: Stewart Thau, Associate Dean for Programs, Curriculum and Instruction,
College of Arts and Sciences, 441 Hall of Languages, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
NY 13244-1170.
The University of Texas at Arlington invites nominations and applications for
the position of Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies. The Director
will be a tenured faculty member at the rank of either Associate or Full Professor.
The successful candidate must exhibit a strong disciplinary expertise in Mexican
American Studies, must be bilingual, and demonstrate the ability to provide
administrative leadership. Any interested applicants should send a letter of
application, curriculum vitae, and two letters of reference to: Neil Foley,
Search Committee Chair, Center for Mexican American Studies, P.O. Box 19444,
The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019-0444. The deadline
for applications is December 31, 1998.
The Department of Chicana and Chicana Studies at Arizona State University seeks
an established scholar in public policy with a record of achievement in comprehensive
community partnerships and interdisciplinary collaboration. An academic specialty
significantly related to public policy is preferred, with an emphasis in one
or more of the following fields: economic development, policy analysis and evaluation,
politics, public health, housing, environment, migration and immigration, community-based
organizations, social work, public administration, and urban planning. Applicants
must submit a complete curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests and
community development accomplishments, along with three letters of recommendation,
one of which must specifically address the applicant's efforts and accomplishments
in community development projects. Please mail application to: Professor Raymond
V. Padilla, Search Committee Chair, Department of Chicana & Chicano Studies,
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 872002, Tempe, AZ 85287-2002, or phone (602)
965-8473. The application deadline is December 7, 1998.
The Chicana/Chicano Studies Program at the University of California, Davis,
announces a tenure-track position as an assistant, associate or full professor
in Chicana/o Studies and/or relevant comparative cultural and gender studies
that would advance the interests of Chicana/o Studies. The starting date for
this position is the fall quarter, 1999. Applicants should submit: a curriculum
vitae; a statement of research and teaching interests; copies of published articles
or other examples of scholarly writing or portfolio; and the names and addresses
of at least three people from whom letters of reference may be requested. Applications
should be sent to: Malaquías Montoya, Chair, Chicana/o Studies Search
Committee, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA. 95616.
For inquiries about the position, phone (916) 752-2428. The application deadline
is December 8, 1998, or until filled.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) has three openings
for State Fiscal Policy Analyst: in Sacramento, Chicago and San Antonio. In
each case, you report to MALDEF's Regional Counsel. The office works on five
substantive areas: education; employment and economic development; immigrants'
rights; political access; and public resource equity. In Sacramento, work will
be with the California Budget Project; in Chicago with Voices for Illinois Children;
in San Antonio with the Center for Public Policy Priorities. For the first several
months, the Analyst will intern with the sister organization, while also working
concurrently at the MALDEF office. If interested, forward resume, references,
and writing samples with cover letter to: Sacramento Position: MALDEF, Att:
Regional Counsel, 634 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014; Chicago: MALDEF,
Att: Regional Counsel, 542 S. Dearborn (#750), Chicago, IL 60605; San Antonio:
MALDEF, Att: Regional Counsel, 140 E. Houston Street (#300), San Antonio, TX
98205.
The Women's Studies Department at the University of Maryland invites applications
for a full-time tenure track / tenured position in Latina Studies to begin August
1999. Rank is open. Application should include C.V., three letters of recommendation,
and a cover letter describing teaching experiences, research and publication
agendas, interests in campus and community activities, and their interconnections
with your development as a scholar. For best consideration, send application
by December 4, 1998 to: Professor Seung-Kyung Kim, Chair, Women's Studies Search
Committee, Department of Women's Studies, 2101 Woods Hall, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742.
The Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse announces
two tenure-track positions, one in English or Rhetoric/Composition, and the
other in English or Comparative Literature. For both positions, a letter of
application, vita, transcripts and at least three letters of recommendation
need to be sent to: Sonja Simonson
Schrag, Chair, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse,
La Crosse, WI 54601. Applications must be received by November 20, 1998.
The Women's Studies Department at The University of Arizona invites applications
for a tenure/tenure-eligible associate professor position specializing in Chicana
studies. Applicants must have demonstrated excellence in research, teaching,
and advising/mentoring and will be expected to teach both undergraduate and
graduate courses. To Apply, please submit a letter of interest, CV, and a list
of 3 referees to: Women's Studies Search Committee, P.O. Box 210025, The University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. For more information call Liz Lapovsky Kennedy
at (520) 621-7338, or e-mail: kennedye@u.arizona.edu.
IUPLR E-mail Update compiled by:
Victor Sáenz
Graduate Research Assistant
Inter University Program for Latino Research
University of Texas at Austin
vbsaenz@mail.utexas.edu