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Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Professional Service
- National Science Foundation.
Law and Social Sciences (LSS) Program Grant Proposal Reviewer.
03/22/2018 - 03/30/2018
- American Sociological Association.
Associate Editor, Teaching Sociology.
08/18/2014 - 05/07/2021
- American Sociological Association.
Role: Latina/o Sociology Secton.
Past Chair.
08/2014 - 08/2015
- American Sociological Association.
Role: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
Manuscript Reviewer.
08/2014 - 08/2015
- National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies.
Secretary.
04/2014 - 04/2016
- American Sociological Association.
Chair-Elect, Latina/o Sociology Section.
08/2012 - 08/2013
Internal Service
- Office For Global Engagement, Global Faculty Learning Community, Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Course Activity Development, Panelist November, 2020.
11/19/2020 - 11/19/2020.
University service.
- Academic Senate, 2020 – 2023.
Ethnic Studies Senator,
08/17/2020 - present.
Department service.
- College Council.
Substitute Representative Sociology Department,
01/01/2020 - 06/30/2020.
College service.
- RPT Review Committee.
Chair,
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020.
Department service.
- University Research Committee, Proposal Reviewer, 2017 – 2019.
03/01/2017 - 06/30/2019.
University service.
- Undergraduate Research Mentor Development Program, 2018.
08/20/2018 - 12/12/2018.
University service.
- Commencement Banner Carrier, School for Cultural and Social Transformation, 2018.
05/03/2018 - 05/03/2018.
University service.
- Curriculum Policy Review Board/Special Fee Review Committee, 2016 – 2018.
08/22/2016 - 05/04/2018.
University service.
- General Education Curriculum Committee, 2013 – 2014.
08/19/2013 - 05/02/2014.
University service.
- OED Diversity Awards Committee, 2014.
03/03/2014 - 03/28/2014.
University service.
- OED Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee, 2014 - 2018.
08/19/2013 - 05/04/2018.
University service.
- OED U Remembers Committee, 2014 – 2015.
08/19/2013 - 05/01/2015.
University service.
- OED Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee Co-Chair, 2013 – 2014.
08/19/2013 - 05/02/2014.
University service.
- OED Diversity Leadership Team, 2013 – 2018.
08/01/2013 - 05/04/2018.
University service.
- SCST Convocation Banner Carrier 2018.
05/04/2018 - 05/04/2018.
College service.
- SCST Undergraduate Research Opportunities Proposal Reviewer, 2016 – 2018.
08/22/2016 - 05/04/2018.
College service.
- SCST Chair, Curriculum Committee, 2016 – 2018.
08/22/2016 - 05/04/2018.
College service.
- SCST Executive Committee, 2016 – 2018.
08/22/2016 - 05/04/2018.
College service.
- SCST Proposal Working Committee, 2015 -2016.
11/01/2015 - 07/01/2016.
College service.
- CSBS Undergraduate Research Opportunities Proposal Reviewer, 2015 – 2016.
08/24/2015 - 05/06/2016.
College service.
- CSBS College Council, 2014 – 2016.
08/18/2014 - 05/06/2016.
College service.
- CSBS Curriculum Committee, 2014 – 2016.
08/18/2014 - 05/06/2016.
College service.
- ES Search Committee, Assistant Professor—Lecturer, 2018.
02/01/2018 - 05/04/2018.
Department service.
- ES Retention, Promotion and Tenure, 2013 – Present.
08/19/2013 - present.
Department service.
- ES Curriculum Committee, 2013 – 2018.
08/19/2013 - 05/04/2018.
Department service.
- ES Assessment Committee, 2013 – 2018.
08/19/2013 - 05/04/2018.
Department service.
- ES Central Committee, 2013 – 2018.
08/19/2013 - 05/04/2018.
Department service.
- Soc Criminology Faculty Search Committee, 2017.
08/21/2017 - 12/15/2017.
Department service.
- Soc Retention, Promotion and Tenure, 2013 – Present.
08/19/2013 - 06/30/2020.
Department service.
- Soc Undergraduate Committee, 2013 – Present.
08/19/2013 - 06/30/2020.
Department service.
- Dean Search Committee.
10/01/2022 - present.
College service.
- Curriculum Committee.
01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022.
Department service.
- Academic Senate Personnel & Elections Committee.
Member,
07/01/2021 - present.
University service.
- RPT Tenured Faculty Review Sub-Committee.
Chair,
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022.
Department service.
- RPT Sub-Commitee.
Chair,
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022.
Department service.
- Ethnic Studies, Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee.
Member,
07/01/2018 - present.
Department service.
Community Partnership
- School Community Council—Salt Lake Center for Science Education Bryant Middle.
08/01/2020 - 05/31/2022
- Genealogical Society for Hispanic America, Utah Chapter.
06/01/2020 - present
- Northwest Recreation Center Board.
03/2015 - 05/04/2018
- University Neighborhood Partners.
11/2014 - 05/04/2018
- Race Swami Board of Directors.
08/2014 - 05/31/2016
Outreach
- Southern Utah University, Hispanic Heritage Month Virtual Panelist, Social Justice for Latinx Americans and Communities, September, 2020.
09/30/2020 - 09/30/2020
Honors & Awards
- Western Nebraska Community College Distinguished Alumni, 2001.
09/2001
- Ford Foundation Minority Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 1991-94.
09/1991
Affiliations
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National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
(NACCS),
Member/Officer,
04/1989 - present
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American Society of Criminology
(ASC),
Member,
11/1992 - present
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American Sociological Association
(ASA),
Member/Officer,
08/1995 - present