CURRICULUM VITAE
Isabel Martínez, Ph.D.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
524 West 59th St., 8.63.02, New York, New York 10032
212.237.8674∙[email protected]
Education
2010
Ph.D., Sociology of Education
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Dissertation: Making Transnational Adults from Youth:
Mexican Immigrant Youth in Pursuit of the Mexican Dream
2002
M.A., Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice
University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado
Award: Outstanding Master’s Graduate, School of Education
Award: Outstanding Master’s Graduate for Equity and Excellence
1996
B.A., Sociology
Rice University, Houston, TX
Academic Positions
2010-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, New York
2009-2010
Visiting Instructor, Department of Sociology
Consortium for Faculty Diversity Fellow
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
2006-2009
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, New York
2006
Teaching Assistant, Survey Research Methods
Department of Human Development, Dr. Aaron M. Pallas
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York
2005-2006
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Latina/o Studies
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Dr. Nicole M. Marwell
Columbia University, New York, New York
2004-2005
Teaching Assistant, Sociology of Education
Department of Human Development, Dr. Aaron M. Pallas
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York
2002
Instructor, Chicanas in United States Society
Department of Ethnic Studies
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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Honors and Awards
2015
The Kwando Kinshasa Excellence in Mentoring Award
Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York
2013-2014
Junior Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Princeton, NJ
2012-2013
Distinguished Teaching Prize
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York
2012-2013
Outstanding Dissertation, Honorable Mention
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
2009-2010
Consortium for Faculty Diversity Scholar
Hamilton College
Clinton, New York
2008-2009
Dissertation Fellowship
Spencer Foundation
2008-2009
Race/Ethnicity Graduate Student Scholarship
Society for the Study of Social Problems
2008-2009
Dissertation Fellowship
American Educational Research Association (Declined)
Scholarly Publications
Book Manuscript, in Progress
“Becoming Transnational Youth Workers: Independent Mexican Teenage Migrants and Pathways of
Survival and Social Mobility” (Under Contract, Rutgers University Press)
Articles in Refereed Journals
2016
Martínez, I. “Supporting Two Households: Mexican Immigrant Youth and their
absences from U.S. Schools.” Journal of Latinos and Education, 15, 3, 229-243.
2016
Martínez, I. “Miseducating Latina Researchers: Challenges and Consequences in
the Field.” Latino Studies, 14, 4, (Forthcoming)
2009
Martínez, I. ““What’s Age Gotta to Do With It? Exploring the Lives of
Transnational Mexican Youth in New York City,” The High School Journal. 92:
34-48. Invited, Peer Reviewed.
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Book Chapters
2016
Martínez, I. Crime and the US-Mexico Border. In J.L. Morín (Ed.), Latinos and
Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press. 158181.
Martinez,I. Why They Leave: Latin American Immigrant Youths and Quests for
Survival. In M. Crock and L. Benson (Eds), Protecting the Migrant Child:
Central Issues in the Search for Best Practice, Edward Elgar Publishing, Human
Rights Handbook Series. (Accepted 2016, Forthcoming)
Martínez, I. Becoming American, Staying Mexican: Incorporation and Adaptation
in the City that Doesn’t Sleep,” In G. Hernandez-Zamora, P. Sanchez and G.
Ramirez (Eds.), Twenty Years After NAFTA: Educational and labour expectations
of immigrant youth and those who have returned to the NAFTA region, Mexico
DF: El Colegio de Mexico. (IRB #: 388481-3). (Accepted 2015, Forthcoming)
Montelongo, I. and I. Martinez. Decolonizing the classroom: Latina/os and
Chicana/os Speaking and Learning from the Margins. In R. Solorzano and F. L.
James Hernandez, Chicana Studies, 2nd Edition, Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt
Publishing. (Accepted 2015, Forthcoming)
Encyclopedia Entries
2016
Martinez, I. Mexicans. In J.L. Morín (Ed.), Latinos and Criminal Justice: An
Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 383-390.
2016
Martinez, I. Texas Rangers. In J.L. Morín (Ed.), Latinos and Criminal Justice: An
Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 443-447.
2016
Martinez, I. Transnational Crime. In J.L. Morín (Ed.), Latinos and Criminal
Justice: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 447-464.
2016
Martinez, I. Vigilantism. In J.L. Morín (Ed.), Latinos and Criminal Justice: An
Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 475-481.
2015
Martinez, I. Undocumented Youth Labor. In S. Oboler and D. Gonzalez (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in Politics, Law and Social Movements, New York:
Oxford Press.
2015
Martinez, I. Unaccompanied Minors. In S. Oboler and D. Gonzalez (Eds.), Encyclopedia
of Latinos and Latinas in Politics, Law and Social Movements, New York: Oxford Press.
Book Reviews
2013
“Unequal Fortunes: Snapshots from the South Bronx,” Latino Studies. 11
(Spring) 119-121.
2012
“Con Respeto y Dignidad: Creating Culturally Relevant Contexts for
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Latina/o Student Success,” Latino Studies. 10 (Autumn): 431-435.
2010
“Transformations of La Familia on the US-Mexico Border,” Contemporary
Sociology.
Under Review
Article
Martinez,I. “From the Academy to the Field: Shifting researcher positions across borders.”
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. (Peer-reviewed)
In progress
Article
Martinez,I. “Ten Boys Leave a Day: Independent Mexican Teenage Workers, Migration, and
Agency” Childhood. (Peer-Reviewed)
Grants and Contracts
Total Amount of Grant Funds Awarded: $188,708 (2010 to Present)
2016-2017
Principal Investigator, Something Old and Something New:
PSC-CUNY Traditional B Research Award #69670-0047. Awarded. ($6000)
2016-2017
Faculty-led Project, Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project (ULAMP). CUNY Service Corps.
This award provides funding for the employment of nine students to
provide support services and collect data with unaccompanied minors who
are awaiting release to sponsors and are currently in deportation
proceedings. Partners: Catholic Charities of New York, Safe Passage
Project. Awarded. Monetary Value: $ 27, 648
2015-2016
Faculty-led Project, Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project (ULAMP). CUNY Service Corps.
This award provides funding for the employment of five students who
provide support services and collect data with unaccompanied minors who
are currently in deportation proceedings. Partner: Safe Passage Project.
Awarded. Monetary Value: $17, 280.
2014-2015
Faculty-led Project, Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project (ULAMP). CUNY Service Corps.
This award provides funding for the employment of five students who
provide support services and collect data with unaccompanied minors who
are currently in deportation proceedings. Partner: Safe Passage Project.
Awarded. Monetary Value: $17, 280.
2013-2014
Principal Investigator, Intersections of Vulnerability and Criminality: The
detention of unaccompanied Mexican minors in the United States. PSCCUNY Traditional B Research Award #66600-0044. ($6000).
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August 2013-Present Anchoring Achievement in Mexican Communities Implementation Grant.
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation. Consultant and Planning Team
Member. Partners: Internationals Network for Public Schools, Make the
Road New York, City University of New York Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs. ($100,000)
April-July 2013
Anchoring Achievement in Mexican Communities Planning Grant.
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation. Consultant and Planning Team
Member. Partners: Internationals Network for Public Schools, Make the
Road New York, City University of New York Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs. ($10,000).
March-July 2013
Faculty Advisor, Student Research Department Incentive Award. Office
of Undergraduate Research. This award allowed me to hire two
undergraduate students to assist on the PIERAN research project. ($500).
December 2012
Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund. Occupy Sandy. Grant writer, La Union.
This award provided funds to undocumented Mexican families in need of
basic household items after Hurricane Sandy. Funded. ($4000).
2011-2014
20 Years Later: Educational and labour expectations of immigrant youths
and those who have returned to the NAFTA region: Canada, US and
México, PIERAN (Programa Interinstitucional de Estudios sobre la
Region de America del Norte). Co-Principal Investigator. $30,000.
Funded.
2011
Creating Pan-Latina/o Connections across the Humanities, National
Endowment of the Humanities, Co-Principal Investigator. $30,000. Not
awarded.
2007-2009
President’s Office of Diversity and Community Grant, Teachers College,
Columbia University, ($4,000)
2007
Fairfax Travel Grant, Teachers College, Columbia University, ($500)
2005-2006
Dean’s Grant for Student Research, Teachers’ College, Columbia
University, ($2,000)
Fellowships, Prizes and Awards
2015
The Kwando Kinshasa Excellence in Mentoring Award. Ronald E.
McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, John Jay College of
Criminal Justice, City University of New York.
2013-2014
Junior Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship. ($30,000)
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, NJ.
2012-2013
Distinguished Teaching Prize ($1000)
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John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
2012-2013
Outstanding Dissertation, Honorable Mention
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
2012-2013
Faculty Fellowship Publication Program
City University of New York
2012-2013
Faculty Fellows Program
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
2010-Present
Digital Humanities Fellow
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
2009-2010
Consortium for Faculty Diversity Scholar, Department of Sociology,
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.
2008-2009
Dissertation Fellowship, Spencer Foundation, ($25,000)
2008-2009
Race/Ethnicity Graduate Student Scholarship, Society for the Study of
Social Problems, ($12,000)
2008-2009
Dissertation Fellowship, American Educational Research Association,
($12,000). Declined.
2007-2008
Office of Policy and Research Fellowship, Teacher’s College, Columbia
University, ($6,000)
2005-2006
Student Research in Diversity, Teachers College, Columbia University,
($3,000)
Academic Conference Papers Presented
July 2016
When Latina/o College Students become Legal Advocates: The case of the
Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project. Latino Studies
Association Conference, Los Angeles, California. National. Accepted.
(Panel Organizer/ Presenter/Moderator)
May 2016
“It takes a pueblo: Empowering allies to change to the lives of New York City’s
most vulnerable immigrants” Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship
Conference, Touro College of Law, New York, NY. Regional. Accepted. (Invited
Panelist)
April 2015
“When Students become Advocates for New York City’s Youngest
Immigrants: The Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project.” Siglo
XXI: Intra-Latina/os: Entre Latina/os: Reconceptualizing Nations,
Regions and Disciplines, IUPLR, Fifth Biennial Conference, Institute for
Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. National.
(Panel organizer, Moderator).
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April 2015
“More than Numbers: The Practice of Being a Hispanic Serving
Institution.” Siglo XXI: Intra-Latina/os: Entre Latina/os:
Reconceptualizing Nations, Regions and Disciplines, IUPLR, Fifth
Biennial Conference, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre
Dame, South Bend, IN. National. (Panel co-organizer, Co-presenter)
April 2015
“Disrupting the Digital Divide.” Siglo XXI: Intra-Latina/os: Entre
Latina/os: Reconceptualizing Nations, Regions and Disciplines, IUPLR,
Fifth Biennial Conference, Institute for Latino Studies, University of
Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. National. (Co-presenter).
July 2014
“Becoming Undocumented Young Adults in Manhatitlan: Unaccompanied
Mexican Minors Age into Adulthood. 2014 Imagining Latina/o Studies
Conference, Chicago, IL. National. (Presenter).
July 2014
When Chican@s and Quisqueyan@s Virtually Meet: Bridging Geographic
and Ethnic Differences for a more holistic Latin@ Studies. 2014 Imagining
Latina/o Studies Conference, Chicago, IL. National. (Co-Presenter).
February 2014
From Campos to Kitchens: Unaccompanied Mexican Minors and Labor in
New York City’s Informal Economy. Annual Meeting, Eastern Sociological
Society, Baltimore, MD. National. (Presenter).
March 2013
“Chutes and Ladders: How Mexican Immigrant Youth Experience
Cultural and Social Reproduction.
Annual Meeting, Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA. Regional.
(Presenter)
November 2012
“Bridges across Borders: Using technology to foster deeper understandings of
diversity” 11th Annual CUNY Information Technology Conference, City
University of New York, New York, NY. (Presenter)
February 2012
31st Annual Meeting on The First Year Experience, “Utilizing First-Year
Seminars to Dismantle Racial and Ethnic Borders in American Colleges: The
Creation of the UTEP-John Jay Global Learning Community”
National Resource Center on the First Year Experience, San Antonio, TX.
National. (Co-Presenter)
January 2012
“From New Students to 21st Century Global Citizens: Developing CrossCampus Global Proficiencies
American Association of Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.
National. (Co-Presenter)
December 2011
10th Annual Information Technology Conference, “From Textbooks to eBooks:
The Successes and Challenges of Transforming the Way We Educate”
City University of New York, New York, NY. Regional. (Presenter)
April 2011
“Understanding Conditions Influencing Never-Enrolled Mexican
Immigrant Youth in New York City,” American Educational Research
Association Conference. National. (Presenter).
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2009
“All Work and No Play: Examining the Lives of Unaccompanied Mexican
Youth in New York City", First Triennial Conference on Latino
Education and Immigrant Education, University of Georgia. Athens, GA
2009
School-Going Practices of Mexican Immigrant Youth in New York City”,
Children of Immigrants in Schools, Social Science Research Council, New
York, NY. National. Presenter.
2010
“Americana? No soy Chicana! Intersections of gender, nationality,
citizenship and violence in the field", International Qualitative Methods
Conference, Guanajuato, Mexico (May). Paper accepted, conference
cancelled due to H1N1 concerns. Rescheduled June 2011.
2007
“Soy Adulto! I’m an adult! In the Big Manzana: The Plight of NonSchool-Going Mexican Immigrant youth in New York City”, Society for
Study of Social Problems, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. (August)
2008
“Performing
2007
“Adolescent or Adult? The Aged Experiences of Mexican Immigrant and
MexicanYouth, Education Across the Americas Conference, Teacher’s
College, Columbia University (March)
2007
“Adolescent or Adult? The Aged Experiences of Mexican Immigrant and
Mexican Youth”, Comparative International Education Conference,
Baltimore, Maryland (March)
2006
“The Paradox of Mexican Teen Immigrants in the United States”, National
Association of Chicano/a Studies, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (July)
2006
“The Paradox of Mexican Immigrant Teen Dropouts”, American
Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA (April)
2005
“Venemos con Hambre (We come Hungry): An examination of Mexican
Immigrant parents’ interactions with US schools”, American Educational
Research Association, Montreal, Canada (April)
2004
“Venemos con Hambre (We come Hungry): An examination of Mexican
Immigrant parents’ interactions with US schools”, Education Across the
Americas, Teachers College, Columbia University (March)
Adulthood: Mexican Immigrant Youth in New York City,”
Nuestra America in the US? A US Latino Studies Conference,
University of Kansas (February)
Invited Academic Talks and Presentations
March 2016
¿Estados Unidos o Polarizados? Los inmigrantes “Buenos” y “malos” en
la coyuntura actual. Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades,
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
Invited Presenter.
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March 2016
Taller metódologico sobre estudios migratorios. Instituto de Ciencias
Sociales y Humanidades, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla,
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. Invited Panelist.
February 2016
Artist Talk: Andrea Arroyo: Tribute to the Disappeared: The Students of
Ayotzinapa. Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Brooklyn
Museum. New York NY. Invited Panelist.
November 2015
Film Screening, “Ellis.” New York University Program
Board, New York University. New York, NY. Invited Panelist.
November 2015
“Dreamers and Doers: Unauthorized Youth Migrants on their Academic
Journeys.” The College of New Jersey, Department of Women and Gender
Studies. Ewing Township, NJ. Invited Speaker.
October 2015
“Coyotes, crossings and courtrooms: Mexican and Central American
Minors’ searches for security and safety” University of Texas at El Paso,
El Paso, Texas. Invited Speaker.
June 2015
“Libros y Libertad: Freedom through Books for Unaccompanied Minors”
REFORMA, The National Association to Promote Library and
Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking. New York
Public Library, New York, New York. Co-presenter.
May 2015
“Something Old and Something New: Unaccompanied Latin American
Minor Migration at the U.S.-Mexico Border” Tenement Talks, Tenement
Museum, New York, New York. Invited Panelist.
October 2014
“Something Old and Something New: The Not So Recent Phenomenon of
Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Migration” Bridging Historias
through Latino History and Culture: An NEH Bridging Cultures at
Community Colleges Project, American Social History Project/Center for
Media and Learning, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY. Invited
Speaker.
August 2014
“Supporting Students and Professors: The importance of Peer Mentors in
First Year classrooms. Office of Undergraduate Studies, Student
Academic Success Programs, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New
York. NY. Invited Presenter.
April 2014
“Breaking Barriers: Navigating the Graduate School Admissions Process,”
14th Annual Envisions Conference, Teachers College, Columbia
University, New York, New York. Invited Keynote speaker.
May 2013
“From Columbia Doctoral Student to CUNY Assistant Professor:
Strategies of Success for Latina/o Graduate Students.” 11th Annual
EnVision Workshop for Latina/o Graduate Students
Teachers College, Columbia University. Invited Panelist.
December 2012
“Ten Boys Migrate a Day/Diez Chavitos Migran al dia: bracerita/os,
Migration and Agency. Virtual Seminar on Mexican Migration
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CUNY/BUAP, Puebla, Puebla, MX and New York, NY
2011
“Global Learning Communities Across Borders: The
Case of John Jay College and the University of Texas at El Paso”
Center for the Advancement of Teaching
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY. Invited Presenter.
2011
“Getting a Second Life: Exploring Scholarly
Opportunities In Virtual Worlds”
Culture, Liberal Arts and Society Scholars (CLASS)
Hamilton College, Clinton NY. Invited Presenter.
2011
“Getting a Second Life: Pedagogical Challenges and Opportunities in the
Virtual World”
Center for the Advancement of Teaching
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY. Invited Presenter.
2009
“Acting like an Adult: Mexican Immigrant Youth Practices in New
York City”
College 130: Coming of Age in America
Hamilton College Clinton, NY
2007
Invited Speaker, “Black-Brown Dynamic: Coalition Building across
our Communities” Latin-Hispanic Heritage Month, Wagner University,
New York, NY
2008
Invited Speaker, “Intersections of gender, nationality, citizenship and
violence in the transnational field", Women’s History Month
Women’s Studies Institute, University of Texas-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
2008
Invited Speaker, ASPIRA 15th Annual City Youth Conference. “THE
MOVEMENT: Recordando el Pasado, Viviendo el Presente, y
Construyendo el Futuro!”, John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
New York, NY
2008
“From the Big Apple to Picking Apples: Educating Out of School
Mexican Immigrant Youth in New York City and Rural New York”
Board of Cooperative Educational Services/ Geneseo Migrant Center
Syracuse, NY. Invited Speaker.
2007
“Envisioning Latin@ Studies: Whose Knowledge Anyway?” Disrupting
Latinidad: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Latina/o Studies,
University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, Maryland. Invited
Speaker.
2007
Invited Speaker, “Doctoral Students of Color: Our Experiences in the
Academy,” Teacher’s College Committee on Community and Diversity,
Teacher’s College, Columbia University. Invited Speaker.
Program Development
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2014-Present
The Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project
Hybrid research-service project focusing on providing academic, social
and legal support to recently arrived immigrant minors who are currently
in deportation proceedings and documenting and learning from their
experiences and those who serve them. Partner: Safe Passage Project,
New York Law School. Funders: CUNY Service Corps and U.S.
Department of Education Undergraduate Studies and Foreign Language
Program. Website: http://ulamp.weebly.com/ (Creator/Principal Investigator)
2013-Present
Adelante! Latina/o Success Program Learning Community
A comprehensive academic program to support the success of students
who are interested in Latina/o issues that includes coursework, leadership
development and service learning. Partners: John Jay Office of Student
Academic Success Programs and Hispanic Federation.
Website: http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/adelante-first-year (Faculty Partner).
Curriculum Development and Teaching, Tenure-Track
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (2010-Present)
Courses Created
LLS 280 Special Topics: Brown Tide Rising: Interrogating Latina/o Identity
Formation in the United States (F’16)
This course is a National Global Learning Community between the Liberal Arts Honors
Program at The University of Texas at El Paso and the Department of Latin American
and Latina/o Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Throughout the semester,
the students will be placed on cross-college teams and extend the “borders” of the
classroom by collaborating on shared assignments using videoconferencing, SKYPE and
an academic social network site. (Co-created)
LLS 100 Adelante! First Year Seminar: Latina/o Struggle for Inclusion in Higher
Education (F’14, F’15)
As part of Adelante! (a comprehensive academic program to support the success of
students who are interested in Latina/o issues), this course focuses on K-16 institutional
policies and practices that have historically impacted Latina/o student enrollment in
colleges and universities. Special emphasis on student success strategies and e-portfolio
use.
First Year Seminar Global Learning Communities, Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
ETH 124: Introduction to Latina/o Studies: Latinas in Cyberspace (S’13)
ETH 124: Puerto Ricans and Other Hispanics in American Society: Remaking America:
Latina/o Studies in the 21st Century (S’12)
ETH 125 Race and Ethnicity in America: Exploring Racial and Ethnic Borders in
American Colleges (F’11)
Courses Prepared and Taught
LLS321 Transfer Seminar: Immigrant Rights in the Americas (S’16)
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LLS247 Growing Up Latina/o (F’12, F’14, F’15)
ETH 124 First Year Seminar: Introduction to Latina/o Studies (S’11, F’12, S’13)
ETH 125 First Year Seminar: Race and Ethnicity in America (F’11)
LLS 241 Puerto Ricans and Other Latina/os in United States Urban Settings (F’10, F’11)
LLS 255The Latin American Woman in Global Society (formerly known as The Latin
American Woman) (S’11, S’12, S’13, S’16)
Courses in Development
LLS 3XX Latina/os and the Digital Divide
LLS 3XX The U.S.-Mexico Border
Curriculum Development and Teaching, Non-Tenure-Track
Courses Prepared and Taught
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY (2009-2010)
SOC 353 Sociology of Immigration in the United States (Sp’10)
COL 245 The Borderlands (Sp’10) Team-taught.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (2006-2009)
ETH 124 Puerto Ricans and Other Hispanics in United States Society (F ‘06-Sp’08)
ETH 125 Race and Ethnicity in America, Learning Communities
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
ETH 323 Chicanas in United States Society (SU’02)
Research Experience
2014-Present
Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project, Principal Investigator.
This project includes two research foci, one that examines the lives of
unaccompanied child and teenage minors who have been apprehended,
detained and placed into removal proceedings and their understandings of
the aforementioned processes, age, immigration and human rights. The
second focus aims to understand the impact that participating in ULAMP
has on Latina/o college students. Data includes pre and post surveys,
interviews and reflection papers to examine changes in knowledge, skills,
self-efficacy and academic achievement related to this service-learning
experience. (IRB#: 697045-1).
2011-2014
PIERAN (Programa Interinstitucional de Estudios sobre la Región de America
del Norte), Co-Principal Investigator
Project Title: 20 Years Later: Educational and labour expectations of
immigrant youth and those who have returned to the NAFTA region:
Canada, US and México. (IRB#: 388481-3). Principal Investigators:
Gregorio Hernandez Zamora, Patricia Sanchez and Gloria Ramirez.
2007
Vanderbilt University/University of Chicago
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New York City Data Collection Manager
Project Title: “Immigrant Parental Involvement in Schools, Communities
and Politics”(April-August)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Katharine Donato, Department of Sociology
Hired/supervised and trained two John Jay College of Criminal Justice
undergraduate students to conduct survey research, coordinated
bilingual survey data collection in Washington Heights and South Bronx,
New York City, and provided weekly data reports to national project
manager at University of Chicago Survey Research Center
2004-2007
Columbia University of New York, New York, NY
Research Assistant, Department of Sociology
Project Title: “Making It Isn’t Enough: A study of intergenerational class
transmission in the New York City Latina/o Middle Class”
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nicole P. Marwell
Assist in protocol design, participant recruitment and data collection for
study examining intergenerational class transmission among New York
City Latinos. Funded by Russell Sage Foundation
2004
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, Texas
Research Intern, Texas Community Development Association
Designed and conducted quality of housing and life study of US-Mexico
border residents in border colonias in Brownsville, and Port Isabel,
Texas, including Cameron Park, Cameron County, Texas
2003
National Council for Community and Educational Partnerships
Kellogg Summer Fellow, W.F. Kellogg Foundation
Evaluate various sites in which ENLACE [Engaging Latino Communities
in Education] is administered, including Lehman College, CUNY
2002-2003
Teachers College, Columbia University of New York
Research Assistant, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michelle G. Knight
2002
Project GRAD, Houston, TX
Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics
2001
Latino Research Policy Center, University of Colorado at Denver
Research Assistant
Project Title: Nativism and the State-wide English Only Movement in
Colorado
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rene Galindo
Other Professional Experience
2007
Blue Ridge Foundation of New York, New York, NY
Summer Associate
Provide strategic research-based technical assistance to startup
nonprofit groups focusing youth development in high poverty New
York communities. Organizations included Esperanza, targeting atrisk and adjudicated New York City youth (June-August)
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2003-2004
Asociación Tepeyac, New York, NY
ESL Instructor, Education Program
Taught Advanced English as a Second Language
1996-2000
Community Family Center [formerly Chicano Family Center],
Houston, TX
Community Education Specialist, Youth Education Program; Funded by
Texas Commission of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA)
Developed and coordinated educational/social programs and
resources for at-risk Latina/o youth and parents, developed collaborations
with educational, business, and civic institutions, coordinated
community and media relations/mobilization and conducted program
evaluation; Grant writing.
Professional Development/Training
April 2016
Write Winning Grant Proposals Seminar
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Queens College
March-April 2016
Digital Portfolio Faculty Development Program, Faculty Lead
Office of Student Academic and Success Programs, John Jay College of
Criminal Justice
February 2013
2nd Biannual Undergraduate Research Faculty Development Workshop
Office of Undergraduate Research, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
February 2013
Federal Funding Opportunities Workshop, MSIs/HSIs
Office of Advancement of Research, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
January 2013
Grants 101 Workshop, Faculty Development Day
Office of Advancement of Research/Office of Sponsored Programs, John
Jay College of Criminal Justice
2011, 2012, 2013
First Year Seminar Faculty Workshop
Office of Student Academic Success Programs, John Jay College of
Criminal Justice
2011
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Workshop
Center for the Advancement of Teaching, John Jay College of Criminal
Justice
2011
Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop Using Maps and Spatial Data
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY (January)
2009
Workshop Fellow, Social Science Research Council, Children of
Immigrants in Schools, New York, NY, (October)
2009
Workshop Fellow, American Educational Research-American Black
Sociologists Graduate Student Workshop Fellow, New Orleans,
LA, (June)
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2004-2006
Cultivating New Voices of Color Fellow, National Council on Teaching of
English
2004
Lone Star Fellow, Texas Association of Community Development
Corporations, Austin, TX.
2003
Kellogg Fellow, National Council for Community and Educational
Partnerships, Washington, DC.
2002
Ford Foundation Junior Associate Fellow, Ford Foundation, New York,
NY. Declined.
2001
Hispanic Caucus, Fellow, American Association of Higher Education.
University Service
City University of New York
2016
PSC-CUNY Traditional B Award Evaluation Committee
City University of New York, New York, NY.
2016
CUNY Service Corps, Faculty Projects Focus Group on
New York State Experiential Learning Law
2015
PSC-CUNY Traditional B Award Evaluation Committee
City University of New York, New York, NY.
2014-Present
CUNY Service Corps, Faculty-led Project
City University of New York, New York, NY.
2012-2015
CUNY Institute of Mexican Studies, Executive Board Member
City University of New York, New York, NY.
May 2013
Mexico-New York: Thirty Years of Migration Conference (Co-Organizer)
Institute of Mexican Studies, City University of New York
2012, 2013
CUNY-Instituto de Mexicanos en los Exteriores Becas Selection
Committee (Chair, 2013)
City University of New York and Mexican Consulate General-NY
2012-Present
Committee on Academic Technology, Alternate
City University of New York, New York, NY
2012-Present
Committee on Academic Technology, Academic Commons
City University of New York, New York, NY
2011-2012
Blackboard Committee on Academic Technology
City University of New York, New York, NY
2011-2012
Mexican Studies Institute Planning Committee
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City University of New York, New York, NY.
2011-2012
Strengthening Educational Opportunities for Mexicans and Mexican
Americans Task Force Committee
City University of New York, New York, NY.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
College-Wide
Spring 2016
Invited Professor, Women’s Center for Gender Justice
Spring 2016
Member, Search Committee, Center for Advancement of Teaching
2015-Present
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Undocumented Student Initiative
2015-Present
Faculty-lead convener: Adelante! Latina/o Success Program,
Collaboration between the Department of Latin American and Latina/o
Studies and the Office of Student Academic Success Programs.
Fall 2015
Member, John Jay 2020 Strategic Plan Implementation Committee,
Objective Five: Enhance John Jay’s Identity as a Hispanic
Serving Institution
June 2015
Member, Search Committee, Apple Corps Student Success Specialist.
Student Academic Success Programs.
April 2015
Faculty Participant, Site Visit, Title V Grant: Success Through
Engagement: Development of a Comprehensive Program to promote
research in science and first year transition towards increasing persistence
and graduation rates of Hispanic Students. Student Academic Success
Programs.
April 2015
Faculty Participant, John Jay Self-Study/College Examination.
2014-2015
Participant, Faculty Inquiry Group, Student Academic Success Program.
2014-2015
Member, Advisory Committee, Office of Undergraduate Research.
2013-Present
Research Advisory Committee, Office of the Advancement of Research,
2012-2013
Faculty Senate Technology Committee
March-April 2013
Distinguished Teaching Award Selection Committee
Center for the Advancement of Teaching
November 2012
Invited Speaker, John Jay Open House
October 2012
Invited Speaker, Middle States Discussion on Liberal Arts Education
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August 2012
New Faculty Orientation, Lunch Speaker
2011-Present
Assessment Committee, Office of Student Academic Success Programs
2010-2011
Member, Faculty Senate, Department of Latin American and Latina/o
Studies
2011
Participant, Grant: Reading More and Reading More Effectively
Center for the Advancement of Teaching,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
2010-Present
First Year Experience Planning Committee
Office of the First Year Experience
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
Department
2015
Moderator, Violence and Impunity in Mexico: Ayotzinapa and Beyond
Report Presentation: Broken Justice in Mexico's Guerrero State
A Joint Program of The Open Society Institute and the Department of Latin
American and Latina/o Studies
2014-Present
Member, Curriculum and Grades Appeal Committee
2011-2012
Member, Promotion and Budget Committee
Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
2010-Present
Presenter, Honors Workshop, Research and Writing
Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
2006-2009
Mentor, Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Provide graduate school and professional development advising to
undergraduate and graduate students
Hamilton College
2009-2010
Co-Organizer, “Thursday Nighters”
Department of Africana Studies, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Organize and conduct study breaks/professional development workshops
for Black/Latina/o Student Union
Supervision, Mentoring and Advising of Student Research
John Jay College
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2015-2016
Gladys Rivera-Martinez, Honors Thesis “NarcoJovenes? An examination
of teenagers’ understandings of Narcoculture in Puebla, Mexico,” John
Jay College of Criminal Justice Honors Program. Faculty Advisor.
2014-2015
Danyeli Rodriguez, Honors Thesis “Transnationalism, Space, Race and
Gender: The Role of New York City in Shaping Feminist Ideologies of
Afro-Dominican Women.” John Jay College of Criminal Justice Honors
Program. Faculty Advisor. *Awarded, Humanities and Justice Prize
2014-2015
Daniela Molina, Honors Thesis “Mestizaje: The Mexican Façade of a
State of Inequality and Exclusion. John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Honors Program. Faculty Advisor.
Summer 2014
Yajaira Cabrera, Office of Undergraduate Research Summer Research
Internship. “We used “el Skype”: The use of technology to transmit
gender norms among Dominican Mothers and Daughters.” Faculty
Mentor.
2013-Present
Yajaira Cabrera, Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement
Program, “Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Expectations
Between First Generation Dominican Mothers and their Daughters in New
York City.” John Jay College of Criminal Justice McNair Scholars
Program. Faculty Advisor.
2013-2014
Yalitza Rodriguez, John Jay College of Criminal Justice McNair Scholars
Program. Faculty Advisor.
2011-2013
Elizabeth Calixto, John Jay College of Criminal Justice McNair Scholars
Program. Faculty Advisor.
2011-2012
Daynia Vazquez, B.A., Forensic Psychology, Minor Latin American
and Latina/o Studies. Minor Honors Thesis, “Latinidad in the South
Bronx.” Faculty Advisor.
2010-2011
Maria Xique, B.A., International Criminal Justice, Minor Latin American
and Latina/o Studies. Minor Honors Thesis, “Arizona’s Senate Bill
1070.” Faculty Advisor.
Student Advising
John Jay College: Undergraduate
Current
 Laura Alvarado (2015-Present)
 Arlienny Hernandez (2014-Present)
 Julio Olmedo (2014-Present)
 Magdalena Oropeza (2015-Present)
 Celines Rodriguez (2015-Present)
 Nathaly Ramirez (2014-Present)
 Myriam Santamaria (2014-Present)
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Dream.US Scholars, Faculty/Academic Advisor
Graduates
 Mario Benabe (2011-2014)
 Katherine Lopez (2011-2014)
 Maria Munive (2010-2012)
 Danyeli Rodriguez (2011-2015)
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
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Eastern Sociological Society (ESS)
Latino Studies Association (LSA)
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)