Martha Bárcenas-Mooradian, PhD
Associate Director, Community Engagement Center

Research and Teaching Interests:

Community engaged education/service learning, pedagogies for underserved and marginalized populations, action research and service learning, cultural traditions, indigenous literatures, indigenous languages and culture preservation, Spanish language (all levels), Latin American literatures, and second language acquisition

Recent Courses:

Community Engagement Ethics
Professional development workshops and training sessions

Selected Publications:

“La Faz Social de un Huracán: Un Modelo de Opresión, Turismo, y Lucha en Cancún,” in Ana Rosa Duarte Duarte and Byrt Wammack Weber, eds., Género en la Epoca de la Globalizacion: Miradas desde el Mundo Maya. Mexico: Editorial Plaza y Valdez and Universidad de Mérida, 2011. With Lourdes Arguelles.

“Leadership from the Bottom: A Case Study of the Women of Matlaquiahuitl” in Women of Color: Taking their Rightful Place in Leadership. San Diego, CA: Birkdale Publishers, 2010.

“Spanish Encuentros: Constructing Bridges between the Academic Community and Marginalized Populations.” International Perspectives, vol.4 (spring 2010). With Lia Nicholson.

"The Church, Immigrants and a Program in Pomona," The Tidings (August 2007).

“Working with Homeless Persons and Teachers: A Wisdom Tradition and Spiritual Capital Approach,” Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Education, January 6-9, 2007. With Lourdes Arguelles.

Recent Conferences and Invited Talks:

“Connecting Local-Global Communities through Revitalization and Re-Valorization of Indigenous Knowledge: The Case of Pitzer College (California), Santa Maria la Alta (Puebla) and Temixco (Morelos),” paper presented at the Community University Partnerships: Bringing Global Perspectives to Local Action (CU Expo), Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada, May 14, 2011. With Tessa Hicks-Peterson.

“Revitalization and Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge through Engaged Pedagogies: A Nahuatl Pilot Program connecting Southern California and Puebla,” paper presented at the Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Southern California Chapter, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, October 30, 2010.

"Socially Responsible Language Acquisition through Community Service-Learning Projects," paper presented at Engagement and Action Research Symposium, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, May 2009.

"Spanish Encuentros: Construyendo Puentes entre la Comunidad Académica y las Poblaciones Marginadas," paper presented at the Latin American Studies Conference: Study of the Americas, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, April 2009. With L. Nicholson.

"Integrating Social Responsibility Content in the Intermediate Spanish Curriculum: A Holistic Pilot Course for Language Acquisition, Culture and Social Awareness," paper presented at California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, April 2009.

Selected Grants, Awards, and Honors:

Appointed member of the Board of Directors, Uncommon Good, Claremont, CA, summer 2010.

Appointed member and Officer of the Board of Directors, Crossroads, Inc., Claremont, CA, June 2011.

Recipient, California Assembly Certificate of Recognition (in conjunction with Project Caring and Sharing) for volunteer work serving students in the region, May 2011.

Selected one of 100 top teachers of Mexican descent who teach at a U.S. university by Mexico's business magazine Poder Y Negocios.

Public Commentary:

Interviewed for “Dia de los Muertos: The Living Honor de Dead,” by Lorraine A. DarConte, The Dessert Leaf (October 2009).

Interviewed for “Ecologia, Cultura, y Algo Mas (Ecology, Culture, and Something More),” by Jorge Velez, XEKG ABC Radio, Cordoba, Veracruz (January 2009).

Interviewed on “Minutemen: ejemplo de abuso e impunidad en la frontera” (“Minutemen: an example of abuse and impunity in the border”), by Juan Francisco Rocha, TV Azteca (July 2008).

Additional Information:

Curriculum Vitae

Community Engagement Center website