Expertise Areas:
Urban and Political Sociology; Race and Ethnic Relations;
Multi-Ethnic Coalitions; Urban Community Development; Critical
Ethnography and Participant Observation; Language Rights;
Experimental and Service Learning; Chicano and Latino Communities
Recent Publications, Appointments, and Awards
Recipient of 2004 Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence and
Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher
Education, presented by the California Campus Compact (CACC)
to individuals who demonstrate excellence in building partnerships
between communities and higher education.
“Partnership in Teaching and Learning: Combining the
Practice of Critical Pedagogy
With Civic Engagement and Diversity,” in Peer Review,
American Association of
Colleges and Universities, Spring 2003.
Resource Materials Manual for Teaching Latino/a Sociology,
(edited with Gilda
Ochoa), American Sociological Association Teaching Resource
Center, 2003.
Appointed member of the National Advisory Council of the
New Institute on Liberal
Education and Civic Engagement of the American Association
of Colleges and Universities and Campus Compact.
Appointed to three-year position, Distinguished Career Award
Committee, American
Sociological Association.
Finalist for the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service
Learning, Campus Compact
Presentations at the American Sociological Association in
August 2003:
- “Teaching Chicana/o and Latina/o Sociology”
- “Connecting Research, Teaching, and Community Organizing,”
to Sociology
Honor’s students
- “Participatory Research in the Pomona Day Labor
Center.”
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