Lauro H. Flores - American Ethnic Studies

Lauro H. Flores - American Ethnic Studies

Lauro H. Flores
curriculum vitae
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE
Dept. of American Ethnic Studies
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-4380
(206) 543-4343
543-5401
[email protected]
EDUCATION
1980
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Dissertation: Salvador Garmendia: realidad y cambio en la novela venezolana
Director: Carlos Blanco Aguinaga
1974
B.A., suma cum laude. University of California, San Diego
French Literature & Spanish Literature
ACADEMIC AREAS
Chicano Literature and Culture
Latin-American Literatures and Cultures
Visual Culture
EMPLOYMENT
2005-2015
Chair
Department of American Ethnic Studies
University of Washington
2002
Professor
Department of American Ethnic Studies
University of Washington
2002-2003
Resident Director
N.W. Cádiz Study-Abroad Program
University of Washington / University of Cádiz, Spain
2005 (Winter)
2001 (Autumn)
Acting Chair
Department of American Ethnic Studies
University of Washington
1998 - 1999
Chair
Latin American Studies
University of Washington
1992 - 1994
Special Assistant to the Provost
University of Washington
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1990 - 1991
Visiting Associate Professor
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
University of California, Los Angeles
1989 - 1990
Visiting Associate Professor
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Stanford University
1988 - 2003
Associate Professor
Romance Languages & Literature
University of Washington
1981 - 1986
Director
Center for Chicano Studies
University of Washington
1981 - 1987
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Romance Languages & Literature
University of Washington
AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS [selected]
2012
UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, Public Scholarship Grant
2008
The Tomás Rivera Lifetime Achievement Award, UC Riverside
2008
UW OMA Bridge with the Community Recognition Award
2007
UW Distinguished Teaching Award
2006
Award for Excellence, Contribution and Achievements in Literature, and the
Advancement of Visual Arts & Culture, Centro Cultural Hispanoamericano
2002
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize Notable Books List
1999
American Book Award
1988-91 Modern Language Association of America, Executive Council Appointment to the
Committee on Literatures and Languages of America.
1985-86 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ford Foundation / National Research Council.
1985
Postdoctoral Fellowship, IAC-CSRC, University of California, Los Angeles (declined).
1975-80 Doctoral Fellowship, Ford Foundation.
1979
Award, Institute for International Education, University of California.
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1975
Graduate Fellowship, U. C. Regents (declined).
1975
Graduate Admission & Fellowship, Stanford University (declined).
1975
Graduate Admission & Fellowship, UCLA (declined).
1973
B. A., Graduation suma cum laude, University of California, San Diego
PUBLICATIONS
A. BOOKS & EDITED VOLUMES
Calabash Cousins: Chicano & Latino Artists in the Pacific Northwest (in preparation,
University of Washington Press).
A Arreguín: Correspondencias. Seattle: Marquand Books, 2015.
Arturo Artorez: Time & Chance/Tiempo y Azar. Seattle: Marquand Books, 2014.
Art & Migration: Takeda and His Disciples / Arte y migración: Takeda y sus discípulos,
exhibition catalogue; Oaxaca, México, Carteles Editores, 2012.
Fulgencio Lazo: Reconstruction of Memory/Reconstrucción de la memoria. Oaxaca, Mexico:
Carteles Editores, 2010.
José Luis Rodríguez Guerra: Myth, Magic & Memory. Seattle: AlphaGraphics, 2009.
*Alfredo Arreguín: Patterns of Dreams and Nature. Seattle & London: University of
Washington Press, 2002.
(*Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize Notable Books List, 2002)
Second Edition, University of Washington Press, 2007.
El Coyote, The Rebel. (Luis Pérez's Autobiography). Edition and Introduction by Lauro
Flores. Houston: Arte Público Press, 2000.
**The Floating Borderlands. Twenty-five Years of U.S. Hispanic Literature. Seattle &
London: University of Washington Press, 1998.
(**American Book Award, 1999)
B. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
"Thirty Years of Chicano and Chicana Studies," Color-Line to the Borderlands: The
Matrix of U. S. American Ethnic Studies, ed. Johnnella E. Butler. Seattle & London:
University of Washington, 2001; 203-223.
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"Identidad y cultura en la autobiografía chicana," Literatura Chicana: Reflexiones y
ensayos críticos. Rosa Morillas Sánchez and Manuel Villar Raso, eds. Granada,
Spain: Editorial Comares, 2000, 145-156.
"Apuntes para la historia de la literatura chicana," América Latina: Palavra, literatura e
cultura; ed. Ana Pizarro. São Paulo, Brasil: Fundaçao Memorial da América Latina,
1995, 581-600.
"Cultura e Ideología en la Autobiografía Chicana." La voz del otro: testimonio,
subalternidad y verdad narrativa; Hugo Achúgar and John Beverley, eds. Pittsburgh:
Latinoamérica Editions, 1993, 112-125.
"En torno a la ‘teoría de las dos culturas’ y su aplicación a la literatura chicana," In
Times of Challenge: Chicanos and Chicanas in American Society; eds. Juan R.
García et. al. University of Houston: Center for Mexican American Studies, 1988, 25-31.
"The Discourse of Silence in the Narrative of Tomás Rivera." International Studies in
Honor of Tomás Rivera; ed. J. Olivares. Houston: Arte Público Press, 1986, 96-106.
"Narrative Strategies in Rolando Hinojosa's Rites and Witnesses," The Rolando
Hinojosa Reader: Essays Theoretical and Critical; ed. José D. Saldívar. Houston:
Arte Público Press, 1986, 170-179.
"La dualidad del pachuco." Antología de la Literatura Chicana, ed. María Eugenia
Gaona. México: UNAM, Centro de Estudios Para Extranjeros, 1986, 59-67.
C. ARTICLES & ESSAYS [selected]
“Dimensiones de la memoria,” exhibition catalog. Indigo Gallery, Oaxaca, Mexico: 2013.
“Fulgencio Lazo: Hacia una geometría de la nostalgia / Toward a Geometry of Nostalgia,”
(partial reprint) in exhibition catalog, Museo Joaquín Arcadio Pagaza; Valle de Bravo,
México, May-June 2008.
“Alfredo Arreguín: A Parable of Leaves and Eyes.” Gatefold brochure, Memory: Portraiture
Today. Seattle: Marquand Books, 2007. In conjunction with exhibition at the National
Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., May 2007.
“Fulgencio Lazo: Hacia una geometría de la nostalgia / Toward a Geometry of Nostalgia,”
exhibition catalog, Indigo Gallery; Oaxaca, Mexico, May-June 2007.
"Caligrafía de la memoria: Tradición y modernidad en las obras de Fulgencio Lazo,”
Caligrafía de la Memoria, exhibition catalog, May-June, 2006.
"Latino Art of the Pacific Northwest," People, Places and Perceptions exhibition catalog,
Maryhill Museum of Art, July 2004; pp. 3-6.
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"Alfredo Arreguín's Paintings: A Harmonious Bridge," Latino Northwest Magazine, 4-2
(March 2002), 10-15.
"De fronteras e hibridismos: Identidad y cultura chicanas," Madrid, Spain; Cuadernos
Hispanoamericanos, 613-614 (julio-agosto 2001), 111-122.
"De pícaros y Pink Feathers: tras la huella de Luis Pérez, 'El Coyote'," The Americas
Review, Vol. 25, Valedictorian Issue (1999), 222-240.
"Ideología y cultura en la autobiografía chicana," Revista de Crítica Literaria
Latinoamericana, XVIII: 36 (Segundo Semestre 1992), 95-107.
"Juan Felipe Herrera" (Bio-Bibliographical Essay), Dictionary of Literary Biography:
Chicano Writers, Second Series. NC: The Gale Press, 1991.
"Auto/referencialidad y subversión: Observaciones (con)textuales sobre la poesía de
Juan Felipe Herrera," Crítica 2:2 (Fall1990), 172-181.
"Chicano Autobiography: Culture, Ideology and the Self," The Americas Review, 18:2
(Summer 1990), 80-94.
"Converging Languages in a World of Conflict: Code-Switching in Contemporary
Chicano Poetry," Visible Language, XXI: 1 (Winter 1987), 130-152.
"El mundo marginal de Roberto Arlt," Confluencia, 3: 1 (Fall 1987), 47-59.
"La 'teoría de las dos culturas' y la literatura chicana," Plural, 166, julio 1985, 44-49.
"A Two Hundred Year Presence: Chicano and Other Latin-American Artists in the
Pacific Northwest," Chicano / Latino Art and Culture of the Pacific Northwest, ed. Sid
White. Olympia, WA: The Evergreen State College, 1984; 4-7.
"Los textos visuales de Paul Berger," Metamorfosis, 4:2 / 5: 1 (1982-83), 63-67.
"Pablo O'Higgins: pintura y cambio social," Metamorfosis, 4:2 / 5: 1 (1982-83), 25-28.
_____ (reprint), La Opinión, Suplemento Literario, No. 214, Los Angeles,
California, Aug. 26, 1984.
"Notas básicas para la crítica literaria chicana," La Palabra, Revista de Literatura
Chicana, 3: 1 & 2 (Spring-Fall 1981), 21-29.
"La dualidad del pachuco," in Revista Chicano-Riqueña, VI: 4 (1978), 51-58.
"Miguel Méndez: el subjetivismo frente a la historia," joint with Mark McCaffrey,
De Colores, Journal of Chicano Expression and Thought, 3: 4 (1977), 46-57.
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D. REVIEWS [selected]
Hispanic Immigrant Literature: El Sueño del Retorno, by Nicolás Kanellos, in Revista
Camino Real, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 2012, 64-66.
Testimonio: On the Politics of Truth by John Beverley. A Contracorriente, 2: 3, (Spring 2005),
136-146.
Here's to You, Jesusa! by Elena Poniatowska (trans. Deanna Heikkinen). Kiriyama
Pacific Rim Voices, http://pacificrimvoices.org/ Dec. 2001.
The Years With Laura Díaz by Carlos Fuentes (trans. Alfred MacAdam). Kiriyama
Pacific Rim Voices, http://pacificrimvoices.org/ Dec. 2000.
El diccionario del español chicano / The Dictionary of
Chicano Spanish by Roberto
A. Galván and Richard V. Teschner. Hispania, 70: 3, (Sept., 1987), 526-528.
Rites and Witnesses by Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, in The Pawn Review, VI, 1982-83.
"Chaos and the Chicano Family," Essay-Review of El Pueblo by B. Johansen and R.
Maestas; Famous All Over Town by D. Santiago; and Chicano Poetry by J. BruceNovoa, in The Minnesota Review, 22 (Spring, 1984), 145-149.
E. INTERVIEWS
Interview, Puentes. Revista méxico-chicana de literatura, cultura y arte. Corpus Christi, TX:
Texas A&M University (forthcoming)
"Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea," Waterbridge Review, September 2006.
http://www.waterbridgereview.org/092006/cnv_urrea.php
"Arturo Artorez: Haciendo visible lo invisible," Metamorfosis, 4:2 / 5:1 (1982-83), 29-37.
"El universo gráfico de Carlos Contreras," Metamorfosis, 4:2 / 5:1 (1982-83), 38-45.
"El color como metáfora de la vida en la obra de José Orantes," Metamorfosis, 4:2 /
5:1 (1982-83), 46-53.
F. TRANSLATION
“Tragedia y florecimiento” (Tragedy and Flowering) by Juan Felipe Herrera, April 2014.
“Alfredo Arreguín: A Portrait of Life,” by José Luis Alcubilla (trans. Lauro Flores),
April 2007.
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“Alfredo Arreguín, or the Love for Nature,” by José Luis Alcubilla (trans. Lauro Flores),
March 2007.
“Science in the Enlightened Expeditions,” by José de la Sota Ríus (trans. Lauro Flores), Spain
in the Age of Exploration, 1492-1819; Spain in the Age of Exploration, 1492-1819, ed. Chiyo
Ishikawa, University of Nebraska Press, 2004; 159-185.
“Spain in America: Explorations and Civilization,” by Javier Morales Vallejo (trans. Lauro
Flores), Spain in the Age of Exploration, 1492-1819; Spain in the Age of Exploration, 14921819, ed. Chiyo Ishikawa, University of Nebraska Press, 2004; 17’29.
"La asociación de individuos de apellido Cheong," by Carlos Trigueiro (translated by L.
Flores); The Americas Review 24:1-2 (Spring-Summer 1997), 77-84.
G. CREATIVE WORK
“A Arreguín (cartouche libre),” in A Arreguín: Correspondencias. Seattle: Marquand Books,
2015.
“Al Amigo Leal,” in En rendido homenaje a Luis Leal (1907-2010), eds. Víctor Fuentes,
Francisco Lomelí and Sara Poot-Herrera. Special Issue of Ventana Abierta: Revista Latina
de Literatura, Arte y Cultura, Vol. 7, Nos. 29-30, 2010-2011, 164.
"Pobres per' honrados," "Requisa 32," "El Pepenche." In La voz urgente, Ed. Manuel
M. Martín-Rodríguez, Madrid: Fundamentos, 1995, 353-364.
"A la mitad..." short-story. In Maize, 1: 1 (Fall, 1977), 38-42.
"Requisa 32," etc, short-stories in Requisa 32,ed. Rosaura Sánchez; UCSD La Jolla, CA
Chicano Studies Monograph Series, Chicano Research Publications, 1979,1-13,
103-112.
EDITORIAL WORK, JOURNALS
Editorial Advisory Board, Aztlán: Journal of Chicano Studies, UCLA, 2005-2008.
Editor, The Americas Review, University of Houston, 1995-2000.
Editor, "The Pacific Northwest" Special Issue of The Americas Review, 1996.
Editorial Advisory Board, The Americas Review, University of Houston, 1989-1995.
Editor, Metamorfosis, Northwest Chicano Magazine of Art and Literature, 1982-86.
Contributing Editor, Crítica, A Journal of Critical Essays, UCSD, La Jolla, California, 1983- .
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Co-Editor, La Palabra, Revista de Literatura Chicana; Special Issue; 3:1-2 (Spring-Fall), 1981.
Assistant Editor, Maize, Cuadernos de Arte y Literatura Xicana, 1977.
Spanish Editor, Voz Fronteriza, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, 1975.
CURATORIAL WORK
“Arreguín: Sueños y Naturaleza,” Exhibition Curator, Museo Provincial de Cádiz, Spain, 28
December 2014 – 15 February 2015.
“Arreguín: Sueños y Naturaleza,” Exhibition Curator, Museo de América, Madrid Spain, 17
October - 14 December 2014.
“Arreguín: Diseños y Naturaleza,” Exhibition Co-Curator with Gemma R. Berasátegui, Palacio del
Conde Luna, León, Spain, 1 July – 31 August 2014.
“Time & Chance/Tiempo y Azar: The Art of Arturo Artorez,” Exhibition Curator and Organizer;
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, 29 July–16 August 2014.
“Art & Migration: Takeda and His Disciples / Arte y migración: Takeda y sus discípulos,”
Exhibition Curator; Wenatchee Museum and Cultural Center, Wenatchee, WA, 26 July 20 September 2012.
“Art & Migration: Takeda and His Disciples / Arte y migración: Takeda y sus discípulos,”
Exhibition Curator and Organizer; Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, 26 June–
20 July 2012.
“Divinas Mujeres: Artworks by Alfredo Arreguín & Fulgencio Lazo,” Exhibition Curator and CoOrganizer; Odegaard Undergraduate Library, February 2009.
“José Luis Rodríguez Guerra: Myth, Magic & Memory,” Exhibition Curator, The Jacob Lawrence
Gallery University of Washington, October 2008.
“Alfredo Arreguín: Selected Works 1981-2006,” Exhibition Curator, The Jacob Lawrence Gallery
University of Washington, October 2006.
“Mayan Ritual,” performance at Ethnic Cultural Theatre, in partnership with OMA and the
ECC/ECT, May 2006.
“Myth, Magic, Memory.” Exhibition Curator, Rodríguez Guerra Studio/Gallery. Seattle, Oct.
26-Nov. 10, 2006.
PAPERS PRESENTED [selected] (* invited; ** selected for presentation)
“Figuring the Monster in Chicano Autobiography,” IX Spanish Matters Colloquium, Western
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Washington University, April 17-18, 2014.**
“La construcción de la identidad chicana: entre las culturas estadounidense y mexicana,”
Nos + Otros, 1ª Jornada Académica del Seminario Internacional e Interinstitucional de
Estudios Intercultuales del CEPE/CELE, Universidad Autónoma de México, July 19, 2013.*
“Alfredo Arreguín: Patterns of Dreams and Nature,” keynote address at the Homage to
Alfredo Arreguín organized by the State of Michoacán, through the State Department of
Culture; Morelia, Michoacán, Clavijero Cultural Center, Feb. 21, 2013.*
“Two Centuries of Mexican Art in the Pacific Northwest,” Celebration of Mexican
Independence Day, Seattle Center House, September 15, 2012.*
“Violence and Sexuality in La Mission,” Arts and Culture Latino Film Series opening, Yakima,
WA, March 1, 2012.*
“The Figure of the Pocho and the Great Depression,” National Association for Chicana and
Chicano Studies (NACCS) Annual Conference, April 10, 2010.
“Art, Nature, and Social Commentary in the Works of A. Arreguín,” National Association
for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Annual Conference, April 10, 2010.**
“Caricatures, Mirrors, Self-Portraits: The Latino Image in American Film,” Allied Arts Cultural
Center, Yakima, WA; March 4, 2010.
“Structures for Chicano Studies: Toward the Twenty-first Century,” Plenary session, Regional
Conference of The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS),
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA; October 17, 2009.**
“Fulgencio Lazo: A Zapotec Artist in the Pacific Northwest,” National Association for Chicana
and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Regional Foco Conference, May 2009.
“De Almas y Calaveras: The Roots and Rites of El Día de los Muertos,” El Centro de la Raza,
Seattle, WA, Nov 5, 2008.*
“The Construction of Class in Chicana/o Literature,” National Association for Chicana and
Chicano Studies, Northwest Regional Conference; University of Washington, Seattle, WA,
March 22, 2007.
“Spanish and Portuguese: Change and Opportunity in U.S. Higher Education,” Albuquerque,
University of New Mexico; March 1, 2005.*
“De lenguas, jorobas y otras deformidades: el discurso del monstruo en la literatura
autobiográfica chicana,” Albuquerque, University of New Mexico; February 28, 2005.*
“’Paradise’ Lost: Mexican Repatriation and the Saga of the González Family,” Plenary Session,
American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia; November 13, 2004.*
"Luis Pérez: Detectives, Fiction, Autobiography," Biannual Conference of the Recovery of the
U.S. Hispanic Literary History Project; University of Houston, December 4-5, 1998.**
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"Autobiografía y cultura chicanas," Primer Congreso Internacional de Lengua y Literatura
Chicanas; Granada, Spain, April 1-4, 1998.*
"De fronteras e hibridismos: identidad y cultura chicanas," Coloquio Internacional "Historia,
Cultura e Identidades Latinoamericanas," University of Lima, Perú; Aug. 31 - Sept. 3, 1993.*
"Toward a Chicano Testimonial Discourse," Chicano Cultural Studies: New Critical
Directions; University of California, Santa Barbara, May 25-26, 1990.*
"Chicano Autobiographies," Stanford University, May 8, 1990.*
"Cultura e ideología en la autobiografía chicana," Third International Congress on The
Hispanic Cultures of America; Barcelona, Spain, June 7-10, 1988.*
"Auto-Biografías chicanas," Latin American Studies Association XIV International Congress;
New Orleans, Louisiana, March 17-19, 1988.*
"Culture, Ideology, and the Self: The Dialectics of Chicano Autobiography," National
Conference on Chicano Literary Criticism; Stanford University, May 30, 1987.*
"Chicano Autobiographical Literature: Autobiography in Literature and Literature in
Autobiography," National Association of Chicano Studies Annual Meeting; Salt-Lake
City, Utah, April 9-11, 1987.**
"Trayectorias de la cultura chicana," National Association of Chicano Studies Annual Meeting;
Sacramento, California, March 21-23, 1985.**
"Ensayistas chicanos y mexicanos contemporáneos: pautas y correspondencias," Latin
American Studies Association; Mexico City, September 1983.*
LECTURES, PANELS & READINGS [selected] (* indicates invited lecture)
“Magical Realism in Bless Me, Ultima, Latino Film Series, Allied Arts/Yakima Valley
Community College; Yakima, WA, March 20, 2014.
“ ’Hispanic’ Artists in the Pacific Northwest: A Brief History,” Consulate of Mexico in Seattle,
Mexican Independence Celebration; Seattle Center House, Seattle Center, Sept 15, 2012.*
“Los Estudios Étnicos en los Estados Unidos: Estructura y Contenidos de un Campo
Interdisciplinario,” El Colegio de Michoacán, A. C., Zamora, Michoacán, México, August
17, 2009.*
“México: La pendiente hacia la independencia / The Slope Toward Independence,” Consulate
of Mexico in Seattle, Mexican Independence Celebration. The Cross Roads Center; Bellevue,
WA, August 31, 2008.*
“América Viva: The Nature of Alfredo Arreguín,” Keynote Lecture; University of California,
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Riverside, April 24, 2008.*
“The Chicano Movement and the Use of ‘Spanglish’,” Panel Discussion, Mexican
Independence Day Celebration Seattle Center, September 13, 2008.*
“Crossing the Line: A Forum on Immigration,” Organizer and moderator, May 19-20, 2006.
Keynote Speaker, Adelante Con Educación (ACE) conference, April 21, 2007.*
“Chicana/o Art and Culture in the Pacific Northwest,” Yakima Valley Community College, Sept.
12, 2004.*
"Calabash Cousins: Chicano and Latino Writers and Artists in the Pacific Northwest," The
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA, March 9, 2002.*
“The Magical-Realist Works of Alfredo Arreguín,” The Henry Art Gallery, May 4, 2002.
“Alfredo Arreguín: Patterns of Dreams and Nature,” The Bellevue Art Museum, May 17, 2002.
Book discussion, "A Latino National Conversation" program, The Richard Hugo House,
Seattle, April 9, 2002.*
Book reading, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, April 27, 2002.
Book reading, Third Place Books, Mountlake Terrace, May 31, 2002.
"The Quest for Aztlán," MAPS, Fourth Annual Cultural Inquiry Symposium, The Richard
Hugo House; Seattle, WA, Oct. 7, 2001.*
"Latino Letters: A Literary Evening" with Kathleen Alcalá, Rigoberto González, and Erasmo
Gamboa; The Henry Art Gallery, Jan. 13, 1999.
"Consuming Cultures: What Price Success?" Northwest Bookfest; Seattle, Oct. 25, 1998.
"Hidden Histories: Writing from the Margins," Northwest Bookfest; Seattle, WA, Oct. 24, 1998.
"Empowering Communities Through Discourse & Action," Ford Foundation Fellows
Conference; National Academy of Sciences; Oct. 18-22, 1998; Irvine, CA.
Forum on Ethnicity in Higher Education, Edmonds Community College; April 25,1997.*
" ‘...y no se lo tragó la tierra’ and Chicano Film" Multicultural Film Forum, Skaggit Valley
College, Mount Vernon, WA; Jan. 15, 1997.
Organizer and MC of Literary Reading. Elliot Bay Book Co., Seattle, WA; May 26, 1996.
"Of Borders and Hybridisms: Chicano Culture & Language" Central Missouri State University;
April 11, 1994.*
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"The Scholar, the Writer, and the Community," Workshop Facilitator, CLLA Conference on
The Status of Multi-Cultural Literatures in the Profession, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Nov. 18-22, 1992.
"The Representation of Chicanos / Latinos in the Media," National Association of Chicano
Studies, Northwest Regional Conference; Seattle, October 17, 1992.*
"Chicano Autobiographers: Barrio Boy & Hunger of Memory." Central Missouri State
University; May 1992.*
"Cultural Boundaries: Breaks or Reformulation?" Four Before Forum Program,
Bumbershoot International Literary Festival; Seattle, WA, Sept. 6, 1992.*
"Recruitment and Retention of Minority Faculty in the1980's," National Association of Chicano
Studies, Sacramento, CA, March 23, 1985.
"’Caló’: el dialecto de los pachucos," Foreign Languages Day Celebration, University of
Oregon, Eugene, OR, May 5, 1983.*
"Everyday Heroes in the Chicano Novel," Modern Language Association; Los Angeles,
California, Dec. 1982.*
"Recent Developments in Chicano Literary Criticism," Modern Language Association; Los
Angeles, California, Dec. 1982.**
"Visión panorámica de la obra de Miguel Méndez," Chicano Literary Symposium, University of
Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, May 28-29, 1981.*
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES [selected]
Proposal & Presentation Reviewer, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, 2008
Scholarship Committee, NACCS Northwest Foco, 2007
Co-Organizer, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies PNW Regional
Conference. Seattle, UW campus, March 21-23, 2007
Judge, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, 2005
Member, Evaluation Panel; National Research Council / Ford Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellowships for Minorities Program, 2001-2002
Chair, Judges Panel, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, 2001
Judge, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, 2000
Regional Liaison, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities Program, 19982006
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Chair, Committee on the Literatures and Languages of America (CLLA); Modern Language
Association of America, 1990-1991
Appointed Member, Committee on the Literatures and Languages of America; (CLLA); Modern
Language Association of America, 1989-1991
Member, Evaluation Panel; National Research Council / Ford Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellowships for Minorities Program, 1991-1992
Member, Evaluation Panel; National Research Council / Ford Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellowships for Minorities Program, 1990-1991
Member, Planning Committee, Ford Foundation Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship
Program for Minorities Conference; Washington, D. C., 1987
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Member, Faculty Council on University Libraries, 2014-present
Chair, Full Professor Promotion Committee, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, 2013
Co-Chair, Faculty Council on Multicultural Affairs, 2009-2011
Member, University Awards Committee, U. W.; 2008
Member, Search Committee, Dean of School of Nursing; 2007
Member, U. W. Faculty Council on Multicultural Affairs; 2007Member, U. W. Diversity Committee; 2002-2004
Evaluator, U. W. Royalty Research Fund; Fall 2001; 2008
Advisor, Planning for Day of the Dead exhibit, Burke Museum, Nov. 2006
Co-Organizer and Coordinator, Semana de Mexico, October-November, 2006
Senator, UW Faculty Senate, elected 2001
Member, President's Advisory Committee on Diversity. University of Washington; 1999-2001
Chair, Alvord, Fritz, and Mcfarland Humanities Fellowships and Scholarships Selection
Committee; 1999 -2000
Chair, Faculty Search Committee, American Ethnic Studies; 1997-98
Member, Graduate Opportunity and Minority Access Program, UW; 1997-2005
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Member, Mangels Lecture Committee, Graduate School, UW; 1997
Member, Search Committee for Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University
of Washington; Aug.-Feb. 1995-96
Member, Search Committee for the Chair of the Dept. of American Ethnic Studies, UW; 1996
Member, Tenure and Promotion Review Committee, UW Bothell; 1995
Member, Special Committee on Minority Faculty Affairs; 1995-96
Chair, Special Committee on Minority Faculty Affairs; 1994-95
Member, President's Task Force, UW; 1993-94
Member, UW Alumni Association, Awards Selection Committee; 1994, 1995, 1996
Member, International Advisory Committee, UW; 1993-97
Chair, UW Faculty Senate Voting Unit; 1994
Senator, Faculty Senate, University of Washington; 1992-94
Member, Ensley Fellowship Selection Committee, UW; 1993, 1994
Member, UW Graduate School Minority Research Assistantship Selection Committee; 1993,
1994, 1995
Member, UW Saturday Seminars Committee; 1993, 1994
Member Ex-Officio, Special Committee on Minority Faculty Affairs, Faculty Senate, University
of Washington; 1992-94
Member, Committee to Oversee the Major of Chicano Studies, University of California, Los
Angeles; 1990-91
Chair, Chicano/Latino Faculty Association, UW; 1988-89
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of American Ethnic Studies, University of
Washington; 1986-87
Member, Advisory Board, International Education, University of Washington; 1984-89
Member, Latin American Studies Committee, University of Washington; 1981-1989.
Member, Steering Committee, Institute for Ethnic Studies in the U. S., University of
Washington; 1981-2012
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Member, Advisory Committee, Center for Chicano Studies, American Ethnic Studies,
University of Washington; 1986-1991
Member, Minority Affairs Policy Advisory Board, University of Washington; 1981-86, 1994-2001
Member, Ad-Hoc Working Committee for the Reorganization of Ethnic Studies at the
University of Washington; 1983-84
Member, Ethnic Studies Task Force, University of Washington; 1982-83
Member, Fellowship Screening Committee, Bilingual Education Doctoral Program, University
of Washington; 1981, 1982, 1983
Faculty Sponsor, MEChA (Chicano Student Organization), University of Washington; 1980-84
DEPARTMENT SERVICE [selected, AES, RLL, Span-Port]
Chair, Postdoctoral Fellowships Search Committee; 2004
Member, Curriculum Committee, American Ethnic Studies; 2001-2002; 203-2004
Graduate Program Coordinator, Spanish & Portuguese; 1997-99
Elected Member, Executive Committee; 1996-98, 1992-94, 1986-88, 1983-85, 1981-82
Coordinator, Honors Program, Spanish & Portuguese; 1997-98
Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Spanish & Portuguese; 1996-99
Chair, Tenure & Promotion Committee, Spanish & Portuguese; 1994-95
Chair, Second-year Review Committee, Spanish & Portuguese; 1994; 1992
Member, Spanish Graduate Board; 1995-95, 1994-95, 1993-94, 1982-84
Member, Spanish T. A. Selection Committee; 1991-94
Chair, Spanish Graduate Board; 1991-93
Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, RL&L; 1988-89
EXTRAMURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE [selected]
Advisor, La Sala's application to the Office of Arts & Culture's “Art Means Business” funding
Program, 2014
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Member, Endorsement Board, ESE Teatro, Seattle, WA, 2014Member, Advisory Board, UNAM’s Office for the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. and British
Columbia; 2009-2013
Consultant for “Students of Change: Los del ´68,” documentary film project. Seattle,
KCTS, V-Me Public Television, 2009
Member, Scholarship Committee, NACCS, Northwest Foco; 2007
Participant, People of Color Think Tank, Catholic Community Services, April 19, 2006
Bellevue Art Museum, Exhibit & Educational Programs advisor; 2001-2002
Grupo México, Washington State Coalition; 2001-2007
Member, Board of Directors, La Casa de Artes, Seattle, WA; 1999
Seattle Art Museum, Co-Organizer of Día de los Muertos Annual Celebration; 1998-2001
Participant in Día de los Muertos programs organized at Elliott Bay Books by Los Norteños,
Nov.1996 and Nov. 1998
Commissioner, Washington State Mexican Center; 1994-2005
Member, Board of Directors, CONSEJO, Counseling and Referral Services of King and
Pierce Counties; 1994-1998
Organizer of literary reading involving 16 Latina and Latino writers from the Pacific Northwest
(Washington, and Oregon); The Elliott Bay Book Co.; April 1995
CONSULTANTSHIPS & OUTSIDE EVALUATIONS [selected]
Proposal Reviewer/Evaluator, The Killam Program, Canada Council for the Arts, 2006
Referee, The Heinz Family Foundation Awards Program, 2004
Reviewer, numerous book manuscripts for diverse publishers: El Colegio de Michoacán
Department of Publications; University of Arizona Press; University of New Mexico Press;
University of Washington Press; etc.; 1987-present
Consultant, Seattle International Children's Festival, Magical Realism Project; 2001
Consultant, Motheread, Inc. NEH-funded "Abuela Faculty Enrichment Project;" 1999-2000
External Reviewer, “Mexico in Transition” NEH Summer Institute; University of Oregon, Eugene;
July 1997
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Main Consultant and Organizer for "Chicano/Latino Art and Culture of the Pacific Northwest;"
1983-84