EDUCATION
1998 PhD, English, Cornell University
Dissertation: Justice and the politics of freedom: Writings by U.S. prisoners and their advocates
Committee: S.P. Mohanty (chair), B.V. Olguín (co-chair), B. Jeyifo, L.M. Alcoff, and H.M.
Viramontes (defense proxy)1996 MA, English, Cornell University
1993 BA, English, Willamette University
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2021– Professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
2010–21 Professor of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon
2006–10 Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon
2004-06 Associate Professor of English, Binghamton University, State University of New York
1998-04 Assistant Professor of English, Binghamton University, State University of New York
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
2019–20 Faculty Director, Latinx Academic Residential Community, University of Oregon
2014–15 Director, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon
2008–11 Head, Ethnic Studies Department, University of Oregon
2006–08 Director, Ethnic Studies Program, University of Oregon
2005–11 Director, Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality Studies, University of Oregon
2003–05 Director of Undergraduate Studies, English Department, Binghamton University, SUNY
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
2011–12 Scholar in Residence, Center on Diversity and Community, University of Oregon
2005–06 Barbara and Carlisle Moore Distinguished Visiting Professor of English, University of Oregon
2002–03 Hewlett Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Institute for Comparative Studies in Race and
Ethnicity, Stanford University
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & HONORS
2022 College Research Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin (fall)
2022 Faculty Research Fellowship, Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at
Austin (spring)2020 Thomas F. Herman Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Oregon
2019–20 Academic Support Grant, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon
2019 Visionary Jotería Scholar Award, Association of Jotería Arts, Activism, and Scholarship (AJAAS)
2019 Faculty Leader Fellowship, Pardee RAND Graduate School
2018 Rippey Innovative Teaching Award, University of Oregon
2017 Rippey Innovative Teaching Award, University of Oregon
2014 Summer Research Stipend (institutionally nominated for an NEH Summer Stipend), University of Oregon
2014 Mariposa Award, National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies LBMT and Joto Caucuses
2013 Fund for Faculty Excellence Award (for distinction in scholarship and contribution to the university), University of Oregon
2012 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Anthology (Gay Latino Studies), Lambda Literary Foundation
2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award (for promoting cultural diversity and racial justice), University of Oregon
2008–09 Tom and Carol Williams Fund for Undergraduate Education Award, University of Oregon
2002–03 Hewlett Fellowship, Research Institute for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity,
Stanford University2002–03 Dr. Nuala McGann Dresher Leave, United University Professionals (UUP)
2001 Dean’s Research Semester, Binghamton University, State University of New York
1997–98 Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Cornell University
1995–97 Graduate School Special Minority Fellowship, Cornell University
1993–94 Sage Fellowship, Cornell University