Professional Service

 

Professional Associations:

 

 

American Sociological Association

 

Member, Awards Committee, Latino/a Section, 2007-2008.

 

Member (elected), Committee on Nominations 2007-2009.

 

Member, Program Committee (and author-meets-critics book selection committee), 2008 Meetings

 

Chair, Latina/o Section (elected) 2005-2006                                                                       

 

Chair-elect, Latina/o Section, 2004-2005

 

Council Member (elected), International Migration Section, 2003-2006.

 

Member, Thomas and Znaniecki Book Award Committee, International Migration Section, 2003-2004, 2004-2005.

 

Member, Program Committee, 2004 Meetings

 

 

Pacific Sociological Association

 

Member (elected), Committee on Committees, Southern Region, 2004-2007

 

 

Latin American Studies Association

 

Track chair, 2009 meetings

 

Council member, Section on Gender, 2004-2006

 

Co-chair (elected), Central American Section, Latin American Studies Association, 2002-2003.

 

Member (elected), Council, Central American Section, 2000-2002.

 

 

Society for the Study of Social Problems

 

Chair, Committee on Committees (one year replacement) 2004-2005

 

Member, Program Committee, 2004 Meetings.

 

Member (elected), Committee on Committees, 2002-2005.

 

Chair. Minority Fellowship Selection Committee, 2001-2002.

 

Site visit for Social Problems Editorial Office, Summer 2001.

 

Chair-elect. Minority Fellowship Selection Committee, 2000-2001.

 

Member. Lee Founders Award Committee, 1998-1999.

 

 

Editorial Boards

 

Editorial Board, School of Advanced Research Press (Santa Fe, NM)

 

Editorial board, Studies in Social Justice

 

Editorial advisory board, Lynne Rienner Publishers series on "Latinos in the United States: Studies in Diversity and Change." 8/2004-

 

Member, editorial board, American Sociological Review (1/2003-12/2005)

 

Member, editorial board, Gender & Society (1/2003-1/2005)

 

Associate editor, Journal of Developing Societies, 2002-

 

Member, advisory board, Latino Studies. 2001-

 

Member, editorial board, Migraciones Internacionales. 2001-

 

Member, editorial/advisory board, Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 2001-

 

Book Review Editor, Journal of Developing Societies. 1995-2000.

 

Member, Editorial board for Immigration and Crime: Ethnicity, Race, and Violence, edited by Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Abel Valenzuela. New York University Press.

 

Member. Board of Advisory Editors for Latinas in the United States: An Historical Encyclopedia. Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez-Korrol, editors. Indiana University Press.

 

 

University, College, School

 

University

 

Member, Advisory Board, Center for Latin American Research. 2006- 

 

Faculty Liaison, Chicano Faculty and Staff Association/Faculty Women’s Association. 2006-2007

 

Faculty panel participant, Social Science Graduate Student Association, April 21st, 2006

 

Panel judge, Graduate Students in Life, Earth, and Social Sciences Association, Feb 17th, 2006

 

Member, Personnel Committee, Asian Pacific American Studies Program, 2006

 

Mentor, Faculty Development Program, 2003-2004          

 

Member, Search Committee (for director) Center for Latin American Studies, 2004-2005

 

Member, Steering Committee, School of Global Studies, 2003-2004

 

Keynote speaker, Sociology Club kickoff celebration. Department of Sociology, Nov. 18th. 2003

 

Member, Personnel Committee, Asian Pacific American Studies Program, 2003-2004.

Member. Committee on the Status of Women, Arizona State University, 2001-2002.

Member. Race and Ethnic Relations Doctoral Examination Committee, Department of Sociology, Arizona State University. 2000-present

 

Member. Executive Board, Committee on Law and the Social Sciences, Arizona State University. 1998-2001.

 

Member. Child and Family Services Advisory Board, Arizona State University, 2000-2001.

 

Member. Recruitment Committee. Asian Pacific American Studies Program, Arizona State University. 2000-2001.

 

Graduate College Representative in Dissertation Defenses: July 2000, September 2001, May 2002.

 

Participant (and helped securing some funds). First Conference on Central American Literature and Culture, Arizona State University, April, 1999.

 

Participant. “A Campus Climate for Diversity Summit.” (Part of “Preparing for the University of the Next Century.”) March, 1999.

 

Member. Search Committee, Department of Chicana/Chicano Studies, Arizona State University. 1998-1999.

 

Member. Search Committee, Department of Religious Studies, Arizona State University. 1998-1999.

 

Coordinator. Women in Latin America Working Group. Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University. 1997-1999.

 

Advisory Council, Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University, 1996-1997.

 

 

College

 

College of Public Programs Internal Grants Committee, 2001-2002.

 

Sabbatical leave evaluation, School of Social Work, Fall 2000.

 

 

School of Social and Family Dynamics

 

Director, Graduate Studies (Sociology), 2007-present

 

Member, Graduate Committee, 2006-2007

 

 

School of Justice Studies

 

Chair, Personnel Committee, 2004-2005

 

Member, Policy Work Group, 2004-2005

 

Member. Graduate Committee. 2003-2004.

 

Member. Personnel Committee. 2003-2004.

 

Chair, Computer and Colloquium Committee. 2001-2002.

 

Member, Policy Work Group. 2001-2002.

 

Member. John P. Frank Lecture Committee. 2001-2002.

 

Member. Graduate Committee. 2000-2001.

 

Member. Computer Committee. 1999-2000.

 

Member. Personnel Committee. 1998-1999.

 

Member. Personnel Committee. 1997-1998.

 

Member. Recruitment Committee (on two lines). 1996-1997.

 

Member. Graduate Committee. 1996.

 

 

Community Service and Public Presentations

 

Presentation to Wilson Elementary School students, Faculty Ambassadors Program, Nov 16th, 2007         

 

Academic participant, Religious Convening, Interfaith Worker Justice, Phoenix Dioceses, 3/26-3/27, 2006

 

Presentation, ASU Escribe, Arizona State University Public History Program, Arizona Book Festival, April 6th, 2002.

 

Lecture on immigration. Phoenix Civitan Club, Phoenix Arizona. June 7th, 2001.

 

Organizer. Feria Informativa de Servicios Sociales (Social Services Informational Fair for Latino immigrants in the area), July 15, 2000, ASU Downtown Center.

 

Immigrants and Laborers. Presentation to the City of Mesa, Arizona Neighborhood Committee. May 25th, 2000

 

Expert witness in political asylum cases and deportation hearings of undocumented immigrants in Phoenix, Chicago, and North Carolina.

 

Regular presentations on my research to a wide range of groups.