"In Search of Chicano Catholic History", review of Garcia, Catolicos: Resistance and Affirmation in Chicano Catholic History, American Catholic Studies Newsletter (Spring 2009). Category: Book Review
2007
Review of Matovina, Guadalupe and Her Faithful in American Historical Review (June 2007): 860-61. Category: Book Review
2007
Review of Badillo, Latinos and the New Immigrant Church in Southwestern Historical Quarterly (July 2007): 120-21. Category: Book Review
2007
Catholicism in the American West: A Rosary of Hidden Voices (co-editor Richard Francaviglia) Category: Book
2006
"Actitudes raciales y trabajo social religioso: el mejicano tejano y la iglesia católica de EE.UU," in Tomás Calvo Buezas, ed., Hispanos en Estados Unidos, inmigrantes en España (Madrid, 2006). Category: book chapter
Presentations and Projects
"Faith and Justice: The Catholic Church and the Chicano Movement in Houston, 1965-1972"
March 11, 2004 Webb Memorial Lectures presentation, The University of Texas at Arlington
"Facing Jim Crow: Catholic Sisters and the 'Mexican Problem' in Texas"
March 16, 2002 Conference presentation, American Catholic Historical Association Conference, Portland, Oregon
"La fe ya la crisis: Catholicism, the Great Depression, and Mexican American Community Building in Houston"
March 2, 2001 Conference presentation, Texas State Historical Association Conference, Houston, Texas
"Growing Democracy: Promoting Educational Equity through Ethnic Studies Program"
June 8, 2000 Workshop presenter and discussion leader, Bennion Workshop for Democratic Principles in America's Schools, Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, Utah State University.
"Faith, Identity, and Community: Mexican American Ethnoreligiosity in Twentieth-Century Houston"
Oct. 1994 Western History Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
"What's in a Name?" History and the Ethnic Lables of Mexican-origin People in the United States"
Sept. 1994 Summit Series Lectures, UCCS.
"The Church in the Barrio: Catholic Social Action in Houston, 1910s-1960s"
Jan. 1992 Standford Center for Chicano Research
"Actitudes raciales y trabajo social-religioso: el mejicano-tejano ante la iglesia católica"
Universidad Complutense, Madrid, June 7, 2005 (repeated June 9, 2005, Palacio de Mayoralgo, Cáceres, Spain).
"Mexican Immigration, Catholicism, and the Founding of Houston's Mexican American Community, 1900-1930"
Texas A&M University History Department, April 18, 2006.
"Mexican American Ethno-Catholicism: Important--How?"
Texas A&M University Religious Studies Department, August 31, 2006.
"Planners, Pastors, and los pobres: Religion and Public Housing Initiatives in Mexican American History"
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, November 9, 2006.
Affiliations
Professional Affiliations
Texas State Historical Association
Western History Association
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Texas Catholic Historical Society
Appointments
Duration
Rank
Department / School
College / Office
University / Company
2005-present
Associate Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1999-2005
Assistant Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1992-1999
Assistant Professor
History Department
College of Letter, Arts and Sciences
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
1980-1985
Lecturer
Center for Mexican American Studies
University of Houston
1975-1979
High school teacher - U.S. & Chicano history
Houston Independent School District
1970
High school teacher - Spanish
Houston Independent School District
Synergistic Activities
University Service
Departmental Committees: 2005-2006 Grievance, Webb Lectures; CMAS Assistant Director 2004-2005 Chair, M.A. thesis committee for T. Bowman 2003-2005 Webb Lectures, Grievance, CMAS 2001-2003 Curriculum, Education, Library, Webb Lectures, CMAS 1999-2001 Library, Grievance, Webb Lectures, CMAS Ongoing Center for Mexican Americcan Studies, Curriculum Committee 2002-2003 Center for Mexican American Studies, North Texas Cmte on Immigrants and Higher Education
College of Liberal Arts: 2001-2002 Dissertation committee member (Department of English, for student N. Velasquez) 2001-2002 Dean search committee, College of Liberal Arts 2000-2001 Faculty search committee, Center for Mexican American Studies
University Committees: Spr/Sum 2005 Member, committee to draft recommendations for Graduate Recruitment Advisory Committee 2001-2003 Minority Graduate Enrollment Subcommittee; annual participant in Saturday Graduate Summits 1999-ongoing Library Minority Cultures Collection Advisory Committee
Other UTA Service: April 2005 Roundtable chair for UTA Africa Program conference 2004-2007 Fellow, Ctr for Greater Southwestern Studies and History of Cartography Fall 2004 Faculty mentor, COLA/MAS 1131: College Adjustment (UTA Student Success Programs)
Professional Service
2005 Western History Association Program Committee, 46th annual conference March 2005 Article referee, Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas June 2004 Article referee, Western Historical Quarterly 2001-2002 Chair, Program Committee (2003 conference), Texas Catholic Historical Society Mar. 1999 Article referee for the Western Historical Quarterly 1997-2000 Bolton-Kinnaird Award Committee, Western History Association (chair, 1999) 1997-2000 Winther Prize Committee, Western History Association
Community Service
Nov. 1, 2004 Speaker for Day of the Dean celebration, UTA Sigma Lambda Beta Nov. 18, 2004 Career Day speaker, North Side High School (UTA/Fort Worth Academic Connection) Feb. 16, 2004 Consultation with Dr. T. Calvo, Universidad Compultense, Madrid, at State Rep. Alonzo's behest Sept. 25, 2003 Hispanic Heritage Month speaker, Arlington High School, Arlington, Texas Sept, 18, 2003 Hispanic Heritage Month speaker, Dept. of Homeland Security, Dallas, Texas
Support
Duration
Title
Sponsor
Amount
Status
Fall 2005
Faculty Development Leave
UT-Arlington
Previous
2008
Research & Professional Development Award
College of Liberal Arts, UT Arlington
Current
2007
Research & Professional Development Award
College of Liberal Arts, UT-Arlington
Current
2006
Research & Professional Development Award
College of Liberal Arts, UT-Arlington
Current
2006
Mary M. Hughes Research Fellowship
Texas State Historical Association
Previous
1997-1998
Research Grant
The Louisville Institute
Previous
1994-1995
Pew Program in Religion and American History (postdoc)
Yale University
Previous
1990-1991
Ford Dissertation Fellow
Ford Foundation/National Research Council
Previous
1986-1990
Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Previous
News Articles
"The culture, Catholicism of barrios' early days"
Article by Richard Vara about the publication of The Church in the Barrio: Mexican American Ethno-Catholicism in Houston; Houston Chronicle, March 25, 2006, F-1 (Religion Sect.).
Paul J. Foik Award, Texas Catholic Historical Society, 2009
T.R. Fehrenbach Award (best book on Texas history), Texas Historical Commission, 2007
Young Scholars in American Religion, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, 1997
Bert M. Fireman Prize (best graduate student article), Western History Association, 1991
Galarza Prize for Excellence in Chicano Research, Standford Center for Chicano Research, 1988
Becas Para Aztlán Graduate Summer Fellowship, El Colegio de México & University of Houston, 1980
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