Social Sciences

Maylei S. Blackwell

Education: B.A., California State University, Long Beach, History & Interdisciplinary Studies; M.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness

Dissertation: Questions of Difference, Diversity and Transnationalism in Second Wave Women's Movements in the U.S. and Mexico

Thesis Advisors: Angela Y. Davis, Professor History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz; Sonia E. Alvarez, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Research Topic: Gathering Passion: Contingent Coalitions & Multiple Insurgencies of U.S. Women of Color

Mentor: Norma Alarcon, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Center for Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Amalia L. Cabezas

Education: B.A., Pitzer College, Latin American Studies/Women's Studies; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Ethnic Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Ethnic Studies

Dissertation: Pleasure and Its Pain: Sex Tourism in Sosúa, The Dominican Republic

Thesis Advisor: Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Professor of Women's and Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic: Women's Labor in the Formal/Informal Economy of Tourism Economy in Cuba and The Dominican Republic

Mentor: Ruth Milkman, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Women's Studies, University of California, Riverside

Lorenzo Covarrubias

Education: B.A., California State University, Los Angeles, Anthropology; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Anthropology; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, History

Dissertation: Historical Transformation and Current Strategies of the Union Nacional Sinarquista in Queretaro, Mexico

Thesis Advisor: Manuel L. Carlos, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Topic: Urban Poor and Rural Participation in the Union Nacional Sinarquista

Mentor: Kathleen Bruhn, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, St. Louis Univerisity

Francisca E. (Gonzales) Godinez

Education: B.A., California State University, Sacramento, Government; M.A., California State University, Government; Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Education

Dissertation: Formations of Mexicananess Trenzas de Identidades Multiples

Thesis Advisor: Karen Watson-Gegeo, Professor of Education, University of California, Davis

Research Topic: Mapping Social Research, Policy Considerations and Reform with Trenzas & Mestizaje: Understanding More about Identities and Social Formations

Mentor: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis

Current Position: Independent Research

Gloria Gonzáles-López

Education: B.A., Universidad Regiomontana, Monterrey, Mexico, Psychology; M.A., University of Houston, Behavioral Sciences; M.A., University of Southern California, Marriage & Family Therapy; Ph.D., University of Southern California, Sociology

Dissertation: Heterosexual Mexican Immigrant Women and Their Sex Lives

Thesis Advisor: Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California

Research Topic: Social Construction of Heterosexual Mexicana Immigrant Sexuality

Mentor: Barrie Thorne, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

Gaye T. Johnson

Education: B.A., University of California, San Diego, Ethnic Studies and Sociology; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, American Studies

Dissertation: A Sifting of Centuries: Political and Musical Crossroads of African-Americans and Chicanos in California, 1960 - Present

Thesis Advisor: David W. Noble, Professor of American Studies, University of Minnesota

Research Topic: Cultural Citizenship and Popular Music

Mentor: Douglas Daniels, Professor of Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara

Lorraine J. Martínez

Education: B.A., Pitzer College, Psychology; Ph.D., University of Washington, Clinical Psychology

Dissertation: Emotional Correlates of Racial Identity Development

Thesis Advisor: William H. George, Professor Psychology, University of Washington

Research Topic: Improved Methodological Assessment of Affect Associated with Racial Identity Attitudes

Mentor: Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Independent Research

Kathleen E. Mc Afee

Education: B.A., Vassar College, Biology; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Geography; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Geography

Dissertation: Biodiversity and Green Developmentalism

Thesis Advisor: Michael J. Watts, Professor of Geography, Director of Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic: Biotechnology, Genetic Resources, and Food Security: Breaking the Impasse

Mentor: David Goodman, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

Juliet M. McMullin

Education: B.A., University of California, Irvine, Social Sciences; M.A., University of California, Irvine, Social Sciences; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Social Sciences

Dissertation: Kahea Ola (The Call to Life): Revitalizing a Healthy Hawaiian Identity

Thesis Advisor: Leo R. Chavez, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine

Research Topic: Health and Cervical Cancer Beliefs Among Latinas in Orange Country, California

Mentor: Carole Browner, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Calfiornia, Riverside

Laura Romo

Education: B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Psychology; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Developmental Psychology

Dissertation: Maternal Messages to Latino Adolescents About Sexuality

Thesis Advisors: Terry Au, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles and Marian Sigman, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Topic: A Longitudinal Study of Mother-Adolescent Conversations about AIDS, Dating, and Sexuality

Mentor: Tom Wickens, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara

Suzanne M. Wash

Education: B.A., California State University, Fresno, Anthropology/Linguistics; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Linguistics; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Linguistics

Dissertation: Adverbial Clauses in Barbareno Chumash

Thesis Advisor: Marianne Mithun, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Topic: Narratives in Northern Sierra Miwok, A California Indian Language

Mentor: Martha Macri, Professor of Native American Studies, University of California, Davis

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Native American Studies, University of California, Davis

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