Social Sciences Division
PhD Student
Graduate
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Crown College Admin Office
Education
Ph.D. Student in Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California Santa Cruz
M.A. in Chicano/a Studies, emphasis in Comparative Ethnic Studies, California State University of San Jose
Thesis "Reflections of LGBTQ+ Latinx/Chicanx Peoples in Maintaining Culture, Identity, and Community throughout a Global Pandemic"
B.A. in Humanities and Communications, emphasis in Practical and Professional Ethics, California State University of Monterey Bay
Senior Project "Meals and Memories: Immigrants Share their Stories"
Caribbean Diaspora and Migrations | Sexual Migrations | Queer Communities | Belonging and Placemaking | Media/Art Representations | Music and Performance | Latine Queerness | Drag Performances | Aesthetic and Bodies | AfroLatine Populations
Teaching Assistant Experience
- Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS1)
- Introduction to Chicanx & Latinx Studies (LALS 10)
- Diego Rivera: Art and Social Change in Latin America (LALS 75)
- Hip Hop History (LALS 79)
- Nature/Cultures of Latin America (LALS 194)
Lecturer Experience
California State University of Monterey Bay
- Introduction to Ethnic Studies
- Chicano/Latinx History
University of California Santa Cruz
- Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class (LALS 45/Summer Session)
Regents Fellowship, University of California Santa Cruz (Fall 22)
Dolores Huerta Center, Research Cluster, University of California Santa Cruz (Fall 23)
Dolores Huerta Center, Lionel Cantú Award, University of California Santa Cruz (Spring 24)
Crossing Latinidades Summer Fellowship, University of Illinois (Summer 24)
Crossing Latinidades Mellon Foundation (Fall 24-Spring 25)
2017 “Meals and Memories, Immigrants Share their Stories,”Senior Capstone Festival,California State University of Monterey Bay, December.
April 2024 “Embracing the Diva Legacy: Celia Cruz, Drag Lip Sync, and Latinx Drag Queens.” National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Conference, San Francisco, CA.
April 2024 “Embracing the Diva Legacy: Celia Cruz, Drag Lip Sync, and Latinx Drag Queens.” Latina/o Studies Association (LSA) Conference, Tempe, AZ.
Gottlieb, Jennifer. Book Review: Mauro P. Porto. (2023) Mirrors of Whiteness: Media, Middle-Class Resentment, and the Rise of the Far Right in Brazil. University of Pittsburgh Press, 200 pp. (ISBN 9780822947523).