Experience

Monterey Peninsula College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sociology Department Chair

  • Aug 2012 - Present

  Updated AA-T course offerings, writing and gaining state approval of new courses: Gender and Sexuality; Global Urban Sociology; Sociology of Latin@s; Crime and Deviance; Mass Media and Popular Culture; Race and Ethnicity; Research Methods. Recruited and hired part-time instructors. Taught Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, and rotating assortment of electives. Served on committee as Flex Day Facilitator, helping to plan and oversee smooth operation of the MPC campus instructor and staff development day. Won funding awards through the MPC Foundation, for SPSS software to be used in a Social Sciences Research Lab, as well as travel funds for presenting at annual conferences. Shared laughter and collegiality across all my professional relationships. Show less



University of California, Santa Cruz

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Dissertation Writer

  • 2010 - Present

  Want to find time in 2021 to finish. Want to find time in 2021 to finish.



Chicano Latino Research Center, UC Santa Cruz

• UC Santa Cruz

• Coordinator, Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP)

  • 2011 - 2012

  Mentored 10 Latin America/Latino Studies focused undergraduates from a variety of disciplines. Guided their development of research directions, graduate school admissions, conference presentation preparation, and academic professionalization. Mentored 10 Latin America/Latino Studies focused undergraduates from a variety of disciplines. Guided their development of research directions, graduate school admissions, conference presentation preparation, and academic professionalization.



Cabrillo College, Watsonville

• Adjunct Professor

  • 2002 - 2012

  Introduction to Sociology in the Fall, and Sociology of Latin@s in the Spring... classes overflowing, but must move on... Introduction to Sociology in the Fall, and Sociology of Latin@s in the Spring... classes overflowing, but must move on...



Bay Area Education

• High School Teacher and Adminstrator

  • 1993 - 2000

  Taught English, Social Studies, and Spanish for Native Speakers, in both public and private settings, most often in diverse, working class communities, with an emphasis on equity in education. Taught English, Social Studies, and Spanish for Native Speakers, in both public and private settings, most often in diverse, working class communities, with an emphasis on equity in education.