Richards CV feb 2016 - Department of Sociology

Richards CV feb 2016 - Department of Sociology

PATRICIA RICHARDS
(Feb 2016)
Professor
Department of Sociology &
Institute for Women’s Studies
[email protected]
EDUCATION
University of Georgia
314 Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-3235
University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. Sociology, 2002
M.A. Sociology, 1998
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. Sociology, 1994
POSITIONS HELD
University of Georgia, Sociology and Women’s Studies
Professor, 2015Associate Professor, 2008-2015
Assistant Professor, 2002-2008
Affiliate/Core Faculty Member:
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Affiliate 2002-2008; Core 2008Institute of Native American Studies Affiliate 2003RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS
Global/Transnational Sociology, Gender/Race/Class, Development, Social Movements, Qualitative Methods
HONORS AND AWARDS
Honorable Mention, Society for the Study of Social Problems Global Division Book Award, 2014
(for Race and the Chilean Miracle)
Member, University of Georgia Teaching Academy, 2012Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 2008
Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 2007
M.G. Michael Award for New Initiatives in Research, University of Georgia, 2004
Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2003, University of Texas at Austin (One of four University-wide)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Patricia Richards, Racismo: El multiculturalismo en tiempos de la Concertación (Translation of Race and the
Chilean Miracle), Pehuen Editores, Santiago de Chile, Forthcoming
Patricia Richards, Race and the Chilean Miracle: Neoliberalism, Democracy, and Indigenous Rights (University of
Pittsburgh Press, 2013)
Reviewed in: Bulletin of Latin American Research, Choice, Contemporary Sociology, Hispanic American
Historical Review, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Journal of Latin American Studies, Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos, Qualitative Sociology, Social Forces, Social History
Patricia Richards, Pobladoras, Indígenas, and the State: Conflicts over Women’s Rights in Chile (Rutgers University
Press, 2004)
Reviewed in: American Journal of Sociology, Choice, Gender & Society, International Feminist Journal of
Politics, Journal of Gender Studies, Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin American Research Review,
Social History, Social Movement Studies
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Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Patricia Richards, “Decolonizing Globalization Studies,” The Global South 8(2), 2015.
Patricia Richards and Jeffrey A. Gardner, “Still Seeking Recognition: Mapuche Demands, State Violence, and
Discrimination in Democratic Chile,” Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 8(3): 255-279, 2013.
Patricia Richards, “The Contradictions of Inclusion: Mapuche Women and Michelle Bachelet,” Politics & Gender,
8(2): 261-267, 2012.
Ryman, Tove K., Aaron Wallace, Richard Mihigo, Patricia Richards, Karen Schlanger, Kelli Cappelier, Serigne
Ndiaye, Ndoutabe Modjirom, Baba Tounkara, Gavin Grant, Blanche Anya, Emmanuel C. Kiawi, Cliff Ochieng, Sekou
Kone, Habtamu Tesfaye, Nathan Trayner, Margaret Watkins, and Elizabeth T. Luman. “Community and health worker
perceptions and preferences regarding integration of other health services with routine immunizations: Four case
studies,” Journal of Infectious Diseases 205: S49-S55, 2012.
Patricia Richards, “Of Indians and Terrorists: How the State and Local Elites Construct the Mapuche in Neoliberal
Multicultural Chile,” in Journal of Latin American Studies 42:59-90, 2010.
Spanish translation available at: http://observatorio.cl/content/de-indios-y-terroristas-como-el-estado-ylas-elites-locales-construyen-el-sujeto-mapuche-en
Patricia Richards, “Bravas, Integradas, Obsoletas: Mapuche Women in the Chilean Print Media,” Gender & Society,
21(4): 553-578, 2007.
Yun-Joo Park and Patricia Richards, “Negotiating Neoliberal Multiculturalism: Mapuche Workers in the Chilean
State,” Social Forces, 85(3): 1319-1339, 2007. (Co-authored equally)
Patricia Richards, “The Politics of Difference and Women’s Rights: Lessons from Pobladoras and Mapuche Women
in Chile,” Social Politics pp. 1-29, Spring 2006.
Patricia Richards, “The Politics of Gender, Human Rights, and Being Indigenous in Chile,” in Gender & Society
19(2): 199-220, 2005
Spanish translation available at: http://observatorio.cl/content/politica-de-genero-derechos-humanos-y-serindigena-en-chile
Patricia Richards, “Expanding Women’s Citizenship? Mapuche Women and Chile’s National Women’s Service,” in
Latin American Perspectives 30(2): 41-65, 2003
Patricia Richards. “Reviving Social Rights in Latin America: The Potential Role of International Human Rights
Documents,” in Citizenship Studies. 4: 189-206, 2000
Other Essays and Book Chapters
Melissa Forbis and Patricia Richards, “Teoría y praxis de las mujeres indígenas: Descolonización y los límites de la
ciudadanía,” in Kyanq'ib'il Xu'j b'ix Kyanq'ib'il Qxe'chi, Tuwün Pu Zomo, Mujeres y Pueblos Originarios. Luchas y
Resistencias hacia la descolonización, Andrea Alvarez and Millaray Painemal, eds., Quito: Abya Yala, forthcoming.
Patricia Richards, “Multiculturalismo neoliberal. Nuevas categorías y formas de entender la ciudadanía y el mundo
indígena en el Chile contemporáneo,” in Políticas y construcciones disciplinarias del conflicto Mapuche en Chile, una
mirada desde la historia y las ciencias sociales, Claudio Barrientos, ed. Santiago, 2014.
Patricia Richards, “The Mapuche Movement, Allende, and the Contemporary Left,” in NACLA Report on the
Americas, 46(3): 34-38, 2013.
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Patricia Richards and Jeffrey A. Gardner, “Indigenous movements in Latin America," in The Blackwell Encyclopedia
of Social and Political Movements, David A. Snow, Donatella della Porta, Bert Klandermans and Doug McAdam, eds,
London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Millaray Painemal and Patricia Richards, "Transnacionalización, Derechos Humanos, y Mujeres Mapuche," in Justicia
y diversidad en tiempos de globalización. Victoria Chenaut, Magdalena Gómez, Héctor Ortiz y María Teresa Sierra,
eds. Mexico, DF: CIESAS/FLACSO-Ecuador, 2011. (Authors listed in alphabetical order)
Patricia Richards, “Mujer Mapuche, Políticas Públicas y Derechos Humanos en el Sexenio de Lagos,” pp. 333-361 in
El Gobierno de Lagos, los pueblos indígenas y el ‘nuevo trato’: Las paradojas de la democracia chilena. Nancy Yánez
and Jose Aylwin, eds. Santiago: LOM, 2007.
Patricia Richards, “A Feminist Sociologist’s Reflections on Collaborative Research,” in LASA Forum 37(4):16-18.
2006.
Patricia Richards, “Las Demandas de las Mujeres Indígenas: Impresiones Comparativas EEUU y Chile” pp. 211-217 in
Derechos Humanos y Pueblos Indígenas: Tendencias Internacionales y Contexto Chileno. José Aylwin, ed. Temuco,
Chile: IWGIA/WALIR/Instituto de Estudios Indígenas (Universidad de la Frontera), 2005.
Patricia Richards, “Expandir el concepto de la ciudadanía de las mujeres: La visión de pueblo y la representación de las
mujeres Mapuche en Sernam,” pp. 267-297 in Impactos y desafíos de las crisis internacionales. Chile 2001-2002.
Santiago de Chile: FLACSO-Chile, 2002.
Mark Harvey, Gene F. Summers, Kathleen Pickering and Patricia Richards. “The Short Term Impacts of Welfare
Reform in Persistently Poor Rural Areas,” pp. 375-409 in Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform: Welfare, Food
Assistance and Poverty in Rural America. Bruce A. Weber, Greg J. Duncan and Leslie A. Whitener, eds.
Kalamazoo: Upjohn, 2002.
Antonio Ugalde and Patricia L. Richards. “Sociology of Mexico,” in Handbook of Latin American Studies: No. 57.
Katherine D. McCann, ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000.
Antonio Ugalde, Anthony Zwi, and Patricia L. Richards. “Health Consequences of War and Political Violence,” in
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict. Vol. 2. L. Kurtz, ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999.
Anthony Zwi, Antonio Ugalde, and Patricia L. Richards. “The Effects of War and Political Violence on Health
Services,” in Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict. Vol. 1. L. Kurtz, ed. San Diego: Academic Press,
1999.
Book Reviews and Review Essays
The Mapuche in Modern Chile: A Cultural History by Joanna Crow. In Bulletin of Latin American Research, 34(2):
257-259, 2015
Policing Protest in Argentina and Chile by Michelle D. Bonner. In Latin American Politics and Society, 56(4):177178, 2014
Neoliberalism’s Fractured Showcase: Another Chile is Possible, edited by Ximena de la Barra. In Contemporary
Sociology, 42(5): 737-739, 2013.
Countering Development: Indigenous Modernity and the Moral Imagination by David D. Gow. In Journal of Latin
American Studies, 41: 608-609, 2009.
Neoliberal Economics, Democratic Transition, and Mapuche Demands for Rights in Chile by Diane Haughney. In
Journal of Latin American Studies, 39: 891-892, 2007.
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“History, Politics, and the Mapuche People in Southern Chile,” (Review essay covering Courage Tastes of Blood:
The Mapuche Community of Nicolás Ailío and the Chilean State, 1906-2001 by Florencia E. Mallon and Neoliberal
Economics, Democratic Transition, and Mapuche Demands for Rights in Chile by Diane Haughney. In Latin
American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 2(2): 213-216, 2007.
Women and Politics in Chile by Susan Franceschet. In Canadian Journal of Political Science, 40(3): 30-31, 2007.
Separate Roads to Feminism by Benita Roth. In Gender & Society, 19(6):866-867, 2005.
“New Readings on Women’s Movements and Women’s Rights in Latin America: A Review Essay.” In Latin
American Politics and Society, 45(2): 159-170. 2003.
Why Women Protest by Lisa Baldez. In Political Studies Review, 1(2). 2003.
Women and the State in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua by Cynthia Chavez Metoyer. In Latin American Politics and
Society. 44(1): 192-196. 2002.
Interviews
“Mapuches en Chile: Entre el ‘indio permitido’ y el ‘indio insurrecto,’” interview conducted by Wladimir Painemal
for Azkintuwe newspaper, Temuco, Gulumapu (Chile), August 19, 2009. Available:
http://www.azkintuwe.org/agosto191.htm
Web Resources
Julie Shayne, Meika Loe, Jennifer Reich, Laura Carpenter, and Patricia Richards. “Turning Your Dissertation into a
Book: A Handy Guide from First-Time Authors,” available at Sociologists for Women in Society website:
http://www.socwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sws_dissertation-to-book.pdf
Patricia Richards, “State-Driven Participation and Social Exclusion: Two Cases from Chile,” Participation and its
Discontents (blog published in collaboration with the ASA’s Political Sociology Section), July 24, 2014.
REVISE AND RESUBMIT
Melissa Forbis and Patricia Richards, "Re-centering Knowledge Production: Indigenous Women's Theorizing,
Decolonization, and the Confines of Citizenship"
Jeffrey A. Gardner and Patricia Richards, “The Spatiality of Boundary Work: Political-Administrative Borders and
Maya-Mam Collective Identification” (resubmitted)
UNDER REVIEW
Danielle S. Berke, Jessica L. Maples-Keller, Kendra Davis Becker and Patricia Richards, "Development of an
Intersectional and Values-Based Approach to Affirmative LGBT Psychotherapy"
Becca Hanson and Patricia Richards, Sexual Harassment and the Construction of Ethnographic Knowledge.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts Distinguished Artist/Lecturer Award, UGA, Oct 2015 ($1500 to bring
Patti Giuffre)
"Doctoral Dissertation Research: Understanding Inequalities in Response to Disaster Recovery,” PI for Ashleigh
McKenzie, National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award in Sociology, April 15, 2015 March 31, 2016, ($12,000)
Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Research Fellowship, University of Georgia, 2013-2014 (2 course releases)
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Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Faculty Research Grant, University of Georgia, 2013, ($5,575)
President’s Venture Fund, University of Georgia, 2013 ($2000)
Exposition Foundation Grant, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, University of Georgia, Spring 2009
($1,500)
Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Faculty Seminar Grant, University of Georgia, 2008-2009 ($2,000)
UGA Applied Instructional Technologies Grant, University of Georgia, 2006-2007 (With Linda Grant and Belisa
Gonzalez)
Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Faculty Seminar Grant, University of Georgia, 2006-2007 ($2,000)
Faculty Research Grant, University of Georgia, 2006 ($2,500)
CHA Research Fellowship, University of Georgia, 2005 (2 course releases in Spring 2006)
Faculty Research Grant, University of Georgia, 2005 ($6,200)
Center for Humanities and Arts Department-Invited Lecturer Grant, University of Georgia, 2004 ($600)
Sarah Moss Fellowship for Young Faculty, University of Georgia, 2003 ($4,200)
Center for Humanities and Arts Book Subvention Fund, University of Georgia, 2003 ($1,500)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Latin American Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1996-Spring 2002
(Tuition, Stipend, and Research Expenses)
Women’s Studies Dissertation Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2001
Ford Area Studies Grant, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Summer 1999
INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES
“Race and the Chilean Miracle: Neoliberalism, Democracy, and Indigenous Rights,” University of Kentucky,
Department of Sociology, April 13, 2015
“Sexual Harassment in the Field,” Urban Ethnography Lab, University of Texas at Austin, September 19, 2014.
“Democracia Participativa: Casos de Chile,” debate/discussion of Loic Blondiaux’s “Nuevo Espiritu de la
Democracia,” Alliance Francaise, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 5, 2014.
“Aún en busca de reconocimiento: Las demandas mapuches, violencia estatal, y discriminación en el Chile
democrático,” Foro Urgente: La democracia en juicio: Derechos Mapuche y gobernabilidad democrática en Chile y
Argentina, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, February 6,
2011
"Talking Culture: The Everyday Politics of Indigenous Policy in Chile," Croft Institute for International Studies,
University of Mississippi, October 5, 2009
“Multiculturalismo, violencia y discriminación: Cómo el estado y las elites locales construyen al sujeto Mapuche en
Chile,” Universidad Católica de Temuco, Escuela de Antropología, August 7, 2009.
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“Indians or Terrorists: How Chilean Elites Define Indigenous People in the Global Economy,” University of Texas
at Austin, Department of Sociology/LLILAS, March 31, 2008
"Good women and bad Indians: Constructing and resisting the gendered Mapuche subject in post-dictatorship
Chile,” Ohio State University, Women in Development Program, May 9, 2007.
“Women, Dictatorship, and Democracy in Chile,” Emory University. Nov. 15, 2005.
“Cross-Cultural Research, Local/Global Conflict, and Solidarity Building (an informal discussion on
methodology).” Emory University. November 15, 2005.
“Expandir el concepto de la ciudadanía de las mujeres: La visión de pueblo y la representación de las mujeres
Mapuche en Sernam.” Servicio Nacional de la Mujer. Santiago de Chile. August 9, 2001.
“Derechos culturales o derechos de la mujer: una mirada a la representación de las mujeres Mapuche en Sernam.”
Instituto de Estudios Indígenas, Universidad de la Frontera. Temuco, Chile. August 1, 2001.
SELECTED ON-CAMPUS TALKS
“A Discussion of Race and the Chilean Miracle,” UGA Institute for Women’s Studies, April 11, 2014
“Gender Mapping,” UGA LGBT Resource Center, October 4, 2012
“Democracy, State Violence, and Indigenous Rights in Southern Chile,” UGA Department of Geography, Dec 2,
2011
“The Politics of Gender, Human Rights and being Indigenous in Chile,” Students for Latin@ Empowerment, UGA,
March 31, 2005
“The Politics of Gender, Human Rights and being Indigenous in Chile,” Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies, UGA (joint presentation with Millaray Painemal), Oct 14, 2004
“Women and Globalization,” Athens Global Justice Collective, April 21, 2003
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"The Spatiality of Boundary Work: Geopolitical Borders and Maya-Mam Collective Identification," American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 22-25, 2015, Chicago (with Jeffrey A. Gardner; Gardner presented)
“Sexual Harassment and the Construction of Ethnographic Knowledge,” American Sociological Association Annual
Meeting, August 22-25, 2015, Chicago (with Becca Hanson; Hanson presented)
“Trust, Intimacy, and Sexual Harassment: What doing "good" qualitative research means for women in the field,”
Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, February 19-22, 2015, Washington DC (with Becca Hanson;
Hanson presented)
“Decolonizing Feminisms: Indigenous Women’s Praxis and Thinking Beyond Citizenship," National Women’s Studies
Association Annual Conference, November 13-16, 2014, San Juan, Puerto Rico (with Melissa Forbis).
Invited panelist, “Theorizing Transnational Processes,” Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, NC, April 2-5, 2014.
“Teoría y praxis de las mujeres indígenas: Descolonización y los límites de la ciudadanía,” Primer Congreso
Internacional, Los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina (CIPIAL), October 28-31, 2013, Oaxaca, Mexico (with
Melissa Forbis).
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“The Mapuche Movement and Popular Discontent with Chilean Democracy,” XXXI International Congress of the
Latin American Studies Association, May 29-June 1, 2013, Washington, DC.
“Comments on Ta iñ fijke xipa rakizuameluwün. Historia, colonialismo y resistencia desde el país Mapuche,” XXXI
International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, May 29-June 1, 2013, Washington, DC.
“Indigenous Women and the Law,” comments prepared for pre-conference of Latin American Studies Association
Sexualities and Gender and Feminist Studies sections, “Gender, Sexuality, and Struggles for Justice in Latin America:
Legal, Political, and Social Dimensions,” May 29, 2013, American University Washington College of Law,
Washington DC.
“Modernity/coloniality and conflicts over indigenous rights in the Chilean south,” International Sociological
Association Forum, August 1-4, 2012, Buenos Aires.
“Law, Legitimacy and Epistemic Privilege: Conflicts over Indigenous Rights in the Chilean South,” XXX International
Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, May 23-26, 2012, San Francisco.
“Conflicts over indigenous rights, territory, and racism in the Chilean South,” American Society for Environmental
History conference, March 28-31, 2012, Madison, WI.
“Multiculturalismo neoliberal. Nuevas categorías y formas de entender la ciudadanía y el mundo indígena en el Chile
contemporáneo,” XIX Jornadas de Historia de Chile, November 8-11, 2011, Santiago.
Invited panelist, “Indigenous Rights, Social Conflict, and State Violence in Southern Chile,” Thematic Session on
Conflict, Citizenship, and Development in Latin America, 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Association, Las Vegas, Aug 20-23, 2011.
Invited panelist, “Multiple Exclusions: Indigenous Women under the Concertación in Chile,” Thematic Session on
Pinking Latin American Politics: Feminism and the Left, 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Association, Las Vegas, Aug 20-23, 2011.
“Integration of a Safe Water and Hygiene Program with Routine Childhood Immunization Services: Design Strategies
and Lessons Learned from a Mixed Method Evaluation of a 1-Year Pilot Project at 18 Health Facilities in Nyanza
Province, Kenya," American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, November 10-13, 2010 (With
Karen Schlanger, Tove Ryman, Margaret Watkins, B. Otieno, and Cliff Ochieng; Schlanger presented).
“The Cultural Politics of Interculturality,” XXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association,
Toronto, Oct 6-9, 2010.
“Beyond Citizenship: Culture, Politics, and Mapuche Articulations of Autonomy,” 105th Annual Meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Aug 14-17, 2010.
"Re-centering Knowledge Production: Indigenous Women's Theorizing and the Confines of Citizenship," at Beyond
Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging Conference, Birkbeck, University of London, June 30July 2, 2010 (With Melissa Forbis; Forbis Presented)
“Democracia, Derechos Humanos, y Mujeres Mapuche,” XXVII International Congress of the Latin American
Studies Association, Montreal, Sept 5-8, 2007 (with Millaray Painemal)
“From Indian to Terrorist: Racism, Nationalism, and Conflicts over Indigenous Rights in Chile,” 102nd Annual
Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, Aug 11-14, 2007.
“Transnacionalización, derechos humanos, y mujeres mapuches,” Red Latinoamericana de Antropología Jurídica,
Oaxtepec, Mexico, Oct 16-20, 2006.
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“Turning Your Dissertation into a Book,” (panel discussion), Sociologists for Women in Society Summer Meeting,
Montreal, Canada, August 11-14, 2006.
“Mujeres Bravas, Mujeres Emprendedoras: Media Representations of Mapuche Women in the Context of Ethnic
Conflict in Chile,” Latin American Studies Association XXVI International Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March
15-18, 2006.
“Negotiating Neoliberal Multiculturalism: Mapuche Workers in the Chilean State” (with Yun-Joo Park). 100th
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, August 12-15, 2005.
“Change and Continuity in Mapuche Women’s Activism in Chile,” Latin American Studies Association XXV
International Congress, Las Vegas, NV, October 7-9, 2004.
“What are they doing there? An Ethnographic Study of Mapuche Public Employees in Chile” (jointly presented with
Yun Joo Park), Latin American Studies Association XXV International Congress, Las Vegas, NV, October 7-9,
2004.
“The Politics of Gender, Human Rights, and Being Indigenous in Chile.” 99th Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 14-17, 2004
“The Perils of Participation: Conflicts over the Representation of Poor Urban Women’s Priorities in the Chilean
State.” 98th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA. August 16-19, 2003.
“Las Demandas de las Mujeres Indígenas: Impresiones Comparativas (Estados Unidos y Chile).” International
Seminar on Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples: International Tendencies and Local Realities hosted by Instituto
de Estudios Indígenas, Temuco, Chile. July 20-22, 2003.
“Women’s Rights or Indigenous Rights? Conflicts over Citizenship in Chile.” Latin American Studies Association
XXIV International Congress. Dallas, TX. March 27-29, 2003.
“Indigenous Rights in the Balance: The Mapuche Struggle for Cultural Recognition and National Development in
Chile.” Regular Session on Indigenous Peoples. 97th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association,
Chicago, August 2002.
“Expanding Notions of Women’s Citizenship? The Representation of Mapuche and Pobladora Women in Chile’s
National Women’s Service.” Latin American Studies Association XXIII International Congress. Washington, DC.
September 6-8, 2001.
“Identidades indígenas y de género en mujeres mapuches y la formación de demandas hacia el estado.” Jornada
FLACSO 2001. Santiago de Chile. January 12, 2001.
“The Representation of Women in the Chilean State: Exploring Differences on the Basis of Class, Ethnicity, and
Region.” Latin American Studies Association XXII International Congress. Miami, Florida. March 16-18, 2000.
"The Short-Term Impacts of Welfare Reform in Persistently Poor Rural Areas." Mark Harvey, Gene F. Summers,
Kathleen Pickering, and Patricia Richards. Joint Center for Poverty Research and U.S. Department of Agriculture
Conference on the Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform. Washington D.C. May 2000.
“Women’s Interests and the Chilean State: Renegotiating the Meaning(s) of Citizenship?” Institute of Latin
American Studies Workshop. UT-Austin. October 6, 1999.
“Welfare Reform on the Border: A Case Study of Maverick and Starr Counties, Texas.” Mark Harvey, Patricia
Richards, and Kelly Goran. Rural Sociological Society 62nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 4-8, 1999.
(Harvey presented.)
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“Finding the Loma Santa: NGOs as Promoters of Civil Society in Bolivia.” XIX Annual Institute of Latin American
Studies Student Association Conference on Latin America. Austin, TX, February, 1999.
“Reviving Social Rights in Latin America: The Potential Role of International Human Rights Documents.” Latin
American Studies Association XXI International Congress, Chicago, IL, September, 1998.
“Social Capital, Networks, Popular Organizations, and Urban Poverty: A Research Note.” Patricia Richards and
Bryan Roberts. Seminar on Urban Poverty sponsored by ALOP and the World Bank, Rio de Janeiro, May 14-16,
1998.
“Finding the Loma Santa: Civil Society and NGOs in Bolivia.” Mellon Conference of Latin American Sociology.
Berkeley, CA, February, 1998.
CONFERENCE-RELATED SERVICE
Session Chair and Presider, Transnational Communities, Borders, and Social Boundaries, American Sociological
Association Annual Meeting, August 22-25, 2015, Chicago
Panel Co-organizer, Trust, Intimacy, and Sexual Harassment: What doing "good" qualitative research means for
women in the field, Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, February 19-22, 2015, Washington DC.
Moderator, “Indigenous Feminisms Hemispherically,” Feminist Constellations: Intercultural Paradigms in the
Americas, New York University, April 12-13, 2013, New York.
Discussant, “Movimientos de mujeres indigenas, interculturalidad y descolonizacion,” XXX International Congress
of the Latin American Studies Association, May 23-26, 2012, San Francisco.
Discussant, “Violencia, Gobernabilidad y las Nuevas Conformaciones del Estado en Regiones Indígenas,” XXIX
International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, Oct 6-9, 2010.
Session Co-organizer, “War, Empire, Gender, and Labor. Panel of the Transnational Caucus on Gender and
Sexuality,” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, Aug 1-4, 2008.
Session Organizer and Chair, “Indigenous Movements, Autonomy, and the Latin American Neoliberal State,”
Native American and Indigenous Studies Conference, University of Georgia, April 10-12, 2008.
Discussant, “Saberes e intelectuales indígenas: ¿Existe un feminismo indígena?” XXVII International Congress of
the Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, Sept 5-8, 2007.
Session Organizer, Indigenous Women and the Politics of Gender. Latin American Studies Association XXV
International Congress, Las Vegas, NV, October 7-9, 2004
Discussant, Pueblos Indígenas y sus Perspectivas Políticas ante el Estado Neoliberal. Conference Cosponsored by
the Center for Latin American Social Policy and the Taller de Historia Oral Andina, La Paz, Bolivia, July 22-24,
2004
Chair and Discussant, Political Representation in Latin American Democracies: Comparative Perspectives on
Women in Politics. Latin American Studies Association XXIV International Congress, Dallas, March 27, 2003
Discussant, Making Democracy Work in Latin America: Social Policy and Rights. Mellon Program in Latin
American Sociology Annual Workshop in conjunction with Center for Latin American Social Policy. University of
Texas at Austin, February 28, 2002
Discussant, Indigenous Movements in Bolivia. Workshop: Los Movimientos por los Derechos Culturales Ante la
Descentralización del Estado, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, April 25, 2001
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Rapporteur, Research Workshop on Rising Violence and the Criminal Justice Response in Latin America, Institute
of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, May 6-9, 1999
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer, FONDECYT (initiative of the National Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), Chile, Fall
2015
Reviewer, National Humanities Center Fellowship, Fall 2011, Fall 2014, Fall 2015
SSSP Global Division Book Award Committee, 2015
Mentor, Big Ideas@Berkeley, Blum Center for Developing Economies (University of California), 2015. Project
title: “Kuy Kuitin: Mitigating Indigenous Conflicts Through Education in Chile;” team members: Cristobal
Madero, Daniel Cano; project was funded
Ad hoc Grant Proposal Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2012External thesis committee member, FLACSO-Ecuador, 2012-2013
External Promotions Reviews: St. John’s University, University at Buffalo
Peer Review Panelist, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Competition, Fall 2009
External (On-Campus) Reviewer, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Memphis, Spring 2009
Elected Member, Nominations Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society. 2009-2010 (2-year term)
Host Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, 2008-2009
Distinguished Book Award Committee, ASA Sex and Gender Section, 2008-2009
Otros Saberes Selection Committee, Latin American Studies Association, Sept 2007- June 2008
Distinguished Article Award Committee, ASA Sex and Gender Section, 2007
Co-Chair, Caucus on Transnational Approaches to Gender and Sexuality, Sex and Gender Section, American
Sociological Association, 2005-2007.
Member, International Committee and Scholarship & Human Rights Committee, Sociologists for Women in
Society, 2005-2007
Co-founder, Latin American Forum, University of Texas at Austin, 1997
Sociology Representative, Graduate Student Assembly, University of Texas at Austin, 1996-1997
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
University of Georgia, Department of Sociology
Chair of search committee for joint position in LACSI & Sociology, 2014, 2015
Executive Committee, 2014-2015
Graduate Program Committee, Spring 2009; Fall 2010-Fall 2011; Fall 2014-Spring 2015
Post Tenure Review Committee, 2009, 2012, 2015
Compensation Committee, Spring 2014
Third Year Review Committee, Spring 2014
Search Committee for Joint Position in LACSI and Sociology, 2010-2011
Undergraduate Program Committee 2006-2007
Colloquium Committee, 2006-2007
Co-Organizer, Culture, Power and History Workshop, University of Georgia, 2005-2006
Academic Program Committee, 2003-2005
Search Committee for Joint Position in Sociology and African American Studies, 2002
University of Georgia, Institute for Women’s Studies
Graduate Coordinator, 2006-2008 (duties shared); 2008-2010, 2011-2012, 2015Curriculum Committee, 2002-2004, 2009-2012, 2015Search Committee for joint position with psychology, 2012-2013
Organizer, Feminisms, Nationalisms, Transnationalisms Workshop, Fall 2006-Spring 2010
Women and Girls in Georgia Conference Organizing Committee, Fall 2007, Fall 2008
Search Committee for Franklin Fellow Spring 2007
Search Committee for Open Joint Position 2006-2007
Institute Director Search Committee, 2005-2006
Student Symposium Committee 2004-2007 (Co-chair, 2005-06; Chair 2006-07)
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OTHER UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University Council Promotion and Tenure Appeals Committee, July 2016Franklin College Senator, University of Georgia, Fall 2009-Fall 2014
Faculty Mentor, Lilly Teaching Fellows Program, University of Georgia, 2009-2010
President's Faculty Advisory Committee, University of Georgia, Fall 2008-Spring 2011
Institute of Native American Studies, University of Georgia
Steering Committee, Fall 2009- present
Host Committee, Native American and Indigenous Studies Conference, 2007-2008
Undergraduate Paper Competition Judge, Fall 2005
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, University of Georgia
Director of Academic Programs, Spring 2015FLAS Applicant Evaluator, Spring 2015
Search Committee for Institute Director, 2011-2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Georgia, 2002-present
Department of Sociology Undergraduate Courses: Sociology in Film; Global Perspectives on Gender;
Sociology of Gender; Latin American Society
Department of Sociology Graduate Courses: Qualitative Methods; Global Pers. on Gender; Social Movements
Institute for Women’s Studies Undergraduate Courses: Introduction to Women’s Studies (Regular & Honors);
International Perspectives on Women and Gender; Understanding Research in Women’s Studies; Senior
Seminar: Theory and Practice
Institute for Women’s Studies Graduate Courses: Feminist Research Methods
CURO (Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities) Faculty Research Mentor, 2006 (summer, resulting
in honors thesis); 2013 (spring semester)
UGA in Paris, Maymester 2008 & 2009
UGA in Costa Rica, Spring 2013
Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, 1996-1999 (Sociological Theory, Sociology of Gender,
Introduction to the Study of Society
First and Second Grade, Public School 28, New York, New York, 1994-1996
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Editorial Board Member, Qualitative Sociology, August 2014Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journals: American Sociological Review, Current Perspectives on Social Theory, Ethnohistory,
Feminist Studies, Gender & Society, Global South, International Politics, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography,
Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Journal of Latin American Studies, Mobilization, Latin
American and Caribbean Anthropological Review, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, Latin American
Politics and Society, Latin American Research Review, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, PoLAR: The Political and
Legal Anthropology Review, Politics & Gender, Qualitative Sociology, Social Forces, Social Problems, Social
Psychology Quarterly, Sociology Quarterly, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, University of Texas Student
Journal of Latin American Studies, Women, Politics, and Policy, Women’s Studies International Forum
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Book Manuscripts: Oxford University Press, Rutgers University Press
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association (sections: Global and Transnational Sociology; Race, Gender, Class;
Development); Latin American Studies Association (section: Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples); Society for
the Study of Social Problems (division: global); Sociologists for Women in Society
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LANGUAGES
Spanish (near-native fluency)
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