Curriculum Vitae
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Latin American History & Women's Studies, University of Rhode Island, Fall 1993- present
Multicultural Center Faculty Fellow, 1998-99, 1999-2000
Teaching and Technology Fellow, University of Rhode Island, 1997-98
Teaching Fellow, University of Rhode Island, September 1995-May 1996
Instructor, Colonial Latin American History, Santa Monica College, Spring 1991
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:
CHAPTERS
"Todos Vuelven: From UCLA to Potrero Hill," in_This Fine Place So Far From Home: Voices of Working Class Academics_ (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995)
"Sharing Power," in _Identity Politics and the Women's Movement_ edited by Barbara E. Ryan (Widener University), (New York: New York University Press, Forthcoming) IN PRESS.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES
"Cuba," "The Caribbean," and "The Closet" in The Encyclopedia of Lesbianism, Bonnie Zimmerman, ed. (NY: Garland Publishing Company, IN PRESS)
NON-REFEREED ARTICLES IN MAINSTREAM JOURNALS
"Good-Bye to All That," review of Out of the Barrio by Linda Chavez in The Nation, March 30, 1992
ARTICLES UNDER CONSIDERATION:
"Organizing for Women’s Equality: the Pan American Conference of 1928," Under consideration at Women and Culture
"Carpe Diem: Alva Belmont, Doris Stevens and Alice Paul: Catalysts for Change in the International Movement for Women’s Equality" Under consideration at Signs
*"Barbara Jordan, E. Bradford Burns & Me" Under consideration at College Teaching, Heldref Publications, Helen Dwight Reid Education Foundation, 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036-1802 (Also published on the Women's Studies List on the Internet: Send a message to <LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU>that says GET COME_OUT ISSUES
"Teaching Testimonio" Under consideration at Transformations: The New Jersey Project Journal, The New Jersey Project, White Hall 315, William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ 07470
"Trumping Rigoberta Menchú: Mythology and Truth" Under consideration at Latin American Perspectives
"The Invisible Cast No Shadows" under consideration for inclusion in an anthology on Hispanic and U.S. Latina Texts edited by Lourdes Torres (University of Kentucky).
"Latinos in a Black and White Discourse" under consideration for inclusion in the new edition of This Bridge Called my Back entitled This Bridge, 20 Years Later edited by Ana Louise Keating, DePauw University.
NEWSPAPER & NEWSLETTER ITEMS
Letter to the editor, "Dirk Bogarde’s real private life" Providence Journal-Bulletin, May 31, 1999
"Left His Past But Not His Soul Behind," Providence Journal-Bulletin, February 7, 1997 "Filling the chasm of spiritual longing: a review of The Book of Blessings," The Jewish Voice of RI, September 1997
PAPERS READ AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
["Proposed" indicates that a paper has been proposed but not yet accepted.
"Scheduled" indicates that a paper has been accepted."]
"The Scent of Sawdust: A Personal Look at Teaching Testimonio" XXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, March 16-18, 2000, Miami, FL. (Scheduled)
"Mexico in the 1930s," November 12, 1999, URI Symposium on Silvestre Revueltas, led by Professor Geoffrey Gibbs, URI Dept. Of Music
"Visible Differences, Inaudible Dialogue: Recruiting and Retaining Students and Faculty," Panelist for Southern New England Consortium on Race Ethnicity (SNECORE) Fall Forum, October 23, 1999, Wheaton College, Norton Massachusetts
"Voces de la generacion de 1932," V Congreso Centroamericano de Historia, July 18-21, 2000, Instituto de Estudios Historicos, Antropologicos y Arqueolgicos, Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador (Proposed)
"Alva Belmont, Lady of Newport and Force for Women’s Equality" July 27, 1999, Newport Historical Society Special Lecture
"Organizing for Women’s Equality: The Pan American Conference of 1928," XXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, September 24-26, 1998. Chicago, IL.
"The Ricky Ricardo Syndrome: Samba Latina at a Black and White Dance"
Latina Visions for Transforming the Americas, The Seventh Annual Women's Studies Conference at Southern Connecticut State University, October 3-5, 1997.
"Teaching Testimonio as Art and History" New England Historical Association, Fall Conference, University of Connecticut at Storrs, October 18, 1997.
*"Bearing Witness, Baring Souls," XX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, April 16-20, 1997, Guadalajara, Mexico.
"Barbara Jordan, E. Bradford Burns & Me," Setting Out: URI's Annual Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Studies Symposium, April 10-12, 1996.
"The Invisible Cast No Shadows: The Lesbian Novel in Mexico," Setting Out: URI's First Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Studies Symposium, March 30-31, 1995.
SCHOLARLY CRITICISM:
Commentator, Panel: "The Janus Faces of Liberalism in the America: Democracy, Race and Notions of Progress in the United States, Guatemala, and Mexico in the Mid- Nineteenth Century," American Historical Association Conference, January 5-8, 1995.
Chair and commentator, Panel on Gay and Lesbian Latin American History, American Historical Association Conference, January 2-6, 1994.
OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Guest Editor for "Bridges, the Feminist Jewish Journal," Special Issue on Writing and Art by Jewish Women of Color
Peer Reviewer for "Journal of Women’s History," c/o Department of History, The Ohio State University, 230 W. 17th St., Columbus, OH 43210-1367
VISITING SCHOLAR
"The Politics of Jewish Feminism," University of New Hampshire, February 2000, Lecture (Scheduled)
Scholar-in-Residence, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, April 28-May 2, 1997: "Organizing for Change" "Balancing Multiple Identities in an Intolerant World" "Watching the Brass Ring Slip from View; Mentoring Women in the 1990s"
"Coming Out in Public Life," University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Visiting Scholar-Brown Bag Lunch Series, April 25, 1996.
OTHER SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS: (not at professional meetings):
"Feminism and Feminist Politics in America," sponsored by URI Dept. of History & Women's Studies Program. Fourth in the Lecture Series, "Outsiders Within: Subordinate Peoples in Dominant Societies (with Dana Shugar, Department of English and author Margaret Randall). April 21, 1994
Debate (with Thomas Morin, Department of Modern Languages): "Machismo: Myth or Reality" for the Latin American Students Association "Awareness Days," November 1994
Panelist: "Hispanism in Rhode Island" for "La Feria del Libro": Colloquium on Hispanic Presence in the United States," University of Rhode Island, November 1-5, 1994
URI Women's Leadership Summit, April 1995
Keynote speaker, "Women's Networking and Mentoring Relationships as Valuable Tools." Discussion co-leader, "Women's Ways of Leading: Personal Power, Public Presence"
Women’s Leadership Conference at URI, November 18, 1999, Speaker
SERVICE TO URI:
University-wide: Affirmative Action Committee, 1994-97
Committee to Eliminate Heterosexism and Homophobia (standing
committee of the Affirmative Action Committee) 1993-
UNH/URI Exchange Committee, 1994-95
URI Commencement, participant for A & S, 1993-7
URI Commencement, marshal, 1998
Convocation, University Chorus, 1998
Faculty Senate: Library Committee, 1997-99
Library Committee, 1999-2001
History Department: Search Committees, 1994-95; 1995-96; 1999-2000
Multicultural Center: Unity Weekend, 1995
Diversity Week Workshop coordinator, 1997-98; 1998-99
Multicultural Faculty Fellow, 1998-99
Multicultural Faculty Fellow, 1999-2000
Women’s Studies Program:
Affiliated Membership, 1998-2000
Joint Appointment, 1993-8
Eleanor Carlson Scholarship Committee, 1993-8
Farnes Scholarship Committee, 1996-7
Member, Organizing Committee, Susan Love Honorary Doctorate, September 1997
Organizer, Bella Abzug Memorial, 1998
Member, Book Committee, 1995-96, 1996-97
URI/AAUP: Executive Committee Member, 1994-5; 1996-98
Grievance Committee Member, 1997-present
Mary Ellen Reilly Scholarship Committee, 1994-5, 1995-6, 1996-7, 1997-8
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE OUTSIDE OF URI:
·Bnot Esh, Jewish Feminist Collective: E-mail list manager;
·Coordinator, International Conference on Judaism and Feminist (planned for 2001);
since 1996
·Member, Advisory Committee for WMST-L (Women's Studies Internet List; 4000+ members)
·American Association of University Professors (AAUP) (National) Committee L on the Historically Black Institutions and the Status of Minorities in the Academic Profession: Member since 1996
·Latin American Studies Association (LASA): Member, since 1988
·Member, Cuba Section, LASA, since 1998
·Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Section of the Latin American Studies Association: Secretary, 1996-98
·American Historical Association: Member, since 1988
·Council on Latin American History: Member since 1988
·Conference on Latin American History (AHA Affiliated Society), since 1988
·Committee on Gay and Lesbian History (AHA Affiliated Society), since 1988
·Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession/
Conference Group on Women's History (AHA Affiliated Society), since 1988
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
American Historical Association
Conference on Latin American History (AHA Affiliated Society)
Committee on Gay and Lesbian History (AHA Affiliated Society)
Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession/Conference Group on Women's History (AHA Affiliated Society)
Latin American Studies Association
Women's Studies List (Internet)
Central America List (Internet)
Bridges, Jewish Women's List (Internet)
EDUCATION
University of California at Los Angeles, Ph.D., Latin American History, January 1998
Advanced to Candidacy for the Ph.D., June 1991
M.A., Latin American History, 1989
People's College of Law, Los Angeles: J.D., 1984
University of San Francisco: B.A., Philosophy, 1976
DISSERTATION TOPIC: "Flowers Without Rain: International Diplomacy and Equality for Women in the Americas" Advisors: Professors Jose Moya and Ellen DuBois (until his death in December, 1995, the late E. Bradford Burns chaired my committee)
GRADUATE SCHOOL:
ACADEMIC HONORS
Schlesinger Library Dissertation Fellowship, Radcliffe College, 1992-1993
Ortega Dissertation Year Fellowship, 1992-1993
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, 1991-92
Title VI Fellowship for the Study of Portuguese, UCLA Latin American Center Fellowships, Summer 1990
Participant, Ford Ethnic/Women's Curriculum Transformation Project, Spring 1990
Minority Graduate Research Fellowship, 1989-90
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, 1988-89
American Business Women's Association Grant, University of San Francisco, 1974
TEACHING:
Teaching Assistantship, Latin American History, 1990-91
Teaching Assistantship, Latin American History, 1989-90
From Fall 1989 through Spring 1991, I was a teaching associate for classes in modern Latin American history including the survey of Latin American history taught by Professor E. Bradford Burns; Latin American Social History through film, taught by Jose Moya; Central American history taught by Julio Pino (now at Kent State University); and Mexican history taught by David Lorey.
UCLA Center for the Study of Women Research Assistantship, 1989. During the 1989 academic year, I served as a research assistant for Ellen DuBois
Teaching Assistantship, Freshman Summer Program of the Academic Advancement Program: Women's Studies, 1989. During the summer FSP, I was a teaching assistant in the Introduction to Women's Studies. The FSP is a special program to help new first-year students integration into the university community and to strengthen their study skills. The overwhelming majority of students are from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Teaching Assistantship, Women's Studies Program, 1988. I was a teaching assistant in the Introduction to Women's Studies for Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow.
OTHER HONORS
Columnist of the Year Award, 1989-90, The Daily Bruin
Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession/ Conference Group on Women's History (CCWHP/CCWH), an affiliate of The American Historical Association, Graduate Student Representative, 1991-1993 (presidential appointment)
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Women, 1992-93
UCLA Campus Environment for Diversity Task Force, 1990-91 (Report available)
Center for the Study of Women Graduate Program Committee, 1989-91
Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, 1989-90
OTHER
Contributor, The Nation
The Daily Bruin (UCLA campus newspaper), Columnist, 1989-91
PRESENTATIONS
Guest Lecturer, Amherst College, Massachusetts, Fall 1992
"Flowers Without Rain," panelist, Western Association of Women Historians conference, June 1992
"Multiculturalism: A Conversation. Political Correctness, Affirmative Action, Hate Speech, and Cultural Reform," panelist, American Studies Program,UCLA, February 6, 1992
"Women's Rights and International Diplomacy," International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, September 1992
History Dissertations in Progress, panelist, Western Association of Women Historians Conference XXII, Asilomar, 1991.
"The Woman T.A.," workshop leader, 1991-1992 Teaching Assistant Training Conference, September 1991
"The Woman T.A.," workshop leader, 1990-1991 Teaching Assistant Training Conference, September 1990
"Life is Action and Passion," panelist, Conference on Activism, UCLA Law School, 1987 No on 64 Campaign (LaRouche AIDS Initiative): Debate with Rep. William Dannemeyer at UCLA Law School, November 1986
"The Military Budget and Human Services" Jewish Community Centers Women's Retreat, Malibu, speaker, June 1988
"Racism and Anti-Semitism in the Women's Movement," speaker, Committee to Combat Racism presentation to NOW's annual meeting of State Coordinators, Nashville, Tennessee, February 1988.
"Women and the Constitution," speaker, Creative Options Day, California Lutheran College, March 1988
"Women of Color in the Feminist Movement" workshop leader and Coordinator,
National NOW Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA., July 1987
"The Invisibility of Women of Color in White Feminist Discourse," panelist;"Women and the Military Budget," panelist, California NOW Annual Conference, San Francisco,CA. May 1987.
"Political Priorities for Women of Color," panelist; "Establishing School-Based Clinics," panelist and moderator at NOW's "Between Ourselves: The First National Conference on Women of Color and Reproductive Rights," HowardUniversity in Washington, D.C., May 1987
"Jewish Diversity," panelist; "Anti-Semitism in the Women's Movement," panelist.17th National Conference on Women and the Law, Chicago, Illinois, March 1986.
"Individual Rights and the Pornography Ordinances," Testimony, National NOW Pornography Hearings, March 1986
"Where They Burn Books, They Will Also Burn People," Testimony, Meese Commission Hearings on Pornography, July 1986
"Third World Women and Feminist Politics," panelist; "Anti-Semitism in the Women's Movement," panelist. 16th National Conference on Women and the Law, New York City, March 1985.
"The Bible, Poor People, and the Reagan Administration," conference welcoming speaker, Women's Economic Agenda Project Ratification Conference, June 1984
"Poverty in America," keynote Speaker, Californians for a Fair Share, Southern California Regional Organizing Conference., March 1984
"The Feminization of Poverty," keynote speaker, Democratic Socialists of America, Feminization of Poverty Conference, March 1984
NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
California NOW Foundation, President and Co-Founder, 1988-90
California National Organization for Women, Action Coordinator (V.P.), 1985-87
American Civil Liberties Union, So. Calif. Affiliate, Member of the Board, 1986-87
City of West Hollywood, Programs for the Homeless, Coordinator, 1986-87
The Great Peace March, West Coast Organizer, 1985-86
Mayor's Task Force on Hunger, Member, Los Angeles, 1984-85
State Senator Diane Watson's Feminization of Poverty Task Force, Member, 1984-85
Californians for a Fair Share, President, Statewide Steering Committee, 1983-87
E-mail: pegueros@uri.edu
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