Featured Alumni Profiles
2015-16
2012-13
2011-12
- Ana Angel
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MAS Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: That Would be the Old Way:Chicana Subjectivity and Ideology in Film
What you are doing now: I am the Service Coordinator and Technology Education Specialist at Palo Alto Housing Corporation/ Film Instructor and Program Coordinator for New Voices for Youth.
I am also working on applying to graduate programs for a Ph.d in Education.
What the MA did for me: The master's degree in MAS has enhanced both by career and educational journey as I have a deeper undertanding of the experiences of people of color in everyday, particularly in youth of color. I have been able to teach my own students to be conscious of the world and become critical thinkkers and contributors of their community. Both as a service coordinator; working with people of different backgrounds and as a digital media instructor, I apply a framework in social justice; which not only makes my work stronger but also rewarding.
Email: xicana09@gmail.com
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- Alonzo Campos
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Undergraduate Education: Chicana/o Studies, UCLA
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest in MAS: (Project) The Suburban Latina/o Student: Exploring Teacher Expectations at a Middle School in Davis, California.
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: Claremont Graduate University, Ph.D. in Education (expected 2017)
Awards Received (at SJSU or after): Claremont Graduate University: Mara W. Breech Foundation Fellowship, 2014-2015; Marilyn Monroe Balasco Memorial Fellowship, 2012-2013; Ford Fellowship Pre-doctoral Scholar Program, Alternate & Honorable Mention 2014; American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) Graduate Student Fellow, 2014; San José State University: Patron Scholarship, 2011-2012; SJSU Graduate Equity Fellowship, 2010-2011
Current Projects/Research Interest: Currently I'm in my 4th year at CGU. Trying to balance life of Ph.D. student after finishing coursework prepping for what is next . What inspires me to continue is research on college access, how high school students navigate their academic experiences, which can allow their college enrollment.
What I am doing now: I'm a full time student, but currently for the FALL 2015 semester I am a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) at Cal State Fullerton for a research project conducting needs assessment for a migrant education program in Orange and San Diego Counties.
Email: lonzcampos@gmail.com
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- Maria Ceja
- Luis Chacon
- Carina Cisneros
- Diego Luna
2010-11
- Juan Pablo Mercado
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Undergraduate Education:
UC Berkeley
MAS Emphasis:
Comparative Ethnic Studies
Thesis/Project/Research Interest:
Twentieth-century U.S. history
Chicana/o history
California & WWII
Oral history
Labor history
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]:
Ph.D. UCLA, Department of History (in progress)
Awards Received [at SJSU or since]:
Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), Scholar, UCLA, 2014
CDIP, MiniGrant, CSU, 2013
Eugene V. Cota-Robles/Dept. of History Fellowship, UCLA, 2012-2017
Gary B. Nash Award in Public History (Declined), NCHS, 2012
Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program, CSU, 2012-2017
Betty Nesvold Award for Best Graduate Paper, SSRIC, CSU, 2011
Recipient, Presenter Fellow, Annual Conference, NACCS, 2011
Recipient, COSS Research Foundation Grant, SJSU, 2010
Recipient, State University Grant, SJSU, 2010
Publications:
Mercado, Juan Pablo, “Local Mexican and Chicano/a Histories of Northern California” National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Conference Proceedings 2012, (Forthcoming).
Mercado, Juan Pablo, "Re-envisioning the Mexican American Experience in World War II: A Local History of Sacramento & the Mexican American WWII Generation" (2011). Master's Projects. Paper 192. http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_projects/192
What I am doing now:
I spent 2011-2012 academic year teaching Chicana/o Studies and Social Justice Research at Hartnell College in Salinas; currently I am a Doctoral Student and Teaching Assistant in the Department of History at UCLA.
Email: jpmercado@ucla.edu
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- Rosa Revuelta
2009-10
2008-09
- Nancy Acevedo-Gil
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Undergraduate Education: UC Berkeley
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: University-admitted Latina/o high school students who choose not to enroll in a university
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: PhD (in progress) UCLA, GraduateSchoolof Education & Information Studies
Awards Received [at SJSU or since]:
2011:Association for the Study of Higher Education, Graduate Travel Scholarship
2011:Association for the Study of Higher Education, Graduate Student Policy Seminar
2011:University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program
2011:American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc., Graduate Fellow
2010:Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Workshop on Policy Issues in Higher Education, Graduate Student Fellow
2009:University of California, Los Angeles Regents' Grant
2008:CSU Sally Casanova CA PreDoctoral Scholar
What I am doing now: I work as a graduate student research assistant for the University of California, All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity (UC/ACCORD) and I'm in my third year of the PhD program, specializing in Race and Ethnic Studies.
Email: nancyace01@yahoo.com
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- Angelica Lopez
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Undergraduate Education: B.A. La Raza Studies - San Francisco State University, 1999
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Sexual Silence in the Latino Community: Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Intervention, and InspirationAdditional Schooling [completed or in progress]:n/a
Awards Received [at SJSU or since]:
Spring 2008 – Awarded research grant from the Department of Social Science at SJSU
Spring 2009- NACCS Presenter- New Brunswick, NJ
What I am doing now: I work with a local non-profit organization called Bring Me A Book as a trainer and translator, providing easy access to brand new, multicultural, quality hardcover children's books in multiple languages to underserved preschools, elementary schools, after-school programs, shelters, community centers, and businesses both in the USA and in seven foreign countries.
Email: angbaby1101@aol.com
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2007-08
2005-06
- Monica Colunga
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Undergraduate Education:BA Psychology
MAS Emphasis: History
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Malinche Historical Figure and Current Relevance
What I am doing now: Currently working for the US EEOC as Bilingual Investigator
Email:monicacolunga@eeoc.gov
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- Miguel Gamboa
- Francisco Villegas
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Undergraduate Education: Psychology and Social Behavior, UCI
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Experiences of undocumented Latina/o undegraduates
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: Ph.D. University of Toronto
Awards Received [at SJSU or since]: NACCS NorCal Foco Award (SJSU), Organization of Latin American Students Scholarship (University of Toronto), Muriel Fung Scholarship (OISE/University of Toronto)
What I am doing now: Projects: Access to schooling for undocumented students in Toronto; Development of a County ID in Kalamazoo.
Topics of interest: Immigration, Race, Membership, Social Movements
Where am I working now? Assistant Professor of Sociology at Kalamazoo College
Email: villegasf@gmail.com
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2002
2001
2000
1979
- Thomas Reynaldo Martinez
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Undergraduate Education: Psychology, Second Major in Sociology, minor in Mexican American Studies, San José State University
MAS Emphasis: Institute for Spanish Speakers in Public Affairs (ISSPA)
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: Ph.D., University of Southern California
Current Projects/Interests: Currently working on a manuscript for publication.
What I am doing now: I am the Program Director for the Masters in Public Administration.
Where am I working now? CSU, Bakersfield
Email: TMartinez@csub.edu
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