Featured Alumni Profiles
2015-16
- Alicia Garcia
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Undergraduate Education: Chicana/o Studies and Sociology, University of California, Davis
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest in MAS: Addressing Latina/Latino Student Attrition Rates in Institutions of Higher Education: Listening to those who Learn to Blame Themselves.
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: Ph.D. Student at UC Davis
Current Projects/Research Interests: Awards Received [at SJSU or since]: My research interests are on Latina/o undergraduate students who reinstate to their university after being academically dismissed. Specifically, I am interested in public, four year universities.
What I am doing now: Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student Researcher at UC Davis
Email: alicia@ucdavis.edu
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- Lizbet Huizar
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Undergraduate Education: Political Science, San Diego State University
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Latina/os and the Legal Pipeline: Understanding and confronting the challenges faced by SJSU students.
What I am doing now: I am still very interested in identifying critical points along the educational pipeline and helping students not only gain access to the university but reach terminal degrees.
Where am I working now? Adjunct Faculty at Ohlone College.
Email: lhuizar06@gmail.com
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2012-13
- Ricardo Herrera
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Undergraduate Education: Psychology, CSU Monterey Bay
MAS Emphasis: Policy
Current Projects/Research Interest: Mexican Philosophy: existentialism & phenomenology Institutional racism: Cooperative argumentation.
What I am doing now: Currently providing health care support for families in Monterey, Santa Clara, and San Benito counties.
Email: ricardoh1231@hotmail.com
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- Sara Sanchez
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Undergraduate Education: Behavioral Science/Anthropology, San José State University
MAS Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies
Current Projects/Research Interest: Creating pathways ftom high school to college transition and facilitating student success within community college first year experience.
What you are doing now? I am College Pathways Coordinator, Hartnell College.
Email: ssanchez@hartnell.edu
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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
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Undergraduate Education: Human Communication, California State University, Monterey Bay
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Separation for Integration: The Survival of Chicana/o Studies
Thesis/Project/Research Interest in MAS: Migrant Students Transition to Higher Education: Understanding Cultural Capital as Kowledge.
What you are doing now: Maria is the Assistant Director for Recruitment in the Office of Admissions at California State University, Monterey Bay.
Email: mceja@csumb.edu
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- Luis Chacon
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Undergraduate Education: Chican@ Studies and Sociology, UC Davis
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest in MAS: Community Building as Resistance Amongst Youth
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: Single Subject Teaching Credential
Current Projects/Research Interest: Teaching Government/Econ and Ethnic Studies at a high school in East San Jose. Interested in discovering ways to facilitate youth development through critical reflection rather than punitive approaches.
What I am doing now: Teacher, ACE HS
Email: lfchacon7@gmail.com
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- Carina Cisneros
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Undergraduate Education: Liberal Studies, Cal State Monterey Bay
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Recognizing Cultural Capital as Knowledge: Developing a Tool for Students of Color
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: n/a
Current Projects/Research Interests: I am always interested in developing and enhancing educational opportunities for historically disadvantaged students of color to achieve their educational goals and aspirations.
Where are you working now? EOPS Assistant Director at Mission College in Santa Clara,CA
Email: carina.cisneros@gmail.com
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- Diego Luna
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Undergraduate Education: UC Davis
MAS Emphasis: Education (the impact of gender socialization on Chicano college retention)
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: The experiences of men of color in higher education anti-violence programs
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: PhD (in progress) University of Utah, College of Education, Education, Culture and Society Department
Awards Received [at SJSU or since]:
2007: San Jose State University Graduate Equity Fellowship
2008: San Jose State University College of Social Sciences Foundation Research Grant
2009: National Association for Chicana/o Studies Student Presenter Fellowship
2013: American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc., Graduate Fellow
What I am doing now: I am working on my PhD at the University of Utah.
Email: diego.luna@utah.edu
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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
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Undergraduate Education: Social Work, San José State University
MAS Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Women and Immigration
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]:Masters in Nonprofit Administration at USF
Current Projects/Research Interest: My work has focused around women of color and the law. Specifically on policy change and implementation as well as education around rights and issues focused on violence against women and girls.
What I am doing now: I am the Education and Outreach Manager at YWCA Silicon Valley.
Email: rosa_revuelta@yahoo.com
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2009-10
- Francisco Preciado
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Undergraduate Education: Political Science and Chicano Studies, Stanford University
MAS Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: Juris Doctorate UC Berkeley School of Law
Current Projects/Research Interest: I am passionate about social justice and ensuring that we dedicate ourselves to making this world a better place for all.
What you are doing now: Executive Director, SEIU Local 2007 & Instructor, De Anza College.
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- Rober Unzueta
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Undergraduate Education: Sacramento City College and Saint Mary's College of California (BA in history and minor in sociology)
MAS Emphasis: 2010 Education (research was generational violence experienced by chicano men in education)
Additional Schooling: PhD student at the University of Utah Education Culture and Society
Awards: Social science study abroad research scholarship at SJSU in 2010, AAHHE Graduate fellowship 2011
What I am doing now: Working at my PhD at the University of Utah developing a decolonial pedagogical approach on how brown male bodies could resist colonial educational practices.
Email: unzueta.robert@gmail.com
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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
- Cynthia Calsadillas
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Undergraduate Education: Social Science, San José State University
MAS Emphasis: Education
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Reclaiming History with Chicano Youth
Additional Schooling since MAS: Credential; Education Specialist
Current Projects/Research Interest: Social Justice based lessons for US History, Economics and Government
What I am doing now: Special Education Teacher, Social Studies, Mt. Pleasant High School
Email: ccalsadillas@yahoo.com
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- Jessica Rodriguez
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Undergraduate Education: B.A.: Sociology with minors in Chicana/o Studies and Social & Ethnic Relations, UC Davis (2004)
MAS Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Thesis, How the California High School Exit Exam affects the quality of education Raza students receive.
What I am doing now: I am currently in my first year in the doctoral program at the University of Washington. I am working towards a PhD in Education with a focus on Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Higher Education.
Email: Jessicamelindarodriguez@gmail.com
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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
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Undergraduate Education: BA, History; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
MAS Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies
What I am doing now: History/Sociology/Ethnic Studies/Mexican American (Chican@) Studies Lecturer/Instructor
Email: mgamboa@hancockcollege.edu
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- 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
- Christina Cortez Parra
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Undergraduate Education: Ethnic Studies, National Hispanic University
MAS Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies
What you are doing now? For the past three years I have been working in Affordable Housing in the Real Estate Services Market. I am currently working in Market Rate Housing in Mergers and Acquisitions.
Email: christinafparra@gmail.com
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- Manuel Rey
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Undergraduate Education: Political Science, San José State University
MAS Emphasis: Policy
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Latinos in Law Enforcement
What I am doing now: Sergeant Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office
Where am I working now? Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office
Email: munoz-rey@hotmail.com
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2001
- Shanna Fein
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Undergraduate Education: Spanish Literature & Culture, University of California, Irvine
MAS Emphasis: Policy Studies
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Perceptions of Discrimination by Chicanas/os in California High Schools
Awards Received [at SJSU or since]: Phi Kappa Phi
Current Projects/Research Interest: Human Resources: hiring, training, recruiting, etc.
What you are doing now:Assistant Manager, Save Mart Supermarkets
Email: cowfein@yahoo.com
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2000
- Marie Chin
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Undergraduate Education: Sociology and American Studies
MAS Emphasis: Policy Studies
Thesis/Project/Research Interest: Separation for Integration: The Survival of Chicana/o Studies
Additional Schooling [completed or in progress]: Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Sciences (2004) and Authorization to teach Mandarin Chinese (2007), TESOL Professional Sequence Award (2011)
Awards Received [at SJSU or since]: not available
What you are doing now: Vice Principal and Teacher Mentor at Chinese School, part-time certificated tutor.
Email:mchinneder@hotmail.com
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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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