Awards Administered
(Research Summaries)
July 1998 - June 1999
 
 

Interdisciplinary Humanities Center
The Routes of Culture: Chicana/o Arts in an Age of Displacements

A two day seminar held at UCSB on November 7th and 8th, 1998, this seminar brought twelve scholars from across the nation together with ten of UCSB's faculty in order to discuss the impact of migration on Chicana/o cultural production.  This interdisciplinary gathering enhanced Chicano studies research on campus and intensified the research ties among Chicano studies scholars, on this campus, as well as nationally.

UC MEXUS
Chicano Studies and El Plan de Santa Barbara, 1969-1999: Power, Resistance, and Social Change

This conference, a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Department of Chicano Studies, the Center for Chicano Studies, the Colección Tloque Nahaque, and El Plan de Santa Barbara was held on May 22, 1999, brought together scholars and activists to discuss some of the contemporary political, cultural, economic, and educational issues confronting Chicanas/os and Latinas/os today.  Our goals included re-visiting and celebrating the 30th anniversary of El Plan, the Department of Chicano Studies, the Center for Chicano Studies and the Collection Tloque Nahaque through invigorating dialogues on Chicano Studies, community-based research, and possible future directions. The event was open to the public and attracted high school and college students, while also drawing participants from the community at-large.

UC Institute for Mexico and the United States, UC Riverside
Fray Angélico Chávez: Essays on New Mexico's Foremost 20th Century Humanist

Publication of a volume of critical essays focusing on the prolific career of New Mexico's premier man of letters, Fray Angélico Chávez.

UC MEXUS
Mexican Women in Transnational Context: Labor, Family and Migration

A faculty research Seminar held on February 2, 1999 at UC Santa Cruz, this conference brought together Mexican and Chicana women scholars.

UC Office of the President,Committee on Latino Research (UCCLR-SCR43)
Laboring Toward the 21st Century: Rethinking Interdisciplinary Research on the Latina/o Working Poor

Accepting the mandate of Senate Concurrent Resolution 43 (SCR 43) and consistent with the concerns of the University of California SCR 43 Task Force to promote research on Chicana/o and Latina/o issues in California, this project has set forth the following objectives: (1), to form a workgroup of faculty workgroup engaged in developing interdisciplinary research on Chicano/Latino working poor populations, (2) to develop individual and collaborative policy-relevant research on these communities, (3) to mentor graduate and undergraduate students interested in the study of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os in the United States, (4) to disseminate research and stimulate research development through a series of lectures, workshops, conferences and courses, (5) to strengthen campus commitment to the development of the Center's research infrastructure, and (6) to support the development of extramural proposals on Chicano/Latino Working poor populations.

Co-P.I.s: J. Manuel Casas, Raymond Huerta, Carl Gutierrez-Jones, Francisco Lomelí, Fernando Lopez-Alves, Juan Vicente Palerm, María Herrera-Sobek, Stephen Trejo

UC Office of the President
Laboring Toward the 21st Century: Rethinking Interdisciplinary Research on the Latina/o Working Poor Renewal.

Instructional Development, UC Santa Barbara
Native American Traditions Link, NATLink, A Multimedia Instruction Program

NATLink, or Native American Traditions Link, is a WWW-based multimedia program developed with this grant for the Introduction to Native American Religious Traditions course. The purpose of NATLink is twofold. First, the multimedia presentation of six Native American traditions (Apache, Lakota, Navajo, Chumash, Tlingit, and Yup'ik) makes it possible to introduce these traditions to undergraduates in an integrated manner more closely modeled after the way in which these traditions are passed along in Native American communities. This makes it possible for students to understand ideas and concepts that were difficult to teach in the past. Second, NATLink contains a database of quality research materials. The bibliographic references and WWW links bring together in one resource base the multidisciplinary approaches to the study of Native American religious traditions (linguistics, ethnography, history, geography, environmental studies, performance studies, and Native American studies). Students using these resources have confidence that the materials are reliable and accurate and are able to attain higher levels of understanding and to conduct research at more advanced levels.

UC Los Angeles (Multicampus Award)
The Intergenerational Progress of Mexican Americans

This project consisted in a detailed analysis the intergenerational progress of Mexican-origin workers in the California labor market, focusing on the key issues raised by previous research. Using microdata from the Current Population Survey, the decennial Censuses, and the National Education Longitudinal Study, the project seeks to shed light on the following sets of questions:
1. How do the education and earnings of Mexican-origin workers compare across generations?
2. How do the intergenerational patterns for Mexicans compare with those for non-Hispanic whites?
3. Why are education levels so low for U.S.-born Mexican Americans, even when compared to other disadvantaged groups?
4. In terms of educational and labor market outcomes, do Mexican Americans fare differently in California than elsewhere in the United States? If so, what factors underlie these differences, and what role does policy play in shaping these outcomes?