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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLatinos and Latinas and ... r ~~ . i f~<v I u.s. LATINOS AND LATINAS I i I f i CHANGES SEEN, CHANGES WROUGHT CONFERENCE I FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAY 26 & 27, 2000 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ALUMNI CENTER I A message from the Conference Co-Chairs Dear Conference Attendees, The fact that we are here to mark the contributions and lives of U.s. Latinos and Latinas of the WWII generation is a testament to the impact this group of men and women have had. It may be rightfully , assumed that everyone present shares an understanding that these men and women indeed have seen great changes in their lives and that they have, in turn, wrought great changes, This conference brings together two essential parts of an equation: scholars with a serious interest in this generation of men and women, and the men and women themselves from whom we will hear in the next two days, For many professors here, this research has very -profound and personal importance: many of us are the daughters and sons of this generation. We grew up hearing the stories of what life was like before the War, during the War and after. It was only after we had picked up pieces from various sources that we could finally grasp the significance of what these men and women had accomplished, as individuals, like our parents, and collectively, as founders and workers of organizations that have forged great reforms for U.S. Latinos and Latinas. One goal of this conference is to consolidate writings from some of the best scholars of U.S, Latino studies in order to provide a greater context for what exactly happened to that generation, We are also extremely fortunate to have with us some of the best examples of V.S, Latino and Latina civil rights activists. And we also welcome informal presentations from people who want to tell the story of their loved ones, or their own story. A conference like this requires a great deal of coordination. We must give our deepest appreciation to those who have been working to ensure that the many preparations are considered. A great thanks, first, to the A.H, Bela Foundation, which provided the initial grant last spring that gave us the green light for this event. Thank you, too, to the U.T, Department of Journalism, and especially to Department Chairman Steve Reese for providing us office space and the accompanying support. The College of Communication has also provided financial and emotional support for our conference, Th,e faculty and staff of the Center for Mexican American Studies also proVided organizational energies, Lastly, AT&T \Vireless Communications provided us with cellular phones to keep us connected as \\le made our prepa- rations in the past two weeks, A small group of administrative staff people have been crucial to coordinating plans: special thanks to Rhonda Wl1i.gham, senior administrative associate, Oeota Gambino, administrative associate, of the Department of Journalism, Anne Reed, senior administrative associate, College of Communication Dean's Office; and Jordana Barton, program coordinator for the Center for Mexican American Studies, Three UT professors have been especially helpfuL Ricardo Ainslie (Educational Psychology) Lisa Montoya,,~' (Government) and Neil Foley (History) served as the other three-fifths of the planning committee th.;~ reviewed abstracts and selected presenters for this conference. , ::'.. :~'.{J.". ... And finally, to Denise Rocha, our conference coordinator, for keeping it together with style anli('O~,- humor. Thank you all. ' Now, let's have a wonderful conference, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and David Montejano Conference Co-Chairs -. ! ."f \ ~.;:- ..~. , 1 ALUMNI CENTER FLOORPLAN ~ ~ I L Dining Room West Terrace Main Lounge East Terrace Entry Locations of Events . Rotunda -- Various displays containing memorabilia from World War II. A key display by Dani.el Casti.Uo. . Connally Banquet Hall -- General Assembly, The Narrative sessions, and Lunch with Roundtable discus- sions wi.U be held in the Banquet Hall. . Nowotny & Schmidt Rooms -- The different panel sessions will run in their respective rooms, please check the conference schedule for the times and locations, . Oneal Room - Media Room -- This room will house a computer and scanner, We will scan any photos that you would like to i.nclude in the U. S, Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project, You wi.U receive your photo back, along with an additional 5X7 photo, compliments of the U.s, Latino and Latina World War II Conference. . The University of Texas Qub -- Located on the east side of the Uni.versi.ty of Texas Stadi.um, The Reception wi.U be held here, For your conveni.ence, after the last panel session, there will be shuttles provided for your transportation. @ All Rights Reserved The U.S. Latino and Latina WWII Oral History Project Department of Journalism University of Texas at Austin Mail Code A1000 Austin. Texas 78712 email: latinoarchives@WWW.utexas.edu phone: (512) 471-1924 For more information, visit our Website: http://www. utexas .edu I projects II atinoarch ives The photographs that appear in this conference program are from a variety of sources. Most are of the men and women we've interviewed in and around Austin, San Antonio and Los Angeles. But other photographs have been emailed to us, and others that were mailed to us. Some of are of people who might be interviewed at some point, others are of people who have long since passed way. These are photographs that you won't find in too many books _ they have been tucked into photograph albums, picture frames, sometimes in shoe boxes. Our deepest appreciation to the many men and women who have shared these photographs with us. They are a stunning reminder of the important stories that must be preserved. - 2 FOYER - Registration - 8:00 - 9:00 am BANQUET HALL - Opening Session - 9:00 - 9:30 am Welcome - UT Vice Provost and Law Professor, Gerald Torres Remarks - Conference Co-Chairs, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez & David Montejano SCHMIDT - PanellA 9:30 - 11 :00 am - Latinos in the Military - Moderator: Rodolfo Rosales - University of Texas - San Antonio Ernesto Martinez: Texas Chicano World War II Hero, Activist and Premier Artist -George Vargas, Austin, Texas The Five Sanchez Brothers: A Generation Remembered - Rita B. Sanchez, San Diego Mesa College l..Papi que hiciste durante la guerra? - Rafael Chabnin, Whittier College, California Hispanic-American Aviation Heroes during World War II - Bruce Ashcroft, Austin, Texas NOWOTNY - Panel1B - 9:30 - 11:00 am - Latino Education and World War II - Moderator: Alba Ortiz, University of Texas at Austin Leadership in Transition: The Study of Mexican-American Education at the University of Texas, 1940-1945 - Matthew D, Davis, University of Texas at Austin Lost Momentum: World War II and the Education of Hispanos in New Mexico - Lynne M. Getz, Appalachian State University, North Carolina On the Westside: A Portrait of Lanier High School during World War II - Julio Noboa, University of Texas at Austin Changes on the Home Front: Mendez vs. Westminster - Mary S. Black, University of Texas at Austin BANQUET HALL - Narrative Sessions - 11:00 - 12:00 pm - Informal presentations. Rico Ainslie, moderator. Lunch with Roundtable Discussions "Latinas and WWII" - 12:00 - 1:45 pm Moderator: America Rodriguez Participants: Mary Murillo, Elisa Rodriguez and Marta Cotera 3 "'t SCHMIDT - Panel 2A - 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Working on the Home Front I - Moderator: Steve Trejo, University of Texas at Austin . World War II Braceros: Precursors of Managed Transnational Labor Circuits - Erasmo Gamboa, University of Washington The U.S. Railroad Industry during World War II: Implications for Future Labor Strategies - Barbara Driscoll, Universidcid Autonoma de Mexico The Limits to Mexican Mobility in the High- Wage Firms of Texas - Emilio Zamora, University of Houston The Mexican American Dream In World War II: A View from the Midwest- Dionicio Valdes, University of Minnesota NOWOlNY - Panel 2B - 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Puerto Ricans and World War II - Moderator: Federico Subervi Velez, UT Austin El Comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial Atraves del Almirante William Leahy - Jorge Rodriguez Beruff, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus The Testimonies of World War II Puerto Ricans Veterans in Three Times: Before, During and After World War II - Carlos Hernandez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus Rompiendo el Silencio: Las Voces de la Guerra en Puerto Rico - Josefa Santiago, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Bayamon Campus BANQUET HALL - Panel 3A - 3:45 - 5:15 pm - On the Home Front - Moderator: Felipe Gonzales Ethnic Mexicans and the Zoot Suit Summer of 1943: The Material Hybridity of Youth Culture on the Home Front - Luis Alvarez, University of Texas at Austin What a Difference a War Makes! - Maria Eva Flores, CDP, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas The Beating of Pvt. Benigno Aguirre in San Angelo in 1945: An Uncle's Story about Race Relations - David Montejano, University of Texas at Austin ~ World War II's Veteran's Entitlement Act: Its Impact on a Valley Neighborhood - Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, University of Texas at Austin NOWOlNY - Panel 3B - 3:45 - 5:15 pm - U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project Inteviewer Training Session- Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin 4 FOYER - Registration - 8:00 - 9:00 am BANQUET HALL - Remarks - 8:45 - Conference Staff BANQUET HALL - Panel4A - 9:00 - 10:30 am - Working on the Home Front II - Moderator: Rosa Salazar Rosales - Labor organizer and Community Activist - San Antonio Rosita the Riveter: Welding Cultural Tradition with Wartime Industry - Naomi Qui.'fionez, California State University Mexican American Women War Workers: A Prelude to La Chicana - Richard Griswold del Castillo, San Diego State University Looking Back: Looking Forward: The World War II Bracero Program and its Mythical End - Luis F. B. Plascencia, University of Texas at Austin SCHMIDT - Panel 4B - 9:00 - 10:30 am - Political Power - Moderator: Raul Madrid, University of Texas at Austin The Formation of Political Organizations in Post-World War II San Aiitonio and their Legacy - Rudy Rosales, University of Texas at San Antonio Mexican American Political Participation in the Post World War II Era - Lisa J. Montoya, University of Texas at Austin From Veterans' Rights to Civil Rights: Mexican-American GI forum in the Post- War Years - Neil Foley, University of Texas at Austin ONEAL - Panel 4C - 9:00 - 10:30 am - Documentary Representations - Moderator: America Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin The Men of Company E and Guy Gabaldon, American Hero - Alfredo Lugo, Whittier, California Hector Galan, documentarian, Austin, Texas. BANQUET HALL - Narrative Sessions - 10:45 - 11 :45 am - Informal presentations bV public. Moderator: Rico Ainslie Lunch with Roundtable Discussions - 12:00 - 1:30 pm Moderator: Maria Martin, Latino USA Participants: Ed Idar, Virgilio Roel, Albert Armendariz, Sr. 5 .. BANQUET HALL - Pane15A - 1:45 - 3:15 pm - Representations - Moderator: America Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin " Soldado Razo: Race, Ideology and Power in Mexican - American World War II Literature and Film - B.V. Olguin, University of Texas at San Antonio Saving Private ("ChemitaJJ) Rodriguez - Jose E. Limon, University of Texas at Austin WayneJs World: Latinos and Latinas in the DukeJs Post War Imaginary - Richard Flores, University of Texas at Austin Framing a Postwar Chicano Social Criticism: Ernesto Galarza's Pueblo Libre- Manuel Luis Martinez, Indiana University SffiMIDT - Panel 5B - 1:45 - 3:15 pm - Research and Teaching Strategies - Moderator: Emilio Zamora, University of Houston Pathfinders on World War II: Guides to Preparing Undergraduates to Conduct Oral History Interviews of u.s. Latinos and Latinas and World War II - Loriene Roy, University of Texas at Austin U.S. Latino & Latina and World War II Oral History Project - Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin Latinos Lead the Way: An Educational Web Site for Teaching History - Capt. Fernando Hernandez, California State University U.S, Latino & Latina and World War II Archive - Margo Gutierrez, University of Texas at Austin Wrap-up - 3:30 pm - Go to The University of Texas Club for Wrap-up Partial List of Presenters for Narrative Sessions (Friday & Saturday) History of Eladio Martinez - Henry Martinez Japanese Speaking Latinos: Uncovering the Role of Latinos as World War II Translators - Laura C. Oliveira ot What World War II was like in MercedesJ Texas: A Local and Rural Perspective through the Lived Experienced of a Mexican American Woman - Aurora E. Orozco Homero C. Molina of the 2nd Infantry Division in the Normandy Invasion - Fred Silva, San Antonio, Texas 6 81 RAPHIE Rico Ainslie Luis Alvarez Albert Armendariz Bruce A. Ashcroft Jorge Rodriguez Beruff Dan Castillo Rico Ainslie The University of Texas at Austin Ricardo Ainslie earned his BA from U, C. Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Michigan. He is presently a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and an affiliate faculty at the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas, Prof, Ainslie is author of numerous articles on psychoanalysis, the psy- chology of culture, and immigration. He is author of three books, including No Danan' In Anson: An American Story of Race and Social Change. Luis Alvarez The University of Texas at Austin Luis Alvarez is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of history at UT and is currently writing his dissertation, The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture, Resistance and Community in the U.s" 1938-1945. His research interests include borderlands and diaspora history, Chicana/o and African history, oral history, popular culture, transnationalism and cultural theory. Albert Armendariz El Paso, Texas Albert Armendariz received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1950, He served as US Immigration Judge, Department of Justice from 1979 to 1985 and also served as Justice, Eighth Court of Appeals, State of Texas in 1986. He is a founding member of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the El Paso Mexican-American Bar Association. He served as National President of League of United Latin American Citizens in 1953, United States Army 1941-1945 and Legend of Texas 1999. He is cur- rently in private practice, Bruce A. Ashcroft U.S, Air Force Air Education and Training Command Bruce Ashcroft is an Air Force historian working in the Air Education and Training Command History Office at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. He joined the Air Force History Program in September 1987 after serving on active duty with the Navy for nine years. Bruce obtained an M,A. in history at New Mexico State University; Texas Western Press published his thesis, The Territorial Historv of Socorro. New Mexico, in 1988. Bruce is currently working on his Ph.D. in American Studies at Ur. Jorge Rodriguez Beruff University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus Jorge Rodriguez Beruff is a Professor in the Social Sciences Department at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, He received his BA from the University of Puerto Rico and his Ph.D. from the University of York. He has published and edited various books including Politica mUitar v dominacion. Puerto Rico en el Contexto Latinoamericano (1988) and Los Militares v el Poder: Un Ensavo sobre la Doctrina Militar en el Peru (1948-1968) (1983)s. Mary S. Black The University of Texas at Austin Mary S. Black is Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, UI. She teaches Social Foundations of Education as well as preparing future Social Studies teachers for secondary schools, Her research interests are in Mexican American education, social studies, and archeology education for social studies classrooms. She previously taught in public schools in San Antonio and obtained her doctorate from Harvard University. Capt. Daniel Castillo U.S, Army Special Forces, Retired Capt, Daniel Castillo is the founder of the EI Castillo Militaria Museum. He received his BS from Angelo State University. Capt. Castillo served as an Army officer in the 7th Special Forces Group Airborne, Chemical Corp" 49th Armor Division. His research interests include 19th and 20th century military history. Currently, he travels to schools to promote patriotism, to encourage the study of military history, staying in school and being drug-free, Rafael Chabnin r ~ Marta Cotera Richard Flores ~ f r. Neil Foley Hector Galan 7 Rafael Chabnin Whittier College Rafael Chabnin is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Whittier College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, His research interests include Chicano/Latino studies and inter- relations between science and literature, Chabnin has won various awards including grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for Humanities. The World of Dr. Francisco Hernandez will be published in the fall of 2000 to which he is a principal contributor. Marta Cotera Mara Cotera is a professor of History at Austin Community College and staff archivist at the University of Texas at Austin. She is involved in historical presen'ation work. She has authored important works on Mexican American his- tory, such as The Chicana Feminst and Diosa v Hembra' Mexican American Women's History. Martha received her BA degree in Literature and History from the University of Texas at EI Paso, and a Masters Degree in Education from Antioch Graduate School, Antioch University. She has received over 100 awards and recognitions for her advocacy work on behalf of families. Matthew D. Davis University of Texas at Austin Matthew D. Davis will receive his Ph.D. in May 2000, from UT-Austin in interdisciplinary studies. For his disser- tation, he prepared a biography of Herschel T. Manuel who pioneered the study of Mexican American education in Texas and the Southwest. His research interests include Latina! 0 educational history, curriculum policy and history, and educational biography. Barbara Driscoll Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Barbara Driscoll received her .M.A and Ph.D, in history from the University of Notre Dame, She is a tenured researcher in the United States Studies Department at the Centro de Investigaciones sobre America del Norte at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. She has published Besides The Tracks North: The Railroad Bracero Proaram of World War II (1999), Her latest book is Los proceses electorales en America del Norte en mil novecien- t05 noventa y cuatro. Maria Eva Flores, CDP Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio Maria Eva Flores was born in Fort Stockton, Texas, She attended the public schools in that small, remote communi- ty, A member of the Congregation of Divine Providence, she taught high school English and Speech and Drama in Texas and Louisiana. She has also done community pastoral work in San Antonio, Currently, she serves as the University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, and is completing a dissertation, The Good Life, the Hard Way: The Mexican American Community of Fort Stockton, Texas, 1930-1945 Richard Flores University of Texas at Austin Richard Flores is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Mexican American Studies at UT-Austin and works in the areas of critical theory, performance studies, folklore, and historical-symbolic analysis. He is the author of ~ Pastores: History and Performance in the Mexican Shevherd's Plav of South Texas (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995), editor of Adina De Zavala's. Historv and Legends of the Alamo (Arte Publico Press, 1996), and has published in American Ethnologist, Cultural Anthropology. Neil Foley University of Texas at Austin Neil Foley is an Associate Professor of History and American Studies at UT-Austin, He received his MA and Ph.D. from University of Michigan, an .M.A from Georgetown, and his BA from the University of Virginia. His book, lli White Scourae' Mexicans. Blacks. and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture (1997), won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award and the Pacific Coast Branch Award. He is the editor of Reflexiones: New Directions in Mexican American ~ (lJf Press, 1998), Hector Galan Galan Productions Hector Galan has been involved in television for over 20 years. He Started out as a camera operator in his hometown of San Angelo, Texas, he has since been involved in every aspect of television production, now contributing programs to national nehvorks. He is a 1977 graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He premiered his latest work, The forgotten Americans, an hour-long documentary special funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation last March at the Smithsonian Institution. Erasmo Gamboa Lynne Marie Getz Ricardo Griswold del Castillo Margo Gutierrez Fernando Hernandez Rolando Hinojosa-Smith 8 Erasmo Gamboa University of Washington Erasmo Gamboa is an Associate Professor of History in the American Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Washington. His publications include, Mexican Labor During World War IT: Braceros in the Pacific Northwest. 1942- liMl, Nosotros. The Hisoanic People of Oregon' Essays and Recollections, and numerous journal articles. His publi- cation of Voces Hispanas' Excernts from the Idaho Hispanic Oral History Proiect won the 1992 American Library Association's Award for Best Local History. Lynne Marte Getz Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina Lynne Marie Getz is Associate Professor of History at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Her book, Schools of Their Own- The Education of Hispanos in New Mexico. 1850-1940, was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 1997, She is a native of southern Colorado and received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Washington. Felipe Gonzales University of New Mexico Felipe Gonzales is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California Berkeley. His book, Forced Sacrifice as Ethnic Protest. The Hisoano Cause in New Mexico and the Racial Attitude Confrontation of 1933 (Peter Lang), is due to come out this fall. Ricardo Griswold del Castillo San Diego State University Ricardo Griswold del Castillo, Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at SDSU and Chair of the department. He has published a number of books including The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A I eaaCY of Conflict (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990), Cesar Chavez' A Triumoh of Spirit (with Richard Garcia) (University of Oklahoma Press, 1995), and North to Aztlan' Mexican Americans in United States History (with Arnoldo De Leon), Twayne Publishers, 1996. He is cunently Chair of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies Department at San Diego State University, California, Margo Gutierrez University of Texas at Austin Margo Gutienez is Mexican American & Latino Studies Librarian/Bibliographer at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at UT. A native of Tucson, Arizona, she received her B.A. and M.L.S. from the University of Arizona, and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from UT. Carlos Hernandez University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus Carlos 1. Hernandez is a Ph,D. candidate at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. He received his B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico and his M.A. from the Center of Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. His research interests include the United States Air Force during WWII and presenting the humane side of veterans and their experiences. Fernando Hernandez California State University Capt. Fernando Hernandez, Ph.D is the Chair of the Division of Educational Foundations and Interdivisional Studies in the Charter School of Education at California State University. He also holds an appointment as Professor of Education. His research interests include in the areas of increasing educational achievement among inner city youth and the use of technology and computers in education. He is also active in the U,S. Naval Reserve, where he holds the rank of Captain. Rolando Hinojosa-Smith The University of Texas at Austin Rolando Hinojosa-Smith is the Ellen Clayton Garwood Professor in Creative Writing in the English Department. A native of Mercedes, Texas, he earned his B.A. from UT and his Ph, D, from the University of Illinois at Urbana. Aside from short stories and essays, his main work, The Klait City Death Trio Series, consists of 13 novels. His latest novel, Ask a Policeman, appeared in 1998. "'" ... I I I I Ed Idar Jose E. Limon Raul Madrid ,\laria Martin Manuel Luis Martinez David Montejano Lisa J. Montoya 9 Ed Idar San Antonio, Texas Ed !dar, Jr. is a native of Lardeo, Texas and has a B.J. Degrees and a law degree from UT-Austin. He was active in the American G.!. Forum Veterans Organization from 1949 to 1966. During WWII, he served as a civilian in Warrington, England and in the U.S. Army in India and China. He has also served as the head of the San Antonio Office of J'vlALDEF and as an assistant Attorney General. Jose E, Limon University of Texas at Austin Jose E. Limon is Professor of English, Mexican-American Studies, and Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, He specializes in inter-American cultural studies, Mexican-Americans, and Texas. He is the author of Dancing with the Devil' Society and Cultural Poetics in Mexican-American South Texas (1994) and most recently, American Encounters: Greater Mexico. the United States and the Erotics of Culture (1998). Texas Monthly named him one of its 20 "most impressive, intriguing and influential Texas" for 1999. Alfredo Lugo Whittier, California Alfredo Lugo is a writer/producer/director and has twenty-five years experience in television. He has produced sev- eral documentaries including "The Men of Company E" and "Guy Gabaldon, American Hero." He has won the Golden Mike Award, the Capra Award and has shared in two Emmy awards, as well as receiving awards from LULAC and the American G.!. Forum, Articles that he has written have appeared in The Arizona Record and Karter Magazine, Raul Madrid University of Texas at Austin Raul Madrid is an Assistant Professor in the Dept, of Government at lIT, where he spedalizes in Latin American pol- itics. He received his Ph.D, from Stanford University in 1999. He has served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica and a foreign affairs analyst at a research institute in Washington DC where he authored, Overexposed: U S Banks Confront the Third World Debt Crisis (Westview 1992) and co-authored US Arms EXDorts (Ballinger 1988), Maria Martin Latino USA, Austin Maria Martin is executive producer of Latino USA. She has more than 20 years experience working in Latino public broadcasting. She has also worked for National Public Radio (NPR) in a variety of positions, Martin's first job in radio was as news and public affairs director for KBBF, a bilingual radio station in Santa Rosa, California. She start- ed as a volunteer reporter and co-producer of Somas Chicanas, which addressed the needs and concerns of Hispanic women. Martin has her Master's degree from Ohio State University. Manuel Luis Martinez Indiana University in Bloomington Manuel Luis Martinez is an assistant professor of 20th century American literature, American studies, Chicano/Latino studies, and creative writing at Indiana University, His first novel, Crossing, (1998) has been nom- inated for a Pushcart Prize, the Premia Aztlan Fiction Award, and selected as one of the 10 outstanding books by a writer of color by PEN American Center, NY, Another book, Countering the Counterculture: Rereading American Dissent From Tack Kerouac to Tomas Rivera, is in press (Verso). David Montejano University of Texas at Austin David Montejano is Director, Center for Mexican American Studies, and an Associate Professor of History & Sociology. His B.A. is from m', his M.A. and Ph.D. in Sodology are from Yale University. He specializes in compar- ative and historical sociology, political sociology, and race and ethnic relations. He is the author of Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas. 1836-1986 (UT Press, 1987) and the editor of Chicano Politics and Sodety in the Late Twentieth Centurv (m" Press, 1999), Lisa J. Montoya The University of Texas at Austin Lisa J. Montoya is an assistant professor in the Department of Government at UT. She received a Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1995. She received a grant from the Inter-university Program for Latino Research and the Social Science Research Council to study Latino gender differences in political attitudes and partic- ipation. Her research interests include the representation of radical and ethnic interests in Congress and Latino elec- toral potential in state and national elections Mary,Murillo Julio Noboa B. V. Olguin Alba Ortiz Luis F.B. Plascencia Naomi Quinonez Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez Denise Rocha 1 0 Mary Murillo Austin, Texas Mary Murillo grew up in Austin. She received her GED when she was over 50 years old, in part because of the urg- ing of community activists who, after WWIl, worked to organize the Austin Latino community, Her father and othe relatives were active in the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and other groups that promoted greater involvement for Latinos. Her story appears in Narratives, Vol. 1, No, 1. Julio Noboa University of Northern Iowa Julio Noboa is an instructor at the University of Northern Iowa and Clinical Supervisor for student teachers in San Antonio public schools. He is also a doctoral student in curriculum studies at the University of Texas in Austin. He writes a biweekly column for the San Antonio Express-News, and a monthly column for La Estrella of Fort Worth, Nobaa, a Chicago native, obtained a B.s. in Anthropology from the University of Illinois and a M.A. in Education from Northwestern University, B. V. Olguin University of Texas at San Antonio B. V. Olguin is an Assistant Professor in the Division of English, Classics, Philosophy and Communication at UT-San Antonio. He teaches in U.s. Latino, American and Latin American Literature and Popular Culture and has published in all these fields. His first book, I a Pinta: Historv Culture and Ideology in O1icana and O1icano Convict Discourses, is forthcoming in 2001 from UT Press. Alba Ortiz The University of Texas at Austin Alba Ortiz is a Professor and Associate Dean of Special Education. She received her B.s, from, South""est Texas State, in San Marcos. Her masters and Ph.D, in education are from UT-Austin. Her. research interests include developing models for effective schools and instructional delivery systems for minority students and Appropriate and Inappropriate Referral Systems for Exceptional Limited English Proficient Students, Proceedings of the Second National Research Symposium on Limited English Proficient Students' Issues. (Department of Education, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, 1992). Luis F.B. Plascencia The University of Texas at Austin Luis F.B. Plascencia, Associate Director of the Texas Office of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute and Project Coordinator for the Public Policy Clinic (Government Department at UT). His primary research interests are immigrant and immi- gration policy, citizenship, agricultural labor and Mexico-U,S, relations. In addition to directing several qualitative and quantitative research projects, he has been a lecturer at UT-Austin, UT-San Antonio, Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago), and Elmhurst College (Chicago). Naomi Quinonez California State University Fullerton Naomi Quinonez is currently an Assistant Professor at California State University Fullerton where she teaches course in the Chicana/Chicano Studies Department. Quinonez received her Ph.D in History with an American Studies spe- cialization from Claremont Graduate University in Pomona, California. Quinonez is also an award winning poet who has written two books of poetry, and is anthologized in many books and journals, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez University of Texas at Austin Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, an assistant professor, has taught journalism at UT since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Freedom Forum Fellow in 1998. She has she worked as a journalist for major news media outlets including UPI, WFM-TV in Dallas, the Boston Globe and the Dallas Morning News. Her master's was from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and her bachelor's in journalism was from UT-Austin, She researches Latinos and the news media. Denise Rocha University of Texas at Austin Denise Rocha, a native of Refugio, Texas, is the U.s. Latino and Latina World War II Conference Coordinator, She received her B.A. in History with a minor in Hispanic Relations from St, Edward's University in Austin, Her research has included the history of World War II, the culture and politics of Latin America, Spain and Russia, America Rodriguez Virgilio Roet Rosa Salazar Rosales Rodolfo Rosales Rita Sanchez ~ I t Josefina Santiago Carab(tUo 1 1 America Rodriguez University of Texas at Austin America Rodriguez, formerly a Los Angeles-based correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), is associate pro- fessor in the Departments of RTF and Journalism Departments at UT, She is the author of "Making Latino News: Race, Oass Language," (Sage, 1999). Her Ph.D, is in Communication from the University of California at San Diego. Her B,A. is in English and Spanish Literature from Swarthmore College. Her research interests include the history and political economy of US immigrant media, Elisa Rodriguez Elisa Rodriguez worked for 34 years for the federal government as a stenographer and an administrative secretary, as well as serving as an interpreter and, later, as the Spanish speaking program coordinator for the Economic Opportunity Office at Bergstrom Air Force Base. She worked in Waco and Austin for the Army Air Corps, the Veterans Administration and the Air Force, A native of Waco, Texas, Mrs. Rodriguez graduated from Waco High School in 1941. Mrs. Rodriguez retired in 1977. Virgilio G. Roel Austin, Texas Virgilio G, Roel received his BA from UT-Austin and his law degree from Georgetown Law School. He served in the Army and received the European EAME Campaign Medal with two bronze stars, He was appointed to various posi- tions including the High Court of American Samoa and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He was also was involved in helping to organize the Hispanic Bar Association. Rosa Salazar Rosales Rosa Salazar Rosales is the Executive Director of the National Association for Public Employees, located in San Antonio, Texas. Ms, Rosales, a native of San Antonio, received her B,A, from the University of'Michigan at Ann Arbor. As an active member of LULAC for the past twenty years, she has served as district director and is a past State Director of Texas LULAC. She is known for her public advocacy on behalf of disenfranchised communities in the area of labor, education, health, and housing. Rodolfo Rosales University of Texas at San Antonio Rodolfo Rosales is an Assistant Professor at UI'-San Antonio. He received his Ph.D, from the University of Michigan. Dr. Rosales is the author of The Illusion of Inclusion (1999), which focuses on the emergence of middle class Hispanic politics in San Antonio in the last half of the 20th century. His teaching and research interests are Chicano politics, urban politics, modern and contemporary political philosophy, and public policy. Loriene Roy University of Texas at Austin Loriene Roy is a Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at UT-Austin, She received a Ph,D, from the University of Illinois, She co-edited Librarv and Information Studies Education in the United States (1998), Her research involves creating a National Virtual Museum of the American Indian, a reading program for American Indian children; conducting a study of Spectrum Initiative scholars for the American Library Association; and co-developing an agent for book recommending. Rita Sanchez San Diego Mesa College Rita Sanchez received her Master's Degree in English from Stanford University in 1974. At Stanford, she was a Ford Foundation Fellow and a Stanford Chicano FeUow. She edited and published two student journals. She taught for ten years, from 1974-1984, in the Chicano Studies Department at San Diego State University. She is currently Chair of the Chicano Studies Department at San Diego Mesa College, She developed the first courses on Chicanas. Today she promotes the study and research of family history. Josefina Santiago Caraballo University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon campus Josefina Santiago Caraballo teaches humanitions, Puerto Rican history and U.S. history. She is completing her dis- sertation, "War, Reform and Colonialism: the Militarization of Puerto Rico." The dissertaion looks at the reltaion looks at the relation between the militarization and socio-economic reforms as a result of World War II. Her work has been published in books, academic journals and newspapers, mostly related to her dissertaion, I I I I I I L__,_,_______________________________ Federico Subervi Gerald Torres George Vargas Emilio Zamora 1 2 Federico Subervi University of Texas at Austin Federico Subervi has been a professor at the Department of Radio-TV- Film, University of Texas-Austin since 1989. He also taught at UC-Santa Barbara. Subervi earned his Ph,D at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, His M.A. in Communication and B.A. in Social Science, both with honors, are from the University of Puerto Rico, his native country. His specialty, areas are Communication and ethnic-minor- ity groups, especially Latinos/Hispanics. Gerald Torres University of Texas at Austin Gerald Torres is Vice-Provost and H.O, Head Centennial Professor in Real Property Law. He received his A,8, in 1974 from Stanford University; his J.D. 1977 from Yale and his LL.M. 1980, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), His research areas are Critical Race Theory and agricultural and environmental law. He has served as Deputy Attorney General for Environmental and Natural Resources in the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, and as Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno. Steve Trejo The University of Texas at Austin Steve Trejo is an economist who recently moved to UT from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He received his Ph.D, from the University of Chicago, and his research focuses on public policy issues involving labor markets. In recent work, he has investigated the economic experiences of immigrant and minority workers and the impact of over- time pay regulation. Dionicto Valdes The University Of Minnesota Dionicio Valdes is Professor of Chicano Studies at the University Of Minnesota. He received his Ph. D. in Latin American history at the University of Michigan, He is the author of Al Norte' Agricultural Workers in the Great lakes Region. 1917-1970 (UT Press, 1991), and Barrios Nortenos: St Paul and Midwestern Mexican Communities in the Twentieth Century (UT Press, 2000). He is also co-editor, with Refugio Rochin, of Voices of a New Chicana/o Historv (Michigan State University Press, 2000). George Vargas Austin, Texas George Vargas, Ph.D. (the University of Michigan) is published art historian, art/ed administrator, art consultant, grantwriter, museum educator/curator, and visual artist, who also has an expertise in public art. His most recent book is on contemporary Mexican American art and will be published by UT Press. He is also the founder of Latin- Artes, a new art consultancy company organized to present, promote, and preserve Latino American arts and culture. Emilio Zamora University of Houston Emilio Zamora is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Houston. He obtained his BA and MA degrees at Texas 1\&1 University at Kingsville and his Ph,D. degree from UT-Austin. His research inter- ests include Mexican American history and the history of Mexican workers in Texas between 1890 and 1945, His recent book-length study, The World of the Mexican Worker in Texas (1993), was awarded The T.R. Fehrenbach Book Award and The H.L. Mitchell Award. The U.S. Latinos & Latinas WWII Oral History Project ... Preserving the Legacy This conference ties in to the U.S. Latinos & Latinas WWII Oral History Project, which is doc- umenting the stories and accomplishments of that generation. The core of the Project is an archive of videotaped interviews to be housed at the Center for American History and the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, both here at the lIT campus. There are several other components and lots of ways to help. Please see our contact information on page 1 of this program. Any and all help is welcome! 1 3 Weare proud to be associated with the U.S. Latinos & 1.,atinas and WWII Conference and with the larger effort, the U.S. Latinos & Latinas WWII Oral History Project. As journalists, we believe tha! the story of our country must include the stories of all of our people. We applaud the good efforts of conference partici- pants and especially the leadership of Prof. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez. We look for- ward to continuing work in this important area. --Stephen D. Reese, Chairman, Department of Journalism. The Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) is proud to be a sponsor of this event honoring the experience of U.S. Latinos and Latinas during World War II. Too often the contributions and sacrifices of the Latino community in the service of this country have been overlooked. This conference represents an initial step in the long-overdue effort to correct this oversight. In that context, this confer- ence marks an important and much-needed beginning. -- David Montejano, Director Center for Mexican American Studies The College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin is honored to be a part of the u.s. Latinos & Latinas and WWII Conference. We wish to thank the excellent scholars from throughout the country who are here to share their very important work in the area of U.S, Hispanics. Let's hope this is the beginning of future work and conversations in this area. The College is pleased to cosponsor this event and we wish to congratulate Professor Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez for her very hard work..,have a great conference. -- Dean Ellen Wartella The U,S. Latino and Latina World War II Conference would like to thank our volunteers for all of their hard work. vVtthout their help, the U. S. Latino and Latina World War II Conference could not be possible. and the A. H. Belo Corporation Foundation proudly support the u.s. Latinos and Latinas & World War II: Changes Seen, Changes Wrought Conference University of Texas at Austin May 2000