and the uses of symbolic citizenship through Inglés Sin Barreras [English without Barriers]. Annual meeting of the American Anthropology Association, San Jose, CA, Nov. 2006. Language, culture, and education: Cases from around the world, Chair. Paper: Consuming tongues: Mexican transmigration and the globalization of language learning. Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2005. Imagined borders: National/Transnational identities and ideologies in local constructions of conflict and peace, Co-Chair. Paper: "It's not a game...and it IS a game": Undocumented Mexican identities and the Chicano mystique. Annual meeting of the American Anthropology Association, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2003. The Discursive construction of ideologies and identities in schools: Cross-National perspectives, Chair. Paper: Globalization on the border: Reimagining economies, identities, and schooling. Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL, Nov. 1999. Co-Constructing contested identities in schools: Hegemonic discourses and strategies of persistence/resistance/renewal, Paper: Towards a pedagogy of identity: The Disclosure of sexual identity and its effects on classsroom discourse. Annual meeting of the American Anthropology Association, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 1998. Roundtable at International Conference Queerness as a site of vulnerability in academe. Roundtable. Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2014. Chairing Sessions at National Meetings Gendering resistances: Immigrant bodies, Immigrant organizing, and queering immigration, Co-Chair. National Women’s Studies Association, Milwaukee, WI, Nov. 2015. Chairing Sessions at Regional Meetings Cross-Cultural narratives, literacies, and power: Border Stories, Co-Chair. Paper: “It’s like the love of my life has died”: Identities, education, and globalization on the border. Regional meeting of National College Teachers of English, Tucson, AZ, April, 1999. Invited Regional Colloquia Intersections of Mexico/U.S. border culture, (im)migration, and LGBT/LGBTTI identities. Invited Collquia. Centro Sábila, Albuquerque, NM, July 15, 2016. Invited Local Colloquia
3 Jason Lilly Chair Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 4 Jair Muñoz Chair Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 5 Angela Owens Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 6 Sergio Chair Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 7 Carmen Seda Chair Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 8 Lisa Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 9 Richard Torres Chair Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 10 José Velazquez Chair Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 11 Claudia Saldaña Corral Member Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 12 Emiliano Villareal Member Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP 13 Jesse Sepulveda Member Ed. Leadership & Foundations UTEP Defended Thesis/Dissertation Committee Membership Student Role Degree Dept. University Defended 1 Diana Piñeda Member Ph.D. Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP August, 2018 2 Beau Pihlaja Member Ph.D. Rhetoric and Writing Studies UTEP July, 2017
3 Tommy Sigala Member Ed.D. & UTEP Dec. 2016 4 Sara Bartlett Large Member Ph.D. Rhetoric and Writing Studies UTEP July 2016 5 Luciene Member Ph.D. Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP April 2016 6 Zach Warzecka Member Ph.D. Rhetoric and Writing Studies UTEP April 2016 7 Maria Talamantes Member Ph.D. Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP July 2015 8 Brenda Fuentes Member Ph.D. Teaching, Learning, and Culture UTEP May 2014 9 Bisola Marginay Member Ph.D. Transfor- mative Studies California Institute of Integral Studies Dec. 2013 10 Roxanne Hackney Member Masters Teacher Education UTEP May, 2011 Supervised Dissertations/Theses Dissertations 1. Kerney, Debra (2014). True Blue: A Narrative Inquiry Exploring Instructional Practices Used During Reading Instruction in a Title I National Blue Ribbon School in New Mexico. Doctoral Dissertation Teaching, Learning, and Culture, University of Texas at El Paso Char Ullman, Chair Dr. Kerney is now the principal of Carolina and Sylvester Reyes STEM elementary school in Canutillo, TX. 2. Lucero, Leanna (2013). An Exploration of the Uses of Social Media among Multiply Minoritized LGBT Youth. Doctoral Dissertation Teaching, Learning, and Culture, University of Texas at El Paso Char Ullman and Brian Giza (Co-Chairs) Dr. Lucero is now Assistant Professor of Elementary Education (tenure-track) at New Mexico State University. Masters Theses