Results for "Center for Mexican American Studies"

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Raul Madrid

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Government, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
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Professor Madrid's current research focuses on the emergence of ethno-populist parties in the Andean nations. His book-in progress seeks to explain under what circumstances parties based in Latin America's…

Martha Menchaca

Affiliated Departments:
Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
Research Interests:

Social anthropology; ethnicity, critical race theory, legal anthropology, history and oral traditions, US/Mexican culture; Latin America; Mexico

Daisy Yvette Morales-Campos

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
Research Interests:

Community-based Health Promotion; Health disparities in STDs and Cancer; Underserved communities; Culture, health, and maintenance of behavior change; Participatory Research Methods; Cancer prevention

Yolanda Padilla

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Population Research Center, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Social Work, School of Undergraduate Studies
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Dr. Padilla investigates racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being in the United States, particularly among Latino populations. Her research examines the consequences of poverty for Latino children and…

Domino Perez

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, English
Research Interests:

Chicana Literature, American Literature, Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Film.

Manuel Ramirez

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Psychology
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Cross-cultural psychology, ethnopsychology, cognitive styles, and cultural values. Current research interests are in multicultural psychotherapy, on the relationship of acculturation to mental health and family…

Pedro Reyes

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Population Research Center, College of Education, Educational Leadership and Policy, Educational Psychology, LBJ School of Public Affairs
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Professor Reyes is the Director of the UT-Austin Education Research Center which is a virtual research center dedicated to helping state policymakers evaluate or analyze education policies. As a social scientist, Dr…

Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez

Affiliated Departments:
School of Journalism, American Studies, Center for Mexican American Studies
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The intersection of oral history and journalism, oral history as research methodology, community outreach and in teaching.