Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS)-Tejas Foco Conference.
http://www.naccs-tejas-2013.
We hope to see you in South Texas in February!
Chican@ Studies ¡Ahora!
Community-Based Pedagogies, Scholarship, and Activism
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) TEJAS FOCO
University of Texas – Pan American | Edinburg, Tejas
February 21-23, 2013
Confirmed Guest Speakers:
Dolores Delgado Bernal, Education, Culture, and Society/Ethnic Studies,
University of Utah
Helena María Viramontes, English and Latina/o Studies, Cornell University
Aída Hurtado, Chican@ Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Marcos Pizarro, Mexican American Studies, San José State University
Enrique Alemán, Educational Leadership and Policy/Ethnic Studies, University
of Utah
Jose Limón, American Literature and Latina/o Studies, University of Notre Dame
Sheila Contreras, Literature and Chicano/Latino Studies, Michigan State
University
Josie Méndez-Negrete, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies and Mexican American
Studies, UTSA
Dennis Bixler-Márquez, Chicana/o Studies, University of El Paso
Tiffany Ana López, Theatre, University of California, Riverside
Roberto R. Calderón, History and Mexican American Studies, University of North
Texas
Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, Theatre and Mexican American Studies, University of
Texas at Austin
Victor Gomez, History and Mexican American Studies, South Texas College
Call for Proposals
Recent attacks on Chican@ and Ethnic Studies programs are reminders of the need
for spaces to produce knowledge in, about, and for our communities. This
conference provides an environment to encounter and engage recent work by those
who situate their teaching, research, writing, creative activities, and
advocacy on and beyond an academic campus. This call for proposals centers on
the ways in which academic research, creative activities, pedagogy, and
activism can directly affect and become embedded in these communities.
The conference seeks to bring together scholars, teachers, artists, activists,
and other individuals or groups dedicated to Chican@ Studies and Latin@
Studies. With a trans-/extra-disciplinary approach, the 2013 annual conference
will represent areas of concern in Chican@, Latin@, Ethnic, Gender, and
Critical Race Studies, History, Philosophy, Art, Literature, Theatre and
Performance, Music, Social Psychology, Education, Anthropology, Sociology,
Political Science, Economics, and other approaches concerned with social
justice. Proposals on the methods and outcomes of participatory or action
research are particularly encouraged. The program will feature panels on Human
Rights, Critical Pedagogies and Epistemologies, Native Issues, Decolonization /
Democratization, Gender and LGBTQ Issues, Race and Racialization, Politics,
Language, Transnationalism and Immigration. Those with experience as students,
teachers, activists, scholars, artists, and other community members are invited
to submit the following types of proposals: panels, papers, performances,
posters/exhibits, creative activities, testimonios, round tables, film
screenings, workshops, and other innovative presentations.
Submit proposals by December 1, 2012 to mas@utpa.edu. In your proposal, include
the type of presentation, title, an abstract of 150-250 words, your full
contact information, and any audiovisual requests. Proposals and presentations
need not be in English. For further information and to register for the
conference, go to http://www.naccs-tejas-2013.
have the opportunity to submit their papers for consideration for the NACCS
Tejas Foco 2013 Conference Proceedings in the peer-reviewed Rio Bravo: Journal
of Borderlands, published by the University of Texas, Pan American.
Thursday, February 21: Pre-Conference Workshops
Pre-Conference Registration Deadline: January 21st, 2013
Register at http://www.naccs-tejas-2013.
Workshop I: “Storytelling as Community-Based Pedagogies, Scholarship, and
Activism”
•9am-4pm (lunch provided)
•Workshop Fee: (Free for UTPA staff, faculty, and students). For participants
not affiliated with UTPA, a $15.00 registration fee is due by the deadline.
Workshop leader Dr. Francisco Guajardo (Associate Professor of Educational
Leadership and Director of the Center for Bilingual Studies, UTPA) facilitates
a process to author testimonios and digital narratives with participants and
students. Process includes production of audio narratives through written
narrative form and the use of digital audio technology. This particular
pedagogy and participant-generated content exemplify the type of work possible
in a school and community context. Participants receive a certificate showing
the Professional Development hours earned.
Workshop II: “Transforming Chicana/o Experiences through Graduate Studies”
•9am-4pm (lunch provided)
•Workshop is for undergraduate and graduate students.
•Workshop Fee: (Free for UTPA students). Students at other institutions need
to pay the conference registration fee by the January 21st deadline.
Workshop leaders Dr. Dolores Delgado Bernal (University of Utah), Dr. Aída
Hurtado (University of California, Santa Barbara), Dr. Marcos Pizarro (San
José State University), and Dr. Sheila Contreras (Michigan State University)
will mentor and encourage students interested in graduate studies with a focus
on both M.A. and PhD programs. In the morning session, workshop leaders will
discuss the Chican@ and Latin@ educational experience, with an afternoon
session focused on what graduate students do in their various programs and with
their degrees. The workshop provides students with direct contact with these
decision-makers and intellectual leaders. The workshop may also cover the
application process, including cover letters, writing samples, and other
components of the graduate degree-seeking and professional development process.
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