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Table of ContentsWelcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Book Exhibit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Conference at a Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8ProgramThursday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Friday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Saturday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2Hotel Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Index of Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Advertisements/ Sponsors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Dear conference participants,We are thrilled to welcome you to the inaugural Latina/o studies conference where we plan onlaunching the first ever Latina/o Studies Association. Many people and organizations have workedhard to make this conference a reality. Those involved are scattered throughout the US, and theyreflect our many diverse constituencies: from those working in the humanities, social sciences,and professional schools, to those at large public universities to small private colleges, from thoseliving on the Pacific Coast, in the Southwest, through the Midwest, the South, East Coast, and Caribbean. We bring our energy, passion, and commitment to developing the vibrant field of Latina/oStudies.With this conference we hope to spotlight the dynamic work being carried out in a range of disciplines with a particular focus on the interdisciplinary impulse that shapes and motivates workproduced under the banner of Latina/o Studies. We recognize the decades-long history and crucialwork of national-origin studies, such as Chicana/o Studies and Puerto Rican Studies, from whichmany of us have emerged; and we further ask how might we conceptualize the field so that itreflects the complex histories, social formations, and cultural production of Latinas/os even whileseeking to imagine a larger sense of belonging that might transcend nationalisms?A little background on how we got here. During the May 2012 Latino Studies Section meeting atthe Latin American Studies Association conference in San Francisco, scholars from a variety ofdisciplines decided to explore the feasibility of creating an international Latina/o studiesassociation. Since then, many of these scholars have held informal meetings at other academicconferences in order to gauge interest in such an organization. To date, discussions have been heldat the American Studies Association, the Puerto Rican Studies Association, the Modern LanguageAssociation, the Organization of American Historians, the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic LiteraryHeritage Conference, among many others.Chicago serves as a symbolic setting for our conference. Located between the historicallyMexican Southwest and the Caribbean East Coast, Chicago has long embraced its diverseLatina/o communities, and is home to several universities with Latina/o studies programs. Wewish you a productive and engaging conference where you’ll be able to reconnect with old friendsand make new ones.Saludos,Latina/o Studies Conference Program Committee3
AcknowledgementsThe conference and association planning was truly a collaborative effort. We want to thankthe following committees and individuals for their support, energy, and hard work towardmaking this event possible:Latina/o Studies Conference Planning CommitteeFrederick AldamaClaudia Garcia-RojasChampaignNorthwestern UniversityNortheastern Illinois UniversityAlicia RodriguezThe Ohio State UniversityLorena AlvaradoFrances Aparicio, Co-ChairNorthwestern UniversityCarlos Octavio BallinasNorthwestern UniversityRaúl CoronadoUniversity of California atBerkeleyNilda Flores-GonzalezUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoNorthwestern UniversityEmily GarciaLorena GarciaUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoJonathan Xavier IndaUniversity of Illinois at UrbanaChampaignBilly Johnson-GonzalezDePaul UniversityIsabel Molina GuzmanUniversity of Illinois at UrbanaMaria Isabel OchoaDePaul UniversityUniversity of Illinois at UrbanaChampaignMaura Toro MornIllinois State UniversityLourdes Torres, Co-ChairDePaul UniversityChristina TusDePaul UniversityLatina/o Studies Conference Program CommitteeFrances AparicioLorena GarciaMérida RúaUniversity of MassachusettsUniversity of Southern CaliforniaWilliam Patterson UniversityNorthwestern UniversityMari CastañedaHector Cordero GuzmanBaruch College – School ofPublic AffairsRaúl Coronado, Co-ChairUniversity of California atBerkeleyJorge DuanyFlorida International UniversityRosa Linda FregosoUniversity of California at SantaCruz4University of Illinois at ChicagoPierrette Hondagneu SoteloWilliams CollegeElena SabogalJonathan Xavier IndaSilvio Saillant TorresDeborah ParedesIllinois State UniversityUniversity of Illinois at UrbanaChampaignUniversity of Texas at AustinStephen PittiYale UniversityRay RoccoUniversity of California, LosAngeles (UCLA)Syracuse UniversityMaura Toro MornLourdes Torres, Co-ChairDePaul UniversityDeborah VargasUniversity of California atRiverside
Latina/o Studies Association CommitteeRaúl CoronadoElena MachadoLa Salle UniversityUniversity of California-DavisUniversity of California-BerkeleyCarmen LamasFlorida Atlantic UniversityIsabel PorrasDeborah R. VargasUniversity of California RiversideLatina/o Studies Conference Student AssistantsBrenda BecerraPaulina NavaDepartment of Latina/Latino Studies, University ofIllinois, Urbana-ChampaignJaime OchoaCenter for Latino Research, DePaul UniversityAdrianna GonzalezCindy LimaDepartment of Latin American and Latino Studies,DePaul UniversityDepartment of Latin American and Latino Studies,DePaul UniversityCenter for Latino Research, DePaul UniversityLucero SegundoLatina and Latino Studies Program, NorthwesternUniversityGraphic DesignersMario LuceroUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoErika AbadTania AguilarDiana AlfaroAlexia BedollaMaria CalderonJaime CamargoCarla CarbajalLaura CarlosIvette CastroRico ChenyekBeth ColonXavier DiazRaziel Diaz-GomezLucero SegundoNorthwestern UniversityVolunteersLola GarciaAdrianna GonzalezDelia GonzalezYasmin GonzalezJulia GutierrezMelissa HuertaAlicia LauraStefany LoezaAnabelle MartinezMichelle MercadoPriscilla MonsivaisElizabeth MoralesAraceli MorenoKarla MuldowneyMichael OchoaYesenia OlveraElizabeth OrtizJasmin PatronSandy PerezLizzet ProaXavier RamirezJanett RamosErandy RiveraAlicia RodriguezCinthya RodriguezKezia RodriguezNoemi RomanLuisa RosaBernando SalazarMiguel SaucedoLucero SegundoMaritza SilverioLuisa SosaCecilia SuarezJulie TorresNoel ZavalaMarissa ZayasSponsorsMajor sponsors:Latina and Latino Studies Program, Northwestern UniversityDepartment of Latina/Latino Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignDepartment of Latin American and Latino Studies, DePaul UniversityLatino Studies Program, Williams CollegeLatino Studies JournalLatin American and Latino Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Loyola UniversityLatino Studies Program, Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of California-Berkeley5
Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, University of ChicagoLatino Studies Research Center, University of Notre DameLASER Program, Ohio State UniversityLatino Studies, American Culture, and Office of the Senior Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs, University ofMichiganAméricas Research Center, School of Humanities, Rice UniversityProgram in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Duke UniversitySchool of Transborder Studies, Arizona State UniversityDepartment of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, Department of American Studies, Rutgers UniversityCo-Sponsors:The Department of English, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, The Knowledge River Program,The Institute for LGBT Studies, Department of Mexican American Studies, Rhetoric, Composition and theTeaching of English, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of ArizonaLatino Studies Program, University of Missouri, Kansas CityCultural and Critical Studies, Bowling Green State UniversityLatin American and Latina/o Studies Program, Illinois State UniversityLatino Studies Program, Indiana UniversityLatin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies, Dartmouth CollegePuerto Rican Studies AssociationUCLA Chicano Research CenterU.S. Latina/o Studies Program, University of MarylandLatin American and Latino Studies Program, University of Illinois at ChicagoLatino/a Studies Program, University of North CarolinaLatin American and Latino Studies Department, Chicano Latino Research Center, University of California,Santa CruzLatino Studies, Social and Cultural Analysis, New York UniversityLatino Studies Program, Ethnic Studies Program, University of NebraskaOffice of the Chancellor, Latino Faculty Initiative, City University of New YorkLatin American and Latino Studies Program, Syracuse UniversityWe also want to thank the following individuals for their support, expertise, andcommitment:Dan Linzer, Provost, Northwestern UniversitySarah Mangelsdorf, Dean, Weinberg School of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern UniversityBenjamin Polancich, Manager Financial Administration, Weinberg School of Arts and Sciences,Northwestern University6Carlos Ballinas, Program Assistant, Latina and Latino Studies Program, Northwestern UniversityChristina Tus, Program Assistant, Department of Latin American and Latino Studies, De Paul University
Book ExhibitChicago Room12 PM - 6 PMJuly 17 - 19Arte Público PressCENTRO JournalDuke University PressHarvard Journal of Hispanic PolicyJOLLAS (Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies)Journal of Latina/o PsychologyLatino Studies JournalNew York University PressPenguin GroupRutgers University PressScholar’s ChoiceTaylor and Francis GroupUniversity of Chicago PressUniversity of Illinois PressUniversity of Texas PressUniversity of Wisconsin Press7
Conference at a GlanceThursday, July 177:00am-8:00am Continental Breakfast8:00am-9:30am Session One9:45am-11:15am Session Two11:30am-12:50pmLunch Association Business Meeting*1:00pm-2:30pmSession Three Film Screening2:45pm-4:15pmSession Four Film Continued4:30pm-6:00pm Plenary6:00pm-8:00pm Welcome ReceptionFriday, July 187:00am-8:00am Continental Breakfast8:00am-9:30am Session Five9:45am-11:15am Session Six11:30am-12:50pmLunch Association Business Meeting*1:00pm-2:30pm Session Seven2:45pm-4:15pmSession Eight Film Screening4:30pm-6:00pmSession Nine Film ContinuedSaturday, July 197:00am-8:00am Continental Breakfast8:00am-9:30am Session Ten9:45am-11:15am Session Eleven11:30am-12:50pmLunch Association Business Meeting*1:00pm-2:30pmSession Twelve Film Screening2:45pm-4:15pmSession Thirteen Film Continued4:30pm-6:00pmSession Fourteen Spoken Word Event*After two years of planning it is finally here! At the 2014 Chicago conference we will launch aninternational Latina/o studies association, the first organization dedicated to the comparative andinterdisciplinary study of Latinas/os. Our goal is to carve out an international space for dialogue andfruitful debate, and invite participation from all disciplines and fields. This is a grassroots initiativethat welcomes all input and requires enthusiastic collaboration so that the development of theassociation is organic, inclusive and successful. The launch will take place over the course of threeluncheon/business meetings; please know that the first 50 attendees will receive a free boxed lunch.We hope that you will join us for this exciting opportunity to shape the future of our field!8
Thursday, July 177:00AM-8:00AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFASTHONORE BALLROOM8:00AM-9:30AM1.1Self-Employment, Transnational Ties, andResidential Segregation Amongst PuertoRicansKIMBALL ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: William Vélez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee“The Self-Employment of Island-Born and Mainland-Born Puerto Ricans: The Effects of Island versus Mainland Residence andMainland Ethnic Enclaves”Marie T. Mora, University of Texas Pan-AmericanAlberto Dávila, University of Texas Pan-AmericanHavidán Rodríguez, University of Texas Pan-American“Assimilation or Transnationalism? Evidence from the LatinoNational Survey 2006 for Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, andSouth Americans who immigrated to the US from 1958-2005”Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan-Ann ArborLara S. Black, Columbia University“The Misrepresentation of Puerto Ricans by Social Scientists”William Vélez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee1.2Complicating the Latino Discourse:Conditions, Access and Strategies aroundEducation for Latinos Living in New YorkCityLOGAN ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZERS and CHAIRS: Alejandro E. Carrión, Graduate Center-City University of New YorkEdwin Mayorga, Graduate Center-City University of New YorkRicardo Gabriel, Graduate Center-City University of New YorkRoberto Martínez, Graduate Center-City University of New YorkMariely Mena, Marymount Manhattan CollegeHonory Peña, Marymount Manhattan CollegeMellie Torres, New York UniversityBlanca E. Vega, Columbia University1.3Latin@ Education in Chicago - Past andPresent Struggles: Navigating and Resisting Oppressive Conditions and SpaceSESSION ONEMADISON ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Erica R. Dávila, Arcadia UniversityJaime Alanís, DePaul UniversityAnn Aviles de Bradley, Northeastern Illinois UniversityGabriel A. Cortez, Northeastern Illinois UniversityCristina Pacione-Zayas, Latino Policy ForumIsaura Pulido, Northeastern Illinois UniversityAngélica Rivera, Northeastern Illinois UniversityMirelsie Velázquez, University of Illinois-Urbana-ChampaignLeticia Villarreal Sosa, Dominican University1.4The Barrio at War: Militarization inLatina/o CommunitiesMARSHFIELD ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER: Marisol LeBrón, New York UniversityCHAIR: Gina Pérez, Oberlin CollegeMarisol LeBrón, New York UniversityG. Melissa García, Dickinson CollegeIrene Garza, University of Texas-AustinAlfredo González, University of ChicagoJulia A. Mendoza, New York University1.5Rethinking Movimiento: Art and ActivismWILSON ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZERS and CHAIRS: Emily A. Maguire, NorthwesternUniversity;T. Urayoán Noel, University at Albany-State University of NewYork“The Past of Chicanafuturism: Isabella Rios’s Victuum”Emily A. Maguire, Northwestern University“Virtually Latina/o: A Manifesta/o”T. Urayoán Noel, University at Albany-State University ofNew York“Undocumenting Nature: Toward a Latina/o Ecopoetics”Michael Dowdy, Hunter College-City University of New York“1971: A Comparative Case Study in Nationalist Print Cultures”John Alba Cutler, Northwestern University9
1.6Latina/o Representation in Mass Mediaand Popular CulturePRICE ROOM (5th Floor)CHAIR: Rosa-Linda Fregoso, University of California-Santa Cruz“Representing Representation: Mass Media and Journalism inLatina/o Cultural Production”Ariana Vigil, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill“Un-fixing the Race: Latinos and the Assimilation Fallacy in theShadow of Hollywood”Paloma Martínez-Cruz, Ohio State University“What Did They Call Them After They Called Them ‘Greasers’?Genealogies and Taxonomies of the Mexican Other”Lee Bebout, Arizona State University“La Narcotraficante de Los Tigres del Norte: Gendered PowerDynamics in Narcocorridos”Alejandra Rosales, Williams College1.7Somos Familia: The Transnational Politicsof Representation about Latino FamiliesINDIANA ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Patricia Zavella, University of California-Santa CruzDISCUSSANTS: Cecilia Menjívar, Arizona State UniversityVilma Ortiz, University of California-Los Angeles“Illegality, Citizenship, and Belonging in Mixed Status Families”Leisy Abrego, University of California-Los Angeles“Mothering in the Struggle: Undocumented Youth Activism in aFamily Context”Alyshia Galvez, Lehman College-City University of New YorkAmalia Pallares, University of Illinois-Chicago“The Strong Families Initiative”Patricia Zavella, University of California-Santa Cruz1.8Capturing Movement(s): Latina/o Historiesof Migration, Mobility, and DiasporaEmpireEMPIRE BALLROOM (Lobby Level)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Genevieve Carpio, Yale UniversityDISCUSSANT: Carmen Teresa Whalen, Williams College“Birds of Passage or Black Devils: Migration and Racialization inthe Box Bill Debates”Genevieve Carpio, Yale University“‘Vocación de Libertad’: Social Worker Activists and the Transnational Battle for Social Security in Puerto Rico and the UnitedStates, 1930-1950”Emma Amador, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor“Afro-Diasporic Solidarities: Dr. Ana Livia Cordero’s Movementsin the Caribbean, Ghana, and the United States, 1931-1992,”Sandy Plácido, Harvard University9:45AM-11:15AM2.110SESSION TWO(De)Constructing Digital and VisualLatinidadesINDIANA ROOM (3rd Floor)CHAIR: Camilla Fojas, DePaul University“Identity Expression of US Latina Writers in Social Media Spaces”Teresa Satterfield Linares, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor“De-constructing the ‘Worthy Victim’ in Lourdes Portillo’sSeñorita Extraviada”Ina Marie T. Kellerher, University of California-Berkeley“Rafael Cabañas Alaman’s translation of Tino Villanueva’s Scenefrom the Movie Giant/Escena de la película GIGANTE: CinematicElements in Translation”Juanita Luna Lawhn, San Antonio College2.2Education under Restraint: Teaching andLearning Latina/o Studies in DanvillePrisonKIMBALL ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Pamela Cappas-Toro, Stetson UniversityPamela Cappas-Toro, Stetson UniversityAndy Eisen, University of Illinois-Urbana-ChampaignOrlando Mayorga, University of Illinois’ Education Justice ProjectElfego G. Nuñez, University of Illinois’ Education Justice ProjectOtilio E. Rosas, University of Illinois-Urbana-ChampaignLuis Saucedo, University of Illinois’ Education Justice ProjectAndra D. Slater, University of Illinois’ Education Justice ProjectAugie M. Torres, University of Illinois’ Education Justice Project2.3Heritage Matters: Supporting Latino Student Achievement in a Suburban ChicagoHigh School (An Interactive Workshop)LOGAN ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Corrie Wallace, Niles Township HighSchool DistrictCorrie Wallace, Niles Township High School DistrictJoaquín Stephenson, Niles Township High School DistrictCecilia Serrano, Niles Township High School DistrictHenry Brown, Niles Township High School District2.4Frank Bonilla and the Founding of LatinoStudiesMADISON ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: María de los Angeles Torres, Universityof Illinois-ChicagoDISCUSSANT: Teresa Córdova, University of Illinois-Chicago“Puerto Rican Studies“Edwin Meléndez, Hunter College-City University of New York“Bringing In Cuban Studies”Lisandro Pérez, John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CityUniversity of New York“Supporting and Growing Dominican Studies”Ramona Hernández, City College of New York-City Universityof New York“IUPLR: The Infrastructure for Latino Studies”Gilberto Cárdenas, University of Notre Dame“Transnationalism and Other Paradigmatic Contributions”
María de los Angeles Torres, University of Illinois-Chicago2.5Out of the Shadows and Onto the Stage:The Critical Spaces of Artist-Scholar Theory Work, Praxis, and PerformanceMARSHFIELD ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Alex E. Chávez, University of NotreDameAlex E. Chávez, University of Notre DameMartha González, Scripps CollegeMicaela Jamaica Díaz-Sánchez, Mount Holyoke CollegeAlexandro D. Hernández, University of California-Los Angeles2.6Roundtable - New Forms for LatinaResearch: Building Online Dialogue withMujeres Talk2.9“Dime con quién andas”: RethinkingRegion in the Construction of Latina/oRacial CategoriesEMPIRE BALLROOM (Lobby Level)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Julie A. Dowling, University of Illinois-Urbana ChampaignDISCUSSANT: John Nieto-Phillips, Indiana University-Bloomington“Mexicans and Chinese in the Massacre of 1871: Gender, Colonialism, and the Los Angeles Borderlands”Isabela Seong Leong Quintana, New Mexico State University“Cold War Specialists: American Medical Expansion and theTrajectories of Latino Migrant Physicians, 1948-1970”John Mckiernan-González, Texas State University“Courting Whiteness: Historical and Contemporary Ideologiesof Whiteness among Mexican Americans in Texas”Julie A. Dowling, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignWILSON ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Theresa Delgadillo, Ohio State UniversityTheresa Delgadillo, Ohio State UniversityYalidy Matos, Ohio State UniversityDiana Rivera, Michigan State UniversityMiranda Martínez, Ohio State University2.7The Politics of Indigeneity in/andLatinidadPRICE ROOM (5th Floor)CHAIR: Marisol Negrón, University of Massachusetts-Boston“Indigeneity and Latinidad: How Mexican Indians are Changingthe Language of Race in the US”Lourdes Alberto, University of Utah“Speculative Realism, Indigenous Scribes and Intersubjectivityin Alex Rivera’s Sleep Dealers”Martín Enrique García, University of California-Santa Cruz“Healing in Diaspora: Latinidad and Indigeneity at the Site ofDecolonial Medicine Networks”Rico Kleinstein Chenyek, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign2.8In the Flesh: Cross-Racial Teaching inLatina/o StudiesBUCKINGHAM ROOM (5th Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Tace Hedrick, University of Florida“You Could be Cuban”: Teaching Comparative Race in FloridaLatino/a Studies”Tace Hedrick, University of Florida“Invitational Pedagogies in Multicultural Classrooms: AnAnzaldúan Approach to Identity Transformation”AnaLouise Keating, Texas Woman’s University“Race and Politics in Dr. Bost’s Latina/o Lit”Suzanne Bost, Loyola University Chicago“The Potentiality of Teaching as a Latin/o American in theAmerican Studies Classroom”Gabriel Mayora, University of Florida11:30AM-12:50PMLUNCH / ASSOCIATION BUSINESSMEETINGEMPIRE BALLROOMVote to Establish Association and DiscussMission StatementModerators: Raúl Coronado and Carmen LamasDuring our first business meeting, we will vote to launch ourorganization! If you registered for the conference, then you areby default a voting inaugural member. But what should we callourselves? And what’s your vision for our organization? We willshare the proposed association names submitted via Facebook/email and encourage any last minute suggestions in order toproduce a list of possible names for the organization. We generate an itemized list of priorities that we’d like our organization tofocus on. Within a few months after our conference, there willbe two online votes held, one for the association’s name and onefor the mission statement. A mission statement committee willuse the list from the conference discussion, produce a missionstatement, circulate it to the membership, and have an opencomment period prior to the vote.This meeting will result in:1. Vote to launch our organization2. Finalize a list of possible names for our organization3. Generate list of priorities we’d like our mission statement toaddress4. Generate a list of self-nominees to the mission statementcommittee1:00PM-2:30PM3.1SESSION THREEUnauthorized Citizenship: Anti-ImmigrantPolitics and the Political Becoming of11
Undocumented ImmigrantsINDIANA ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Jonathan Xavier Inda, University ofIllinois-Urbana-Champaign“Striving for Inclusion: Marches, Protests, and MigrantCounter-Conducts”Jonathan Xavier Inda, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign“‘AIDS Knows No Borders’: Activist Rhetoric Against the US Banon HIV Immigration.”Karma R. Chávez, University of Wisconsin-Madison“Política desde Abajo: Neoliberalism and Mexican Civil Societyin New York City”Alfonso Gonzáles, Lehman College-City University of New York“What Digital Divide? Latina/o Immigrant Youth, New Media,and the Rise of the Undocumented Youth Movement”Arely Zimmerman, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign3.2Space, Place, and Latinidad: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Museums,Activism, and Recreation in LatinoIdentity FormationKIMBALL ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER: Delia Fernández, Ohio State UniversityCHAIR: Theresa Delgadillo, Ohio State UniversityDelia Fernández, Ohio State UniversityVerónica Betancourt, Ohio State UniversityMirelsie Velázquez, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign3.3Death and Mourning in Poetry andthe Public SphereLOGAN ROOM (3rd Floor)CHAIR: Heather A. Hathaway Miranda, University of Illinois-Chicago“A Sleep and a Forgetting? How Poetry Can Combat Death”Nancy Kang, University of Baltimore“Velorios to Die For: Puerto Rican Spectacles of Death andMourning”Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez, Mount Holyoke CollegeEntre Medios: A Short Film Documentary on MourningQueer(ed) LivesElvia Mendoza, University of Texas-Austin3.4Roundtable - New Directions in (Afro-)Cuban and (Afro-)Latina/o StudiesMADISON ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Christina D. Abreu, Georgia SouthernUniversityNancy Raquel Mirabal, San Francisco State UniversityAntonio López, George Washington UniversityMonika Gosin, College of William and MaryEva Silot Bravo, University of Miami3.5Forms of JusticeMARSHFIELD ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Jennifer Harford Vargas, Bryn Mawr12College“Journalism, Fiction, and the Performance of History in DanielAlarcón’s Work”Monica Hanna, California State University-Fullerton“The Floating Dictatorship in Francisco Goldman’s The OrdinarySeaman”Jennifer Harford Vargas, Bryn Mawr College“Whose Aztlán?: HIV/AIDS and Gil Cuadros’s DecolonialImaginary”Julie Avril Minich, University of Texas-Austin“Junot Díaz’s Upward Mobility Trilogy”Elda María Román, University of Southern California3.6Roundtable - Latina/o History in theAmerican MidwestWILSON ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Felipe Hinojosa, Texas A&M UniversityFelipe Hinojosa, Texas A&M UniversityLilia Fernández, Ohio State UniversityAnne Martínez, University of Texas-Austin3.7 - 4.7 Wildness (Film)DIRECTED by Wu TsangPRICE ROOM (5th Floor)Rooted in the tropical underground of Los Angeles nightlife,WILDNESS is a documentary portrait of the Silver Platter, ahistoric bar in the MacArthur Park area that has been home forLatin/LBGT immigrant communities since 1963. With a magical-realist flourish, the bar itself becomes a character, narratingwhat happens when a group of young artists create a weeklyperformance art/dance party (organized by director Wu Tsangand DJs NGUZUNGUZU & Total Freedom) called Wildness,which explodes into creativity and conflict. What does “safespace” mean, and who needs it? And how does it differ amongus? At the Silver Platter, the search for answers to these questions creates coalitions across generations.Mala Mala (Film)DIRECTED by Dan Sickles, Antonio SantiniIn a celebration of the trans community in Puerto Rico, thefissure between internal and external is an ever-present battle.A unique exploration of self-discovery and activism, featuringa diverse collection of subjects that include LGBTQ advocates,business owners, sex workers, and a boisterous group of dragperformers who call themselves The Doll House, MALA MALAportrays a fight for personal and community acceptance pavedwith triumphant highs and devastating lows. Through rivetingcinematography that encapsulates the candy-colored, vivaciouspersonalities as well as their frequently dark personal experiences, directors Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles dynamicallypresent the passion and hardships reflective of this distinctivelybinary human experience.3.8Mapping Geographies of Latina/o LaborBUCKINGHAM ROOM (5th Floor)ORGANIZER: Michael Innis-Jiménez, University of AlabamaCHAIR: Michael Innis-Jiménez, University of Alabama
“Medicalizing Homesickness: Railroad Braceros and Employersin the Midwest during World War II”Chantel Renee Rodríguez, University of Maryland-College Park“Latina/o Labor and the Making of Arkansas in the Twenty FirstCentury”Perla Guerrero, University of Maryland-College Park“Representing Latina Labor: Historical Sitings and Silences”Cary Córdova, University of Texas-Austin3.9Latina Spectacles of FemininityCalifornia-Santa CruzGabriela F. Arredondo, University of California-Santa CruzAdrián Félix, University of California-Santa CruzRosa-Linda Fregoso, University of California-Santa CruzLourdes Martínez-Echazábal, University of California-Santa CruzCatherine Ramírez, University of California-Santa CruzPatricia Zavella, University of California-Santa Cruz4.3EMPIRE BALLROOM (Lobby Level)CHAIR: Mari Castañeda, University of Massachusetts-Amherst“The Drag of Poverty: Holly Woodlawn and Monica BeverlyHillz”Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, University of Michigan-AnnArbor“Brown Enough? Sofia Vergara Navigates Colombianidad andLatinidad”Isabel Porras, University of California-Davis“Anatomy of an Aging Porn Star: Vanessa del Río: 50 Years ofSlightly Slutty Behavior”Juana María Rodríguez, University of California-Berkeley“Border Girls: The Gendered Racial Politics of Latin Pop Crossover”Pier Domínguez, Brown University2:45PM-4:15PM4.1SESSION FOURStaging Latinidad: Aesthetics and CulturalPolitics in Recent Latina/o Theater andPerformanceLOGAN (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Marissa López, University of California-Los AngelesMarissa López, University of California-Los AngelesSal Guerena, University of California-Santa BarbaraRoberto Delgadillo, University of California-Davis4.44.2Roundtable - New Directions in Latina/oStudies: Latin American and Latina/oStudies at University of California-SantaCruzKIMBALL ROOM (3rd Floor)ORGANIZER and CHAIR: Gabriela F. Arredondo, University ofLatina/o Revolutionaries and Latinidad inLate-Nineteenth-Century New York CityMADISON ROOM (3rd Flo
Department of Latina/Latino Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Cindy Lima Department of Latin American and Latino Studies, DePaul University Paulina Nava Department of Latin American and Latino Studies, DePaul University Jaime Ochoa . Journal of Latina/o Psychology Latino Studies Journal New York University Press Penguin Group
