UNIVERSITY SERVICE

     Department of History

     Academic Personnel Committee, 2005-07      

     Appointment Committee for European field, 2001

     Appointment Committee for Latin American Field (chair), 2005

     Appointment Committees for U.S. field, 1997-98, 99-00, 05, Chair’s Advisory Committee, 1999-01

     Chair’s Special Assistant for Graduate Student Affairs, 2002

Field Coordinator, 1997-98, 99-00, 01-02, 03-04

    Graduate Awards Committee, 2000-01

Promotions Criteria Committee, 2005

    Search Committees for Latin American field, 1997-98, 2001

Vice-Chair of Graduate Affairs, 2002-05

     College

Academic Senate Committee on Teaching, 2003-06

Associate Director, Latin American Studies, 2005-06

Campus Ad Hoc Review Committees, 2002, 04

Chair, Latin American Studies Program, 2005-08

Dickson Art History Fellowship Committee, 2002

Faculty Advisory Committee: Academic Advancement Program, 2004-05

Faculty Advisory Committee: American Indian Studies Center, 1997-06

Faculty Advisory Committee: American Indian Studies Program, 2003-06

Faculty Advisory Committee: Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, 2003-05

Faculty Advisory Committee: Center for Study of Women, 1998-03

Faculty Advisory Committee: Latin American Studies Center, 2005-06

Faculty Advisory Committee: Latin American Studies Program, 2001-05

Faculty Advisory Committee: McNair Scholars Research Program,     2005

Faculty Mentor, McNair Program, 2004-05

Faculty Mentor, Summer Research Program, 2001-02, 04-05

Faculty Mentor, UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, 2001-05

Faculty Mentor, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, 2004-05

IAC Fellowship Committee: American Indian Studies Center 2003

IAC Fellowship Committee: Chicano Studies Research Center, 2002

Search Committee, Dean of Social Sciences, 2005-06

Search Committee, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, 2002

Search Committee, American Indian Studies Center, 2003-04

Search Committee, International Institute, 2005-06

Student Affairs Planning Committee, co-chair, 2005-06

COMMUNITY SERVICE

     Co-sponsored a grant proposal for $10,000 to initiate a community partnership between Ujima Village, a housing community in South Los Angeles, and the UCLA Office of     Residential Life.  Participated in programs and tutoring sessions at Ujima (2002-present) and organized an undergraduate seminar on the history of the community and the history of Black Los Angeles in 2004.

     Faculty Advisor, UCLA Amnesty International (2003-present).

     Invited, sponsored, and facilitated visit of Rigoberta Menchú (Nobel Peace Prize Winner from Guatemala in 1992) to UCLA  (November, 2001).

     Participated in CONIC Conference in Teotihuacan, Mexico (October, 2001). CONIC (Consejo de Organizaciones y Naciones Indígenas del Continente) is a consortium of nine Native American groups from North and South America.  The 5-day conference focused on the rights of indigenous groups and nations within nation states (October, 2001).

     Organized CONIC Conference at UCLA (April 2000).  Lisa Sousa (History, Occidental College) and I organized and planned a conference in Los Angeles on indigenous rights. The    4-day event invited nearly forty indigenous leaders and delegates from CONIC (Consejo de Organizaciones y Naciones Indígenas del Continente). The representatives addressed four    major topics: indigenous autonomy and self-governance; land struggles; international trade agreements; and the status of the UN Treaty.

AWARDS FOR SERVICE

     2005   Dr. Robert M. Stevenson Faculty-in-Residence Award, UCLA

     2005   Community Partners Award, County of Los Angeles Housing Authority and LA County Community Development Foundation

     2003  UCLA Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, Amnesty International, USA