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1984 University of New Mexico Ph.D.
1978 University of Arizona M.A.
1974 University of Arizona B.A.
ACADEMIC AWARDS/HONORS/FELLOWSHIPS
PUBLICATIONS
DISSERTATION: "Youth and the World of Work: Causes of Underemployment and the Impact of Government Training Programs on Employment Outcomes", University of New Mexico, 1984.
M.A. THESIS: "Mexican Emigration: A Preliminary Examination of the Causes of Mexican Emigration and Mexican Emigration Policy", University of Arizona, 1977.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Avalos, M. 1996. "Gender Inequality: Sorting Out the Effects
of Race/Ethnicity
and Gender in the Anglo Male - Latino Female Earnings Gap,"
Sociological Perspectives, 39(4), in press.
Avalos, M. , and DeYoung T. 1996. "Preferences for Water Policy in Ogallala Region of New Mexico: Distributive vs. Regulatory Solutions," Policy Studies Journal, 23(4), in press.
Avalos, M., 1993. "The Impact of the Latino Vote in the 1992 Presidential Election in Arizona," Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, 6: 51-64.
Hain, P., Roeder, P. and Avalos, M., February, 1981, "Risk and Progressive Candidacies: An Extension of Rhode's Model," American Journal of Political Science, vol. 25, no. 1.
NON-REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Avalos, M., 1991, "The Status of Latinos in the Profession: Problems in Recruitment and Retention," Political Science & Politics (PS), Vol. 24, no. 2 (June): 241-246.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Avalos. M. 1997. "Raising Arizona: Latinos in the 1996 Election," in Rodolfo
O. de la Garza and Louis DeSipio eds., Latino Politics in the 1996 Elections. Boulder: Westview Press, forthcoming.
Avalos, M. 1996. "Latinos and the 1992 Election in Arizona: The Promise and Disillusionment," Pp. 95-110. In Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Louis DeSipio ed., Ethnic Ironies: Latino Politics In the 1992 Elections. Boulder: Westview Press.
Avalos, M. 1995. "Economic Restructuring and Young Latino Workers in the 1980s," Pp. 25-40. In Roberto de Anda ed., Chicanos and Chicanas in Contemporary Society. New York: Allyn and Bacon.
BOOK REVIEWS
Avalos, M. 1996. City on the Edge. By Alejandro Portes and Alex Stepick.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. Reviewed in Explorations in Sights and Sounds, (in press).
Avalos, M. 1993. Latinos in the U.S. Political System: Two-Tiered Pluralism. By Rodney E. Hero. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992. Reviewed in Policy Currents, vol. 3, no. 1(February).
PUBLISHED REPORTS
Avalos, M., December 1984, "Preferences for Managing New Mexico Water," (coauthor), Final Completion Report (project 11345647), New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute.
Avalos, M., May, 1982. "Hispanic Youth in the Labor Market: Explorations into the Job Search Process," (coauthor), Completion report submitted to the Hispanic Youth Employment Research Center, National Council of La Raza.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
"Race and Politics in the Americas" (co-authored with Anthony Affigne, Providence College, and Gerald Alfred, Concordia University)
"Does Urban Structure Matter? A Methodological Inquiry" (co-authored with John Bretting, University of New Mexico, and John P. McIver, University of Colorado, Boulder)
"Race and Politics in the Americas" (co-authored with Anthony Affigne, and Toni Travis) book prospectus, now under consideration at NYU University Press, University of Minnesota Press, Temple University Press, Routledge Press, and Garland Press.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
"The Political Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States"
"Family Transitions: Changes in Mexican-American Household Structure Across the 1940s" (co-authored with Brian Gratton, Arizona State University and Rodney Ito, Arizona State University)
GRANTS
"Gendered Inequalities in the Labor Market: Latina Income Disparities, 1940- 1990" ASU West Scholarship, Research and Creative Activities Grant Program, $2,750, Summer 1995.
"Recruitment and Retention of Latino Academics in Political Science," ASU West Scholarship, Research and Creative Activities Grant Program, $4,900, Summer 1994.
"Computer Enhanced Instruction in an Urban Political Economy Course," Instructional Development and Implementation Grant, Arizona State West University, $1000, Summer 1993.
"Gender Inequality and Labor Market Discrimination: The Anglo Male-Female Earnings Gap," ASU Faculty Grant-In-Aid Program, $3,500, Summer, 1992.
"Gender Inequality and Labor Market Discrimination: The Anglo Male-Latina Earnings Gap," ASU West Research Grant Program, $9,500, 1992.
"Latinos in a Changing U.S. Economy", Summer Research Grant, ASU West, $3,500, Summer, 1991.
"Latino Earnings Discrimination", California State University, Northridge, $5,500, September 1990 - January 1991.
"Latino Life Chances: Progress in the Attainment of Occupational Status and Employment, 1940-1980." (Funded from 11/1/87 - 1/30/90) Co-Investigator
(Dudley, L. Poston, Principal Investigator, Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University) on a funded ($67,000) IUP/SSRC grant project; Supplemental funding ($15,000), awarded January, 1989.
"Hispanic Youth in the Labor Market: Explorations into the Job Search Process," (with John Garcia, University of Arizona), Hispanic Youth Employment Research Center, National Council of La Raza, $32,000, 198182.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION AND PRESENTATIONS
"Identity, Society and Power: Understanding the Politics of Race," (co-authored with Tony Michelle Travis, George Mason Univerisity and Anthony Affigne, Providence College) presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 28 - September 1, 1997.
Organizer and Participant in Workshop on Integrating Race and Ethnicity into Political Science Curriculum at the annual meetings of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, March 14-16, 1996.
"The Political Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States" presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 31- September 3, 1995.
Panel Discussant, "Conceptualizing Diversity within the State", at the annual meetings of the Western Political Science Association, Portland, March 16-18, 1995.
"Race and Politics in the Americas," (co-authored with Anthony Affigne, Providence College, and Gerald Alfred, Concordia University) presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, New York, Sept. 1-5, 1994.
Participant on Roundtable, "Mexican Americans, The Ambivalent Minority? Divergent Perspectives. A Critique of Peter Skerry's Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority," at the annual meetings of the Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, NM, March 10-12, 1994.
Participant on Roundtable, "The Scholarly Discourse on Relations Between Latinos and Native Americans: Where have We Been and Where are We Headed," at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association. Albuquerque, NM. March 10-12,1994.
Participant at the ASU West/Earlham Conference, "Faculty-Librarian Partnerships: Enhancing the Teaching-Learning Process Through Information Literacy," October 18, 1993.
Panel Participant, "The Latino Vote in 1992: A Roundtable," at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Pasadena, CA, March 18- 21, 1993.
Panel Discussant, "More Results from the Latino National Political Survey," annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September, 3-6, 1992.
Panel Discussant, "Determinants of Latino Political Participation ," annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September, 3-6, 1992.
"Raising Academic Achievement: An Evaluation of a High School Magnet Program," presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, March 19-22, 1992.
"Latino Workers in a Changing U.S. Economy," presentation at the Conference on Culture and Diversity: Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum for the 21st Century University, 21st Century Project, ASU West, April 7-9, 1991.
"Hispanic Earnings Inequality: Public Policy Responses," presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Seattle, March 21-23, 1991.
"Economic Stratification and Latina Earnings: Discrimination in the Labor Market," presenter, ASU West Faculty Colloquium Series: Research on Minority Populations in the U.S., March 6, 1991.
"Earnings Inequality and Labor Market Discrimination: The Case of Foreign Born Mexicans and Mexican Americans" presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Chicano Studies, Albuquerque, March, 1990.
PROFESSIONALSERVICE
Chair of the standing committee on the Status of Chicanos of the Western Political Science Association, 1984-86; 1989-92; 1996-98.
Member of the Executive Committee, Race and Politics Section, American Political Science Association, 1995-96
Member of the Sponsoring Committee for the new Race and Politics Section, American Political Science Association, 1994-95
Grant Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 1994-96
Member of the standing committee on the Status of Chicanos of the Western Political Science Association, 1995-1997.
Member of the editorial board, Urban Affairs Review, (formerly, Urban Affairs Quarterly) 1993-1996.
Section Chair, Race and Ethnicity, Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 10-12, 1994
Member of NSF Graduate Fellowship Review Committee, Political Science Section, 1991-1995.
Member of the Nominating Committee of the Southwest Political Science Association Committee, 1989-91.
Member of the National Association of Chicano Studies Political Action Committee, 1990-91; 1991-92.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Political Science Association
Western Political Science Association
National Association of Chicano/a Studies
CONSULTANCIES
Research Consultant, Chicano Survey Analysis Seminar, National Chicano Research Network, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Summer, 1980.
Research Analyst, City of Albuquerque Police Department Grant Project, "Managing Patrol Operations," Summer, 1979.
Research Consultant, Survey Research Design, Measurement and Analysis, Zia Research Associates, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1977-84.