University of North Texas
March 1-3, 2007
Conference Program
[Revised: February 2, 2007]
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Plenary 1—Bienvenida
A Conversation with Mexican American Legislators
University Theatre, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Reception, University Union, Golden Eagle Suite, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Welcome Address, President Gretchen Bataille, University of North Texas
(To be confirmed): Members of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus
Friday, March 2, 2007
Registration: Wooten Hall 111, 8:30 am – 9:00 am
Session 1: A Critical Conversation on Gloria Anzaldúa’s Work
Wooten Hall 267, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Chair, Norma E. Cantú, University of Texas at San Antonio
Glenda Serna-Schaffer, “On the Other-Side of the Bridge,” University of Texas at San Antonio
Fabiola Torralba, “The New Mestiza Consciousness: Radical Transformations for a Movement of Inclusivity,” University of Texas at San Antonio
Venetia June Pedraza, “The Borderland Is a Space, Culture, and Theory: The Social Construction of History, Gender, Sexuality and Memory,” University of Texas at San Antonio
T. Jackie Cuevas, “Chicana Feminism in the Post-Borderlands: Or, What Was Chicana Feminism?” University of Texas at San Antonio
Session 2: Cruzando Sierras Voy de Mojad@! Practice, Politics,
and the Unpacking of Popular Immigration Discourse
Wooten Hall 262, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Alex E. Chávez, “Huapango Arribeño: Performing the Mexican Immigrant Experience,” University of Texas at Austin
Santiago Guerra, “Contrabando y Coyotes: Trafficking and the Contemporary Immigration Debate,” University of Texas at Austin
Session 3: The Chicano Movement in South Texas & Struggles
for Immigrant Rights
Wooten Hall 211, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Patricia Dunn, “The Tenth Anniversary of the César E. Chávez March for Justice Exhibit,” Institute of Texan Cultures, University of Texas at San Antonio
Noe Ramírez, “Research Findings on the Community Organization Activities of the Chicano Movement in South Texas and Their Implications for Organizing Immigrant Groups,” University of Texas-Pan American
Session 4: Framing the Immigration Debate: Terms of Engagement
Wooten Hall 230, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
David J. Molina, “The Impact of US-Mexico Economic Integration on the Flow of Labor and Capital on Each Country,” University of North Texas
Celina Vásquez, “Framing the Immigration Debate—No Soy ‘Illegal Alien,’” Texas Woman’s University
Paul Dunbar, “Immigration: An American Dilemma,” University of North Texas
Amalia Guirao, “Policies of Social Exclusion: A Comparative Analysis of Spanish and U.S. Marginalization of Immigrants in Society,” University of Texas at San Antonio
Session 5: A Contemporary Challenge for the Church:
The Gospel’s Call to Welcome the Stranger
[Assign Room], 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Rev. Nathan Stone, S.J., Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House, Lake Dallas, Texas
Session 6: A Selected Survey of Mexican American / Chicano/a Art Library Holdings at Public Universities in Texas
[Assign Room], 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Laura Martínez, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A & M University at Corpus Christi
Break: 10:15 am – 10:30 am
Session 7: New Perspectives in Spanish Language Media
[Assign Room], 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Patricio J. Salinas, “The Past, Present & Future of Spanish Language Political Advertising: Democrats, Republicans and the Latino Vote,” University of North Texas
Ligia García-Béjar, “Local Market Broadcast Television Managers & the Art of Reaching the Second-Generation Hispanic Audience,” University of North Texas
Session 8: Art & the Literary Postmodern: Neoindigenism & the Mexican Diaspora
Wooten Hall 214, 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Jesús Cantú Medel, “Neoindigenism in Chicano/a Art: A Site for Praxis in Art Education in Pro-Immigrant Activities,” Houston Community College, Northline
Micaela Pérez, “Journey of Self Consciousness: Self, Identity, and Community,” University of Texas at San Antonio
Luis Velarde, “Representations of Displacement, Migration, and Diaspora in Gómez-Peña,” University of North Texas
Session 9: Broadening the Definition of Chicanismo: Immigrants Beyond Aztlán
Wooten Hall 267, 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Yazmín Lazcano, Texas State University
Barbara Lundberg, Texas State University
Gina Guzmán, Texas State University
Paul Velásquez, Texas State University
Session 10: The Latina/o Chicana/o Oral History Project:
Nuestro Derecho a la Educación
Wooten Hall 211, 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Chair, Mariela Nuñez-Janes, University of North Texas
Baltazar Flores, University of North Texas
Chase Walding, University of North Texas
Nezahualcoyotl Paniagua, University of North Texas
Erbin Ayala, University of North Texas
Elizabeth Rovira, University of North Texas
Ryan Gilbert, University of North Texas
Session 11: Mexican American Lawyering I: Las Cuatro Esquinas
de Nuestra Cultura
Wooten Hall 230, 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Isidro Aguirre, “Las Cuatro Esquinas de Nuestra Cultura: Gus García, J.J. Herrera, Carlos Cadena y Maury Maverick Jr.,” Dallas Independent School District (DISD)
Break: 11:45 am – 12:00 / Walk to Noon Plenary Session
Plenary 2: Keynote Address – Golden Eagle Suite, University Union
(Lunch Served)
Michael A. Olivas, “‘Colored Men’ and ‘Hombres Aquí’: Hernández v. Texas and
the Emergence of Mexican American Lawyering,” University of Houston School of Law
Break: 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Return to Wooten Hall
Session 12: What Does It Mean to Become American? Cultural Deposits
and Withdrawals in the Americanization Process of Young Immigrants
Wooten Hall 262, 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Dolores E. Godinez, University of Texas at Austin
María Luisa Illescas-Glasscock, University of Texas at Austin
Session 13: The Texas Bilingual Education Story: Celebrating Our Legacy (2005)
Wooten Hall 211, 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Rudy Rodríguez, Producer, University of North Texas
Guadalupe San Miguel, Commentator, University of Houston
Session 14: Mythic Journeys, Political Resistance & Modernity
in Literature & Film
Wooten Hall 267, 1:45 – 3:00 pm
Ignacio López-Calvo, “Literary and Political Resistance in Alfredo Véa’s Gods Go Begging,” University of North Texas
Cordelia Barrera, “Landscape, Dreams, and Mythic Journeys in the Works of Rudolfo Anaya,” University of Texas at San Antonio
Javier Rodríguez, “Becoming the Undocumented: Passages into Mexico in the Two Recent Films The Gatekeeper and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” Notre Dame University
Session 15: Minority School Achievement: An Examination of Culture
and Language in San Antonio
Wooten Hall 230, 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Carmen Guzmán-Martínez, University of Texas at San Antonio
Esther Garza, University of Texas at San Antonio
Hsiao-Ping Wu, University of Texas at San Antonio
Session 16: Contested Terrain: A History of Sterilization Campaigns, Redevelopment Schemes & Displacement in El Paso’s
Segundo Barrio—1917 to 2007
[Assign Room], 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
David Dorado Romo, Historian & Member, Paso del Sur, El Paso, Texas
Bruce Berman, Photographer and Member, Paso del Sur, El Paso, Texas
Break: 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Session 17: Conversation [about] Doing Research and Publishing
on Mexican American/Chicano/a Issues
Marco Portales, Texas A & M University at College Station
Elías Domínguez-Barajas, Texas A & M University at College Station
Session 18: “Excavating a Hymn”: Recent Bibliographic Work
in Chicana/o Studies
Wooten Hall 262, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Larissa Mercado-López, University of Texas at San Antonio
Megan Sibbett, University of Texas at San Antonio
Marco Cervantes, University of Texas at San Antonio
Session 19: Staging the Struggles and Triumphs of Cultural
Citizenship through Theatre
Wooten Hall 267, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Lorenzo García, University of North Texas
Gloria Benavides, University of North Texas
Dante Martínez, University of North Texas
Session 20: Expanding the Picture of Chicano/a Studies:
Teaching Writing with Images of Immigrants
Wooten Hall 211, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Chair, Jaime Armin Mejía, Texas State University
Lupita Murillo Tinnen, Collin County Community College District, Plano
Jennifer Johnson, Texas State University
Lisa Roy-Davis, Collin County Community College District, Plano
Session 21: Unheard Voices: A Documentary Film about
Immigrant Rights, Civil Rights, and Youth
Wooten Hall 230, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Chair, Mariela Nuñez-Janes, University of North Texas
John Skrobarczyk, University of North Texas
Jorge Ledesma, University of North Texas
Esther Reyes, University of North Texas
Rumana Rahman, University of North Texas
Session 22: New Perspectives in Chicano & Latino Studies
[Assign Room], 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Andrea Robledo, “Latinos/as in Leadership: Participatory Action Research with Latino/a Organizations at the University of North Texas,” University of North Texas
Angel Méndez, “How Texas Was Lost: The Controversy behind the Río Grande and Nueces Rivers,” University of North Texas
Viviana Hall, “North American Latino(a) Theologies: Immigrant Rights Issues, A New Perspective from the Margins,” Southern Methodist University
Otilia Sánchez, “How City Government Can Work to Address Issues Facing Undocumented Immigrants: A Look at the Austin Commission on Immigrant Affairs,” University of North Texas
Break: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
The José L. Castillo Photograph Collection: Ceremony to Acknowledge Receipt
UNT Archives, Willis Library 430, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Join us for this brief official ceremony to acknowledge receipt of a historic photographic collection recently donated to the University of North Texas Archives by Peruvian-born journalist and photographer, José L. Castillo. The photograph collection contains nearly 3,000 digital photographs. The images are of Mexicans and other Latinos and were taken in North and West Central Texas. These were taken during the period from 2004 to 2006. The José L. Castillo Photograph Collection bears the distinction of being the single largest photographic collection representing Latinos in North Texas ever gifted to any North Texas public or private university archive. Join us for this happy occasion to honor the significant work and unique gift of our friend and colleague, José L. Castillo.
Meet Authors & Book Signing: Wooten Hall 267, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Authors Participating (confirmed): Norma E. Cantú, Celerino Castillo, José Angel Gutiérrez, David Hernández, Miguel Juárez, Josephine Méndez-Negrete, Marie “Keta” Miranda, Michael Phillips, Marco Portales, Michael A. Olivas, David Dorado Romo, and Juan Tejeda.
Noche Cultural: University Union, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Presentation of the Premio Mi Raza Primero:
University Union, Silver Eagle Suite, 7:00 pm – 7:15 pm
Opening Ceremony / Ceremonia:
University Union, Silver Eagle Suite, 7:15 pm – 7:30 pm
Yaoyollohtli (Corazón de Guerrero) / Danza Azteca
Música y Baile: University Union, Silver Eagle Suite, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Conjunto Aztlán & Other Guests TBA
Conjunto: Spanish for ensemble or group, refers to a specific Tejano musical group whose principal instruments are the button accordion and the 12 string bajo sexto. Aztlan: translated from the Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, means “the place of whiteness,” and according to the Codex Boturini, it is the original Aztec homeland. It was from Aztlan, somewhere in the Southwestern United States, that the Azteka-Mexica set out, in the year one flint (1064 A.D.), on a sacred journey that lasted about three hundred years and culminated in the founding of Mexico-Tenochitlan (now Mexico City). The Chicano movement, in an expression of self-determination and reaffirmation of a heritage culturally and spiritually linked to the original/native people of this continent, embraced the concept of Aztlan as our homeland.
Conjunto Aztlan represents a spiritual and musical journey expressed through poetry and song. The Conjunto was born of the Xicano Movement in Austin, Texas, in 1977. Through the last decades, it has gone through several periods of activity and various configurations but it has remained alive and steadfast in its purpose: to celebrate, defend, and expand the musical, cultural, and spiritual legacy of the Chicano people.
Through the years, the group has attracted a large number of talented musicians and songwriters who have performed with the conjunto in places as diverse as a Brown Beret political rally in Austin and a gathering of East Coast Chicano law students at Harvard. The repertoire and instrumentation have varied, but certain elements have remained constant: the Tejano button accordion, two- and three-part harmonies, and original songs with politically, culturally, and socially conscious lyrics in English and Spanish.
Currently, Aztlan is in many respects a traditional conjunto, utilizing typical conjunto instrumentation (button accordion, bajo sexton, bass and drums) and playing typical conjunto music (polkas, valses, cumbias, boleros, canciones rancheras). It is also non-traditional; many of the song lyrics differ in theme from those of the usual conjunto, and their repertoire includes indigenous rhythms, salsa, oldies, rockabilly and reggae-Cajun-zydeco. Conjunto Aztlan continues to deliver música del movimiento chicano, as well as the more traditional compositions La Raza has grown to expect.
Conjunto Aztlan has recorded two CDs: These include Aztlan (1998) and From Aztlan With Love (2004). Conjunto members include Clemencia Zapata (percussion, vocals), Juan Tejeda (vocals, button accordion), José Flores Peregrino (bajo sexton, vocals), and J. J. Barrera (bass guitar). For more information visit the Web at: www.conjuntoaztlan.com.
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Registration, Wooten Hall, First Floor Foyer, 8:30 am – 9:00 am
Session 23: Who’s Really Invading Our Space? “Intelligence Community,” Environmental Racism, Human/Civil Rights Abuses & Anti-Immigrant
Infrastructure in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Wooten Hall 214, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Kamala Platt, University of Texas-Pan American
Nadeshda I. Garza, University of Texas-Pan American
Pedro Sandoval, University of Texas-Pan American
Session 24: South Texas’ Spatial Politics of Domination and Resistance
Wooten Hall 213, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Chair, María Quezada, University of Texas at San Antonio
Lori Rodríguez, University of Texas at San Antonio
Andrea Figueroa, University of Texas at San Antonio
Jennifer Vásquez, “Conroe: Ex-urbanization of a Small Texas Town,”
University of Texas at San Antonio
Francisco Aranda, “Family Photos/Records of Place,” University of Texas at San Antonio
Jesús Reyes, “’People of Earth’: Texas and Northeastern Mexico Coahuiltecan,” University of Texas at San Antonio
Session 25: A Border (Reality) Checkpoint
Wooten Hall 262, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Sara Inés Calderón, Reporter, ¡Ahora Sí!, Austin, Texas
G. Daniel López, Photographer, The Brownsville Herald, Brownsville, Texas
Session 26: The Emergence of a Student Social Movement:
A Case Study of Walkouts in Dallas, Texas
Wooten Hall 267, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Hortencia Jiménez, University of Texas at Austin
Laura Barbarena, University of Texas at Austin
Michael Young, University of Texas at Austin
Session 27: Recovering the Silent Voices via Archives
and Special Collections at Texas A&M
[Assign Room], 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Rebecca Hankins, “The Antecedents of the Anti-Immigration Movement in Texas,” Texas A & M University at College Station
Gregory Cuéllar, “Using Archives to Reconstruct Early 18th Century Religious Identity Along the Río Grande,” Texas A & M University at College Station
Miguel Juárez, “¡Siempre! Tracing the Latino Presence at Texas A & M,” Texas A & M University at College Station
Break: 10:15 am – 10:30 am
Session 28: Memoir & Autobiography: Personal, Family & Community Narratives
Wooten Hall 230, 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Josephine Méndez-Negrete, “Reading from her book, Las Hijas de Juan,” University of Texas
at San Antonio
Francisco R. Aranda, “Family Photos/Records of Place,” University of Texas at San Antonio
Session 29: Mexican American Lawyering II: Education, Labor & Justice
for Immigrants
Wooten Hall 262, 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Virginia Marie Raymond, “Dangerous Innocence and the Limits of Equal Protection: Plyler v. Doe at Twenty-Five,” University of Texas at Austin
Benny Agosto, Jr., “Can Undocumented Workers Sue for Lost Wages?” Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friend, Houston, Texas & Chair of the Editors Board, Texas Bar Journal
Session 30: Gender, Political Activism & Electoral Politics in Tejas
Wooten Hall 267, 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Juanita Luna Lawhn, “Emma Tenayuca: Leftist vs. Nationalist,” San Antonio College
De Ann Rose, “A City Divided: The Murder of Santos Rodríguez in Dallas, Texas,” University of North Texas
José Angel Gutiérrez, “Ciro Rodríguez’s Political Lifesaver: Mid-Decade Redistricting in Texas,” University of Texas at Arlington
Session 31: The Living Conditions of U.S.-Born Children of Mexican
Immigrants in Unmarried Families
Wooten Hall 262, 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Yolanda C. Padilla, University of Texas at Austin
Melissa Radey, Florida State University
Session 32: Tehuatzin Ti Mexikatl – You Are Mexican, el Mensaje de
Los Abuelos Antiguos
[Assign Room], 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Evelio Chichilticoatl Flores, Kalpulli Tonalpilli, Dallas, Texas
Rubén Tlakatecatl Arellano, Kalpulli Tonalpilli, Dallas, Texas
Session 33: Una Plática Sobre Memoria, Historia y Cultura: Chicano(a)/Latino(a)/Mexican Archives at Texas Universities
[Assign Room], 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Miguel Juárez (Convener), Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Texas A & M
Ann Hodges, Special Collections, University of Texas at Arlington
Margo Gutiérrez, Nettie Lee Benson Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Christian Kelleher, Nettie Lee Benson Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Rebecca Hankins, Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Texas A & M
Dennis Medina, Special Collections, University of Texas at San Antonio
George Gause, Special Collections, University of Texas-Pan American
Claudia Rivers, Special Collections, University of Texas at El Paso
Gregory Cuéllar, Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Texas A & M
Break: 11:45 am – 12:00 Noon
Plenary 3—Despedida
The State of Mexican American Studies in Texas
Wooten Hall 222, 12 Noon – 1 pm
Chairs & Directors Participating (confirmed):
Dr. Susan González-Baker, University of Texas at Arlington
Center for Mexican American Studies
Dr. José E. Limón, University of Texas at Austin
Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS)
Dr. Josephine Méndez-Negrete, University of Texas at San Antonio
Mexican American Studies Program.
Exhibits
Exhibit 1: Patricia Dunn, “The Tenth Anniversary of the César E. Chávez March for Justice Exhibit,” Institute of Texan Cultures, University of Texas at San Antonio
Exhibit 2: Michelle Mears, “Mexican American Holdings in the University of North Texas Archives,” University Archives, University of North Texas
Exhibit 3: Noemí Martínez, Río Grande Valley Zines & Projects
Exhibit 4: University of North Texas Book Store
Exhibit 5: Dr. José Angel Gutiérrez, Author
Exhibit 6: University of North Texas Press
Exhibit 7: Friends of the Family, Denton County, Texas
Exhibit 8: Dan Arellano, Author
Exhibit 9: Miguel Júarez and Gregory Cuéllar, “Chicano(a)/Latino(a)/Mexican Collections at the Cushing Memorial Library,” Texas A & M University at College Station
Exhibit 10: Dr. Rolando Vela Músquiz, Author
Exhibit 11: Olivia’s Sterling Silver Jewelry
Note: Exhibits and the registration table will be found in Wooten Hall 111 on Friday, March 2, 2007. On Saturday, March 3, 2007, the exhibits and registration table will be located in Wooten Hall’s first floor foyer.
Conference Contact:
Dr. Roberto R. Calderón
Department of History
P.O. Box 310650
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas 76203-0650
Phone: (940)369-8929
Fax: (940)369-8838
E-mail: beto@unt.edu
