Maria Cecilia Galup 870 West Alameda Street (520) 471-1645 Tucson, AZ. 85745 mari.galup@gmail.com mgalup@email.arizona.edu Education University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2009- expected 05/2015) PhD- Gender and Women s Studies University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2007-2009) MA- Women s Studies Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (2004-2005) Continuing education- Special student status. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (1996-2001) BA. Double major- Biological Science and Environmental Studies. Fluency in Spanish and English Honors and Scholarships Tinker Field Research Grant (2012) SBSRI Pre-Doctoral Research Grant program (2012) Women s Studies Advisory Committee Travel Grant (2012) Social and Behavioral Science Fellowship (2012) Women s Studies Advisory Committee Travel Grant (2011) Women s Studies Advisory Committee Fellowship (2010-2011) Women s Plaza of Honor Fellowship (2009-2010) Graduate Diversity Fellowship (2009-2010) Student/Faculty Interaction Grant (2010) Oral History Association Scholarship (2009) Graduate Minority Fellowship (2007-2009) Magellan Circle Award (2008) Graduated Summa Cum Laude (2001) Dean s list (1996-2001) Florida State University Scholarship (1996-2001) Recipient of Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale scholarship (1996-1998) Recipient of Ford scholarship (1996). Academic Memberships National Women s Studies Association (2007-present) University of Arizona Oral History Cluster (2008-present) Association of American Geographers (2010-present) Women s Studies Anti-racist Task Force (2007-2011) Graduate Committee (2010-2011) University of Arizona Critical Hermeneutics Group (2009-2011)
Papers Presented Making Connections: Struggles over Earth and the Body presented at the Association of American Geographers- February 24-28, 2012 Cultivating Home: Spaces of Trauma and Belonging in Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer, Association of American Geographers- April 12-16, 2011. Writing Down a Life: The Oral History of Dora Cuidad, National Women s Studies Association Conference- November 14, 2009. Dora and Inga: Thirty-five years of Service in a Fifty-Year Relationship, Oral History Association- October 16, 2009. Intersecting Lives: An Oral History of Paid Domestic Service in Lima, Peru, Gender and Women s Studies Department Colloquium, University of Arizona- April 22, 2009. Gendering Humanitarian Discourse: ICE, Worksite Raids and the Humanitarian Guidelines Created after the New Bedford Raids, National Women s Studies Association Conference- June 21, 2008. Publications Book Review (with Jessica de la Ossa and Anne Ranek) Along the Archival Grain: Epistemic Anxieties and Colonial Common Sense by Ann Laura Stoler, Gender, Place and Culture (forthcoming 2011) Teaching/Research/ Work Experience Teaching Assistant for Gender in a Transnational World. Department of Gender and Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (01/12-05/12) Constructed online component of this new hybrid course including all online discussion forums and assessment tools. Guide online discussions of course material and provided a safe space for student s to engage in Meet with students on a weekly basis to discuss their progress and find ways to improve their Assist professor, Catherine Euler, in constructing the syllabus, assessing the students progress, presenting class lecture material, and hold regular sessions to discuss strategies to enhance students learning experience. Instructor for Gender in the Americas, SEED Project. Language Reading and Culture Program, College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (12/10-01/11), (08/11) (12/11-01/12) Conducted a series of workshops that speak to the experiences of visiting teachers and pedagogical assistants from differing rural and indigenous communities in Mexico and Guatemala. Constructed a curriculum and lead discussions that critically engage the intersections of gender, race, class and nationality in topics such as Latina American (im)migration, gender violence and social movements in Latin America. Winter Session Undergraduate Instructor for Women in Western Culture. Department of Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (12/11-01/12) Constructed online course including online discussion forums and assessment tools.
Guided online discussions of course material and provided a safe space for student s to engage in Teaching Assistant for Chicana/Latina Studies. Department of Gender and Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (08/11-12/11) Led three class discussions that critically engaged with the topics covered in lecture and met with students on a weekly basis outside of class to discuss their progress and find ways to improve their Assisted professor, Dr. Nicole Guidotti-Hernández, to construct the online component of this course as well as helped assess the students progress. Lectured on class material when professor was absent. Research Assistant for the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW). Department of Gender and Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (08/10-05/11) Assisted on the three ongoing grant funded projects. The work included researching and compiling relevant articles and providing short written summaries of information; translating documents from English to Spanish including Human Subjects Research and Institutional Review Board (IRB) materials and the interview instruments; and aiding in producing conference presentation materials. I built an online survey database and transcribed interviews for the Immigrant Mothers with Citizen Children pilot project. Teaching Assistant for Gender in a Transnational World. Department of Gender and Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (08/10-05/11) Assisted visiting professor, Dr. Araceli Esparza, in assessing the students progress as well as hold regular sessions to discuss strategies to enhance students learning experience. Helped constructed the online component of this course. Meet with students on a weekly basis to discuss their progress and find ways to improve their Teaching Assistant for Chicana/Latina Studies. Department of Gender and Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (05/10-06/10) Assisted professor, Dr. Nicole Guidotti-Hernández, to construct the online component of this new hybrid online course including all online discussion forums and assessment tools. Lectured on class material when professor was absent. Graduate Assistant on a Learner Center Education (LCE) Grant. Department of Gender and Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (01/10-05/10) Assisted to build an online library with materials (readings, syllabi, quizzes, paper prompts, etc.) for GWS major undergraduate courses taught online or in a hybrid format. Help to organize workshop featuring department s most experienced online teachers and Technology Learning Specialists from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences on April 26, 2010 Teaching Assistant for Gender in a Transnational World. Department of Gender and Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (01/10-05/10) Constructed online component of this new hybrid course including all online discussion forums and assessment tools. Guided online discussions of course material and provided a safe space for student s to engage in
Met with students on a weekly basis to discuss their progress and find ways to improve their Assisted professor, Dr. Laura Briggs, in assessing the students progress as well as held regular sessions to discuss strategies to enhance students learning experience. Teaching Assistant for Gender in a Contemporary Society. Department of Gender and Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (08/09-12/09) Lead class discussion on past as well as new course material once a week. Met with students on a weekly basis to discuss their progress and find ways to improve their Assisted professor, Mary Speidel, in assessing the students progress as well as held regular sessions to discuss strategies to enhance students learning experience. Summer Session Undergraduate Instructor for Women in Western Culture. Department of Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (05/09-06/09) Constructed online course including online discussion forums and assessment tools. Guided online discussions of course material and provided a safe space for student s to engage in Teaching Assistant for Gender in a Contemporary Society. Department of Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (01/09-05/09) Assisted professor, Dr. Arianne Burford, by leading class discussion when she was absent. Met with students on a weekly basis to discuss their progress and find ways to improve their Aided professor in assessing the students progress as well as held regular sessions to discuss strategies to enhance students learning experience. Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Chicana/Latina Studies. Department of Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (08/08-12/08) Assisted professor, Dr. Arianne Burford, by leading class discussion when she was absent. Met with students on a weekly basis to discuss their progress and find ways to improve their Aided professor in assessing the students progress as well as held regular sessions to discuss strategies to enhance students learning experience. Research Assistant for Natural Resources, Labor and Gender in San Ignacio, Mexico. Bureau Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA) and Department of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (08/08-12/08) Assisted Dr. Stephanie Buechler on a grant funded project in the Sonoran community of San Ignacio (near Magdalena), Mexico. Conducted interviews in Spanish and engaged in participant observation with San Ignacio residents to gather information on labor, both domestic and agricultural, and access to natural resources such as water and agricultural land. Researched and compiled relevant articles and provided short written summaries of information as well as translating documents from English to Spanish including Human Subjects Research and Institutional Review Board (IRB) materials and the interview instruments Research Assistant. Department of Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (01/08-05/08) Assisted professor and Head of the Department, Dr. Laura Briggs, with her academic research. Work included searching databases for related articles, both in Spanish and English, compiling
relevant information into short summaries accompanied with supporting quotes from newspaper, magazines and scholarly sources. Applied for two grants, the Provost s Authors Fund and the MS fund for writers, to support the professor s Helped copyedit numerous articles and papers for both future publishing and presentation in meetings and conferences. Managed her personal and academic calendar including making travel plans and assembling relevant material to facilitate her attendance of conferences and meetings Aided professor in creating the course website for her Spring 2009 graduate Transnational Feminism class. Research Assistant. Department of Women s Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (08/07-05/08) Assisted professor and Head of the Department, Dr. Yolanda Broyles-González, with her academic research. Advised and edited forthcoming selected life history manuscript of a Chumash woman. Researched materials and transcribed interviews for a variety of on-going projects including Spanish interviews of an elderly Mexican woman for future use in oral life history project. Assisted professor with undergraduate and graduate level course preparation. Laboratory/Research Assistant, Project Supervisor. Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (2000-2002) Trained new personnel in laboratory protocol. Educated trainees in research guidelines. Coordinated the work schedule of several students and staff. Propagated plants from seedlings and was involved in the cross-pollination and seed collection of plants under study. Assisted with data entry and analysis. Research Assistant. Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (2000-2002) Assisted professor with field work, monitoring nests and observing foraging behavior of endangered species, Picoides borealis (Red-cockaded woodpecker). Aided with data entry and analysis. Laboratory Assistant. Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (08/2000-12/2000) Assisted professor with propagation of plants. Gathered data following project protocol and guidelines. Senior Teaching Assistant. Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (01/2000-5/2000) Assisted professor in lecture portion of class. Mentored students in science related subjects. University Involvement Graduate Committee, Gender and Women Studies Department, University of Arizona, (2010-2011) One of two graduate student representatives who work on graduate admissions for next year s Gender and Women s Studies PhD cohort. Assess potential of applicants, as well as work on growing the pool of applicants for the PhD program both in terms of size and diversity.
Anti-Racist Task Force (ARTF), Gender and Women s Studies Department, University of Arizona, (2007-2011) Worked on race related issues in hopes to combat racism and provide a safe environment not only within the Department of Women Studies, but in the University as whole, where full consideration of the interrelations among people of differing race, class, gender, sexuality, and nationality can take place. Community Involvement Tierra Y Libertad Organization (2010-present) Taking organizing class. Hope to engage in community work including promoting and building personal and community gardens. No More Deaths. Nogales, Mexico. (2006-2007, 2010-2011). Assist migrant men and women that are brought back by the Patrol buses, in Nogales, Mexico. Provide blister care, lunch and directions to nearby shelters and community kitchens. Also provide assistance for deported individuals to contact their families and document abuses that may have occurred through their contact with US agents and/or officials. Literacy Volunteer of Tucson (2009-2010) Facilitate English learning for non-native English speakers and Tucson community members as well as provided a safe space for discussing social and cultural issues that affected the communities of colors both local, national and internationally. Native Seeds/SEARCH (2007-2009) Informed the general community on the importance of environmental conservation, sustainable agriculture and protection of genetic biodiversity, as well as the significance of preserving the cultural, agricultural and culinary traditions of the different indigenous communities of the Southwest and Northwest Mexico. America Friends Service Committee (AFSC) (2007-2009) Educated the public of issues related to solitary confinement as well as immigration and labor rights of immigrant men and women. Migrant Trail: We walk for life. Tucson, Arizona (2006) Walked for seven days in the desert along with other community members, in an effort to provide witness to the numerous migrant deaths that occur every year. Conferences, Workshops and Travel Discussant on Documentary Film Panel- Poto Mitan: Haitian Women Pillars of the Global Economy. University of Arizona. March 21, 2012. Crisis, Chains and Change. American Studies Association. San Antonio, Texas. November 18-21, 2010. Space, Place and Memory. Tepoztlán Institute for the Transnational History of the Americas. Tepoztlán, Mexico. July 21-29, 2010. (Participated as a commentator in one panel and as a facilitator on another) CWS workshop featuring department s most experienced online teachers and Technology Learning Specialists from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Gender and Women s Studies Department. Tucson, Arizona. April 26, 2010- helped organize. Interrogating Racism Workshop Anti-racist Task Force Workshop. Tucson, Arizona (2008)- helped organize Critical Resistance. Oakland, California. (2008)