Brianne A. Dávila 900 State St. Salem, OR 97301 (503) 375-5469 bdavila@willamette.edu CURRENT POSITION 2011 Present Assistant Professor of Sociology and American Ethnic Studies, Willamette University, Salem, OR EDUCATION 2011 Ph.D. in Sociology and Feminist Studies Doctoral Emphasis, University of California, Santa Barbara Dissertation: Negotiating Special Identities: Latina/o Student Experiences in Special Education Advisors: Denise Segura (Chair), G. Reginald Daniel, J. Manuel Casas, and Daniel Solórzano (UCLA) 2007 M.A. in Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara 2004 B.A. in Sociology, Spanish Minor, Pitzer College RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Sociology of education, social inequality, Latina/o sociology, race/class/gender PUBLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS Dávila, B. Forthcoming. Critical race theory, disability microaggressions and Latina/o student experiences in special education. Race Ethnicity and Education. Dávila, B. Forthcoming. (Book Review), Conversations Across Our America: Talking About Immigration and the Latinoization of the United States, by Louis G. Mendoza. Ethnic Studies Review. Murillo, B., R. Pérez, B. Dávila, and J. Bilbrew. 2012. Beyond Community Outreach: Faculty Engagement in Linking Willamette University and Willamette Academy, Submitted to the Willamette University College of Liberal Arts Dean s Office. Dávila, B. 2012. (Book Review), The Unchosen Me: Race, Gender, and Identity among Black Women in College, by Rachelle Winkle-Wagner. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Malcom, L., Bensimon, E., and Dávila, B. 2010. (Re)Constructing Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Moving Beyond the Numbers toward Student Success. Iowa State University: Educational Policy and Practice Perspectives (EP3), No. 6. Dávila, B. 2009. (Book Review), Race, Schools, and Hope: African Americans and School Choice after Brown, by Lisa M. Stulberg. Contemporary Sociology. Dowd, A., Bensimon, E., Dávila, B. and Malcom, L. 2009. Pathways to STEM Degrees for 1
Latina/o Students (#0653280) Interim Report, Submitted to the National Science Foundation. Samkian, A., Dávila, B. and Valdes, R. 2008. The Elementary Directors of School Services Study, 2007-2008, Pub. No. 2008-11. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Unified School District, Research and Planning. Dávila, B. 2007. (Encyclopedia Entry), Dolores Huerta, Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. Macmillan/Gale/Thomson Publishers. WORKS IN PROGRESS Zambrana, R., Dávila, B. and S. Hurtado. Intersectional Lens: Role of Family, SES, Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Higher Education Trajectory. Chapter under review in Locked Doors, Closed Opportunities: Who Holds the Magic Key, edited by R. Zambrana and S. Hurtado. Austin: University of Texas Press. Dávila, B. Disability stigma and gendered coping mechanisms among Latina/o students in special education, Under review Segura, D. and B. Dávila. Critical Retrospective Essay on Chicana/o Sociology, Manuscript in preparation for submission AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS 2013 2014 Emerging Diversity Scholar Citation, National Center for Institutional Diversity, University of Michigan 2013 2014 Strategic Communications Training Program, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2013 2014 Junior Faculty Research Leave Award for Spring 2014, Willamette University 2012 2013 Multidisciplinary Junior Faculty Fellowship Program, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education/Ford Foundation 2012 2013 Sydney S. Spivack Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy Community Action Research Award, American Sociological Association 2011 2012 Liberal Arts Research Collaborative Faculty Summer Research Grant, Willamette University 2010 2011 Chancellor s Doctoral Incentive Program Mini-Grant, California State University 2010 2011 University of California All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity (UC/ACCORD) Dissertation Fellowship 2
2010 2011 Graduate Research Mentorship Program Fellowship, UCSB Graduate Division 2009 2010 Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research (Alternate), American Educational Research Association 2008 2009 Dissertation Research Grant, University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute 2008 2009 National Science Foundation Summer Research Award, University of California Diversity Initiative for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences 2007 2010 Chancellor s Doctoral Incentive Program, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Department of Sociology and Psychology, Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mary Yu Danico 2007 2009 Graduate Student Fellow, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education 2007 2008 Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, UCSB Graduate Division 2007 2008 Pre-doctoral Diversity Fellowship (Alternate/Honorable Mention), The Ford Foundation 2006 2007 Graduate Student Research Award, UCSB Department of Sociology 2006 2007 Pre-doctoral Diversity Fellowship (Honorable Mention), The Ford Foundation 2005 2006 Graduate Student Research Award, UCSB Center for Chicana/o Studies 2004 2007 Minority Fellowship, American Sociological Association/National Institute of Mental Health 2003 2004 Ronald E. McNair Scholar, Claremont Graduate University, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jose Calderon TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall 2011 Present Assistant Professor, Willamette University, Department of Sociology and American Ethnic Studies Program Courses include: Latina/o Sociology (Soc145), Navigating Social Worlds (Soc201), Inequality in Society (Soc334), Sociology of Education (Soc361) Fall 2010 Instructor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Department 3
of Psychology and Sociology, Family Violence (SW322) Fall 2009 Instructor, Pitzer College, Sociology Field Group and Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies, Restructuring Communities (SOC145CH) 2005 2010 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Sociology and Department of Chicana/o Studies Courses include: Chicana/o Community (Soc144), Aging in American Society (Soc140), La Chicana (Soc155w), Sociology of Education (Soc164), The Chicana/o Family (Soc154f) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2009 2010 Conference Program Assistant, Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting 2008 2010 Research Coordinator, Pathways to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Degrees for Latina/o Students (#0653280) funded by the National Science Foundation, Center for Urban Education, University of Southern California, Faculty Advisors: Dr. Alicia Dowd and Dr. Estela Bensimon 2008 2009 Reader, Office of Admissions, Pitzer College 2007 2008 Urban Education Research Fellow, Research and Planning Division, Los Angeles Unified School District 2006 2007 Research Assistant, UCSB Department of Chicana/o Studies Faculty Advisor: Dr. Maria Herrera-Sobek 2006 2007 Conference Coordinator, The 2nd Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (SBES/AGEP) Meeting 2005 2007 Diversity Peer Advocate, UCSB Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) and the Graduate Division 2004 2006 Graduate Student Researcher, Engaging Latino Communities for Education (ENLACE) y Avance (Get Ahead) funded by the Kellogg Foundation, UCSB Center for Chicana/o Studies, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Denise Segura 2004 2005 Research Assistant, UCSB Department of Chicana/o Studies, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Maria Herrera-Sobek PRESENTATIONS 4
Dávila, B., 2013. Invited panelist, Surviving the Job Market, Norma Williams Mentoring Workshop, Sponsored by the Latina/o Section, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY Dávila, B., 2013. Invited panelist, Minority Fellowship Program Orientation, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY Dávila, B., 2013. Disability Stigma and Gendered Coping Mechanisms among Latina/o Students in Special Education, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY Rivas, D.S., and B. Dávila, 2013. Bridging College Access and Success for Underrepresented Students, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV Dávila, B., 2013. Invited panelist, Race/Ethnicity and Mentoring in Graduate School and the Early Career, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV Dávila, B., 2012. Disability Microaggressions and Latina/o Student Responses, Critical Race Studies in Education Association Annual Conference, New York, NY Dávila, B., 2011. Latina/o Student Experiences in Special Education, University of California All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity Annual Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA Dávila, B., 2011. Invited panelist, Life After Graduate School, University of California All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity Annual Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA Dávila, B., 2011. Microaggressions in Special Education: Latina/o Student Interpretations and Responses, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA Dávila, B., 2011. Latina/o Student Interpretations and Responses to Messages of Social Stigma in Special Education, National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA Dávila, B., and Macias, R., 2010. Institutional Agents Creating Pathways to STEM Degrees for Latina/o Students, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Conference, Oakland, CA Dávila, B., and Macias, R., 2010. Pathways to STEM Degrees for Latina/o Students: The Role of Faculty, American Association of Colleges and Universities: Faculty Roles in High- Impact Practices Meeting, Philadelphia, PA Dávila, B., and Ogle, E., 2010. Pathways to STEM Graduate Degrees, University of La Verne Science Seminar Series, La Verne, CA Malcom, L. and Dávila, B., 2010. Pathways to STEM Fields of Study: The Community College Role, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Latina/o Student 5
Success Institute, Costa Mesa, CA Bensimon, E., Dowd, A., and Dávila, B., 2009. Dimensions of the Transfer Choice Gap: Experiences of Latina and Latino Students Who Navigated Transfer Pathways, American Sociological Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA Dávila, B., 2009. Invited panelist, The Next Generation of MFP Scholarship in Service to Social Justice, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA Dávila, B., 2009. Academic Engagement and Identity Construction, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA Macias, E. and Dávila, B., 2009. Moving Toward Equity in Student Outcomes, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX Dávila, B., 2009. Invited panelist, Graduate Student Panel, Southern California Foco of the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies, Claremont, CA Dávila, B., 2008. Racially Gendered Identities and Academic Disengagement, American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA Dávila, B., 2008. Multiple Marginalities: Chicana/o Students in Special Education, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR Dávila, B., 2007. Invited panelist, The Graduate School Experience, The 2nd Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA Kouyoumdjian, C., Dávila, B. and Anguiano, J., 2007. Sustaining Ourselves: Creating Community in Graduate School, Changing the Culture of the Academy Conference, Berkeley, CA Dávila, B., 2007. Special Education as a Site of Academic Disengagement, Immigration Workgroup, UCSB Center for Chicana/o Studies, Santa Barbara, CA Dávila, B., 2007. Chicanas/os Navigation of the Special Education System, National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Conference, San Jose, CA Dávila, B., 2007. Gender Performance in Special Education, UCLA s Thinking Gender Conference, Los Angeles, CA Dávila, B., 2006. Chicanas/os & Special Education as a Border Space, UCSB Chicana/o Graduate Student Colectiva Graduate Student Conference, Santa Barbara, CA Dávila, B., and Gonzalez, A. M., 2006. How to Finance Your Graduate Education, Demystifying Graduate School: Application Workshop Series, UCSB Graduate Division, 6
Santa Barbara, CA Dávila, B., 2006. Chicanas/os & Latinas/os in Special Education, American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada Dávila, B., 2005. Disengaging Education: Chicana/o Experiences in Special Education, American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA Dávila, B., 2004. Organization and Empowerment Efforts among Students and Day Laborers, International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI Medina, J., Dávila, B., and Machson-Carter, A. 2004. Participatory Research, Learning and Action in a Day Labor Center, Community-Based Research in the Inland Valley, Conference of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2013 2014 Session Organizer and Presider, Reflections on Race, Ethnicity and Mentorship Along the Pipeline, Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR 2013 2014 Reviewer, Ethnicities 2013 2014 Co-Chair, Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Pacific Sociological Association 2013 2016 Member, Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Pacific Sociological Association 2012 2013 Discussant, Graduate Student Fellowship Program Research Symposium, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX 2011 2012 Conference Program Committee, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Sessions organized include: Women of Color in Academia: Strategies for Survival and Success (co-organized with Gladys García-López), Educational Inequalities, Latina/o Sociology, and Race and Education 2011 2012 Reviewer, Association of Mexican American Educators Journal 2011 2012 Reviewer, Sociological Focus 2010 2011 Selection Committee, Graduate Student Fellows Program, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education 7
2010 Session Organizer, Institutional Agents & Institutional Culture, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2008 2009 Chair, Graduate Student Fellows Program, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education 2008 2009 Graduate Student Representative, Intersegmental Coordinating Committee, California Education Round Table 2009 Session Organizer & Presider, Research Poster Session, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2008 Discussant, Sociology of Education, Student Forum Advisory Board Roundtable Session, American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA 2007 2008 Chair-Elect, Graduate Student Fellows Program, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education 2006 2008 Graduate Student Representative, Section on Latina/o Sociology Council, American Sociological Association 2007 Presider, Sociology of the Family, Undergraduate Honors Program Roundtable Session, American Sociological Association Annual Conference, New York, NY 2006 2007 Graduate Student Representative, University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity, Academic Senate, University of California UNIVERSITY SERVICE 2013 2014 Member, Faculty Search Committee in Sociology, Willamette University 2013 2014 Member, Institutional Review Board, Willamette University 2012 2013 Member, Academic Status Committee, Willamette University 2012 2013 Member, Liberal Arts Research Collaborative Steering Committee, Willamette University 2011 2012 Search Committee Member, Visiting Assistant Professor position in American Ethnic Studies, Willamette University 2008 2009 Graduate Student Representative, Chancellor s Outreach Advisory Board, UCSB 2006 2007 Graduate Student Representative, Admissions and Recruitment 8
Committee, UCSB Department of Sociology 2005 2007 Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Student Appreciation Week Planning Committee, UCSB Graduate Division 2005 2006 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Reader, UCSB Department of Sociology 2005 2006 Graduate Student Representative, Affirmative Action, Diversity and Equity Committee, UCSB Department of Sociology 2004 2005 Graduate Student Representative, Minority Opportunity Through School Transformation (MOST) Ad-Hoc Committee, UCSB Department of Sociology 2003 2004 Student Representative, Sociology Field Group, Pitzer College COMMUNITY SERVICE 2011 Present Faculty Research Associate and Program Advisory Committee Member, Willamette Academy 2006 2007 Grant-Making Committee, The FUND for Santa Barbara 2006 2007 Speaker s Bureau, Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center 2005 2007 Sexual Assault Counselor, Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center 2003 2004 Health Care Advocate, Pomona Day Labor Center Spring 2003 Summer 2002 Intern, Corazon de Maria, Asilo de Ancianas, Quito, Ecuador Intern, Centro de Educacion y Nutricion, San Jose, Costa Rica PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Pacific Sociological Association 9