Lisa Y. Ramos Assistant Professor Texas A&M University Department of History 201 Melbern G. Glasscock Building 4236 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4236 lyramos@tamu.edu EDUCATION Columbia University Ph.D. in U.S. History, October 2008 Columbia University B.A. in U.S. History, May 1996 ACADEMIC POSITIONS Texas A&M University Assistant Professor, Fall 2008-Present John Jay College of Criminal Justice Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2006-Spring 2007 Barnard College Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2006-Spring 2007 RESEARCH FIELDS Social and Cultural U.S. History with emphases on the history of race and ethnicity, Mexican American history, Latino history, and civil rights history PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Article: Refereed Book Chapter: Book Review Essay: Dismantling Segregation Together: Interconnections between the Méndez v. Westminster (1946) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954) School Segregation Cases. In Equity & Excellence in Education: A Special Theme Issue on Brown v. Board of Education +50, 37:3 (Sept. 2004): 247-254. Not Similar Enough: Mexican American and African American Civil Rights Struggles in the 1940s, In The Struggle in Black and Brown: African American and Mexican American Relations during the Civil Rights Era Brian D. Behnken, ed., Justice and Social Inquiry Series, Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker, series eds. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, Jan. 2012): 29-54. She s Stylin : La pachuca, Chicana resistance, and the politics of representation. Review Essay of The Woman In The Zoot Suit: Gender, Nationalism, and the Cultural
Ramos 2 Politics of Memory, Catherine S. Ramírez. In Reviews in American History 38:3 (Sept. 2010): 562-568. Book Reviews: Review of Bridges of Reform: Interracial Civil Rights Activism in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles, Shana Bernstein. In Planning Perspectives 27:2 (April 2012): 325-326. Review of Latino Immigrants and the Transformation of the U.S. South, Mary E. Odem and Elaine Lacy, eds. In the Journal of Southern History 76:4 (Nov. 2010): 1081-1083. Review of White But Not Equal: Mexican Americans, Jury Discrimination, and the Supreme Court, Ignacio M. García. In the Western Historical Quarterly 41:3 (Autumn 2010): 393-394. Encyclopedia Entries: Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History, Lynn Dumenil, ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, March 2012). "McCarran-Walter Act," Immigration Act of 1990, and "New York" encyclopedia entries. In Latinos and Latinas in US History and Culture: An Encyclopedia, Carmen Lugo- Lugo and David J. Leonard, eds. (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009). King s College, New York, New York City, Language, and Exploration. In Colonial America Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History, James Ciment, ed. (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2006). WORKS IN PROGRESS Book Manuscript: Journal Article: Journal Article: Dirty Whites: Mexican Americans, the Race Question and Civil Rights in the United States, 1930-1971, under contract with University of Texas Press (revising) Perpetuators and Resisters: Mexican Americans and the Race Question, Journal of Social History (revise and resubmit) Patrons of Feminism: Wealthy Benefactors, the State, and International Feminism, 1920s-1940s (in progress, to be
Ramos 3 submitted to Gender & Society or Journal of Women s History) TEACHING FIELDS History of the U.S. Southwest, U.S. History since Reconstruction, Race and Ethnicity in the U.S., Latino History, Mexican American History, Critical Race Theory, and Comparative Civil Rights History COURSES TAUGHT HIST 307-500 HIST 481-909 HIST 485-907 HIST 226-502 HIST 481-906 HIST 307-500 HIST 226-502 HIST 481-906 HIST 106-200 HIST 481-905 HIST 226-502 HIST 106-202 HIST 481-901 Latinos in the U.S. (Spring 2013), 34 students Senior Seminar in History (Spring 2013), 14 students History of Texas (Fall 2012), 160 students Senior Seminar in History (Fall 2012), 8 students History of Texas (Spring 2012), 121 students Senior Seminar in History (Spring 2012), 11 students History of Texas (Spring 2011), 150 students Latinos in the U.S. (Spring 2011), 31 students History of Texas (Fall 2010), 144 students Senior Seminar in History (Fall 2010), 12 students History of Texas (Fall 2009), 143 students History of the U.S. Honors Seminar (Fall 2009), 17 students Senior Seminar in History (Fall 2009), 16 students History of Texas (Spring 2009), 139 students History of the U.S. Honors Seminar (Spring 2009), 14 students History of Texas (Fall 2008), 139 students Senior Seminar in History (Fall 2008), 12 students FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS Internal Grants: History Department, Travel Grant, ($1500), Fall 2012-May 2013. History Department, Travel Grant, ($1500), Fall 2011-May 2012. College of Liberal Arts, Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, ($4675) May 2011-August 2012.
Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Faculty Stipendiary Grant, ($1500), Fall 2011- Spring 2012. Ramos 4 Office of Proposal Development, Program to Enhance Scholarly Activities (PESCA) Grant, ($5302), 2009-2010. External Fellowships/Grants/ Awards: National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID), Exemplary Diversity Scholar Citation, 2012 Littleton-Griswold Research Grant, American Historical Association, Summer 2004. Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Award, 2000-2003 Honorable Mention, Predoctoral Fellowship, Ford Foundation, 2000 SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS Lozano Long Conference Paper to be presented: "The Longue Durée of Black-Brown Relations in Texas," Refashioning Blackness: Contesting Racism in the Afro-Americas Conference, The University of Texas at Austin, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), and the John L. Warfield Center for African and African-American Studies (WCAAAS), February 2013, Austin, TX Texas State Historical Association Organization of American Historians Texas State Historical Association Chair: Leadership Within the Mexican American Generation: Biographical Studies, March 2012, Houston, TX Chair and Commentator: Shifting Identities in Latina/o Social Movements: Cross-community and Transnational Mobilizations in the 1970s, March 2011, Houston, TX Panel Organizer and Paper Presented: Not Similar Enough: Mexican American and African American Civil Rights Struggles in the 1940s, March 2010, Dallas, TX American Historical Association Paper presented: A Woman s Place is in the?, January 2010, San Diego, CA Organization of American Paper presented: Forgotten but in Different Ways: Mexican
Historians American Studies Association American Historical Association Texas State Historical Association Ramos 5 American and African American Civil Rights Struggles, March 2009, Seattle, WA Paper presented: Entering the Fray: Mexican American Women and Civil Rights Organizing, October 2008, Albuquerque, NM Panel Organizer and Paper Presented: Finding Common Cause through Race: The Importance of Whiteness to ethnic Mexican civil rights efforts, January 2007, Atlanta, GA Paper presented: Two Races Fit All: Texas juries, race and Mexican American place, March 2006, Austin, TX Race and Place: The Struggle Paper presented: A Class Apart : The Politics of For Civil Rights in America Mexican-American citizenship, 1930-1971, March 2004, Conference University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa University of Texas at Brownsville Latino Heritage Month Celebration Paper presented: "Identity, Culture, and the American Experience along the U.S. Mexico Border: An Autobiography, a Biography, and a History," Fall 1998, Brownsville, TX INTRAMURAL PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES Department: Undergraduate Committee, Fall 2011-Present Qualifying Exams Committee member, Joel Kitchens, Ph.D. Candidate, Fall 2012 Presenter, Immigration in Comparative Perspective Symposium, Nazis in Arizona: Rhetoric and the Immigration Debate in the United States, Spring 2012 Co-organizer, Nayan Shah (UC-SD) visit, History Colloquium Series, Spring 2012 Co-organizer, Chicana/o-Latino History Cluster, 2011 Nominating Committee, Department Head Search Committee, Nov. 2010 Secretary, Faculty Meetings, Fall 2009
Ramos 6 Guest speaker, HIST 679 Special Topics: Comparative Borderlands, Nov. 2008 College: University: Presenter: Everything s Bigger and Better in Texas: International Programs, The Roots of Texas Nationalism, College of Liberal Arts - International Programs, April 2011 Co-Discussant, Hispanic Heritage Month, Precious Knowledge screening, Sept. 2012 Faculty Advisor, Cygnets (Latina Social and Service Organization), July 2010-Dec. 2011 and August 2012-Present Presenter, Equity and Excellence in Education: Where minorities have been and where they are now in education, Student Conference on Latino Affairs (SCOLA), April 2012 Mock Interviewer - Marshall Scholarship, Honors & Undergraduate Research Office, Nov. 2011 Selection Committee, University Scholars Program, Honors & Undergraduate Research Office, April 2011 EXTRAMURAL PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES Professional Service: Exam question writer, Educational Testing Services (ETS), AP U.S. History Exam, Fall 2012 Article Reviewer, Journal of American History, Spring 2011 AP Reader, ETS, AP U.S. History Exam, Summer 2007- Summer 2009 Community Service: Interviewee: Mendez v. Westminster (1946) and Delgado v. Bastrop ISD (1948) civil rights cases, Oyez, Oyez, Oh Yay! Civics Resources for Texas Students and Teachers, www.texasbar.com/civics, State Bar of Texas, Spring 2012 Interviewee, Susana Martinez, New Mexico Governor, Admits Paternal Grandparents Were Undocumented Immigrants, Associated Press News Service, Sept. 2011 Guest speaker, Brazos Valley Fulbright Association, Oct. 2009
Ramos 7 Judge, Tejano Book Prize, Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin, Aug. 2009 Interviewee/Consultant, A Class Apart documentary, PBS American Experience Series, Feb. 2009 Professional Memberships: Organization of American Historians, member American Historical Association, member Texas State Historical Association, member American Studies Association, member