VITA PERSONAL BACKGROUND Rosario Torres Raines, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology Texas A&M University-San Antonio College of Arts & Sciences One University Way San Antonio, TX 78224 Phone: (210) 784-2204 FAX: (210) 784-2299 E-mail: rtorresr@tamusa.tamus.edu 2002-2003 on Academic Leave at: The University of Texas-Austin Senior Research Fellow A.C.E. Fellow (2002-2003) The Office of the President Main Building 101, Austin TX 78712 Phone: (512) 232-3622 FAX: (512) 475-8851 E-mail: rtraines@mail.utexas.edu 1997-1998 on Sabbatical Leave at: The American Council on Education Division of Access and Equity Programs Office of Minorities in Higher Education One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036-1193 Phone: (202) 939-9395/9394 FAX: (202) 785-8056 E-mail: rosario_torres_raines@ace.nche.edu The Institute for Higher Education Policy 1320 19th Street, N.W./Suite 400 Washington, D.C., 20036 Phone: (202) 861-8223 FAX: (202) 861-9307 E-mail: rtraines@ihep.org
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1999-2001 Executive Director Texas A&M University-Kingsville System Center-San Antonio 1997-1998 ACE Project Associate American Council on Education Resident Scholar The Institute for Higher Education Policy 1993-1997 Sociology Graduate Program Coordinator Department of Psychology-Sociology Texas A&M University-Kingsville 1993-1995 Chair, Department of Psychology-Sociology Texas A&M University-Kingsville 1985-1999 Director The Southwest Borderlands Cultural Texas A&M University-Kingsville 1987-2008 Professor of Sociology Texas A&M University-Kingsville 1980-1985 Associate Professor 1977-1980 Assistant Professor 1974-1975 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology and Social Work Texas Woman's University Denton, Texas 1971-1974 Instructor Department of Psychology-Sociology Texas A&I University RAINES RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: EVALUATION RESEARCH 1991-1996 Project Evaluator Coalition of Alcohol & Drug Education Networking Agencies (CADENA) Corpus Christi, Texas 1993-1995 Project Evaluator Rural Youth Treatment Program (RYTS) Alice Counseling Center Alice, Texas 2
EDUCATION 1978 Ph.D. Texas Woman's University/The University of North Texas Denton, Texas 1971 M.A. Texas Woman's University 1969 B.A. Texas Woman's University DISSERTATION TITLE Casas Ricas y Pobres: Residential Segregation of Mexican Americans in Texas and California A demographic study using U.S. Census Data for all SMAs in the two states. A multivariate analysis was conducted to determine the impact of SES factors on residential segregation patterns. An index of segregation was constructed to compare these patterns in relation to the distance of the SMA from the Mexico-U.S. border. POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION 1990-1998 The Spanish Language Institute Cuernavaca, Morelos, MX annual Spanish language instruction 1986 Center for Studies in Aging The University of North Texas PROFESSIONAL HONORS RECEIVED 1996 Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Fellowship in Higher Education Policy 1993 Leadership Texas Texas A&M University System, Chancellor's Office Scholarship 1991 Texas A&I University 11th Annual Faculty Lecturer 1990 TAIU Alumni-Faculty Senate Annual Research Award Nominee 1986 North Texas State University Scholarship, NTSU Center for Studies in Aging Summer Institutes to work on a Specialist Certificate in Aging. 1976-1977 Outstanding Young Woman of America 1974-1975 Texas Woman's University Teaching Fellowship 1969-1970 Bertha Levy Graduate Scholarship 3
NEW PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: (Program Proposals written under my direction and/or my direct involvement.) Interdisciplinary Master's Degree. 1997. Gerontology. Bachelor's Degree. 1997. Social Work Bachelor's Degree. 1993. Anthropology Minor field. 1984. Southwest Borderlands Studies Mexican American Studies THESIS AND DISSERTATION COMMMITTEES: List available on request, including student names, dates of completion, titles of works. PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: (Additional research presentations available on request.) Torres Raines, R. (1998). "Divergent Perspectives, Intersecting Needs and Integrating Solutions: Towards Effective Higher Education Policy and Legislation for Minority-Serving Institutions." in Mersotis, J. and O'Brien, C. (edits.) Minority Serving Institutions. Jossey Bass Publishers. Torres Raines, R. (1998). Affirmative Action: A Review of the Literature, Legislation, and Programs in the U.S. American Council on Education. In-House manuscript. Washington, D.C. Torres Raines, R. (forthcoming) Transculturation: The Development of Educational Resources in South Texas in Rochin, R. (edit.) Rural Latino Communities. The Julian Samora Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Torres Raines, R. 1998. Transculturation: A Faculty Development Model on the United States- Mexico Border. (A Symposium: Border Studies: Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion, The Federation of North Texas Area Universities, Denton, Texas) Torres Raines, R. and Norma Williams. 1997. Qualitative Analysis of Alternative Diversity Criteria in Alternative Diversity Criteria: Analysis and Recommendations: A Report to the Higher Education Coordinating Board. Austin, Texas. Torres Raines, R. 1997. Transculturation: An International Approach to Faculty Development. (TAMUS Symposium:Toward Seamless Borders: Building Community Through International Trade Education Partnerships, Laredo, Texas) Torres Raines, R. and Marilyn K. Spencer. 1997. Transculturation: Creating Faculty Enthusiasm for Diversity. (National Title III Conference, Embracing Access and Educational Excellence: A Portrait of Three Decades of Performance, Washington, D.C.) Torres Raines, R. (1996). The Mexican Origin of Rituals, Ceremonies, and Celebrations in South Texas. The Victoria College Press. Anderson, T. and R. Torres Raines. (1996). Social Supports of Hispanic and White Widows: Theoretical and Methodological Explorations. (The Southwestern Sociological Association 4
Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1995). A Book Review of Older Women in Poverty: Private Lives and Public Policies by Amanda S. Baruesch. Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 14:4, pgs. 483-484. Torres Raines, R. (1995). Fourth and Final Evaluation Study of the Coalition of Alcohol and Drug Education Networking Agencies in Nueces County (CADENA): Coalition Sociogram and Network Analysis. Kingsville, TX: Raines Research Associates Publication. Submitted to the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Torres Raines, R. (1995). Fourth and Final Membership Analysis and Attendance Report of the CADENA. Kingsville, TX: Raines Research Associates Publication. Submitted to CSAP, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Torres Raines, R. (1995). The Transculturation of Faculty: A Model for Institutional Change to Accommodate Increasing Minority Student Enrollment. (First Annual National Conference on Expanding Minority Opportunities, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona) Torres Raines, R. (1995). Family Ties Do Not Die: The Día de Los Muertos in Oaxaca. (The Center for Hispanic Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas) An interpretive photography exhibit partially funded by the Texas Committee for the Humanities. Torres Raines, R. (1994). Third Year Evaluation Study of the Coalition of Alcohol and Drug Education Networking Agencies in Nueces County: Coalition Sociogram and Network Analysis. Kingsville, TX: Raines Research Associates Publication. Submitted to CSAP: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Torres Raines, R. (1994). Third Year Membership Analysis and Attendance Report of the CADENA. Kingsville, TX: Raines Research Associates Publication. Submitted to CSAP: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Torres Raines, R. (1994). Second Year Evaluation Study of the Rural Youth in Treatment Services Program (RYTS). Kingsville, TX: Raines Research Associates Publication. Submitted to the Texas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA). Torres Raines, R. (1993). Second Annual Evaluation Study of the Coalition of Alcohol and Drug Education Networking Agencies in Nueces County: Coalition Sociogram and Network Analysis. Kingsville, TX: Raines Research Associates Research Publication. Torres Raines, R., Howard, R., and La Rue, C. (1993). An Informational Profile for Nueces County: A Demographic Report. Kingsville, TX: Raines Research Associates Research Publication. Torres Raines, R. (1993). First Annual Evaluation Study of the Rural Youth in Treatment Services Program (RYTS). Kingsville, TX:Raines Research 5
Associates Publication. Submitted to TCADA. Torres Raines, R. (1992). First Annual Evaluation Study of the Coalition of Alcohol and Drug Education Networking Agencies in Nueces County. Kingsville, TX: Raines Research Associates Research Publication. Torres Raines, R. (1992). Transculturating Majority Faculty Toward Minority Students: A Two-Way Process of Change. (5th Annual National Conference on Racial and Ethnic Relations in American Higher Education, San Francisco, California) Torres Raines, R. (1992). Transculturation: Maintaining the Momentum for Institutional Change. (The Third Annual FIPSE Symposium, TAIU) Torres Raines, R. (1992). Transculturating the Faculty at a Minority Institution: A Model for Faculty Development. (First Annual Conference of the Association for General Education International, Denton, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1992). A Transculturation Model for Faculty Development. (1992 Winter Conference of the Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators, Arlington, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1992). Majority Teachers - Minority Students: Transculturation as an approach to Teaching and Learning. (Texas Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1991). The Mexico - U.S. Border: Social, Cultural and Economic Dimensions of Interdependency. (11th Annual Faculty Lecture, Texas A&I University) Torres Raines, R. (1991). Transculturating the Majority Faculty at a Minority Institution: A Model for Faculty Development. (College Consortium for Saint Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1991). Transculturating Majority Faculty to Minority Students: A Model for Faculty Development. (Annual Conference of the American Council on Education, Atlanta, Georgia) Torres Raines, R. (1991). Transculturating the Faculty at a Minority Institution: The Experience of Two Years. (17th Annual Conference of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education, El Paso, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1991). Transculturating Faculty at a Minority Institution: The Experience at Texas A&I University. (4th Annual National Conference on Racial and Ethnic Relations in American Higher Education, San Antonio, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1991). Transculturation: A Momentum for Mutual Change. (2nd Annual FIPSE Symposium, Texas A&I Univ.) Torres Raines, R. (1991). A Transculturation Model for Developing Bicultural and Bilingual Faculty at a Minority Institution of Higher Education. (Project Title III, Strengthening Institutions Program, University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, Texas) 6
Torres Raines, R. (1990). Book Review of United We Stand: The Rise and Fall of La Raza Unida Party, Ignacio M. Garcia in The Americas Journal, Vol 25. Torres Raines, R. and Albro, Ward S. (1990). Transculturation Developing a Culturally Sensitive Faculty. Response to a Nation at Risk Conference. (The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Miami, Florida) Torres Raines, R. (1990). A Transculturation Model for Developing Bicultural and Bilingual Faculty at a Minority Institution of Higher Education. (17th Annual Conference of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education, San Antonio, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1990). The First Annual Spring Symposium on Diverse Experiences in Transculturation. (1st Annual FIPSE Symposium, Texas A&I University) Torres Raines, R. (1990). A Transculturation Model for Majority Institution of Higher Education. (Annual Conference of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1989). Sociopolitical Perspectives of Women in South Texas: An Ethnic and Economic Comparison. (Conference on Women in America: Legacies of Race and Ethnicity. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.) Torres Raines, R. (1988). Book Review of Rainbow's End in Texas Books in Review Vol III, No 3. University of North Texas Press. Torres Raines, R. (1988). Mexico and U.S. Relations: Current Issues from a U.S. Perspective. (TAIU Continuing Education Spring Break Program, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico) Torres Raines, R. (1988). Tarascan Myths and Legends. (TAIU, 7th Annual Mexico Seminar, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico) Torres Raines, R. (1987). Mexican American Women and Work: An Intergenerational Perspective of Comparative Ethnic Groups in M. Melville (ed.) Chicanas at Work. University of Houston Press. Torres Raines, R. (1987). The Development of Current Migration from Mexico: A Political-Economic Perspective in U.S.-Mexico Border Immigration. The Victoria College Press. Torres Raines, R. (1987). Social Demography of the Southwestern United States Borderlands. (Universidad Regiomontana, Monterrey, Mexico) Torres Raines, R. (1987). Xochicalco: The Place of the Winged-Serpent. (Sixth Annual Mexico Seminar, Cocoyoc, Morelos, Mexico) Torres Raines, R. and Mattingly. (1987). Work and Politics: Mother/Daughter Perspectives of Comparative Ethnic Groups. (Western Social Science Assoc. Annual Meeting, El Paso, Texas) 7
Mattingly, M.R. and R. Torres Raines. (1987). Sex and Political Roles of Mothers and Daughters: Chicana and Anglo Perspectives. (Southwestern Social Science Assoc. Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas) Mattingly, M.R. and R. Torres Raines. (1986). The Socio-Political Roles of Mexican American Women: An Intergenerational Perspective. (Southwestern Social Science Assoc. Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas) Torres Raines, R. and M.R. Mattingly. (1986). The Mexican American Woman and Feminism: An Intergenerational Perspective. (Southwestern Social Science Assoc. Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas) Torres Raines, R. (1984). Mexican Families Immigrating into the U.S. (Fifth Annual Mexico Seminar, State Dept. of Education, Jalisco, Mexico and TAIU Center for Continuing Education Guadalajara, Jalisco) Torres Raines, R. (1984). Border Plants are Creating, Not Solving Problems. Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Guest Editorial. RESEARCH GRANTS Title: Succeeding in Business: Women Taking Charge. Source of Support: U.S. Department of Labor, Small Business Administration Conference Grant. Project Director: R. Torres Raines Annual Direct Costs: $2000.00 Period of Support: 9/1/94 Title: La Mujer Latina: A Celebration Conference Source of Support: Texas Committee for the Humanities Project Co-Directors: Evalyn Jenson and R. Torres Raines Annual Direct Costs: $4,489.00 Period of Support: 9/1/94-8/1/95 Title: A Grant-Writers Camp. Source of Support: TAIU Faculty Senate Faculty Development Grants Program Project Director: R. Torres Raines Annual Direct Costs: $2,500.00 Period of Support: 9/1/92-8/31/93 Title: Faculty Transculturation for Teaching in a Bicultural Environment. Source of Support: U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative 8
State Research Service Project Director(s): R. Torres Raines; James Arnold (Department of Agriculture) Annual Direct Costs: $45,675.00 Period of Support: 9/1/90-8/30/91 Title: Transculturation of Faculty at Minority Institutions. Source of Support: U.S. Dept. of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education Project Director(s): R. Torres Raines; W.S. Albro, III (Department of History) Annual Direct Costs: $164,000.00 Period of Support: 8/1/89-7/1/92 Title: TAIU Microcomputer Upgrading Project. Source of Support: TAIU, State Organized Research Project Director(s): R. Torres Raines Annual Direct Costs: $3,000 Period of Support: 1/1/87 Title: Regional Studies Research. Source of Support: TAIU, John Conner Museum Project Director(s): R. Torres Raines; W.S. Albro, III Annual Direct Costs: $3,500.00 Period of Support: 6/1/87-12/1/87 Title: Mexican American Women and Feminism: Intergenerational Perspectives of the Working Class. Source of Support: TAIU, State Organized Research Project Director(s): R. Torres Raines; M.R. Mattingly (Department of Political Science) Annual Direct Costs: $14,828.05 Period of Support: 9/1/86-9/1/87 Title: TAIU Microcomputer Research Project. Source of Support: TAIU, State Organized Research Project Director(s): R. Torres Raines Annual Direct Costs: $6,000.00 Period of Support: 9/1/86 Title: TAIU Science Improvement Project. Source of Support: U.S. Dept. of Education, Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program (MISIP) Project Director(s): M.A. Jordan (Geosciences/Multidisciplinary Project); R. Torres Raines (Culturally Based Instruction component CBI) Annual Direct Costs: $44,000.00 9
Period of Support: 9/1/85-9/1/88 Title: Raines Research Case Management and Classification System, Phases I and II. Source of Support: Texas Juvenile Probation Commission funds transferred to Webb and Cameron Counties Project Director(s): G.L. Raines; R. Torres Raines Annual Direct Costs: $12,000.00 Period of Support: 9/1/85-9/1/86 Title: Mexican American Women and Feminism: An Intergenerational Perspective. Source of Support: TAIU, State Organized Research Project Director(s): R. Torres Raines; M.R. Mattingly Annual Direct Costs: $12,520.00 Period of Support: 9/1/84-9/1/85 (Additional research grant information available on request.) Grant Proposal Reviewer for: The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Cancer Institute: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Center for Health Statistics: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS International Associations: Consortium for U.S. - Mexico Academic Exchange (1991-Present: Executive Board Member) PROFMEX/The Consortium of U.S. Research Programs for Mexico Rio Bravo Association. (1993: Founding Member) National Associations: American Sociological Association (ASA) (1995: Informal Round Tables Organizer; 1997: Advisory Council for the Latino Sectio of the ASA) National Association for Chicano/Chicana Studies (NACS) Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 10
(1994-1996: Campus Representative) Hispanic Caucus of the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Regional Associations: Association of Borderlands Studies (ABS) (1987-1990: Executive Committee Member) Western Social Science Association Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS) Southwestern Social Science Association (1991-Present: Committee on the Profession; Resolutions Committee) Southwestern Sociological Association (1996-1997: SSA President, 1995-1996 Program Chair, 1985-1988: Chair, Minorities Status and Studies Committee,) State Associations: Committee on Criteria for Diversity - The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (1996-1997: Qualitative Data Analysis Subcommittee) Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) (1992-1993: TACHE President) SPECIAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH AREAS: Spanish Language, Mexican American Women, U.S.-Mexico Border, Hispanic Aging, Transculturation Process, and Evaluation Research. COURSES TAUGHT AT THE DOCTORAL, MASTER'S AND BACHELOR'S LEVEL: Social Deviance, Juvenile Delinquency, Sociological Theory, Methods of Sociological Research, Hispanic Aged, Community Development, Regional Studies, Social Organization, Social Stratification, Women's Studies, Family and Marriage, Human Behavior and Social Environment, Social Welfare Policy and Services, Introduction to Southwest Borderlands Studies, Political Economy of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Human and Natural Resources of the U.S. Borderlands. CAMPUS COMMITTEES: Hispanic Affairs Committee: Chair and Faculty representative The University Women' Center: Chair of the Advisory Council TAMU Faculty Senate's New Faculty Mentoring Committee Other significant campus committee roster available on request. PROGRAM DIRECTOR: The Faculty Transculturation Program A faculty, professional staff and administrator development program initiated in 1989-90 at TAMUK. The program was originally funded by a Department of Education grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. It has been institutionalized at the University as a budget line-item. TAMU-Corpus Christi adopted the Transculturation model and 11
university faculty participated in a joint program. The professional development program incorporates a post-graduate course on Mexican Americans in U.S. society focusing on the state of Texas. It is presented through weekly, three hour seminars conducted by consulting Mexican American scholars. It includes a two-week language and culture immersion experience for the selected participants at the Spanish Language Institute in Cuernavaca, Mexico 12