Alicia Re Cruz
University of North Texas
Anthropology
(940) 565-2532
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Education

Doctorado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1996.
Major: Antropología Social y Cultural
PhD, State University of New York at Albany, 1992.
Major: Anthropology
Dissertation Title: The Milpas of Chan Kom. A Study of Socioeconomic and Political Transformations in a Maya Community
MA, State University of New York at Albany, 1987.
Major: Anthropology
BA, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1985.
Major: Geografía e Historia; especialidad en Etnologia y Antropología de América

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Director, University of North Texas. (2017 – Present).
Interim Director, University of North Texas. (2016 – 2017).

Professional Memberships

Member, American Anthropological Association. (Present).

Member, American Ethnological Society. (Present).

Member, Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Present).

Member, Ateneo Científico y Filosófico, Madrid. (Present).

Bilingual Education Program, Southern Methodist University, Texas. (Present).

CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Madrid, Spain. (Present).

Doctoral Program in Geographical Planning, División de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Universidad de Quintan. (Present).

INAH (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mérida, Yucatán, México. (Present).

Programa Doctoral en Salud Mental Comunitaria (Doctoral Program on Community Mental Health). (Present).

Sustaining Fellow, Member, Society for Applied Anthropology. (Present).

Member, Society for Cultural Anthropology. (Present).

Member, Society for Latin American Anthropology. (Present).

Senior Fellow, Member, The Institute for the Study of Earth and Man,SMU. (Present).

Women's Studies, University of North Texas. (Present).

Institute national de la recherche scientifique. (2009 – 2016).

Awards and Honors

Recognition, Honors Day. Murchison Performing Arts Center, University of North Texas.. (2008 – 2008).

Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Scholarship., Honors College. University of North Texas.. (2007 – 2007).

Women's Professional Achievement, Women's Studies Program. University of North Texas.. (2007 – 2007).

Bridge Builder Award, UNT, The North Texas Chapter of NCBI (National Coalition Building Institute). (2005 – 2005).

Invited Scholar, IV Congreso de Investigadores del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH). (2005 – 2005).

Nomination, UNT Distinguished Service to International Education. (2005 – 2005).

Nomination, UNT Distinguished Service to International Education. (2002 – 2002).

Hispanic Role Model recognition, Unanimously voted by 7-Eleven Cultural Awareness Committee to outstanding community leaders. (1999 – 1999).

Martha Nichols Award for Outstanding Achievement, The University of North Texas Women's Studies Roundtable. (1999 – 1999).

UNT Charn Uswachoke International Development Award. (1999 – 1999).

UNT Developing Scholars Award, Elected by Faculty Senate's selected committee on the basis of record in excellence as teacher, scholar and committed university citizenship. (1999 – 1999).

UNT Women's Studies Program Award. (1999 – 1999).

Professing Women Award, University of North Texas, Women's Studies.. (1996 – 1996).

Professing Women Award, University of North Texas, Women's Studies.. (1995 – 1995).

Appreciation for Exemplary Service, Independent School District's Task Force, Denton, Texas. (1994 – 1994).

Professing Women Award, University of North Texas, Women's Studies.. (1994 – 1994).

Spellman Achievement Award, State University of New York at Albany. (1992 – 1992).

Award for Academic Excellence, State University of New York at Albany. (1987 – 1987).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
ANTH 3100, People and Cultures, 5 courses.
ANTH 3210, Meso America, 3 courses.
ANTH 3220, Mayan Culture, 6 courses.
ANTH 3996, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 1 course.
ANTH 4021, Development of Anthropological Thought, 4 courses.
ANTH 4250, Development of Anthropological Thought, 4 courses.
ANTH 4300, Migrants and Refugees, 12 courses.
ANTH 4610, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 10 courses.
ANTH 4701, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 1 course.
ANTH 4900, Special Problems, 10 courses.
ANTH 4920, Cooperative Education in Anthropology, 3 courses.
ANTH 5015, Anthropological Thought and Praxis II, 6 courses.
ANTH 5021, Anthropological Thought and Praxis II, 10 courses.
ANTH 5050, Preparation for Practice and the Applied Thesis, 10 courses.
ANTH 5300, Migrants and Refugees, 2 courses.
ANTH 5610, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 3 courses.
ANTH 5700, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 3 courses.
ANTH 5800, Applying Anthropology: Practicum I, 9 courses.
ANTH 5810, Applying Anthropology: Practicum II, 8 courses.
ANTH 5900, Special Problems, 26 courses.
ANTH 5910, Special Problems, 3 courses.
ANTH 5950, Applied Thesis, 39 courses.
WGST 5400, Human Trafficking and Gender, 4 courses.
WGST 5850, Professional Internship, 2 courses.
WGST 5900, Special Problems, 5 courses.
WGST 5950, Master's Thesis, 2 courses.
WMST 5900, Special Problems, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

University of Quintana Roo (UQROO), Comunidad y Praxis en el quehacer antropológico, Fall 2023.

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Methodologia Aplicada: Hacia una Antopologia de la Emergencia - Titulo de Especialista UCM - Genero, Migraciones y Derechos Humanos, 2019.

University of Quintana Roo (UQROO), La Teoria como herramienta en la practica antropologica (MA Applied Anthropology), Spring 2017.

National Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) - National Academy of Sciences, Madrid, Spain, Visting Scholar and Instructor, Summer 2012.

University of Quintana Roo, Chetumal, Mexico, Research Affiliate and Instructor - MA Applied Anthropology, 2010.

University of Quintana Roo (UQROO), Ethics, Methods and Role of Applied Research (MA Applied Anthropology), Winter 2010.

Non-Credit Instruction

Uncompensated Instructional Overload, Community Lab - co-organized with Dr. Shahla Ala'i (BA Department). (September 2020 – December 2021).

Uncompensated Instructional Overload, Social Justice Lab. Co-organized with Dr. Shahla Alai-Rosales (BA Department).. (January 2018 – 2020).

Guest Lecture, The Feminist Point of View, GEOG 5160. (November 2019 – November 2019).

Guest Lecture, The Feminist Point of View. Invited speaker, GEOG 5160 Foundations of Geographical Thought. Instructor: Dr. Waqar Ahmed. Department of Geography. (November 28, 2018).

Continuing Education, Human Trafficking: Making the Invisible, Visible (OLLI-UNT), 50. (November 13, 2018).

Guest Lecture, Messianic and Nativistic Social Movements in Latin America - Latin America - ANTH Department. (October 18, 2018).

Guest Lecture, About Maya Studies and Migration - DOVES of North Texas - UNT Student Organization. (October 15, 2018).

Seminar, Graduate Course at UQROO: Teoria como herramienta en la práctica antropológica. (April 23, 2018 – April 26, 2018).

Public Lecture. (April 18, 2018 – April 18, 2018).

Guest Lecture, Presentation for the LMAS program and Maya Culture course (ANTH 3220), 70. (October 31, 2017).

Guest Lecture, Applied Anthropology without Borders -. Presentation at Engaged beyond Borders Student Association meeting - UNT. (April 15, 2017).

Guest Lecture, Autism in Anthropological Terms.” Presentation as part of the Interdisciplinary area of Behavioral Analysis Graduate Online Program. Behavioral Analysis Department. University of North Texas. (April 6, 2017).

Guest Lecture, Feminist Theory. Invited speaker at GEOG 5160 Foundations of Geographical Thought. Instructor: Dr. Waqar Ahmed. Department of Geography, UNT. (November 28, 2016).

Seminar, Maya Celebration and Symbolic Analysis of the Day of the Death. Latin America course (ANTH 3200). Department of Anthropology, UNT., 50. (October 27, 2016).

Directed Student Learning

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (2021 – Present).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (2021 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Culturally Responsive Family Support: Crianza en Armonía," Behavior Analysis. (May 2020 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Dialectical Transformation: free operant collective shaping methods to decrease bias and increase perspective taking and making.," Behavior Analysis. (2020 – Present).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (2020 – Present).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (2020 – Present).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (2020 – Present).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (2019 – Present).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (2019 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2018 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2018 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2018 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2018 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Philosophy and Religion. (2016 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Women's and Gender Studies. (August 2019 – May 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (August 2018 – May 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member, Behavior Analysis. (2019 – 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Behavior Analysis. (2018 – 2020).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (September 2018 – August 2020).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (September 2018 – August 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Behavior Analysis. (August 2018 – August 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Behavior Analysis. (August 2018 – August 2020).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Coloniality and the Science of Applied Behavior Analysis," Behavior Analysis. (January 2019 – May 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Women's and Gender Studies. (October 2018 – 2019).

Dissertation Committee Member, Sociology. (2017 – 2019).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2015 – 2019).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (September 2017 – September 2019).

Internship Advisor, Women's and Gender Studies. (December 2018 – May 2019).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (January 2018 – May 2019).

Major Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. (September 2017 – May 2019).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2017 – 2018).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2017 – 2018).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2014 – 2018).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2014 – 2018).

Internship Advisor, Women's and Gender Studies. (January 2018 – May 2018).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2015 – 2017).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2015 – 2017).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Behavior Analysis. (2015 – 2017).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2014 – 2017).

Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, Anthropology. (2015 – 2016).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2015 – 2016).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2015 – 2016).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2015 – 2016).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2014 – 2016).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (2014 – 2016).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Sociology. (2014 – 2016).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2014 – 2016).

Other. (2009 – 2009).

Other. (2009 – 2009).

Other,"Indian Males in American Society. RTVF department,". (2008 – 2009).

Other. (2008 – 2009).

Other. (2008 – 2009).

Other,"Thesis Film on Indian males in American society,". (2008 – 2008).

Other. (2007 – 2008).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: Recruiting Ethnic Minority Students at a North Texas Community College,". (2007 – 2008).

Other. (2007 – 2008).

Other. (2007 – 2008).

Other. (2007 – 2008).

Other. (2006 – 2008).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: Latinos/as in Leadership: Participatory Action Research with Latino/s organizations at the University of North Texas,". (2005 – 2007).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: Building Bridges: Community Outreach To Undocumneted Latino Minors,". (2005 – 2007).

Other,"Dissertation Title: Predictors of Educational Attainment among High-Risk Teenage Mothers,". (2005 – 2007).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: Latino Health Care and Traditional Healers in Denton, TX,". (2005 – 2007).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: Justice for All? A South Dallas Community’s Perceptions of the Legal System,". (2005 – 2007).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: Nature Valuation in the Big Thicket,". (2004 – 2007).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: “Cost/Benefit Analysis of Wraparound Services for Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disorder Diagnosis,". (2004 – 2006).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: Bottle or Breast: An Anthropological Investigation of the Infant Feeding Choices Made By Prenatal and Postpartum Clients at the Denton, Texas WIC Clinic,". (2003 – 2006).

Other,"Dissertation Title: The Household Ecology of Disease Transmission,". (2000 – 2006).

Other,"Practicum proposal: Evaluation of the City of Denton’s Mosquito Control Campaign,". (2003 – 2005).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: Community Integration and Resource Development: Landmine Removal Fundraising,". (2002 – 2004).

Other,"Practicum Proposal: Migrant Education: Giving Migrant Students a Voice,". (2001 – 2003).

Awards and Honors

Nominated for: Eminent Professor Award, University of North Texas. (2017 – 2017).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Re Cruz, A. (2007). Racism: What It Is and How to Deal with It. A Guide to Talk About Racism.
Re Cruz, A. (2007). Racismo: Qué es y Cómo se Afronta.
Re Cruz, A. (1996). The Two Milpas of Chan Kom: Scenarios of a Maya Village Life.
Book Chapter
Pritchett, M., Ala'i-Rosales, S. S., Cihon, T. M., Re Cruz, A. (2022). From Fuller to Fawcett: A Human Rights History of Research Ethics in Behavior Analysis. Research Ethics in Behavior Analysis: From Laboratory to Clinic and Classroom. https://shop.elsevier.com/books/research-ethics-in-behavior-analysis/cox/978-0-323-90969-3
Alai-Rosales, S., Re Cruz, A. (2021). Finding Spirit: Teaching in Nepantla. Metacontingencies: Behavior Analysis of Compassion, Social Justice, & Being Human.. Taylor Francis Publishing.
Re Cruz, A. (2018). Cuando fronteras y testimonios se confabulan para el surgimiento de una Antropología de Emergencia. Genero, Migraciones y Derechos Humanos.
Nunez-Janes, M. E., Combes, B. H., Re Cruz, A., Martinez-Ebers, V. J. (2018). “La Colectiva: Peer Mentoring on the Path to Thrival”. Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance.. United Kingdom: Routledge.
Re Cruz, A. (2014). Etica y poder en la intervención antropológica. Gestión del acceso al campo y devolución de los resultados.
Re Cruz, A. (2010). De Resposabilidades, Compromisos y otras Reflexiones que Llevan a la Antropologia Aplicada . In Dilemas Eticos en Antropologia. Las Entetelas del Trabajo de Campo Etnografico..
Re Cruz, A. (2009). Educación para Inmigrantes. Una Perspectiva desde Texas. In Integración Escolar a Debate.
Re Cruz, A. (2009). El Uso de Historias Digitales como Herramienta Pedagógica.
Re Cruz, A. (2008). Tourism and Migration in the Making of the New Maya Milpas. In Yucatan in the Era of Globalization. Blakanoff, E. (ed.).
Re Cruz, A. (2007). Maya Watching Japanese Telenovelas; The Other too Close. In Alternative Orientalism in Latin America and Beyond.
Re Cruz, A. (2006). Corn Milpas and Tourism Milpas: Maya Migration in Cancún. In Lifeways in the Lowlands: New Approaches to Maya Archaeology. Mathews J. and Bethany Morrison (eds.).
Re Cruz, A. (2006). La Ética en el Discurso Académico y de Investigación Antropológica. In IV Congreso de Investigadores del Instituto Nacional de Antropológia e Historia, Lopez-Razagado, M.I., Morales, C. and Lechuga, C. (eds.).
Re Cruz, A. (2004). Working with Peoples and Places Through Action. In Rights, Resources, Culture and Conservation in the Land of the Maya. Anderson, G. and B. Faust (eds.).
Re Cruz, A. (2001). Fortunes and Misfortunes in "The Other Cancún". In Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America. A Reader in the Social Anthropology of Middle and South America. Third Edition Heath (ed.).
Re Cruz, A. (2001). God, Sun, and Corn. In Sacred Spaces. Man and the Divine in México, Central América and the Southwestern United States.
Re Cruz, A. (1999). Disruption of Peoples'Health and Social Order. La Canícula Among the Yucatec Maya of México. In The Past and Present Maya. Essays in Honor of Robert M. Carmack. John M. Weeks (ed).
Re Cruz, A. (1997). Mexican-American Community in the United States. In Cultural Diversity in the United States. Larry Nylor (ed.).
Book Review
Re Cruz, A. (2004). Zapotec Science. Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca. By Roberto J. Gonzalez. University of Texas Press..
Re Cruz, A. (2000). The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture. By Neil Folley. Berkeley: University of California Press..
Journal Article
Re Cruz, A. (2023). Viñetas narrativas de mujeres centroamericanas buscando asilo en la frontera de México con Estados Unidos. AIBR. https://www.aibr.org/antropologia/netesp/1603.php
Re Cruz, A. (2021). The Objectification of Suffering as Policy.. Cultural Anthropology. The Damage Wrought: Immigration Before, Under, and After Trump. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-damage-wrought-immigration-before-under-and-after-trump
Pritchett, M., Alai-Rosales, S., Re Cruz, A., Cihon, T. (2021). Social justice is the spirt and aim of an applied silence of human behavior: An examination and reflection on the variables related to moving from colonial to participatory research practices. Behavior Analysis in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00591-7
Miller, K. L., Re Cruz, A., Alai-Rosales, S. (2019). Inherent Tensions and Possibilities: Behavior Analysis and Cultural Responsiveness. Behavior and Social Issues. 5, 1-21. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42822-019-00010-1#citeas
Re Cruz, A. (2017). Antropología de Emergencia en el trabajo con menores y mujeres centroamericanas en busca de asilo. Astrolabio. Revista Internacional de Filosofia.
Re Cruz, A., Kober, R. (2017). Fluid Vulnerabilities of the Living Border: Central America Asylum Seekers in Texas. Maintaining Refuge: Anthropological Reflections in Uncertain Times.
Re Cruz, A. (2013). A Conversation Across Rural, Urban and National Borders: a Comparison Between Maya Migration to Cancun and Mexican Migration to Texas. Aboriginal/ Indigenous Peoples in Urban Centers: Tracing Mobility in a Post Nafta World.
Re Cruz, A. (2013). Faith and Consumption: Feel-good Products, the Maya and the Growth of Corporations. Aboriginal People in Urban Areas: Methodological Challenges in Research on Mobility.
Re Cruz, A., Nunez-Janes, M. E. (2013). Latino/a Students and the Power of Digital Storytelling. Radical Pedagogy.
Re Cruz, A., Henry, L. R., Nunez-Janes, M. E., Jordan, A. (2013). Synonyms of Engagement: Forging an Engaged Anthropology in North Texas. Annals of Anthropological Practice 37.
Re Cruz, A. (2013). Why do they talk about Spirits”: Anthropological Interventions in Classroom Settings with Latin@ Immigrant Students. Anthropology in Action, Journal for applied anthropology in policy and practice.
Re Cruz, A., Lucko, J. (2013). Interculturality: Where Do we Go from Here?. Anthropology in Action, Journal for applied anthropology in policy and practice.
Re Cruz, A. (2012). El Negro y el Cafe son Colores Feos..
Re Cruz, A. (2009). When Immigrants Root and Transnational Communities Grow. .
Re Cruz, A. (2008). Behind the Scenes of An Ethnographic Documentary: Dialogue Between Anthropology and Film.
Re Cruz, A. (2008). Conversations Between Anthropology and Film Making.
Re Cruz, A. (2008). Digital Storytelling as a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for Latino Students.
Re Cruz, A. (2008). Introduction.
Re Cruz, A. (2007). Organizational, Conceptual and Pedagogical Intricacies in the Making of the On-line Program in Applied Anthropology. The North Texas Case..
Re Cruz, A. (2007). Pedagogical On-line Strategies.
Re Cruz, A. (2007). The Whys and Hows of an On-line Program in Applied Anthropology.
Re Cruz, A. (2006). Turismo y Migración entre los Mayas de Yucatán: Las Nuevas Milpas de Chan Kom.
Re Cruz, A. (2005). Taquerías, Laundromats and Protestant Churches, the Landmarks of the Hispanic Barrios in Denton, Texas.
Re Cruz, A. (2003). Milpa as an Ideological Weapon: Tourism and Maya Migration to Cancún.
Re Cruz, A. (1998). Maya Women, Gender Dynamics, and Modes of Production.
Re Cruz, A. (1998). Migrant Women Crossing Borders. A Comparison of Internal and External Mexican Migration..
Re Cruz, A. (1996). Crónica de Una Muerte Anunciada.
Re Cruz, A. (1996). The Thousand and One Faces of Cancún.
Re Cruz, A. (1996). Una Comunidad Maya de Yucatán: Transformación Social y Expresión Simbólica.
Re Cruz, A. (1994). Lo Sagrado y Lo Profano de la Identidad Maya Entre los Emigrantes de Yucatán.
Magazine/Trade Publication
Re Cruz, A. (1998). Se Llevaron a Libertad, Quedó Su Palabra..
Monograph
Re Cruz, A. (2005). Handbook. Ethnographic Field School in Chetumal, México..
Re Cruz, A. (2002). Memorias de la Frontera. Edited compilation of the Program of Border Studies..
Re Cruz, A. (2001). Ethnographic Field School in Maya and Border Communities in Quintana Roo..
Re Cruz, A. (1999). Ethnographic Field School on Border Studies. Revisited..
Re Cruz, A. (1998). Ethnographic Field School on Border Studies.
Re Cruz, A. (1998). Ethnographic Field School on Participatory Action Research, Revisited..
Re Cruz, A. (1997). Ethnographic Field School on Participatory Action Research.
Newsletter
Nelson, A. S., Nunez-Janes, M. E., Re Cruz, A. (2020). An Invitation to a Sentipensante Practice through Experiential Learning at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Other.
Nunez-Janes, M., Nelson, A., Re Cruz, A. (2020). An Invitation to a Sentipensante Practice Through Experiential Learning at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Napa Notes.
Popular Press Article
Re Cruz, A. (2008). Design and writing of "American Culture".
Re Cruz, A. (2008). The Mayan Dreams of Chan Kom. Tourism, Migration and Changing Identities in the Yucatán. Running time, 28 minutes. In collaboration with Melinda Levin.
Re Cruz, A. (2007). Latino/a Students and the Power of Digital Storytelling.
Re Cruz, A. (2006). Design and writing of "Migrants and Refugees".
Re Cruz, A. (2004). Design and writing of "Theory and Praxis II".
Re Cruz, A. (2004). Los Otros: Emigrantes Mayas en Yucatán.
Re Cruz, A. (2003). Maya Migrants in Cancún, México. Running time, 30 minutes. An anthropological documentary shot in the present day traditional Maya village of Chan Kom, and Cancún, in México.
Re Cruz, A. (1996). Women Crossing Borders.
Special Issue
Re Cruz, A., Wasson, C., Gibbs, T. (2007). Teaching Practice. Practicing Anthropology. 29, .

Presentations Given

Book Presentation

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Genero Migraciones y Derechos Humanos, V Congreso Internacional de Antropologia AIBR, Madrid, Spain, Spain. (2019 – 2019).

Invited Talk

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA),, The Word as Shield; Immigrant women’s Resistance in a Texas Detention Center, Lisbo (Portugal), Portugal. (2022).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Congreso International AIBR, El escudo de la palabra, narrativa de mujeres migrantes centroamericanas en centros de detención en Texas, Estados Unidos, Salamanca, Spain. (2022).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Interfaith Coalition for Justice, Asylum under Siege, Pasadena, CA, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia, Migracion y vulnerabilidad migratoria entre menores y mujeres en Texas, Universidad de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. (2017).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Coloquio Internacional: Migracion y Vulnerabilidad, Vulnerabilidad migratoria entre mujeres y menores cruzando fronteras, Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia. (2017).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Antropologia de Emergencia en el trabajo con menores y mujeres en busca de asilo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Departamento de Antropologia, Madrid, Spain. (2016).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Migraciones Forzadas, Fronteras Multiples y Violencia, Antropologia de Emergencia, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF - Tijuana), Tijuana, Mexico. (2016).

Keynote/Plenary Address

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Sensibilizacion antrop. en la Red Española de Reservas de la Biosfera, Metodologías, praxis y ética antropológicas, Spain. (2021 – 2021).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Comunidades mayas y su inserción a los circuitos migratorios y de trabajo turístico en Quintana Roo, México, Las pedagogías de la Milpa para una Antropología de las migraciones, Chetumal, Mexico. (2020 – 2020).

Re Cruz, A. (Presenter), Introduction to Rosana Guber, V Congreso Internacional de Antropologia AIBR, Madrid, Spain, Spain. (2019 – 2019).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Seminario Internacional Cruzando Fronteras: Genero, Migraciones y Derechos Humanos, Antropologia de Emergencia en la atencion a migrantes en busca de asilo, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebal and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Puebla, Mexico, Mexico. (2018 – 2018).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), JORNADAS, Iniciativa por una vida sin violencia de genero, y migracion en el estado de Puebla, La vulnerabilidad acumulada de as mujeres centroamericanas cruzando fronteras, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Puebla, Mexico. (2017).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Migraciones en Latinoamerica y el Caribe. Una nueva realidad migratoria y fronteriza en el Caribea, Migracion y vulnerabilidad, Universidad de Quintana Roo, Chetumal, Mexico. (2017).

Lecture

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), University of Quintana Roo - Anthropology Program, Comunidad y Praxis en el quehacer antropológico, Chetumal, Mexico, Mexico. (2023 – ).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), MA Program in applied Anthropology (UQROO), Mexico, Antropologia Emergente, Mexico. (2021 – 2021).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Epistemologies of the Milpa, Anthropology - DePaul University, Chicago, United States of America. (2018).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), La Colectiva Lecture Series, About Barrios and Milpas: The story of an Anthropologist with and Accent, La Colectiva - UNT, Denton - UNT, United States of America. (2017).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Behavioral Analysis Online Graduate Studies Symposium, Autism in Anthropological Terms, Behavioral Analysis Department - UNT, Denton - UNT, United States of America. (2016).

Oral Presentation

Ala'i-Rosales, S. S. (Author & Presenter), Pritchett, M. (Author), Re Cruz, A. (Author), Cihon, T. M. (Author), Linden, A. (Author), Anegbeh, C. (Author), Cunningham, I. (Author), Akinwale, B. (Author), Reese, A. (Author), Black Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Convention, Dialectical Transformation: Learning about Collective Shaping through Shaping the Collective, Black Association for Behavior Analysis, Detroit, MI, United States of America. (2022).

Re Cruz, A. (Presenter), Seminarios Interculturales, Una Athropologia de Emergencia en Crisis Humanitarias, Universidad de Educacion a Dinstancia (UNED) and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain, Spain. (2019 – 2019).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Fronteras del Sur, Vulnerabilidad, Genero y Enfoques Interseccionales, La praxis antropológica en el trabajo con menores y mujeres en busca de asilo, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. (2016).

Panel Presentation

Nunez-Janes, M. (Coordinator/Organizer), Re Cruz, A. (Panelist), Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), Soidaridad en la Lucha: Academicas and Activistas Accompanying Immigrants and Each Other, MALCS, Pullman, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Nunez-Janes, M. (Presenter), Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Society for Applied Anthropology, The Border Experience as Anthropological Praxis in Transformative Pedagogy, Society for Applied Anthropology, Albuquerque, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Nunez-Janes, M. (Coordinator/Organizer), Re Cruz, A. (Panelist), Nelson, A. S. (Panelist), American Ethnological Society, Centering the Border at the Heart of Transformative Pedagogy, American Ethnological Society, Austin, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Silva, A. (Author & Presenter), Mendiola Garcia, S. C. (Author & Presenter), Nunez-Janes, M. E. (Author & Presenter), Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Mentoring, Leading, and Thriving, Mentoring, Leading, and Thriving, La Colectiva, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Re Cruz, A. (Panelist), Feminist Conversations in Dark Times, Exploring Gender and Asylum in Detention Centers, Women's and Gender Studies - UNT, Denton - UNT, United States of America. (2018).

Ala'i-Rosales, S. S. (Chair), Re Cruz, A. (Co-Chair), Pritchett, M. (Panelist), Miller, K. (Panelist), APBA Annual Conference, Cultural Responsiveness in Behavioral Practice: Inherent Tensions and Hopeful Possibilities, APBA, St Louis, MO, United States of America. (2018).

Nunez-Janes, M. E. (Co-Chair), Re Cruz, A. (Co-Chair), Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Witnessing the Migration Crisis Across Borders, SfAA, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Nunez-Janes, M. E. (Author), Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), V Congreso Latinoamericano de Antropología, Construyendo un paradigma de resistencia con las ONGs y los movimientos sociales pro inmigrantes, Congreso Latinoamericano de Antropologia, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia. (2017 – 2017).

Re Cruz, A. (Chair), Oehmichen, C. (Co-Chair), Congreso de Antropología de Latino América y de Antropología en Colombia, Regimenes de movilidd, fronteras y desigualdades sociales., Bogota, Colombia, Colombia. (2017).

Re Cruz, A. (Chair), Krieger, L. (Co-Chair), Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, How Can SfAA Better Serve the Interests of Practitioners and Support LPOs?, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America. (2017).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Latin American Studies Association, Los sueños que se hielan al cruzar la frontera en busca de asilo, New York City, United States of America. (2016).

Paper

Pritchett, M. (Author & Presenter), Alai-Rosales, S. (Author & Presenter), Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Cihon, T. M. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, Why participant identity matters, ABAI, online, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Re Cruz, A. (Author), VI Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología (ALA), Las entretelas de la violencia en los testimonios de mujeres en busca de asilo, hacia una nueva gramática en la Antropología de Emergencia, Montevideo, Uruguay. (2020 – 2020).

Re Cruz, A. (Author & Presenter), Semana de Antropología. Retos y Perspectivas en la Formación de Antropólogos. Universidad de Quintana Roo (UQROO, Retos de la Antropologia Aplicada del Sur, Chetumal, MX, Mexico. (2020 – 2020).

Alai-Rosales, S. (Author & Presenter), Re Cruz, A. (Author), Bass, A. (Author), Parra De Young, A. (Author), Miller, K. (Author), Morris, G. (Author), Perez Glendon, E. (Author), Pritchett, M. (Author), Hall-Brooks, L. (Author), De Borba, M. (Author), Reese, A. (Author), Harris, J. (Author), Cunningham, I. (Author), Linden, A. (Author), Anegbeh, C. (Author), Dotson, A. (Author), Bugg, R. (Author), Kazaoka, K. (Author), Bythe, J. (Author), Ankinwale, E. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International, Creating Spaces for Social Justice, United States of America. (2020).

Professional Meeting Contribution

Re Cruz, A. (Chair), Jain, P. (Co-Chair), James, G. (Co-Chair), International Rural Sustainability Workshop, Introductory and concluding remarks, Anthropology/Philosophy and Religious Studies Depts. - UNT, Denton - UNT, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Public Presentation

Nunez-Janes, M. (Coordinator/Organizer), Re Cruz, A. (Coordinator/Organizer), Pushing Boundaries: A Conversation About Violence, Activism, and Witnessing Across Central and North America, Pushing Boundaries: A Conversation About Violence, Activism, and Witnessing Across Central and North America, Department of Anthropology, LMAS in Collaboration with Consulate of Mexico (Dallas) and Wild Detectives (Dallas), UNT, Denton, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Symposium

Re Cruz, A. (Chair), Varela, A. (Co-Chair), VI Congreso de la Asociacion Latinoamericana de Antropologia (ALA), Antropologías de las emergencias para desbordar al gobierno global de las migraciones, Montevideo - Uruguay, Uruguay. (2020 – 2020).

Re Cruz, A. (Panelist), American Anthropological Association, The Damage Wrought: Immigration on Trump's Watch, online, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Re Cruz, A. (Chair), Oehmichen, C. (Co-Chair), Congreso de Antropología de Latino América y de Antropología en Colombia, Regimenes de movilidd, fronteras y desigualdades sociales, Bogota, Colombia. (2017 – 2017).

Re Cruz, A. (Chair), Krieger, L. (Co-Chair), Society for Applied Anthropology, “How Can SfAA Better Serve the Interests of Practitioners and Support LPOs?”, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Media Contributions

Internet
"Bridging the Gap Between Social Justice and Research Practices," Shades of ABA. (November 2021).
TV
"Immigrant Resource Council for Conflict Resolution," Dallas Morning News, North Texas Daily, Star Telegram and Tele Mundo. (2002).
"Short video production on Cancun's barrios for TV," channel 23. (1995).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Re Cruz, A., Jain, P., James, G., "Engaged Anthropology and World Epistemologies: A Conversation on Rural Sustainable Development," Sponsored by Wenner-Gren Foundation, Federal, $19779 Funded. (June 2016 – June 2016).
Re Cruz, A., "Rural Sustainability Workshop," Sponsored by UNT VENTURE Funding - UNT International, University of North Texas, $15000 Funded. (June 2015 – June 2015).
Grant - Teaching
Nunez-Janes, M. (Principal), Re Cruz, A., Nelson, A., "Borderlands: The U.S. - Mexico Border," Sponsored by Career Connect, University of North Texas, $810 Funded. (May 2019 – May 2019).
Uncategorized
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Team member. INTERNETWORK in Intercultural Education. (PI) Teresa Aguado (UNED-Madrid) and Margarita del Olmo (CSIC-Madrid)," Sponsored by European Union. (2008 – 2010).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Racismo, Adolescencia e Inmigración. Análisis y Propuestas de Educación Antirracista (Racism, Adolescence and Immigration. Anti-racist Analisis and Education Proposals) In collaboation with Caridad Hernandez and Margarita del Olmo Pintado," Sponsored by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, $30000. (2007 – 2010).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Team member. ALFA-INTER. A Postgraduate Program in Intercultural Education. (PI) Sergio Tellez (Universidad Veracruzana-Mexico), Beatriz Maliz (UNED-Madrid), Margarita del Olmo (CSIC-Madrid)," Sponsored by European Union. (2007 – 2009).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Estrategias de Integración Social en las Escuelas. Social Integration Strategies and Racism Protection in Schools. In collaboration with Dr. Margarita del Olmo Pintado, (CSIC, Spain)," Sponsored by Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain, $40000. (2006 – 2009).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "To fund graduate research and training assistants with faculty advisors. In collaboration with the departments of Anthropology, Behavioral Analysis and Educational Psychology at UNT.," Sponsored by Texas Department Of Assistive And Rehabilitative Services. Services to Children with Autism. Grant Proposal presented by Easter Seals North Texas, $622440. (2008 – 2008).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Development of ANTH 3350," Sponsored by UNT Learning Enhancement Grant, $5000. (2007 – 2007).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Self-Video Recording Ethnographic Study of Latino Students in Denton, Texas," Sponsored by The Center for Spanish Language Media-UNT, $2000. (2007 – 2007).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "NSF PAN-AMERICAN Partnership for International Research and Education on Integrative Environmental Systems. PI: Dr. Miguel Acevedo (UNT-Geography Department,". (2006 – 2006).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "On-Line Masters Program in Applied Anthropology, In collaboration with the Anthropology Department Faculty. Christina Wasson (PI)," Sponsored by UNT Learning Enhancement Grant, $15000. (2005 – 2005).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "On-Line Masters Program in Applied Anthropology, In collaboration with the Anthropology Department Faculty," Sponsored by UNT Learning Enhancement Grant, $24000. (2004 – 2004).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Ethnographic documentary project, Diversity Fund-UNT," Sponsored by Ethnographic Research in Chan Kom-Cancún, $1500. (2003 – 2003).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Creation of an Institute of Borderlands Studies," Sponsored by Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund (UNT), $5000. (1999 – 1999).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Ethnographic Video Documentary on a Maya Community, Chan Kom," Sponsored by Developing Scholars Award (UNT), $3000. (1999 – 1999).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Translation/Validation of National Survey Instrument. G. Ramirez and X. Urrutia-Rojas (PIs); A. Re Cruz (translator collaborator)," Sponsored by Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Health Sience Research Center. Forth Worth, Texas, $5000. (1999 – 1999).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Travel support to cover attendance and participation of an undergraduate student group in the Society for Applied Anthropology meeting," Sponsored by Diversity Fund (UNT), $3000. (1999 – 1999).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Cultural Factors Affecting Changes in Health Care Among Hispanic Women," Sponsored by COPC/HUD grant. School of Community Service. University of North Texas., $2000. (1998 – 1999).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Ethnographic Documentary on Chan Kom, a Maya Village. With Melinda Levin, assistant professor in the RTVF department at the University of North Texas," Sponsored by Research Grant, $1500. (1998 – 1998).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Female Hispanic Community in North Texas. University of North Texas.," Sponsored by Faculty Research Grant, $750. (1996 – 1997).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Editing of a video of Chan Kom, a Maya community in Yucatán.," Sponsored by Smithsonian Institution Grant, $1700. (1996 – 1996).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Mary Elmendorff (PI). Filming Chan Kom," Sponsored by Wenner-Gren Foundation, $11918. (1994 – 1994).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Migrant Hispanic Networks," Sponsored by UNT Summer Research Grant, $1500. (1993 – 1993).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Identification of Hispanic Barrios in Denton," Sponsored by UNT Faculty Research Grant, $1800. (1992 – 1993).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), "Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain," Sponsored by Fulbright Fellowship. (1989 – 1992).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), Sponsored by Research Fellowship. State University of New York at Albany, Department of Anthropology.. (1989 – 1989).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), Sponsored by DeComier Scholarship. State University of New York at Albany, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies.. (1987 – 1987).
Re Cruz, A. (Other), Sponsored by Research Fellowship. State University of New York at Albany, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies.. (1986 – 1986).

Awards and Honors

CLASS Distinguished Lecture Fall 2023, College of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts. (October 2, 2023 – Present).

Eminent Professor Award, UNT Foundation. (April 15, 2021 – April 15, 2021).

President of Ph.D. Defense Tribunal, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. (2018).

Invitation to participate at the Nag's Heart Workshop on Intersectionality, Nag's Heart. (July 2018 – July 2018).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, P&T Committee, Media Arts Department. (2023 – Present).

Committee Member, UNT Foundation Awards Committee. (2022 – Present).

Committee Member, P&T Committee, Media Arts Department. (2021 – Present).

Chairperson, DOVES of North Texas Student Organization. (September 2018 – Present).

Committee Member, Advisory Committee, International Studies Program. (2018 – Present).

Committee Member, International Studies Program PAC. (2018 – Present).

Committee Member, Women’s Faculty Advisory Committee, Advocates & Allies. (September 2015 – Present).

Member, La Colectiva. (2013 – Present).

Committee Member, UNeTe, Latino Faculty and staff Alliance at UNT. (2009 – Present).

Committee Member, Department PAC. (2014 – 2024).

Co-Chair, Awards Committee. (August 2023 – May 2024).

Committee Member, Promotion to Full Committee. (August 2023 – October 2023).

Co-Chair, AAUW American Association of University Women Student Organization. (January 2018 – 2020).

Chairperson, Mu Delta Alpha: Muslimahs for Change Student Organization. (January 2018 – 2020).

Member, Latino/a Mexican American Studies (LMAS). (2016 – 2020).

Committee Member, Executive committee, LMAS (Latin@, Mexican-American Studies. (2015 – 2020).

Chairperson, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (2014 – 2020).

Committee Member, Executive Dean of CLASS Search Committee. (September 2018 – 2019).

Co-Chair, Engaged Beyond Borders Student Organization. (September 2016 – August 2019).

Attendee, Meeting, Promotion and Tenure College Committee. (2018).

Committee Member, Sociology Search Committee. (2017 – 2018).

Committee Member, Latino/Hispanic Interest Group at UNT. (2008 – 2009).

Committee Member, Planning committee for Conference on Immigration at UNT. (2008 – 2009).

Committee Member, UNT Autism Task Force. (2008 – 2009).

Committee Chair. (2007 – 2009).

Committee Member, International Studies Academic Affairs Committee. (2007 – 2009).

Committee Member, Center for Immigration Studies Steering committee. (2008 – 2008).

Committee Member, Research Cluster on Autism Spectrum Disorders Steering committee. (2008 – 2008).

Committee Member, Search committee for Lecturer. Honors College at UNT. (2008 – 2008).

Other, Department of Anthropology (CSIC-Madrid). (2007 – 2008).

Committee Member, Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund Advisory Committee. (2006 – 2008).

Committee Member, Students' Services Committee. (2004 – 2008).

Committee Member, Disability Committee. (1995 – 2008).

Committee Member, Graduate Faculty of the University. (1994 – 2008).

Committee Member, P&T Committee. (2006 – 2007).

Committee Member, PAC Committee. (2005 – 2007).

Other, Curriculum Committee. (2004 – 2007).

Other, Faculty Research Proposals. (1995 – 2007).

Other, Undergraduate advisor. (1994 – 2007).

Committee Member, Biology Department Review Program Committee. (2006 – 2006).

Other, Dr. Peter Castro, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University. (2006 – 2006).

Committee Member, Search Committee. (2005 – 2006).

Committee Member, PAC and P&T Committees. (1996 – 2005).

Committee Member, Consortium Relations University Task Force. (2004 – 2004).

Committee Member, Society for Applied Anthropology conference planning Committee. (2003 – 2004).

Committee Member, International Studies Scholarship Committee. (2001 – 2004).

Other, McNair program. (1996 – 2004).

Committee Member, Issues in Child and Family Welfare Interest Group. (2003 – 2003).

Other, Search Committee. (2002 – 2003).

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (2001 – 2003).

Committee Member, David J. Ewing Scholarship Fund Committee. (2001 – 2003).

Other, Immigrant Resource Council for Conflict Resolution. (2002 – 2002).

Committee Member, Grievances Committee. (2001 – 2002).

Other, Search Committee. (2001 – 2002).

Committee Chair, Search Committee for 2 positions in the Department of Anthropology. (2001 – 2002).

Committee Chair, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Committee. (1999 – 2002).

Committee Member, Foreign Language Department Review Program Committee. (2000 – 2000).

Committee Member, Search Committee for director of Ethnic Studies Program. (1998 – 1998).

Other, Graduate and Professional Forum for Minority Students. (1997 – 1997).

Committee Member, Research Committee. (1996 – 1997).

Committee Member, Search Committee for two positions at the Department of Anthropology. (1996 – 1997).

Other, Faculty development project. (1995 – 1997).

Other, New Faculty Orientation. (1996 – 1996).

Committee Member, Search Committee for position of World Music Performance and Study College of Music. (1995 – 1996).

Committee Member, SACS Committee. (1994 – 1994).

Committee Member, Consortium for Health Services Research. (1992 – 1994).

Committee Member, Minority Affairs Committee. (1992 – 1994).

Other, AZTECAS Student Association. (1992 – 1993).

Other, Library Acquisitions. (1992 – 1993).

Professional Service

Mentor, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). (2019 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Anthropos Praxis. Departamento de Antropologia Aplicada, Universidad de Quintana Roo (UQROO), México.. (2016 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Revista de Antropología Social (RAS), Departamento de Antropología Social. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.. (2016 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Revista de Dialectología y Tradiciones Populares (CSIC), Academy of Sciences, Madrid, Spain. (2014 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Revista Española de Antropología Americana. (2012 – Present).

External T&P Letter Writer, West Virginia University. (2020 – 2020).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Departamento de Sociologia y Antropologia. (2019 – 2019).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Centre, Poland.. (2018).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Anthropologie et Sociétés. (2017).

Committee Member, Search for Editor(s) of Practicing Anthropology - SfAA. (2017).

Reviewer, Book, University of Colorado Press. (2017).

Board of Directors, Society for Applied Anthropology. (2014 – 2017).

Reviewer, Book, University of Colorado Press. (2016).

Reviewer, Book, University of Nebraska Press. (2016).

Committee Member, Advisory network member committee. (2009 – 2009).

Committee Member, Planning Committee, Mérida. (2009 – 2009).

Committee Member, Sol Tax Award. (2008 – 2008).

Other, English Teaching program for the public schools at Chan Kom, A Maya community in the Yucatán península, México. (2007 – 2007).

Other, Workshop in Digital Storytelling, UNT,Denton, Texas. (2007 – 2007).

Other, English Teaching program for the public schools at Chan Kom, A Maya community in the Yucatán península, México. (2006 – 2006).

Other, Program Committee. (2003 – 2004).

Committee Member, Advisory Board. (2001 – 2001).

Public Service

Member, Child Refugee Support Network, Dallas, TX. (2014 – Present).

Member, Grass Roots Leadership - Visitation Program in Hutto, Austin, TX. (2014 – Present).

Member, Pro Se Asylum Clinic. (2014 – Present).

Other, Opening Doors International Services (ODIS), Denton, Texas. (2012 – 2021).

Member, Hispanic Women of North Texas (HWNT), Denton, TX. (2017 – 2019).

Other, ODIS (Opening Door Inmigration Services), Denton, Texas. (2005 – 2019).

Committee Chair, Kahlo Rivera 100 Exhibit. (2018 – 2018).

Other, Open Doors Immigration Services, Denton, Texas. (2005 – 2007).

Other, LPAC (Language Proficiency Assessment Committee), Denton, Texas. (2003 – 2007).

Other, Human Rights Initiative, Dallas, Texas. (2005 – 2006).

Other, Sam Houston Elementary School, Denton, Texas. (2003 – 2006).

Volunteer Translator and Consultant, HRI (Human Rights Initiative), Dallas, Texas. (2005 – 2005).

Other, Denton High School – Ryan campus. (1995 – 1999).

Board Member, Proyecto Adelante. (1998 – 1998).

Other, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Denton, Texas. (1994 – 1998).

Other, Proyecto Adelante. (1995 – 1997).

Other, The Phoenix apartments, Denton, Texas. (1994 – 1997).

Other, Bea's Kids program, Carrollton, Dallas, Texas. (1995 – 1995).

Other, Spanish of "Parent Connection" program sponsored by Denton Independent School District, Denton, Texas. (1995 – 1995).

Committee Member, Committee EXPO program Task Force, Denton, Texas. (1993 – 1993).

Other, Mexican Red Cross, Cancún. (1990 – 1990).

Other, Saint Rose College, Albany, New York. (1987 – 1989).

Consulting

Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Easter Seals of Texas, United States of America. (January 2008 – December 2010).

Other, BBC Natural History Unit.. (1995 – 1995).

Awards and Honors

Service Recognition Award, UNT. (2018 – 2018).

President of Tribunal for PhD Defense, Universidad de la Laguna, Spain. (January 2017 – January 2017).

Nominated for: Distinguished International Education Service, University of North Texas. (2014 – 2014).

Service Recognition Award, University of North Texas. (May 9, 2013 – May 2013).