Course Title: Critical Approach to Social Issues
Department: Department of Sociology
Email: cgrivas@ucsd.edu

Education

Sep. 07 – Pres Graduate Student, Department of Sociology,University of California, San Diego

Dec. 06 M.S. in Sociology, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Concentrations: Latino Political Participation, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification and Mass Media.

May 04 B.A. in Psychology, The University of Texas San Antonio, Cum Laude.

Dec. 03 B.A. in Government and Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

Aug. 93 – Aug. 94 Austin Community College
May 92 – Dec. 92 University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Experience

Aug. 06 – Pres Lecturer I, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Introduction to the Study of Society,
Feb. 07 – Sept. 07 Interim Executive Director, Martinez Street Women’s Center, San Antonio, Texas
Responsible for all levels of development, including grant writing, and fundraising, Led research and recruitment process for hiring of new Executive Director, Analyzed and restructured operating procedures & structures for optimal productivity & efficiency

May 06 – Pres Co-Producer and Research Coordinator, Voices of the United Farm Worker Movement
Documentary Film, Oral History and Digital Preservation Archive Preliminary support provided by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Composed and submitted funding proposal to private and foundation funding sources, Collaborated to develop bilingual interview guide, Conducted interviews (English and Spanish), Developed framework of online photographic historic preservation archive in coordination with the Institute of Texan Cultures and the UTSA Special Collections Department applying Smithsonian and Library of Congress digital preservation standards

May 06 – Pres Special Projects Coordinator, San Anto Cultural Arts, Inc. http://www.sananto.org Coordinated and implemented methodology design for public art appraisal, Assisted in soliciting sponsors and artists for annual fundraiser, Composed all event correspondence and related materials, Provided administrative organization of silent art auction, Conducted post- event accounting

Jan. 06 – May 06 Research Intern, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis of Department of Justice voting rights violations records, Drafted Voting Rights Act (VRA) policy analysis submitted as part of the Congressional Record during the VRA reauthorization, Participated in American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) workshop on community strategies for VRA reauthorization

May 05 – Jan. 06 Research Assistant and Independent Study, Media & Elections Studio, Dept. of Poli-Sci, UTSA Participated in one-on-one media coding/content analysis training with Barbara Allen, Carleton College, Instructed 2 sections of Political Communication and Behavior on Media Coding and Content Analysis, Conducted content analysis of local San Antonio news coverage of the 2004 Presidential election, Created Spanish language television news coding sheet, Created database of local news coverage coding content, Created codebook of variables.

Honors/Affiliations/Publications

University Life Award, March 2006
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Psi Chi, The National Psychology Honor Society
Various Political Campaigns and Initiatives, 1989 to present
Martinez Street Women’s Center, Board Chair, Fundraising Committee Chair, Volunteer
Voting Rights in Texas, 1982-2006, Nina Perales, Luis Figueroa, and Criselda Rivas, A report of Renewthevra.org available at http://maldef.org/pdf/TexasVRA.pdf.
Nina Perales, Luis Figueroa, and Criselda G. Rivas, Voting Rights in Texas, 1982-2006, MALDEF, A Report of RenewtheVRA.org available at: http://www.maldef.org/pdf/TexasVRA.pdf.