Small Grants
The Small Grants competition is held three times a year to support special, one-time, short-term needs of researchers undertaking projects related to UC MEXUS goals. Listed below by year are the principal investigators, departments, home campuses, and project titles of the recipients. “SCR 43” refers to California Senate Concurrent Resolution 43, which inspired funding made available by the Office of the President of the University through the UC Committee on Latina/Latino Research (UCCLR) for research, proposal development, creative activity, and dissertation research in the area of Latino Studies.
By Year
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998
Jorge M. Aguero, Economics, UC Riverside
The effect of air pollution on the mortality, morbidity and education of Mexican children
Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Literature, UC Santa Cruz
The final correspondence of former commandant José Castro, 1856-1860
(SCR-43)
Wayne Cornelius, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
Data collection on ICT-based communication between low-income Oaxacan migrants in San Diego County and their families in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca
Ellen A. Dean, Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Herbarium research for flora del Bajío y de regiones adyacentes
Gary A. Dymski, UC Center-Sacramento, UC Riverside
From redlining and discrimination to ethnic banks and remittances? A workshop on financial processes and urban inequalities
David H. Fairris, Economics, UC Riverside
Retrieval of employer-employee matched data from the Mexican National Institute for Statistics (INEGI) in Aguascalientes, Mexico
Anabel Ford, ISBER/Meso-American Research Center, UC Santa Barbara
Is Volcan El Chichon the source of temper in ancient Maya pottery?
Mario T. Garcia, Chicana and Chicano Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Blowout: The 40th Anniversary Conference on the 1968 East Los Angeles Walkouts
(SCR-43)
Patricia M. Greenfield, Psychology, UC Los Angeles
Tsotsil translation of "Weaving Generations Together: Evolving Creativity in the Maya of Chiapas"
Penelope J. Gullan, Entomology, UC Davis
Cochineal insects (Dactylopius species) in Mexico
John C. Laursen, Political Science, UC Riverside
Understanding differences among political concepts in Mexico, Latin America, and the United States
Ira S. Leifer, Marine Science Institute, UC Santa Barbara
Developing a U.S.-Mexico collaboration on passive acoustic observations of seabed bubbles
Glen M. MacDonald, Geography, UC Los Angeles
Convening of Special Union Session on Prolonged Drought in the Americas - American Geophysical Union - Union Geofisica Mexicana Joint Assembly 2007
Theodore J. Papenfuss, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
Presentation of results of UC MEXUS project at a Plethodontid Salamander Conference and Global Amphibian Assessment Meeting in Chiapas, Mexico
Edward G. Platzer, Nematology, UC Riverside
Biological control of mosquitoes with nematodes
Horacio N. Roque Ramirez, Chicana/o Studies, UC Santa Barbara
LGBT Latino community Formations in San Francisco, 1975-1995
(SCR-43)
Charlene Villaseñor Black, Art History, UC Los Angeles
Intervening bodies: Probing the public and private in performance art
Judith L. Aissen, Linguistics, UC Santa Cruz. Workshop on complementation in Meso-American languages, sponsored by CIESAS Sureste and UAQ.
Jillian Banfield, Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley. The physicochemical behavior of nano-sized cerium oxide in the presence of biogenic ligands.
Charles Bazerman, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, UC Santa Barbara. Scientific publication in English for Spanish-speaking graduate students.
Shaun Bowler and Karthick Ramakrishnan, Political Science, UC Riverside. Latino and minority political engagement. (SCR 43)
David E. Dowall, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley. Shrinking Cities - A global perspective: Participation in a kick-off workshop, Mexico City, July 12, 2006.
David E. Dowall, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley. Shrinking Cities - A global perspective: Participation in a project workshop at UC Berkeley, February 7, 2007.
Anabel Ford, ISBER/MesoAmerican Research Center, UC Santa Barbara. Volcanic ash shards in ancient Maya ceramic sherds.
Kirsten V.K. Gilardi, VM: Wildlife Health Center, UC Davis. Building a vital signs monitoring program for the nearshore coastal marine ecosystem of Baja California, Mexico: Critical next steps following a binational planning meeting.
David A. Granz, Kearney Agricultural Center, UC Riverside. Travel to Agricultural Air Quality Conference to report results of UC MEXUS funded research.
Gregory F. Grether, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Los Angeles. Causes and consequences of socially-induced plasticity in the timing of puberty.
Lisbeth M. Haas, History, UC Santa Cruz. Across borders: Transnational economies and regional histories. (SCR 43)
Robert M. Irwin, Spanish, UC Davis. Diccionario de Estudios Culturales.
Charles M. Knobler, Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Los Angeles. The phase diagram of a viral capsid protein.
Ellen McCracken, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Santa Barbara. The ABC of Chicano and Mexican Culture: El abecedario de la cultura chicana/mexicana. (SCR 43)
Jimmy A. McGuire, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley. Conservation genetics of a threatened salamander (Ensatina klauberi) in Baja California.
Lorena Oropeza, History, UC Davis. Conquest, land and culture: The cry for justice in New Mexico.
Jacobo Sefami, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine. Tribute to film-maker Alejandro Pelayo.
Daniela Soleri, Environmental Studies Program, UC Santa Barbara. Oaxacan maize and culinary diversity: a proposed case study for Slow Food International's Terra Madre 2006.
Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Political Science, UC Davis. Choosing not to choose: Absentee voting in the 2006 Mexican elections.
Richard K. Zimmer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Los Angeles. A collaboration to promote understanding of sperm-egg interactions and fertilization.
Edith B. Allen, Center for Conservation Biology, UC Riverside. The ecological importance of mycorrhizal fungi during secondary plant succession in a seasonal tropical forest.
Michael F. Allen, Center for Conservation Biology, UC Riverside. Epiphyte-mycorrhiza associations in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Shaun Bowler, Political Science, UC Riverside. Latino and minority politics. (SCR 43)
Juan Bruce-Novoa, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine. VI Latin American Film Festival.
Bernard Choi, Beckman Laser Institute, UC Irvine. Laser speckle flowmetry with quantum well detection scheme.
Elizabeth Deakin, University of California Transportation Center, UC Berkeley. UC MEXUS-funded research dissemination: Improving pedestrian safety in Mexican cities through low-cost, implementable, sustainable street designs.
James A. Donlon, Dramatic Art, UC Santa Barbara. 2005 Festival Internacional de Pantomima, Puebla, Mexico.
Jack D. Forbes, Native American Studies, UC Davis. Cataloging indigenous Americans materials for research access. (SCR 43)
Jeffrey H.R. Goddard, Marine Science Institute, UC Santa Barbara. Developmental mode in benthic opisthobranch molluscs from eastern tropical Pacific.
David A. Grantz, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. Travel to coordinate measurements of brick kiln emissions near Queretaro, Mexico.
Louis J. Hock, Visual Arts, UC San Diego. The Mexican Tapes: Continued. (SCR 43)
Kevin R. Johnson, School of Law, UC Davis. Book project: Open Borders book.
Susanne L. Jonas, Latin American and Latino Studies/Merrill Faculty Services, UC Santa Cruz. Trans-regional political advocacy and intellectual networks for Guatemalan/Central American Migrant Rights.
John H. Klotz, Entomology, UC Riverside. A comparative survey of pest ants and their control in Northwest Mexico and Southern California.
Kenneth L. Kraemer, CRITO/The Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine. From computer networks to community neighborhoods: identification of critical factors leading to self-sustained housing communities for Mexican low-income families.
Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Politics, UC Santa Cruz. Public health promoters: Translation and negotiation of health services for Mexican migrants in California. (SCR 43)
Kathleen Lytle-Hernández, History, UC Los Angeles. Mexico's National Institute of Migration Archive Project.
Mónica Medina, School of Natural Sciences, UC Merced. Exploratory visit for potential collaborations between UC Merced and Mexican Marine Laboratories.
Rudy M. Ortiz, School of Natural Sciences, UC Merced. Advancing collaborative research opportunities between CIBNOR and UC Merced.
Donald H. Owings, Psychology, UC Davis. Snake scent application by Baja California rock squirrels (Spermophilus atricapillus).
Calvin O. Qualset, Genetic Resources Conservation Program, UC Davis. DIVERSITAS Conference in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Jaime E. Rodriguez, History, UC Irvine. The New Nations: Spain and Mexico, 1808-1850.
Wendy L. Rogers, Dance, UC Riverside. New choreography for U.S. and Mexican performers: Trolley Dances 2005 in San Diego. (SCR 43)
Slawek M. Tulaczyk, Earth Sciences, UC Santa Cruz. Radar investigations of aquifer heterogeneity in the Northern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: Study of a critical issue concerning quality and quantity of groundwater resources in a vulnerable region.
Zaragosa Vargas, History, UC Santa Barbara. Making Class Visible: Rethinking the Social and Cultural History of the 1960s. (SCR 43)
Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez, Anthropology, UC Riverside. Capacity building for the future: Ethnographic investigation. (SCR 43)
Zhiwu Zhu, Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz. Bringing scientific expertise from Mexico to California.
Anthony J. Adams, Optometry/Vision Science, UC Berkeley. Assessment of diabetic retinopathy by primary care physicians: Can primary care physicians effectively detect diabetic retinopathy by viewing retinal images?
Gerardo V. Aldana, Chicana/o Studies, UC Santa Barbara. Yotot Batzo'ob: Conducting socially responsible archaeology through balanced community outreach and academic research.
Susan J. Antebi, Hispanic Studies, UC Riverside. Remapping "japonismo": eyewitness collecting in the chronicles of Jose Juan Tablada.
Maylei S. Blackwell, César Chávez Center - Chicana/o Studies, UC Los Angeles. Negotiating sexual divides in local/global cultures: transnational lesbian organizing in the U.S. and Mexico.
Juan Bruce-Novoa, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine. La construcción de la identidad mexicana: 'performance' de una nación.
Adriana M. Campos Johnson, English and Comparative Literature, UC Irvine. (Dis)assembling the Present: Interdisciplinary symposium on Latin American Studies.
Marita I. Cantwell, Vegetable Crops, UC Davis. Planning meeting for research project "Improved quality and safety of nopalitos."
Leslie E. Cragin, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UC San Francisco. Innovation in perinatal care: evaluation of two models aimed at improving maternal health in Mexico.
Elizabeth Deakin, UC Transportation Center, UC Berkeley. Planning meeting for research project: improving pedestrian safety in Mexican cities through low-cost, implementable, sustainable street designs.
Rufus Edwards, Environmental Health Science and Policy, School of Social Ecology, UC Irvine. Field assessment of indoor air quality and greenhouse gas emissions from biomass cookstoves in rural Mexico.
Wilfred A. Elders, Earth Sciences, UC Riverside. The development of the Colorado River Systems: Insights from the geological structure and sedimentary history of its delta.
Paul L. Gepts, Agronomy and Range Science, UC Davis. On-farm genetic resource management: The case of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and how Mexican farmers manage domesticated x wild hybrids.
Jonathan A. Fox, Latin American and Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz. Indigenous Mexican migrants in the U.S.: Book publication and dissemination. (SCR 43)
Mark Hanson, Education and Management, UC Riverside. Transnational Corporation, Knowledge Transfer, and National Development: The Case of Mexico
Cindy D. Kam, Political Science, UC Davis. Gender and political participation: a cross-national study of Mexico, the United States, and Mexican immigrants to the United States.
Stanley A. Klein, School of Optometry, UC Berkeley. Optical considerations for improving refractive surgery (LASIK) outcomes.
Eileen A. Lacey, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley. A preliminary assessment of microsatellite variation in Tuzas (Thomomys bottae) from Baja California Sur.
Nelson N. Lichtenstein, History, UC Santa Barbara. Wal-Mart: Template for 21st Century Capitalism.
Jere H. Lipps, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley. American tourism, GeoSite development and science outreach in Baja California Sur.
Jay R. Lund, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis. Water markets and management for Ensenada and Baja California, Mexico.
James F. Quinn, Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis. Biogeographic collaboration-exploration of the integration of plant distribution maps from Baja, Mexico and California, U.S.A.
Bradley M. Tebo, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. The effect of hexavalent chromium on sediment biogeochemistry: results from mesocosm studies.
David L. Wessel, Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, UC Berkeley. Mapping gestures to music: A Bayesian network and graphical model approach.
Raymond L. Williams, Hispanic Studies, UC Riverside. The Mexican novel: a lecture series.(SCR 43)
Leslie S. Wilson, Health Policy and Economics, UC San Francisco. Collaboration on identification of risk of Chagas infection in the Mexican and California blood supply. (SCR 43)
John M. Boone, Radiology-UCD Medical Center, Research Imaging, UC Davis. Comparison of Radiation Dose by TLD and Monte Carlo Methods.
Juan Bruce-Novoa, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine. The 5th Latin American Film Festival at the University of California, Irvine.
Lisa M. Catanzarite, Chicano Studies Research Center, UC Los Angeles. Immigrant: Native Competition and Occupational Context. (SCR 43)
Michael T. Clegg, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. Initiation of a collaborative project through training in the use of advanced computational genetic data analysis tools.
María Cruz-Torres, Anthropology, UC Riverside. Women, Fisheries, and Globalization in Coastal Mexico.
Charles L. Daley, Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, UC San Francisco. Binational Tuberculosis Training and Education Project.
James A. Donlon, Dramatic Art, UC Santa Barbara. National Workshop and Festival Performances.
E. Melanie DuPuis, Sociology, UC Santa Cruz. Strawberry Production and the Methyl Bromide Phase-out: A preliminary Assessment of Small-Scale Mexican Growers on California's Central Coast. (SCR 43)
Richard Y. Evans, Environmental Horticulture, UC Davis. Propagation of woody species native to the low deciduous forest of western Morelos.
David J. Farabee, Integrated Substance Abuse Program, UC Los Angeles. Establishing an Addiction Research Program at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Chicano Studies Research Center, UC Los Angeles. The Maquiladora Murders, Or, Who Is Killing the Women of Juárez? (Conference Proceedings).
Jennifer A. Gonzalez, History of Art and Visual Culture, UC Santa Cruz. Chicano/a Art in the U.S. (SCR 43)
James I. Grieshop, Human and Community Development, UC Davis. Cultural Traditions of Oaxaca and Digital Technology: A Collaborative Project of UC Davis and IIS/UABJO.
Richard K. Grosberg, Biological Sciences-Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis. Speciation in Tropical High Intertidal Barnacles.
Carl S. Gutiérrez-Jones, English, UC Santa Barbara. Diarama by Guillermo Gómez Peña.
(SCR 43)
Philip A. Hastings, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Life history of groupers (cabrillas) of the Gulf of California, Mexico: Implications for management and conservation.
George M. Homsy, Mechanical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara. Collaborative Research in Fluid Mechanics.
Robert M. Jasmer, Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, UC San Francisco. Binational Tuberculosis Training and Education Project.
Kelly A. Lytle Hernandez, Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego. American Friends Services Committee-San Diego Archive Project. (SCR 43)
A. Michael Marzolla, Cooperative Extension, UC Santa Barbara. Aguater Notions: Community Based Water Quality Education Project to Develop Science Literacy.
M. Catherine Maternowska, Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy-Sacramento, UC San Francisco. Improved Reproductive Health Policies and Programs in Mexico: Applied Research.
Alfredo Mirandé, Sociology, UC Riverside. The Role of Women in Perpetuating Machismo and Marculinity: A Comparative Study.
Carlos Morton, Dramatic Art, UC Santa Barbara. Theatrical Convergence: Xalapa, Veracruz-UCSB.
Chon A. Noriega, Chicano Studies Research Center, UC Los Angeles. Serving the Community, Preserving a Culture: Latino Arts Summit, February 13-14, 2004. (SCR 43)
John A. Ochoa, Hispanic Studies, UC Riverside. The Uses of Failure in Mexican Cultural Discourse.
Edward G. Platzer, Nematology, UC Riverside. Mosquito Control with Mermithid Nematodes.
Antoon T. Ploeg, Nematology, UC Riverside. Identification of Nematodes in Potato and Coffee in Veracruz State, Mexico.
Richard C. Ponzio, Human Development, UC Davis. Aguater Notions: Community-based Water Quality Education Project to Develop Science Literacy.
Jorge R. Preloran, School of Film, UC Los Angeles. Latin American Testimonies: Chan K'in Viejo Story. (SCR 43)
Philip A. Roberts, Nematology (NPPS), UC Riverside. Cowpeas for the Arid Highlands of Mexico.
John Giles Waines, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. Root Characters and Water-Use Efficiency in Mexican Wheats.
Barbara L. Endemaño Walker, Geography, UC Santa Barbara. Livelihood and Migration Strategies of Mexican Fisherpeople in California, U.S.A., and Baja California, Mexico.
Devra A. Weber, History, UC Riverside. A Mutuality of Interests: Mexican Immigrants, Grass Roots Organizing and the U.S. and Mexican Left 1906-1945.
Christopher M. Woodruff, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego. The Impact of Micro Lending: Evidence from the Fincomun-Bimbo Project.
Laura P. Zanello, Biochemistry, UC Riverside. Course on Basic Aspects on Electrophysiology Applied to the Study of Living Cells.
Zhiwu Zhu, Biology-Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz. Acquiring Skills and Resources for a Genetic Determination of Nutritional Factors Required for Virulence of the Parasite Trypanosoma brucei.
Martha C. Zúñiga, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, UC Santa Cruz. Development of a collaborative research project between UCSC and Universidad de Guadalajara on immunological tolerance and its role in health and disease.
Michael F. Allen, Center for Conservation Biology, UC Riverside. Proposal Development of a Long-term Monitoring of Effectiveness of MesoAmerican Reserve Networks and Corridors.
Gabriela F. Arredondo, Latin American and Latina/o Studies, UC Santa Cruz. Mexican Chicago: Negotiating Race, Ethnicity and Identity. (SCR 43)
James G. Baldwin, Nematology, UC Riverside. Collaborative research planning between UCR, CICESE and UABC scientists toward a biotic survey of marine nematodes in the Gulf of California.
Roger Byrne, Geography, UC Berkeley. Late Holocene Climate Change in Central Mexico.
James R. Carey, Entomology, UC Davis. Development of an electronic system for monitoring the lifetime behavior in adult medflies.
Raveevarn Choksombatchai, Architecture, UC Berkeley. Hidden Cities: Body and Its Itinerary
Dean O. Cliver, Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. Lectures and conferences on various aspects of microbiological safety of foods.
David H. Fairris, Economics, UC Riverside. Foreign Direct Investment and Mexican Economic Development: The ENESTYC Data from INEGI.
Janet E. Foley, Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. Microbial community survey in the Honduran coral reef, preliminary collaborative arrangements.
Margaret A. Handley, Family and Community Medicine, UC San Francisco. Development of a Workshop to Provide Nutritional Counseling and Guidance in the Prevention of Lead Poisoning Among Immigrants Returning to the Oaxacan Valley, Mexico.
Edith R. Kramer, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, UC Berkeley. Son y Luz/Sound and Light.
Francina I. Lozada-Nur, Stomatology, UC San Francisco. Planning meeting to develop a proposal for a prospective epidemiologic study on risk factors for oral cancer among Mexican women.
Anthony F. Macias, Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside. Good Neighbors Indeed: Pachucos, the Mambo, and Cultural Connections Between Mexico City and Los Angeles. (SCR 43)
Deborah L. Rogers, Genetic Resources Conservation Program, UC Davis. Planning for longterm preservation, distribution, and documentation of seed collections of Monterey Pine from Guadalupe and Cedros Island, Mexico.
Wendy L. Rogers, Dance, UC Riverside. Festival Cervantino.
Daniela Soleri, Environmental Studies Program, UC Santa Barbara. Farmers’ knowledge, practices, environments and values: Genetic engineering and maize in southern Mexico.
Karl A. Taube, Anthropology, UC Riverside. Archeological Research Project Cerro Bernal.
Devra Weber, History, UC Riverside. Gender, Cultural Change, and Indigenous Migration to California: Women of Oaxaca.
Michael Barbour, Environmental Horticulture, UC Davis. Vegetation of Relictual Monterey Pine Stands in Mexico.
Nancy Beckage, Entomology, UC Riverside. Host-Parasite Relationships in the Mediterranean Fruitfly, Ceratitis capita.
Fred L. Block, Sociology, UC Davis. Travel for Professor Larissa Lomnitz to April Conference at UCD on Karl Polanyi and Globalization.
Juan Bruce-Novoa, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine. Mexican Cultural Production of the Mid-Twentieth Century.
Michael T. Clegg, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. Molecular Variation in the Avocado, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae).
Douglas Conklin, Animal Science, UC Davis. Coordinating Collaborative Research Efforts in Marine Fish Cultivation with CIBNOR Investigators.
Eduardo de Jesús Douglas, History of Art, UC Riverside. UCR-UAEM Planning Meeting in Cuernavaca.
Robert W. Fairlie, Economics, UC Santa Cruz . Latino Flight from Public Schools into Private Schools. (SCR 43)
Scott L. Fedick, Anthropology, UC Riverside. A Contribution to the Ceramics Research Laboratory of Centro INAH Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico.
Phillip B. Gans, Geological Sciences, UC Santa Barbara. Geologic Reconnaissance of a Transect Across Southern Sonora and Strategic Planning for a Major New U.S.-Mexico Collaborative Research Initiative.
Arturo Gómez-Pompa, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. Use and Application of Systematics and Computerized Tools in Biodiversity Studies.
Lisbeth M. Haas, History, UC Santa Cruz . Native Histories of Colonial and Mexican California. (SCR 43)
Inés Hernández-Avila, Native American Studies, UC Davis. Theater of Struggle and Triumph: FOMMA/A Mayan Women’s Center in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico.
Inés Hernández-Avila, Native American Studies, UC Davis. Mayan Women Playwrights/Activists in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas: The Video-Documentary.
Seymour Levine, Psychiatry, Center for Neuroscience, UC Davis. The Development of Adrenocortical Circadian Rhythms and the Glucocorticoid Response to Feeding in Neonatal Rabbits.
Carol J. Lovatt, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. Collection of germplasm of wild varieties of Persea americana for studying the importance of arbuscular mycorrhizae for the growth and establishment of domestic and wild varieties.
Carlos Morton, Theatre, UC Riverside. JOHNNY TENORIO: A Chicano Play in Morelos. (SCR 43)
Mary I. O'Connor, Inst. for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, UC Santa Barbara. The Role of Conversion to Evangelical Protestantism in the Development of Transnational Communities among Mixteco Indians.
Jacobo Sefamí, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine. ‘Postcolonialism and Subalternity’ - Criticism and Art in Mexico.
Henry Snyder, Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, UC Riverside. Planning for a database of Mexican imprints to 1850.
Raymond L. Williams, Hispanic Studies, UC Riverside. Culture and Society in Mexican and Chicano Fiction: Lecture Series. (SCR 43)
Giacomo Bernardi, Biology, UC Santa Cruz. Genetic diversity of an isolated population of striped surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, at Punta Banda, Baja California Norte.
Theodore H. Bullock, Neurosciences, UC San Diego. Completion of MS on Event-Related Brain Potentials in Invertebrates.
María Luz Cruz-Torres, Anthropology, UC Riverside. Manejo Integral del Sistema de Producción de Camarón en Sonora, México.
Norman C. Ellstrand, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. Characterization of Naturally Sympatric and Allopatric Populations of Teosinte with Maize: Implications for the Risk of Extinction by Hybridization.
Robert M. Hayes, School of Education and Information Studies, UC Los Angeles. Staffing Patterns in Academic & Research Libraries.
Patrick V. Kirch, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley. Tzintzuntzan, Mexico: The Photographs of George Foster.
Arthur Rubel, Anthropology, UC Irvine. Medical & Lay Knowledge of TB in Mexican Clinicians.
Stephen T. Russell, Human and Community Development, UC Davis. Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Among Latinas.
David L. Sedlak, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley. Fate and Transport of Wastewater-Derived Chemical Contaminants in the Mezquital Valley.
Jacobo Sefamí, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine. Nación y Visiones Multidisciplinarias: México Literatura y Arte.
R. Paul Singh, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis. Use of Internet in Teaching Food Science and Engineering.
J. Edward Taylor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis. In Situ Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources in Mexico.
Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, Chicano Studies, UC Santa Barbara. Globalization and Cross-Border Labor Organizing.
Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Literature and Latin American and Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz. Maya Color, Maya Arts.
Lisa Catanzarite, Sociology, UC San Diego. The Dynamics of Change in Los Angeles’ "Brown-Collar" Occupations.
Antonio Cortijo, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Santa Barbara. Early Life in California: Mexico, the U.S., and the Aboriginal Populations.
Stephen R. Gliessman, Center for Agroecology, Environmental Studies Dept., UC Santa Cruz. Evaluating Agroecological Changes over Time in three Mexican Homegardens.
Arturo Gómez-Pompa, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. Cyanide Toxicity in Wild and Domesticated Chaya.
Inés Hernández-Avila, Native American Studies, UC Davis. For the Spirit of the Homelands: Honoring Songs for the Americas.
Laura Kramer, Center for Vector-borne Disease Research, UC Davis. Ecology and epidemiology of St. Louis encephalitis virus in Mexico.
Efrain Kristal, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Los Angeles. Triumphal Arches in Colonial Mexico.
Francisco A. Lomeli, Center for Chicano Studies, UC Santa Barbara. Chicano Studies and El Plan de Santa Barbara 1969-1999: Power, Resistance, and Social Change.
José B. Monleón, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Los Angeles (Raymond Rocco, UCLA). Transnationalism: Perspectives of Latin America, Spain and the U.S. (A Symposium).
Chon Noriega, Film & Television, UC Los Angeles. Latinos and Public Broadcasting: National Conference and Published Proceedings.
Donald H. Owings, Psychology, UC Davis. Bringing Mammalian Behavioral Ecology to the Trans-Mexican Neovolcanic Belt of Mexico: Diversity in Predator-Prey Relations.
Jaime E. Rodríguez, History, UC Irvine. Translation of Silke Hensel’s Die Entstehung des Foderalismus in Mexiko.
John T. Rotenberry, Biology, UC Riverside. Community Dynamics and Avian-habitat Associations Deduced through Diet Analysis.
J. Giles Waines, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. Outcrossing Rates Among Common Bean Gene Pools.
Devra Weber, History, UC Riverside. Manuel Gamio Project.
Giacomo Bernardi, Biology, UC Santa Cruz. Baja California Biogeography and the Genetic Variability of Disjunct Fish Populations.
Marla C. Berns, University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara. A History of Chicano Graphic Arts in California.
Stephen P. Brush, Human and Community Development, UC Davis. Maize and Language Diversity in Mexico.
Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Literature, UC Santa Cruz. Passing Glances: Urban Landscapes (Photography by Ricardo Garibay Ruiz).
Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Literature, Latin American, and Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz. Paul Espinosa: Videomaker on the Border.
F. Lynn Carpenter, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine. Land Management Practices and Mycorrhizal Fertility of Tropical Pasture Soils.
Antonio Cortijo Ocaña, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Santa Barbara. Mauricio González’s Oral Account: The Annexation of California.
María Luz Cruz-Torres, Anthropology, UC Riverside. The Political Ecology of Common Property Resources in Southern California.
David Fairris, Economics, UC Riverside. Work Organization and Competitive Advantage: A Comparative Study of the U.S. and Mexican Garment and Electronics Industries.
Jeffrey M. Garcilazo, History, UC Irvine. Traqueros: Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States, 1870-1930.
Enrique Iglesia, Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley. Atomic Resolution Microscopy of Oxide Nanostructures Useful as Catalysts.
Allen Klinger, Computer Science, UC Los Angeles (Silvia G. González, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana). Planning a Program for Teachers on Mathematics, History, Art and Computers.
Margaret C. Marshall, Theatre and Dance, UC San Diego. Adriana Castanos Residency at UC San Diego.
Carlos Morton, Theatre, UC Riverside. National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference.
Max Parra, Literature, UC San Diego. Literatura Villista. Subjetividad Rebelde y Cultura Postrevolucionaria en México (1920-1940).
Thomas L. Rost, Section of Plant Biology, UC Davis. Developmental and Mutation Analysis of Lateralroot Initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Carol Zabin, Public Policy and Social Research, UC Los Angeles (Roger Waldinger, Guillermo Hernandez, Los Angeles). Conference on "Latino Political Empowerment and the Role of Mexican Hometown Associations."