LISA MARIE CACHO EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, University of California at San Diego, 2002 M.A. Ethnic Studies, University of California at San Diego, 1998 B.A. Ethnic Studies, University of California at San Diego, 1996 B.A. Literature/Writing, University of California at San Diego, 1996 CURRENT POSITION 2004-present Assistant Professor, Programs of Latina/Latino Studies & Asian American Studies Affiliated with the Gender and Women’s Studies Program and the Department of English. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2003-2004 Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English, UI Urbana-Champaign 2003 Teaching Assistant, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley 2002 Lecturer, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego 2001 Research Assistant, Fair Housing Council, San Diego. 1998-2001 Lecturer, Office of Academic Services and Instructional Support, UC San Diego. 1997-2001 Instructor, Muir Writing Program, UC San Diego. 1997 Research Assistant, UC San Diego for Professor Yen Le Espiritu. 1997 Bibliographer, UC San Diego for Professor George Lipsitz. 1996-1997 Teaching Assistant, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego. 1994 High School English Teacher, Early Academic Outreach Program, UC San Dieg. HONORS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, UI Urbana-Champaign, 2007, Spring Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 10th ed, 2005-2006 Faculty Fellow, Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2006 Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Outstanding, UI Urbana-Champaign, 2005, Fall Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Outstanding, UI Urbana-Champaign, 2005, Spring Postdoctoral Fellow, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003-2004 Dissertation Fellow, University of California President’s Dissertation Fellowship, University of California at San Diego, 2000-2001 PUBLICATIONS 2007. ‘You Just Don’t Know How Much He Meant’: Deviancy, Death, and Devaluation. Latino Studies 5, no. 2 (Summer): 182-208. 2000. "˜The People of California Are Suffering": The Ideology of White Injury in Discourses of Immigration. Cultural Values 4 (October): 389-418. BOOK CHAPTERS Racialized Hauntings of the Devalued Dead. In Strange Affinities: The Sexual and Gender Politics of Comparative Racialization, edited by Grace Kyungwon Hong and Roderick Ferguson. Durham: Duke University Press, (forthcoming). The Rights of Respectability: Ambivalent Allies, Reluctant Rivals, and Disavowed Deviants. In Immigrant Rights in the Shadows of United States Citizenship, edited by Rachel Ida Buff. New York: New York University Press, (forthcoming). ‘If I turn into a boy, I don’t think I want huevos’: Reassessing Racial Masculinities in What Night Brings. In Capital Q: Marxisms after Queer Theory, edited by Jordana Rosenberg and Amy Villarjo. Under contract to New York: New York University Press, (forthcoming). CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2004. ‘At First They Didn’t Realize I Was an American’: Why Latinas Are Not American Soldiers. In Latin American Studies Association Conference Proceedings, International Congress 25 (October 7-9). BOOK REVIEWS 2005. Review of Arresting Images: Crime and Policing in Front of the Television Camera by Aaron Doyle. Canadian Journal of Law and Society 20, no.1, 234-236. 2001. Situating Space in Local and Global Struggles: Review Essay of Spaces of Hope by David Harvey, Barrio Logos: Space and Place in Urban Chicano Literature and Culture by Raúl Homero Villa, and Landscapes of Desire: Anglo Mythologies of Los Angeles by William Alexander McClung. American Quarterly 53 (June): 377-385. 2000. Review of Hunger by Lan Samantha Chang and The Barbarians Are Coming by David Wong Louie. Journal of Asian American Studies 3 (October): 378-382. EDITORSHIPS 2005-2010. Founding Contributing Editor. Black Women, Gender, and Families. 1998. Editor. Hitting Critical Mass: A Journal of Asian American Cultural Criticism 5 (Fall), Special Issue: “Producing Global Subjects: U.S. Militarization, Education, Medicalization.” INVITED LECTURES & INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2007. Rights, Respectability, and Recuperable Domesticity. Panelist. Asian Pacific American Graduate Student Organization Conference. “Immigration, Transnationalism, and Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American Communities.” University of Illinois, Chicago. 2006. Rethinking Victimization through Cultural Citizenship: Learning from Latina/o Immigrants. Panelist. “Multiethnic Alliances for the 21st Century” sponsored by the Department of Black Studies, Department of Asian American Studies, Department of Chicano/a Studies, Center for Black Studies, Center for Chicano Studies, and the Women’s Studies Program. University of California, Santa Barbara. 2006. Naturalizing the Dead: Race, Gender, Citizenship, and the War on Terror. Panelist. 14th Biennial Asian / Pacific American Mid-West Student Conference. “Refocusing Our Lenses”: Confronting Contemporary Issues of Globalization and Transnationalism at Oberlin College. 2005. Over a Century of “Enduring Freedoms”: Why the Bodies of Latino Soldiers Evoke Philippine History in Iraq. Featured Speaker. State of Philippines Studies Scholarship: Philippine Studies Symposium sponsored by the Philippines Studies Graduate Student Association at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 2003. Memories for the Future: 'Undocumented' Connections across Latina/o and Asian Immigrations. Lecture. Asian American Studies Program and Latina/Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2003. (En)gendering the Racialized Ranks of Freedom Fighters: Recruiting, Repressing, and Representing Woman Warriors in Iraq. Panelist. Gender, Migration, and Global Change: Feminist Perspectives on the Political and Cultural Economy of Immigration sponsored by the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies Summer Institute at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. 2002. Likely Alliances between Mexicans and Filipinos in the United Farm Workers: Historicizing Coalition Building through Culture Crossing. Panelist. Caesar Chávez Conference at the University of California, San Diego. 2001. Suburbia under Siege, Ghettoes under Lockdown: The Spatialization of Race in California Fiction and Memoir. Lecture. English Department at the University of California, Riverside. 2000. Wrecking Chaos in the Lives of Immigrants. Panelist. European Union Center of California and the Scripps College Humanities Institute at Scripps College in Claremont, California. 2000. Gender and Transnational Capitalism in the Philippines. Lecture. Center for World Democracy at the University of California, San Diego. TEACHING EXPERIENCE UNDERGRADUATE Introduction to Latina/Latino Studies Introduction to Asian American Studies Citizenship Comparatively Race, Sex, “Deviance” (bridge course, graduate & undergraduate) Haunting and Violence in Latina/o, Asian American, and African American Literature Filipino American and Mexican American Communities and Identities Racial Politics in America Contemporary Asian American History Contemporary Issues: The University and Society Population Histories of the United States Theories of Assimilation and Immigration Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States Race and Rights GRADUATE Women of Color Feminism Race, Sex, “Deviance” (bridge course, graduate & undergraduate) Literature and Ethnic Studies UNDERGRADUATE DIRECTED RESEARCH 2007, Summer Latino Gangs and Down Low Identities, McNair 2006, Summer Latinas/os and Criminalization, McNair 2006, Spring South American Immigration to the United States, Group Independent Study 2005, Summer Latinas/os and Higher Education, McNair PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION PLENARY (COMPETITIVE / REFEREED) 2005. Organizer of the Plenary, Chair, and Discussant: Asian American and US Latina/o Communities in Los Angeles: Complexities, Contradictions, and Coalitions. Association for Asian American Studies. Los Angeles, California. INTERNATIONAL 2004. The Bodies, Subjects & Spaces of Raciality. Chair. Critical Legal Conference, School of Law, University of Westminster. London, UK 2004. Violent Reproductions: Race, Gender, and Military Citizenship. Panelist. Critical Legal Conference, School of Law, University of Westminster. London, UK 1999. Discourses of Civil Rights/Affirmative Action. Roundtable Discussion Presenter. American Studies Association/Canadian Association of American Studies, Montreal, Quebec DOMESTIC 2006. “If I change into a boy, I don’t think I want huevos”: Reassessing the “Exchange Values” of Race, Space, and Sexuality. Panelist. (Sponsored by Sociological Approaches to Literature Division). Modern Language Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2006. Propositioning Inequality: Thoughts on Proposition 21 and Youth Movements. Panelist. Center for Democracy in a Multi-Racial Society. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2006. The Deviant Lives & Devalued Deaths of Young Latino Men. Panelist. Latin American Studies Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2005. Forgotten Memories of Forgotten Colonial Sites: The Philippines, Hawai‘i and Puerto Rico. Chair. American Studies Association. Washington, D.C. 2005. Militarized Motherhood, Racialized Mothering, and the Privilege to Serve. Panelist. Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. Scripps College. Claremont, California 2005. Terrorism & Illegality: Race and Undocumented Immigration after 9/11. Panelist. International Communication Association. New York, New York 2005. Beyond ‘Measurable Outcomes’: Critical Approaches to Comparative Race and Cultural Studies. Organizer of Roundtable Panel. Roundtable Discussion Presenter. Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS). Chicago, Illinois. 2005. Organizer of the Panel: Beyond the Black and White of American (In)justice: Constructing Legal Subjects through Relational Racializations. Chair and Discussant. Asian Americans and the Law Conference. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2005. Illegal Immigration Post September 11. Panelist. Asian Americans and the Law Conference. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2004. Roundtable IV. Moderator. Beyond a Boundary Conference: Area, Ethnic, and Gender Studies and the ‘New’ Global Imperative Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2004. Alien Others: Asian and Latina/o Relational Racializations in Discourses of Immigration. Panelist. (Sponsored by the American Studies Association Committee on Ethnic Studies) American Studies Association. Atlanta, Georgia 2004. ‘At First They Didn’t Realize I Was an American’: Why American Soldiers Are Not Latina. Panelist. Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas, Nevada 2004. Violence and the ‘Other.’ Panelist. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2004. When Chicanas Speak to Chinese Ghosts: Connecting Asian American and Latina/o Studies in Literature. Panelist & Organizer of Panel: American Ambivalences: Asian American Uncertainties and the Limits of the U.S. Nation State. Association for Asian American Studies. Boston, Massachusetts 2004. Asian American / Latina/o Studies Caucus Roundtable. Roundtable Discussion Presenter. Association for Asian American Studies. Boston, Massachusetts 2004. E(racing) Trauma. Respondent. Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States. San Antonio, Texas 2003. The other Other’s Historical Hauntings: Reading Latino/a Ghost Stories in Asian American Fiction. Panelist. American Studies Association. Hartford, Connecticut 2002. Racial Cross-Dressing in American Son: Rethinking Racial Identity Formation through Racial Ambiguity. Panelist. Multiethnic Student Outreach, University of California, Santa Barbara 1997. Bringing the Community to Campus: High School Conferences as a Site of Student Activism. Panelist. Asian and Pacific Americans in Higher Education, San Diego, California 1997. Reconstructing Difference, Reconstituting Community. Co-panelist, presented with Antonio T. Tiongson. Third Annual Pilipino Studies Conference, University of California, Los Angeles PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & SERVICE MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER New York University Press American Quarterly Journal of Sport & Social Issues Race & Society MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER OFFICES HELD IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MEMBER OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Studies Association 1998-1999, 2003-2006 Association of Asian American Studies, 2004-2005 Association for Cultural Studies, 2006 International Communications Association, 2005-2006 Latin American Studies Association, 2004-2006 National Communications Association, 2005-2006 Modern Language Association, 1999-2002, 2006 Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature in the United States, 2004-2005 GUEST LECTURES & STUDENT-ORGANIZED EVENTS FOR HOME INSTITUTIONS 2007. “Disempowering Racial Oppression, Discontinuing Chief Illiniwek and Other Forms of Racial ‘Entertainment.’” Roundtable Panelist. Part of the Spring 2007 series entitled “Rethinking the Languages of Racism: An American Indian Studies Response to Racial Harassment and Contribution to Black History Month,” University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2007. Race and Undocumented Immigration. Guest Lecture for Clarence Lang, History 281: Constructing Race in America, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2006. Teaching Race: Challenges & Opportunities in the Classroom: A workshop/ discussion for graduate students. Panelist. CTEN Workshop Series: College Teaching Effectiveness Network, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2006. Guest Lecture for McNair Scholars on Graduate School Experiences. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2006. Machismo & Fraternities. Discussion. La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2005. Machismo / Marianismo 101. Lecture / Discussion. Lambda Theta Phi and Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2005. Race and Undocumented Immigration. Guest Lecture for Clarence Lang and Poshek Fu, History 281: Constructing Race in America, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2005. Guest Lecture / Discussion for Kent Ono, Asian American Studies 450: Mixed Race Asian Americans, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2005. Asians in Latin America. Lecture. Alpha Kappa Delta Phi and Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2005. Cross-Racial Coalitions, Problems and Possibilities. Workshop Facilitator, Unseen / Unheard APA Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2004. Filipinas/os and the Military, Past and Present. Workshop Facilitator. Filipino Americans Coming Together Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2004. Death and Reproduction in the ‘War on Terror’: Naturalizing the Dead, Neglecting the Living. Lecture. Feminist Scholarship Series. Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2004. ‘At First They Didn’t Realize I Was an American’: Why American Soldiers Are Not Latina. Presenter. Migration Studies Group, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2004. Becoming Filipino-American through Mexican-American Masculinity. Guest Lecture for Martin Manalansan, Anthropology 398M: Filipino/Americans: Beyond Empire and Diaspora, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2003. Scripted As Worth-Less: The Violence of Value in Cultural Narratives. Guest Lecture for Robert Allen, Ethnic Studies 141: Racial Politics in America, University of California, Berkeley 2002. Disciplinary Fictions: ‘Crazy’ as a Critical Space. Guest Lecture for Denise Ferreira da Silva, Ethnic Studies 100: Theories and Methods, University of California, San Diego 2002. Her/stories of Possibility. Workshop Facilitator. Women of Color Conference, University of California, San Diego 2001. Who We Are and Where We Live: Communities and Identities. Workshop Facilitator. Asian-Pacific Student Alliance’s High School Conference, University of California, San Diego 1998. Selling Safety: Balanced-Budget Conservatism and the Prison Industrial Complex. Guest Lecture for Jonathon Holloway, Ethnic Studies 1C: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States, University of California, San Diego 1998. Analyzing Inequality in Your High School Experience. Closing Keynote Speaker. Kaibigang Pilipino’s High School Conference, University of California, San Diego 1996. Affirmative Action and Pilipinos. Workshop Facilitator. Kaibigang Pilipino’s High School Conference, University of California, San Diego |
REFERENCES
| George Lipsiz, Advisor University of Californ ia, Santa Barbara Department of Black Studies glipsitz@blackstudies.ucsb.edu (805) 893-4735 |
Yen Lê Espiritu, Member of Committee
University of California, San Diego Department of Ethnic Studies yespirit@weber.ucsd.edu (858) 534-5206 |
| Lisa Lowe, Member of Committee
University of California, San Diego
Department of Literature lmlowe@ucsd.edu (858) 534-3853 |
Richard T. Rodríguez
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Prog. of Latina/o Studies & Dept. of English rtrodrig@uiuc.edu (217) 265-6787 |
| Fiona I.B. Ngô
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Programs of Asian American Studies & Gender and Women’s Studies ngo@uiuc.edu (217) 265-6239 |
Isabel Molina Guzmán
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Program of Latina/o Studies & Institute of Communications Research imolina@uiuc.edu (217) 244-1419 |