Latinx Studies courses taught: J467: Latinx Media Studies 

Right now, I'm reading: Cristina Mora’s Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American 

Listening to: Alt.Latino 

Jamming out to: Ana Tijoux 

Relaxing by: Having a good conversation with friends 

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Latinx Studies courses taught: No courses, but join me in research on Spanish-English language development in the Early Dual Language Development Lab

Right now, I'm reading: Any bilingual children's books by Latinx authors

Listening to: Code Switch on NPR

Jamming out to: "Rocky Steady" by Aretha Franklin gets me moving!

Relaxing by: Being outside, hanging with my cats, going to the movies, dancing

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Latinx Studies courses taught: SPAN 218 Latino Heritage I, SPAN 228 Latino Heritage II, SPAN 308 Comunidades bilingües

Right now, I'm reading: Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell

Listening to: Gaby Moreno, several podcasts 

Jamming out to: Fugees, Etta James, Kali Uchis

Relaxing by: Walking with friends, hiking with my dog, and painting 

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Latinx Studies courses taught: Transnational & Indigenous Feminisms, Black Feminist Theories,  

Right now, I'm reading: Leanne B. Simpson's Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies 

Listening to: Activist Theology Podcast Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza & Rev. Anna Golladay 

Jamming out to: Hector Lavoe 

Relaxing by: meditating, walking, cooking and gardening 

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Latinx Studies courses Taught:  N/A 

Right Now, I'm Reading: Hablar español en los Estados Unidos by Jennifer Leeman

Listening to: Cuco

Jamming out to:   Bad Bunny

Relaxing by: Going to the beach

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Latinx Studies courses taught:  ES 199: Radical Self-Love, ES 265: Intro to Latinx Studies, ES 330: Women of Color Feminisms, ES 380: Race, Migration, and Rights, ES  440: Queer Ethnic Literature 

Right now, I'm reading: Mean by Miriam Gurba 

Listening to: Tamarindo 

Jamming out to: Christian Nodal 

Relaxing by: Taking long walks 

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Latinx Studies courses taught:  WGS 250 Transborder Children's Literature (under "Gender, Literature, and Culture"); WGS 350 Latinx Feminist Literature (under "Literature as Feminist Theory")

Right now, I'm reading: They, She, He, Me: Free to Be! by Maya Gonzalez and Matthew Smith-Gonzalez 

Listening to: Se Ve Se Escucha/Seen and Heard podcast

Jamming out to: Janelle Monáe

Relaxing by: Walking, drawing or painting, watching the rain

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Latinx Studies courses taught:  EDST 457/557: Immigration and Diaspora 

Right now, I'm reading:  The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill 

Listening to:  La Verdadera Historia de Mexico and Coffee Break German

Jamming out to: Whatever is on Spotify or Apple Music! 

Relaxing by:  Playing Tennis and Going to the Gym! 

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Latinx Studies courses taught: HC 301H: Environmental, Climate, and Energy Justice in Latinx Communities 

Right now, I'm reading: Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena María Viramontes

Listening to: Democracy Now!

Jamming out to: Bomba Estéreo and Taína Asili 

Relaxing by: Taking walks with canine family members Isla and Lina

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Latinx Studies Courses Taught: Introductoin to Bilingualism (LING 297), Seminar - ndigenous Mesoamerican Languages (LING 407)

Right Now, I’m Reading: Articles on the study of social networks to inform language revitalization

Listening to: Everything from cumbia to heavy meta

Jammin' to: My kid has taken over my electric bass, so she’s the one jamming…

Relaxing: Running, yoga, gardening, baking bread

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Latinx Studies Courses Taught: ES 254 Introduction to Chicanx/Latinx Studies; ES 354 Environmental Racism; Geography 607 “Race, Space and Power” 

Right Now, I’m Reading: Cruelty as Citizenship: How Migrant Suffering Sustains White Democracy, by Cristina Beltran

Listening to: “The Dig” 

Jammin' to: Las Cafeteras

Relaxing: hiking, being on the river, enjoying friends

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Latinx Studies courses taught: SPAN 218, 228, 308 

Right now, I'm reading: Anything by Ángeles Mastretta and Mariana Enriquez

Listening to: Concha Podcast

Jamming out to: La Doña and Durand Jones and the Indications

Relaxing by: Doing pilates in the backyard and hiking all our great local trails

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Latinx Studies courses taught:  Span 448 or 407 Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora, Span 399 Children's Literature in the Bilingual Classroom 

Right now, I'm reading:  Puerto Rican poet Kadiri Vaquer Fernández's "Ritos de pasaje" and Chilean poet Jesús Sepúlveda's "Espejo de los detalles" 

Listening to: NPR 

Jamming out to: Residente and ABBA 

Relaxing by: hiking or going for walks, hugging my kids, watching movies at night, cooking, painting and reading 

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Latinx Studies courses Taught:  WGS 261 Gender and Popular Culture; WGS 321 Feminist Perspectives   

Right Now, I'm Reading: Laboratories of Deficiency, by Natalie Lira 

Listening to: 1940s radio shows related to California History

Jamming out to:   Sleater Kinney

Relaxing by: building expert Lego sets and watching the Golden Girls

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Latino Studies Courses Taught: ANTH 329 Immigration and Farmworkers, ANTH 427/J427 Latino Roots I, ANTH 428/J528 Latino Roots II 

Right now, I'm reading: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo 

Listening to: The Hidden Brain, Laughter the Best Medicine

Jamming out to: Celia Cruz: La Vida en un Carnival.  

Relaxing by: running, yoga, swimming, walking my dog, playing guitar and bass 

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Latinx studies courses taught: EDLD 631: Education Policy for Multilingual Students, EDLD 621: Equity and Achievement

Right now, I’m reading: Kindred, by Octavia Butler

Listening to: NPR, of course!

Jamming out to: My Own Drum (Ynairaly Simo & Missy Elliot) from the Vivo soundtrack (I know, I know. But I have little kids!)

Relaxing by: Taking walks, agate hunting

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Latinx studies courses taught: SOC 445:  Sociology of Latinos/as/xs in the U.S.

Right now, I’m reading: Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change by Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz

Listening to: Latino U.S.A., Code Switch, In the Thick

Relaxing by: Cooking/baking, gardening, yoga

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Latinx Studies courses taught: History 248, a bilingual History class: Latinos en las Ámericas

Right now, I'm reading: Short stories—that’s about the length of my focus during the pandemic! 

Listening to: French kids’ CDs (yes, CDs!) with my trilingual preschooler 

Jamming out to: Carlos Vives because he always puts me in a good mood 

Relaxing by: Taking a run every day, even if it’s very short 

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