Amalia V.
Pallares
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas, 1997
Phone: 312-413-9170
312-413-3773
Fax: 312-413-0440
E-Mail: amalia@uic.edu
Full Vita
Fields
of Interest:
Racial and Ethnic Politics in Latin America, Comparative
Politics, Latinos in the United States
Selected Publications:
From Peasant Struggles to Indian Resistance:
Political Identity in Highlands Ecuador: 1963-1994.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.
“Entre Singapore y el Tahuantisuyo: las autonomías y el
imaginario social en el Ecuador” [Between Singapore and the
Tahuantisuyo: The Autonomy Struggle and the Social Imaginary in
Ecuador]. Procesos, 2003, Universidad Andina Simón
Bolivar.
“The Politicization of Latinos: Naturalization,
the Vote, and Perceptions of Discrimination,” with Melissa
Michelson. Aztlan, September 2002. (pp. 63-85)
“Under the Shadows of Yaruquies: Seeking
Political Autonomy in Cacha.” In The Struggle for Social
Rights in Latin America, edited by Susan Eckstein and
Timothy Wickham Crowley. London: Routledge, 2002. (pp. 273-292)
“Bajo la sombra de Yaruquíes: Cacha se reinventa.”
[Under
the Shadows of Yaruquíes: Cacha Reinvents itself]. In
Etnicidades [Ethnicities], edited by Andrés Guerrero. Quito:
FLACSO, 2000.
(pp. 267-311)
“Reforma agraria y discurso racial en el Ecuador de los años
setenta.”
[Agrarian Reform and Racial Discourse in 1970's
Ecuador]. In Ecuador Racista: Imagenes e Identidades
[Racist Ecuador: Images and Identities], edited by Emma Cervone
and Freddy Rivera. Quito: FLACSO Press, 1999. (pp. 159-172)
“Ecuadorians in Chicago.” Encyclopedia of
Chicago History, edited by James Grossman, Ann Durkin
Keating and Janice L. Rieff. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press. August 2003.
“Ecuador.” entry in Britannica Book of the
Year 2000. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 2000.
Grants
and Awards
Fulbright Research Fellowship, Ecuador, Fall, 2002.Council for
International Exchange of Scholars
Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy
Fellowship, Spring 1998
University of Illinois at Chicago
Great Cities research grant, Spring 1997 |