May 2017 Veronica Montes EDUCATION Ph.D. B.A. B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Sociology, July 2013 University of California, Santa Barbara Political Science, June 2001 University of California, Santa Barbara Business Economics, June 2001 Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Bryn Mawr College 101 North Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 vmontes@brynmawr.edu 610-526-5059 APPOINTMENTS 2015 Present Bryn Mawr College Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology 2013 2015 University of Southern California Andrew W. Mellow Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow Department of Sociology and Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES Montes, Veronica (2013). The Role of Emotions in the Construction of Masculinity: Guatemalan Migrant Men, Transnational Migration and Family Relations. Gender & Society, Vol. 27 (4), 469-490. MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION OR IN PREPARATION Montes, Veronica. (2017). The Migrant s Deportability Status and the Inherent and Prolonged State of Collective and Transgenerational Suffering Condition. Manuscript submitted for publication. Montes, V. and Paris, M.D. (2017). Solidarity movements as Gendered Transformative Processes: The Case of Las Patrona. Manuscript submitted for publication. Hondagneu-Sotelo, P and V. Montes. Mexican and Central American First Generation Immigrants in South Los Angeles. Manuscript in preparation
Montes, V. and R. Salas. Short History of the Arizona Border. Manuscript in preparation. RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Sociology of Migration; Migrant communities in the US; Gender, Labor, and Migration; Transnational Families; Globalization; Qualitative Research Methods; Sociology of Latin America; and Political Economy. FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS 2017 International Initiative Grant, Bryn Mawr College 2017 Social Science Center Summer Grant, Bryn Mawr College 2016 Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts, Bryn Mawr College 2012 Dissertation Research Award, Health Initiative of the Americas, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley 2012 Broom Center for Demography Graduate Travel Grant, UCSB 2012 Dissertation Research Grant, UC-MEXUS 2012 Chicano Studies Institute Dissertation Grant, UCSB 2012 Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship, UCSB 2011 National Science Foundation - UC Diversity Initiative for Graduate Students in Social Science, Research Summer Program, UCSB 2011 Sociology Graduate Research Spring Mini-Grant, UCSB 2011 Graduate Travel Grant, UC-MEXUS 2011 Chicano Studies Institute Graduate Research Grant, UCSB 2010 Esther Ngan-Ling Chow and MareyJoyce Green Fellowship, Sociologists for Women in Society 2009 Travel Student Grant, Latin American Studies Association 2008 Department of Sociology Graduate Student Support, UCSB 2008 National Science Foundation - UC Diversity Initiative for Graduate Students in Social Science, Research Summer Program, UCSB 2008 National Science Foundation - UC Diversity Initiative for Graduate Students in Social Science, Student Travel Award, UCSB 2008 Barbara S. Uehling Scholarship for Re-Entry/Non-Traditional Students, UCSB 2007 Philip & Aida Siff Graduate Fellowship, UCSB 2005 Recruitment Fellowship, UCSB PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS 2017 Solidarity movements as Gendered Transformative Processes: The Case of Las Patronas. April, 30 th. Lima, Peru. Latin American Studies Association. 2016 Violence, Migration and Gender: The Salvadorian Case. May 27 th. New York City. Latin American Studies Association. 2
2016 Emotional violence as part of the different adversities in the daily life of Latin American migrants in the United States. July 12. Austria, Vienna. International Sociological Association. 2015 Tres generaciones de mujeres migrantes salvadoreñas. November 13. Seminario Internacional: Violencia, racismo y migración. Salon de Usos Multiples, IIA- UNAM. Mexico, City. 2015 Roots/Raices: Place, Identities, Latino Fates, and Shared Futures in South Los Angeles. November 11. Los Angeles, CA. University Club, University of Southern California. 2015 The Role of Nostalgia in the Formation of Ethnic Enterprises: A Multi-Sited Ethnographic Study of Mexican-Owned Business in the United States. May 28. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Latin American Studies Association. 2013 Changes on Geographic Dispersion of Mexican Migrants in the United States: A comparative approach on migrant-receiving communities Immigration and the Family: New Developments and Perspectives Conference at the Broom Center for Demography. February 13. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 2011 Family Arrangements and Gender Roles Challenges within the Context of Transnational Families in a Guatemalan Village. February. San Antonio, TX. Sociologists for Women in Society. 2009 Changes on Family Dynamics within Transnational Families: the Case Study of a Guatemalan Rural Community. July 2009. Rio de Janeiro. Latin American Studies Association. 2008 Effects of Transnational Migration on Family Structure: An Ethnographic Study. November 2008. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Fifth International Congress on Migration and Development. 2008 Separate Yet Struggling to be Together: Transnational Migration Experience in a Guatemalan Village. September 8. Barcelona, Spain. International Sociological Association. 2008 Transformation Experiences by Guatemalan Transnational Families. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. April 6. Portland, OR. INVITED GUEST LECTURES 3
What entails to undertake a feminist ethnographic approach: The case study of Las Patronas, Feminist Methods, Professor Joan Budesa, University of California, Santa Barbara, October 13, 2016. Mexican Ethnic enterprises in the new destinations: an ethnographic study of how Mexican immigrant women participate in the nostalgia market, Latino Sociology, Professor Rebecca Romo, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA, October, 28, 2014. The Role of Nostalgia in the Formation of Ethnic Enterprises: A Multi-Sited Ethnographic Study of Mexican-Owned Businesses in the United States, Seminar Series, Women s Resource Center at California State University Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, CA, September 25, 2014. Changes on Geographic Dispersion of Mexican Migrants in the United States, Geography 5: People, Place, and Environment, Professor David Lopez-Carr, University of California, Santa Barbara, February 1, 2013. COURSES TAUGHT Bryn Mawr College SOCL 218: Sociology of International Development, Cross-listed in: Sociology, International Studies, LAILS, and Gender and Sexualities. SOCL 225: Women in Society, Cross-listed in: Sociology, LAILS and Gender and Sexualities SOCL 246: Sociology of Migration, 360 Migration and Borderlands cluster program. Cross-listed in: Sociology and LAILS SOCL 235: Mexican-American Community, Cross-listed in: Sociology, History, and Gender and Sexualities. SOCL 331: Sociology of Globalization, Cross-listed in: Sociology, International Studies, LAILS, and Gender and Sexualities. University of Southern California Globalization, Migration and Political Economy, Department of Sociology, graduate seminar, spring 2015. Mexican Immigrants in Sociological Perspective, Department of Sociology, undergraduate upper-division course, Fall 2014 Social Change and Development in Latin America, Department of Sociology, undergraduate upper-division course. Spring 2014 Mexican Immigrants in Sociological Perspective, Department of Sociology, undergraduate upper-division course, Fall 2013 4
University of California Santa Barbara Women, Culture and Development, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, undergraduate upper-division course, Summer 2010 Global Inequalities, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, undergraduate upperdivision course, Summer 2010 COLLEGE SERVICE 2016 2018 Co-director of Latin American Iberian and Latina/o Studies. Bryn Mawr College 2016 2017 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowsip. Faculty Advisor. 2016 2017 New Faculty Orientation, Invited Speaker 2016 2016 Independent Studies Praxis Course, Faculty Advisor 2015 2016 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, Faculty Advisor 2015 2016 Sociology Department, Job Search, Committee Member, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer Gender and Society, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Social Problems, Journal of Latin American Studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Human & Society. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association, member Latin American Studies Association, member Sociologists for Women in Society, member International Sociological Association, member PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SKILLS Research Methods at the 7 th Summer Institute on Migration and Global Health, University of California, Los Angeles, June 25-29 2012. STATA Workshop, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 4, 2012. 5
Atlis.ti Qualitative Data Analysis Software Workshop, University of California, Berkeley, June 18-19 2011. Summer Teaching Institute for Associates, UCSB June-July 2010. LANGUAGES English (Fluent), Spanish (Native Speaker), Portuguese (Reading Proficiency). 6