M. KATHLEEN DINGEMAN-CERDA

M. KATHLEEN DINGEMAN-CERDA University of California-Irvine Department of Sociology 3151 Social Science Plaza A Irvine, CA 92697 mdingema@uci.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. Sociology, University of California-Irvine Expected 2013 Dissertation: Committee: Bienvenidos a Casa? Deportation and the Making of Home in the US - El Salvador Transnation Rubén G. Rumbaut (chair), Susan Bibler Coutin, Cynthia Feliciano M.A. Sociology, University of California-Irvine 2009 B.A. Sociology, Saint Mary s College (IN) 2006 PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS International Migration, Citizenship, Deportation, Race and Ethnicity, Crime and Social Control, Global Inequality, Latin America, Human Rights, Research Methodology PUBLICATIONS Dingeman-Cerda. M. Kathleen. Forthcoming. Review of International Migration and Human Rights: The Global Repercussions of U.S. Policy, edited by Samuel Martínez. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Societies Without Borders. Dingeman-Cerda, M. Kathleen and Susan Coutin. 2012. The Ruptures of Return: Deportation s Confounding Effects. In Punishing Immigrants: Policy, Politics, and Injustice, edited by Marjorie Zatz, Charis Kubrin, and Ramiro Martínez. New York: New York University Press. Dingeman, M. Kathleen and Rubén G. Rumbaut. 2010. The Immigrant-Crime Nexus and Post-Deportation Experiences: En/Countering Stereotypes in Southern California and El Salvador. La Verne Law Review. 31(2): 363-402. 1

WORKS IN PROGRESS Dingeman-Cerda, M. Kathleen Preferred Labor, Insecure Lives: The Labor Market Reintegration of Salvadoran Deportees. Dingeman-Cerda, M. Kathleen. Lawyering Between the Lines: Legal Advocacy for Immigrant Victims of Violent Crime. Dingeman-Cerda, M. Kathleen. Creating a Christian Brotherhood: Identity Transformation among Former and Inactive Gang Members. FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS External Grants & Fellowships Mini-Grant, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, UCLA, 2012-13 Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, 2011-12 Human Rights Fellowship, Human Rights Center, UC-Berkeley, 2010 Graduate Research Fellowship (Honorable Mention), National Science Foundation, 2009 Internal Grants & Fellowships (University of California, Irvine) Pedagogical Fellowship, School of Social Sciences, 2012-13 Associate Dean s Fellowship, School of Social Sciences, 2011 Graduate Student Grant, Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, 2011 Collaborative Research Grant, Center for Law, Society, and Culture, 2010-11 Pedagogical Fellowship, Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, 2010-11 Graduate Student Research Fellowship, Center for Law, Society, and Culture, 2009-10 Reading Group Small Grant, Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, 2009-10 Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Sociology, 2008-09; 2011-12 Undergraduate Grants & Fellowships (Saint Mary s College, Indiana) Bridging College & Community Grant, Center for Women s Intercultural Leadership, 2006 Experiential Learning Grant, Indiana Campus Compact, 2005 Student Travel Grant - Honduras, Center for Women s Intercultural Leadership, 2004 PRESENTATIONS Deportation and the Making of Home in the US-El Salvador Transnation. Paper presented at the Bi-Annual Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies Graduate Student Panel. University of California-Irvine. Irvine, CA. May 2012. 2

Lawyering Between the Lines: Legal Advocacy for Immigration Victims of Violent Crime. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Association. San Diego, CA. April 2012. Preferred Labor, Insecure Lives: The Labor Market Reintegration of Salvadoran Deportees. Paper presented at the International Conference on Global Studies. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 2011. (Discussant) The Privatization of Border Security. Comments prepared for the Center for International Studies Research Seminar with Roxanne Doty. University of California-Irvine. Irvine, CA. February 2011. In the Best Interest? US Deportation Policies and the Right to Family Unity. Paper presented at the Annual Human Rights Center Summer Fellows Conference. University of California-Berkeley. Berkeley, CA. November 2010. (Plenary Address) Immigration, Criminal Justice, and Post-Deportation Experiences of Young Adults: Findings from Southern California and El Salvador. Paper presented with Rubén G. Rumbaut at the La Verne Immigration Law Symposium. La Verne, CA. February 2010. Bienvenidos a Casa? The Reintegration Experiences of Salvadoran Deportees. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. San Diego, CA, April 2009. From War to Refuge: A Case Study of Liberian Refugees Resettled in Indiana. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Montréal, Canada. August 2006. From War to Refuge: A Case Study of Liberian Refugees Resettled in South Bend, Indiana. Paper presented at the North Central Sociological Association. Indianapolis, IN. March 2006. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant Dr. Roberto Gonzalez, University of Chicago Summer - Fall 2012 Conducted a literature review on illegality and belonging for a book manuscript on the experiences of the children of unauthorized migrants Dr. Susan Bibler Coutin, University of California-Irvine Summer 2008; Summer 2010 Helped administer focus groups with deportees in El Salvador; transcribed and reviewed focus group and life-history interviews of 1.5 generation Salvadoran migrants 3

Dr. Carolette Norwood, Saint Mary s College (IN) Fall 2005 - Spring 2006 Assisted with the creation of a campus climate survey; conducted a literature review on the determinants of biracial fertility; entered quantitative data into Microsoft Excel Other Research Experience Research Experience for Undergraduates, Notre Dame Fall 2004 - Spring 2005 Participated in a competitive year-long research seminar funded by NSF; produced an article manuscript analyzing the role of social networks in women s protest involvement TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor University of California-Irvine, Department of Sociology Introduction to Sociology Soc 1 Summer 2010; Summer 2012 Race and Ethnicity Soc 63 Summer 2011 California State University-Dominguez Hills, Department of Sociology Sociology of Law Soc 367 Spring 2012 Teaching Assistant University of California-Irvine, School of Social Sciences Ethics in International Affairs Intl St 154W Spring 2012 Global Interdependence Intl St 11 Winter 2012 Sociology Majors Seminar Soc 180A Spring 2010; Winter 2011 Introduction to Sociology Soc 1 Fall 2007; Winter 2010 Chicano Studies I Chic/Lat 61 Fall 2009 Afro-Latin American Music Chic/Lat 115 Spring 2009 Transnational Gangs Intl St 130 Winter 2008; Winter 2009 Research Methods Soc 110 Fall 2008 Prison Gangs Intl St 128 Spring 2008 Pedagogical Fellow University of California-Irvine, School of Social Sciences 2010-11; 2012-13 Participated in year-long seminar on pedagogical theory and practice; developed two full days of curriculum on student-centered learning; trained incoming sociology teaching assistants; implemented pedagogical trainings held throughout the academic year 4

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP Graduate Representative, Human Rights Section, ASA, 2011-12 Graduate Representative, Latino/a Section, LASA, 2010-12 Organizer, Transnational Families Reading Group, UC-Irvine, 2010-11 Organizer, Deportation Reading Group, UC-Irvine, 2008-09 First-Year Cohort Representative, Department of Sociology, UC-Irvine, 2007-08 President, Sociology Club, Saint Mary's College, 2006 Student Body Representative, Institutional Review Board, Saint Mary s College, 2005-06 Captain, Varsity Swim Team, Saint Mary s College, 2005-06 AWARDS Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, UC Irvine, 2011 Finalist, Graduate Paper Competition in Latin@ Studies, Critical Sociology Journal, 2010 Best Undergraduate Paper, North Central Sociological Association, 2006 Outstanding Sociology Major, Department of Sociology, Saint Mary s College, 2006 Honor s Program, American Sociological Association, Montréal, 2006 RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT Expert Witness, Four Cancellation of Removal Legal Cases, New York City, 2011-2012 Legal Intern, Central American Resource Center, Los Angeles, 2010 Refugee Case-Worker, Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, 2006-2007 Assistant Case-Manager, Refugee and Immigration Services of South Bend, 2004-2006 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association Pacific Sociological Association Latin American Studies Association Law and Society Association 5