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November 2016
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Bryn Mawr College
101 North Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
[email protected]
610-526-5059
Veronica Montes
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Sociology, July 2013
“Stretching Limited Resources Here and There: A Multi-Sited
Ethnographic Study of Migrants from Guerrero in the United States”
Dissertation Committee: William I. Robinson (co-chair) and Juan-Vicente
Palerm (co-chair), Denise Segura, John Foran, and David Lopez-Carr
(Geography)
M.A.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Sociology, July 2008
B.A.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Political Science, June 2001
B.A.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Business Economics, June 2001
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
TEACHING/RESEARCH INTERESTS
Immigration/Migration; Latino communities in the US; Gender; Globalization; Qualitative
Research Methods; and Political Economy.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed 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.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Articles
Montes, Veronica. “Emotional violence as part of the different adversities in the daily life of
Latin American migrants in the United States.”
Montes, V. and Paris, M.D. “The Act of Helping as a Gendered Transformative Process: The
Case Study of Las Patronas.”
Reyes, Victoria and V. Montes. “Citizenship and Mobility in a Globalized World”
Book Chapters
Hondagneu-Sotelo, P and V. Montes. “First Generation Mexican and Central American
Immigrants in South Los Angeles.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
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Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts, Bryn Mawr College
Dissertation Research Award, Health Initiative of the Americas,
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Broom Center for Demography Graduate Travel Grant, UCSB
Dissertation Research Grant, UC-MEXUS
Chicano Studies Institute Dissertation Grant, UCSB
Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship, UCSB
National Science Foundation - UC Diversity Initiative for Graduate Students in
Social Science, Research Summer Program, UCSB
Sociology Graduate Research Spring Mini-Grant, UCSB
Graduate Travel Grant, UC-MEXUS
Chicano Studies Institute Graduate Research Grant, UCSB
Esther Ngan-Ling Chow and MareyJoyce Green Fellowship, Sociologists for
Women in Society
Travel Student Grant, Latin American Studies Association
Department of Sociology Graduate Student Support, UCSB
National Science Foundation - UC Diversity Initiative for Graduate Students in
Social Science, Research Summer Program, UCSB
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2008
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2005
National Science Foundation - UC Diversity Initiative for Graduate Students in
Social Science, Student Travel Award, UCSB
Barbara S. Uehling Scholarship for Re-Entry/Non-Traditional Students, UCSB
Philip & Aida Siff Graduate Fellowship, UCSB
Recruitment Fellowship, UCSB
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sole Instructor
Bryn Mawr College
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Sociology of International Development, Department of Sociology, undergraduate,
Spring 2016
Women in Society, Department of Sociology, undergraduate, Spring 2016
Mexican-American Community, Department of Sociology, undergraduate, fall 2015 and
fall 2016
Sociology of Globalization, Department of Sociology, undergraduate, fall 2015 and fall
2016
University of Southern California
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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
University of California Santa Barbara
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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
Graduate Student Instructor (TA):
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Development and Social Change in Latin America, UC Santa Barbara, Department of
Sociology, winter 2012, spring 2011, spring 2008, and fall 2006.
Qualitative Research Methods, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, summer
2012, fall 2011, summer 2011, winter 2008, and summer 2007.
Gender Inequalities, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, spring 2010.
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Globalization and Resistance, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, winter 2010
and fall 2008.
Women and Work, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, summer 2012 and fall
2009.
Latinas (os) and the labor force, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, summer
2012.
Gender, Sport, and Embodiment, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, summer
2009.
Global Inequalities, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, spring 2009 and spring
2007.
Women, Culture, and Development, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, winter
2009.
Radical Change, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, summer 2008.
Central Americans Immigrants in the US, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Chicana/o
Studies, spring 2008.
Development and Its Alternatives, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, fall
2007.
Social Revolutions in Latin America, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, winter
2007.
Introduction to Sociology, UC Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology, winter, spring,
and summer 2006, fall 2005.
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
“Emotional violence as part of the different adversities in the daily life of Latin American
migrants in the United States.” Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Austria, Viena at the International
Sociological Association.
“Tres generaciones de mujeres migrantes salvadoreñas.” Friday, November 13, 2015. Seminario
Internacional: Violencia, racismo y migración. Salon de Usos Multiples, IIA-UNAM. Mexico,
City.
“Roots/Raices: Place, Identities, Latino Fates, and Shared Futures in South Los Angeles.”
Wednesday, November 11, 2015. University Club, University of Southern California.
“The Role of Nostalgia in the Formation of Ethnic Enterprises: A Multi-Sited Ethnographic
Study of Mexican-Owned Business in the United States.” Annual meeting of the Latin
American Studies Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 25-29, 2015.
“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. Poster presentation,
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA February 13, 2013.
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“Family Arrangements and Gender Roles Challenges within the Context of Transnational
Families in a Guatemalan Village.” Transnational Migration Discussion Table, Winter Meeting
of Sociologists for Women in Society. San Antonio, Texas. February 2011.
“Changes on Family Dynamics within Transnational Families: the Case Study of a Guatemalan
Rural Community.” Annual Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association. Rio de Janeiro.
July 2009.
“Effects of Transnational Migration on Family Structure: An Ethnographic Study.” Fifth
International Congress on Migration and Development. Guatemala City, Guatemala. November
2008.
“Separate Yet Struggling to be Together: Transnational Migration Experience in a Guatemalan
Village.” Annual Meeting of the International Sociological Association. Barcelona, Spain.
“Transformation Experiences by Guatemalan Transnational Families.” Annual Meeting of the
Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR.
OTHER CONFERENCES ACTIVITIES
Panelist
Chow-Green Women of Color Dissertation Scholarship Winners: Where are they
Now? Winter Meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society, February 8th, 2013
Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.
Discussant
“Migrant Strategies: Negotiating Survival in Insecure Times, Panel.” Annual
Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association. San Francisco, May 2012.
Organizer
Roundtable Panels, 2th Annual Student Roundtable: Breakfast with Scholars.”
Winter Meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society, February 9th, 2013, Santa
Ana Pueblo, NM.
Co-Organizer Roundtable Panels, 7th Annual Student Roundtable: Emerging Scholarship in
Sociology, SWS/Association of Black Sociologists, 2012 Summer Meetings in
Denver, CO.
Workshop, How to give a Job Talk, Sociologists for Women in Society, 2012
Summer Meeting in Denver, CO.
Panel, “What Works: Getting a Job in Academia,” May 2012. Professional
Development Subcommittee, Sociology Graduate Student Association, May 2012
INVITED GUEST LECTURES
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“What entails to undertake a feminist ethnographic approach: The case study of Las
Patronas,” Feminist Methods, Professora 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.
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“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.
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“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.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Consultant
National Women’s History Museum. Assisting with framing the questions for the
forum “New Beginnings: Immigrant Women and the American Experience” on
October 22, 2014 at George Washington University and developing the associated
educational content afterwards.
Elected
Student Representative, Sociologists for Women in Society (2012-2014).
Positions
Chair, SWS Student Concerns Committee (2012-2014).
Elected Member, SWS Executive Council (2012-2014).
Co-director of Latin American Iberian and Latina/o Studies (2016-2017)
Member
Junior Faculty Research Committed, Department of Sociology, Bryn Mawr
College, Fall 2015
Executive Officer Research Committee, Sociologist for Women in Society,
Student Representative, winter 2013.
Junior Faculty Research Committee, Department of Sociology, UCSB, fall 2011.
Professional Development Subcommittee member, Sociology Graduate Student
Association, UCSB
Graduate Student Planning Committee Member, Sociologists for Women in
Society Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA February 2010.
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Reviewer
Gender and Society, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Social Problems,
Journal of Latin American Studies, and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
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 7th 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.
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 and Spanish (native speaker)
REFERENCES
William I. Robinson
UC Santa Barbara
Professor, Sociology, Global Studies, and Latin & Iberian Studies
805-893-5607
[email protected]
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
University of Southern California
Professor, Sociology
Co-director of the USC Center of the Study of Immigrant Integration
213-740-3606
[email protected]
Manuel Pastor
University of Southern California
Professor, Sociology and American & Ethnic Studies
Co-director of the USC Center of the Study of Immigrant Integration
213-740-5604
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[email protected]
Bandana Purkayastha
University of Connecticut
Professor, Sociology and Department Head
860-486-3791
[email protected]
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