Professional and Community Service (Selected)

American Sociological Association
Member 1970-present; Section Council Member
Section Chair, 1983-84
Section Council, 1981-1983
Committee on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 1983-85
Committee on World Sociology, 1989-present

Latin American Studies Association
Member, Program Committee 1993 and Co-Chair Women's Task Force (1987 90)
Member, 1970-present

Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies

Co-Founder and Member of the Executive Board of the Guatemala Information Center (1982-82), (pro bono) Consultant (1987-92)

Consultant, Research project on "Women's Access to Land Tenure in Guatemala," sponsored by the Arias Foundation of Costa Rica. 1995.

Consultant, Agrupacion de Mujeres "Tierra Viva," a women's human rights and social service organization in Guatemala City, Guatemala (1988-present).

Member, Mayor's Committee on Central American Refugees, Mayor Tom Bradley (Los Angeles, California) January, 1990-1993.

Member, Board of Directors, The Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center (a community-based research/action group, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March, 1988-1989.

Expert Witness, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, Hearings on "Emerging Ethnic Groups," February 1990.

Expert Witness, Hearings held by Mayor's Advisory Committee on Central American Refugees, June 30, 1986.

Expert Witness on conditions in Guatemala for deportation hearings conducted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Los Angeles, California, various dates, 1985-96.

Trainer, Asylum Hearing Officers, Immigration and Naturalization Service Regional Office, Anaheim Calif.

Consultant to KCET Television for documentary "Asylum" (premiered on September 17, 1985).

Consultant and Translator for "El Norte," a prize-winning, independently produced motion picture, directed by Gregory Nava (most recently, director of "My Family/Mi Familia").

Consultant to various journalists and radio and television producers regarding current events related to Central America (Los Angeles Times, The Herald, La Opinion, KFWB, KMEX, KPFK, Channel 11, Channel 54, the BBC Latin American News Service).

Lecturer, various topics, UCLA Extension Program series on "Tension Areas." 1986-90.

Pacific Sociological Association
Member, 1986-present
Member, Awards Committee, 1987-88

Member of the Editorial Board, Gender & Society, 1993-96.

Founding Member and Member of the Editorial Board of Latin American Perspectives Journal, 1976-1982; Associate Editor 1982-present.

Member of the Steering Committee of the California Studies Association, 1995-97.

Member, Executive Board of Southern California Chapter of United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 1990-1994.

Friends of Women's Studies, (a campus-community group): Member of Board 1982-1995; Awards Banquet Co-Coordinator (1993-95), Chair of the Scholarship Committee (various years); with Professor Wendy Griffin, helped to raise an average of $1500 per year for student scholarships, 1990-95.

Member, CSULB General Education Strategy and Planning Committee, 1996-97.

Faculty Representative, Administrative Review Committee for Dr. Karen Alvarado, 1995-96

Faculty Mentor, Partners for Success Program, 1993-present

Reviewer (St. Martin's Press, American Political Science Review, National Science Foundation, Princeton, Temple, and Harvard University Presses)

Member, Executive Board, CSULB Center for Community Affairs, 1992-1994.