Ron Schmidt, Professor of Political Science California State University, Long Beach Recent Professional Activities 1. Current Memberships in Professional Organizations: American Political Science Association APSA Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics APSA Caucus for Latino Politics Western Political Science Association California Studies Association 2. Recent Service to Professional Organizations: American Political Science Association Member, Benjamin Lippincott Award Committee, 2005-2007 Member, Task Force on Mentoring, 2002-2005 Member, Minority Fellowship Committee, 2002-2003 Member, Executive Council, 2001-2002. Member, Rules Committee, 2001-2002. Member, Committee on the Status of Latinos & Latinas in the Profession, 2000-03. Member, Education Committee, 1994-97. APSA Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics Co-President, 2000-2002. Member, Best Dissertation Award Committee, Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, August 2001. Member, Executive Council, 1995-2002. Member, Committee on Professional and Theoretical Development, 1995-99 (Chair, 1997-99). Western Political Science Association Member, Long-Term Planning Committee, 2007-2009 Member, Nominations Committee, 2007-2009 President, 2005-2006 Program Chair (and President-Elect), 2005 Annual Meeting, Oakland, CA. Local Arrangements Chair, 2002 Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA. Member, Executive Council, 1997-2000; 2006-07. Chair, Committee to Select Best Paper Award from the 1997 Annual Meeting, 1997-98. Member, Program Committee, 2011, 2008, 1997, 1995, 1990 Annual Meetings. Coordinator, Program Theme Section on “Commitment and Community: Redefining Identities, Interests and the Role of the   State,” 1997 Annual Meeting. Member, Committee on Professional Development, 1995-97; 1986-88. Coordinator, Program Section on "Current Issues in Professionalism," 1995 Annual Meeting. Chair, Committee on Department Chairpersons, 1988-92. California Studies Association Member, Editorial Review Committee, H-CAL, Internet Server, 1996 - 2002. Member, Steering Committee, 1990-96. Member, Annual Conference Planning Committees, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990. Member, By-Laws Drafting Committee, 1989-1990. Member, statewide ad-hoc Committee to Organize a California Studies Association, 1989-90. Other Member, Editorial Board, California Politics & Policy (a journal published by the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, California State University, Los Angeles), 1998 to present. Other Recent Professional Activities: (post 2000) Presenter, Table on “Public Policy and Interpretive Methods of Political Research,” The Methods Cafe, 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 3, 2009 Presenter, Table on “Critical Discourse Analysis,” The Methods Café, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, B.C., March 20, 2009. Presenter, Roundtable on “Reframing Immigration Debates: Strategy & Practice,” Latino Politics Workshop, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, B.C., March 18, 2009. Panelist, Roundtable on Mentoring Latina/o Students, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 29, 2008. Presenter on “Value-Critical Policy Analysis, Methods Café,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 28, 2008. Presenter on “Value-Critical Policy Analysis, Methods Café,” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Diego, CA, March 20, 2008. Invited Panelist, Panel on “Language, Citizenship, and Culture,” 2008 Annual Conference of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, February 13-15, 2008. Chair, Panels on “Interpretive Methods for Understanding Latino Politics” and “Latino Racial Identity Across Communities” at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1-2, 2007. Invited Lecture: “Defending English in an English-Dominant World: The Ideology of the ‘Official English’ Movement in the United States,” Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine, May 30, 2007. Presenter, “Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders: Analytical Framework for Understanding the Impacts of Immigrants on Ethno-Racial Politics in the United States,” Southern California Politics, Race, Immigration and Ethnicity Colloquium, University of Southern California, April 27, 2007. Presenter/Facilitator: “The Politics of Making Peace: Immigration Policy in the United States,” Workshop at the Annual Retreat of the Reedley Peace Center, Squaw Valley, CA, March 24, 2007. Invited Lecture: “Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States,” Temple University Distinguished Lecture Series, Philadelphia, PA, February 27, 2003. Panelist, Roundtable on “Mentoring Women in Political Science,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 2002. Chair, Panel on “Rhetoric, Power and Agency in the Construction of Race and Racial Identities,” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 24, 2002. Organizing Chair, Workshop on Mentoring Students of Color for Careers in Political Science, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 1, 2001. Chair, Panel on "Racial Attitudes and Racial Contexts," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 31, 2001. Invited Lecture, “The Politics of Language in the Era of Proposition 227,” University of California Language Minority Research Institute Annual Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, May 4, 2001. Organizing Chair, Roundtable Panel on “Mapping the Context and Identifying a Successful Strategy for Latino/a Political Leadership,” Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 2000.

Ron Schmidt, Professor of Political Science

California State University, Long Beach

Recent Professional Activities

1. Current Memberships in Professional Organizations:

American Political Science Association

APSA Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics

APSA Caucus for Latino Politics

Western Political Science Association

California Studies Association

2. Recent Service to Professional Organizations:

American Political Science Association

Member, Benjamin Lippincott Award Committee, 2005-2007

Member, Task Force on Mentoring, 2002-2005

Member, Minority Fellowship Committee, 2002-2003

Member, Executive Council, 2001-2002.

Member, Rules Committee, 2001-2002.

Member, Committee on the Status of Latinos & Latinas in the Profession, 2000-03.

Member, Education Committee, 1994-97.

APSA Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics

Co-President, 2000-2002.

Member, Best Dissertation Award Committee, Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, August 2001.

Member, Executive Council, 1995-2002.

Member, Committee on Professional and Theoretical Development, 1995-99 (Chair, 1997-99).

Western Political Science Association

Member, Long-Term Planning Committee, 2007-2009

Member, Nominations Committee, 2007-2009

President, 2005-2006

Program Chair (and President-Elect), 2005 Annual Meeting, Oakland, CA.

Local Arrangements Chair, 2002 Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.

Member, Executive Council, 1997-2000; 2006-07.

Chair, Committee to Select Best Paper Award from the 1997 Annual Meeting, 1997-98.

Member, Program Committee, 2011, 2008, 1997, 1995, 1990 Annual Meetings.

Coordinator, Program Theme Section on “Commitment and Community: Redefining Identities, Interests and the Role of the
State,” 1997 Annual Meeting.

Member, Committee on Professional Development, 1995-97; 1986-88.

Coordinator, Program Section on "Current Issues in Professionalism," 1995 Annual Meeting.

Chair, Committee on Department Chairpersons, 1988-92.

California Studies Association

Member, Editorial Review Committee, H-CAL, Internet Server, 1996 - 2002.

Member, Steering Committee, 1990-96.

Member, Annual Conference Planning Committees, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990.

Member, By-Laws Drafting Committee, 1989-1990.

Member, statewide ad-hoc Committee to Organize a California Studies Association, 1989-90.

Other

Member, Editorial Board, California Politics & Policy (a journal published by the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, California State University, Los Angeles), 1998 to present.

Other Recent Professional Activities: (post 2000)

Presenter, Table on “Public Policy and Interpretive Methods of Political Research,” The Methods Cafe, 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 3, 2009

Presenter, Table on “Critical Discourse Analysis,” The Methods Café, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, B.C., March 20, 2009.

Presenter, Roundtable on “Reframing Immigration Debates: Strategy & Practice,” Latino Politics Workshop, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, B.C., March 18, 2009.

Panelist, Roundtable on Mentoring Latina/o Students, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 29, 2008.

Presenter on “Value-Critical Policy Analysis, Methods Café,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 28, 2008.

Presenter on “Value-Critical Policy Analysis, Methods Café,” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Diego, CA, March 20, 2008.

Invited Panelist, Panel on “Language, Citizenship, and Culture,” 2008 Annual Conference of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, February 13-15, 2008.

Chair, Panels on “Interpretive Methods for Understanding Latino Politics” and “Latino Racial Identity Across Communities” at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1-2, 2007.

Invited Lecture: “Defending English in an English-Dominant World: The Ideology of the ‘Official English’ Movement in the United States,” Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine, May 30, 2007.

Presenter, “Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders: Analytical Framework for Understanding the Impacts of Immigrants on Ethno-Racial Politics in the United States,” Southern California Politics, Race, Immigration and Ethnicity Colloquium, University of Southern California, April 27, 2007.

Presenter/Facilitator: “The Politics of Making Peace: Immigration Policy in the United States,” Workshop at the Annual Retreat of the Reedley Peace Center, Squaw Valley, CA, March 24, 2007.

Invited Lecture: “Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States,” Temple University Distinguished Lecture Series, Philadelphia, PA, February 27, 2003.

Panelist, Roundtable on “Mentoring Women in Political Science,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 2002.

Chair, Panel on “Rhetoric, Power and Agency in the Construction of Race and Racial Identities,” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 24, 2002.

Organizing Chair, Workshop on Mentoring Students of Color for Careers in Political Science, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 1, 2001.

Chair, Panel on "Racial Attitudes and Racial Contexts," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 31, 2001.

Invited Lecture, “The Politics of Language in the Era of Proposition 227,” University of California Language Minority Research Institute Annual Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, May 4, 2001.

Organizing Chair, Roundtable Panel on “Mapping the Context and Identifying a Successful Strategy for Latino/a Political Leadership,” Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 2000.