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TEXAS STATE VITA
I. Academic/Professional Background
A. Name: Dr. John Mckiernan-Gonzalez Title: Associate Professor
B. Educational Background
Degree Year University Major Thesis/Dissertation
PHD 2002 University of
Michigan-Ann
Arbor
History
MA 1995 University of
Michigan-Ann
Arbor
History
BA 1991 Oberlin College Art History and
Latin American
Studies
C. University Experience
Position University Comments Dates
Assistant Professor,
Department of History,
College of Liberal Arts
Texas State
University., TX
September 2013 -
June 2016
Assistant Professor,
Department of History,
College of Liberal Arts
University of
Texas at Austin.,
TX
August 2009 -
August 2013
Woodrow Wilson Junior
Faculty Career Enhancement
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Woodrow Wilson
Foundation., NJ
September 2008 -
August 2009
Assistant Professor,
Department of History,
College of Liberal Arts
University of
Texas - Austin.,
TX
August 2005 -
August 2008
Assistant Professor,
Department of History,
College of Arts and Sciences
The University of
South Florida -
Tampa., FL
August 2004 -
August 2005
Rockefeller Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center
for Mexican American Studies
& Lozano Long Institute of
Latin American Studies
University of
Texas - Austin.,
TX
August 2003 -
August 2004
Lecturer, Department of
History, College of Arts and
Sciences
University of
South Florida -
Tampa., FL
August 2002 -
August 2003
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II. TEACHING
A. Teaching Honors and Awards:
Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Chapter.
January 1, 2015 - May 1, 2015
B. Courses Taught:
Texas State University:
HIST 1320 - HIST US TO DATE
HIST 3371B - HIST AM HLTH/ILL
HIST 4372 - MEXICAN AMERICAN H
HIST 5199B - THESIS
HIST 5345O - IMMIG & ETHNICITY
HIST 5351H - MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 5353 - GREAT SW HIST
HIST 5390 - PROB HIS RESCH
HIST 5399A - THESIS
HIST 5399B - THESIS
HIST 5599B - THESIS
HIST 5999B - THESIS
HON 3398L - SOCCER: LOCAL STORIES, GLOBAL
University of South Florida:
AMH 2020 - U.S. History since 1865
AMH 3011 - Latino History
AMH 4000 - Latino History
AMH - Latino History
AMH - Social and Cultural History of Medicine
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University of Texas at Austin:
HIS 314K - The History of the Mexican American people in the United States
HIS 315 - The United States since 1865
HIS 317 - Latino Histories
HIS 350 - Epidemics and Race in America
HIS 350 - Latino Cultural History since World War II
HIS 350 - Transnational America, 1877-1920
HIS 355 - America since 1941
HIS 369 - Seminar in Borderlands History
MAS 319 - Mexican American History
C. Directed Student Learning (i.e. theses, dissertations, exit committees, etc.):
Member, Candidacy Exam, "The Immigration Question in Mexican American History",
Status: In Progress. (December 2018 - Present). History, Texas State University.
Student(s): William Wright.
Supervisor / Chair, Master's Thesis, "STANDING UP TO TEX-SON: FEMALE LABOR
ACTIVISM IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS", Status: In Progress. (November 2018 -
Present). History, Texas State University.
Student(s): Valeria Estrada, Graduate, M.A.
Supervisor / Chair, Master's Thesis, "De-Segregation and Spanish Language Schools in
San Marcos, TX", Status: In Progress. (January 2018 - Present). History, Texas State
University.
Student(s): Madelyn Patlan, M.A.
Supervisor / Chair, Master's Thesis, "Neighborhoo change and racial politics: San
Antonio's West Side", Status: Proposal. (September 1, 2017 - Present). History, Texas
State University.
Student(s): David Foster, Graduate, Master of Arts.
Supervisor / Chair, Master's Thesis, "Golden Age Cinema, West Side Movie Theatres and
Mexican American Consume Culture in Jim Crow San Antonio", Status: In Progress.
(August 2014 - Present). History, Texas State University.
Student(s): Lilliana Ramirez.
Supervisor / Chair, Candidacy Exam, "Chicano by Necessity: Brown Beret identities in
Segregating Austin, 1970-1985", Status: Completed. (December 2016 - December
2018). History, Texas State University.
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Student(s): Savanha Esquivel, Graduate, M.A.
Member, Master's Thesis, "Politics in South Texas: the 19th Century Hidalgo County",
Status: Completed. (June 2017 - November 2018). History, Texas State University.
Student(s): Alberto Cardenas, Graduate, Masters.
Member, Master's Thesis, "Women's place in HIV/AIDS activism", Status: Completed.
(August 2016 - April 2018). History, Texas State University.
Student(s): Kathryn Hetzger.
Supervisor / Chair, Honor's Thesis, "AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN GAME: HOW THE
1994 WORLD CUP REVITALIZED U.S. INTEREST IN SOCCER", Status:
Completed. (October 2016 - May 2017). Honors College, Texas State University.
Student(s): Simon Vasquez, Undergraduate, B.A.
Member, Dissertation, "Martialing Latinidad: Latina/os Remaking the Military from
Vietnam to the War on Terror", Status: Completed. (August 2010 - August 2016).
American Studies, University of Texas at Austin.
Student(s): Irene Garza, Doctoral, Ph.D.
Supervisor / Chair, Honor's Thesis, "Community and Violence in South Texas,
1930-1979", Status: Completed. (August 2014 - May 2016). Honors College, Texas
State University.
Student(s): Marcelina Garci, Graduate, B.A.
Member, Master's Thesis, "'Pro-useless' to Prosthesis: United States Prosthetics
Programs, 1945-1953", Status: Completed. (January 2014 - April 2016). History,
Texas State University.
Student(s): Virginia Pickel, Graduate, Masters.
Member, Master's Thesis, "Borderlands of the Rio Grande: Where Two Worlds become
One", Status: Completed. (January 2013 - May 2014). International Studies, Texas
State University.
Student(s): Nora Lisa cavazos, Graduate, M.A.
D. Courses Prepared and Curriculum Development:
HON 3398L: Soccer: Local Stories, Global History, First Time Course Preparation,
Texas State University. Approved: October 2016 - Present.
HIS 5351: Mexican American History, First Time Course Preparation, Texas State
University. Approved: September 2016 - Present.
Health and Illness in American History, First Time Course Preparation, Texas State
University. Approved: August 2015 - December 2015.
Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, First Time Course Preparation, Texas
State University. Taught: September 2013 - May 2016.
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Immigration in American History, First Time Course Preparation, Texas State University.
Taught: January 2014 - May 2015.
Mexican American History, First Time Course Preparation, Texas State University.
Taught: January 2014 - May 2014.
Soccer: Local Stories, Global History, New Course, Honors College, Texas State
University. Taught: August 2017 - December 2017.
HIS 2237: Mexican American History to 1865, New Course, Texas State University.
Proposed: October 2018 - Present.
HIS 2238: Mexican American History II, New Course, Texas State University. Proposed:
October 2018 - Present.
HIS 3938: Borders and Borderlands: a History, New Course, Texas State University.
Proposed: October 2018 - Present.
HIS 4372: Latina/o Histories, New Course, Texas State University. Proposed: October
2018 - Present.
HIS 5350: Labor and the Modern Southwest, New Course, Texas State University.
Proposed: October 2018 - Present.
HIS 5358: Issues in Borderlands History, New Course, Texas State University. Proposed:
October 2018 - Present.
HIS 5338: Mexican American History, New Course, Texas State University. Proposed:
August 2015 - December 2015.
HIS 4372: Mexican American History, Revise Existing Course, Texas State University:
October 2018 - December 2018.
HIS 4372: Mexican American History, Revise Existing Course, Texas State University.
Taught: August 2018 - December 2018.
F. Other:
Exhibit on Soccer, Exhibit: at Play: Futbol in the Land of Football, Center for the Study
of the Southwest. Austin, TX, United States. 12. (January 2018 - September 2018).
Guest Lecture, Civil Rights Historiography, History department. San marcos, TX, United
States. 12. (November 12, 2018).
Student Accomplishments:
Exhibition:
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Supervisor, At Play: Futbol in the Land of Football. "Soccer in San Antonio -
Spanish Language Press," 12/18/2018, 605 Edward Gary Street, San
Marcos, TX 78666. Status: Completed. (December 18, 2018). Center for
the Study of the Southwest, Texas State University.
Student(s): Carlos Flores, Undergraduate, B.A.
Supervisor, Brown Beret Geographies. "Brown Beret Geographies," Center
for the Study of the Southwest, 605 Edward Gary Street, San Marcos, TX
78666. Status: In Progress. (June 2018). History, Texas State University.
Student(s): Savanha Esquivel, Graduate, M.A.
Presentation:
Mentor, At Play: Futbol in the Land of Football. "What is Soccer: Family and
Identity in Texas," Race, Ethnicity and Place IXth Conference, Mexican
American Cultural Center, Austin, TX. Status: Completed. (October 24,
2018). Honors College, Texas State University.
Student(s): Carlos Flores, Undergraduate, B.A.
Published Work:
Mentor. "Minor Collections in Major Heritage: Hispanic Research Collections
in theAmerican Southwest." Status: Completed. (August 2016). History,
Texas State University.
Student(s): Kristine Robb, Graduate, Masters.
Savanha Esquivel, Graduate, Masters.
Simon Mccurley, Graduate.
III. SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE
A. Works in Print (including works accepted, forthcoming, in press):
1. Books:
a. Scholarly Monographs:
Refereed:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Fevered Measures: Public Health and Race at the
Texas-Mexico Border, 1848-1942. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press,
2012). https://www.dukeupress.edu/fevered-measures/?viewby=title.
c. Edited Books:
Refereed:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Precarious Prescriptions: Contested Histories of
Race and Health in North America. (Minneapolis: University of
Minneapolis Press, 2014).
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https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/precarious-prescriptions
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d. Chapters in Books:
Refereed:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Making Mexican Marathoners a Medical
Menace: the USPHS and the Los Angeles Olympics, 1932" in Latino
Sports in the Greater Southwest. (Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University,
2016).
Mckiernan, John. "Health" in Keywords in Latina Studies. Edited by Deborah
Vargas, Lawrence la Fountain - Stokes, and Nancy Mirabal. (New York:
New York University Press, 2017).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "At the Nation€™s Edge: African American
Migrants and Smallpox in the Mexican-American Borderlands" in
Precarious Prescriptions: Contested Histories of Race and Health in
North America. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John, Laurie Green, and Martin Summers. "Making
Race, Making Health" in Precarious Prescriptions: Contested Histories of
Race and Health in North America. Edited by Laurie Green. (Minneapolis,
MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2014).
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/precarious-prescriptions
.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "American Science, American Medicine, and
American Latinos" in American Latinos and the Making of the United
States. Edited by Stephen Pitti. (Washington, DC: National Park Service /
Organization of American Historians / Government Printing Office, 2013).
http://www.nps.gov/history/heritageinitiatives/latino/latinothemestudy/.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Alabama Blacks to Mexico" in The New
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Race. Edited by Thomas Holt, Laurie
Green, and Charles Reagan Wilson. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North
Carolina Press, 2013).
http://uncpress.unc.edu/browse/book_detail?title_id=3233.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Going Public? Tampa Youth, Racial Schooling,
and Public History in the Cuentos de mi Familia Project" in Beyond El
Barrio: Everyday Life in Latina/o America. Edited by Frank Guridy, Gina
Perez, and Adrian Burgos. (New York: New York University Press, 2010).
http://nyupress.org/books/9780814791295/.
2. Articles:
a. Refereed Journal Articles:
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Mckiernan, John Raymond. "Concrete Disavowal: Marking the Colombian
Presence in the American Museum of Natural History, Panama and other
pre-WWII Sites of Dispossession." Latino Studies, (2018).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Working at the Crossroads: a Guide for Border
Crossing." Kalfou: a Journal of Black Studies 4, no. 2 (2017): 165-80.
Mc, John. "In my Suegro's Path: a 1951 Cronica." Cronicas: where journalists
and academics meet 1, no. 1 (2017).
Torres, Rebecca, Solange Munoz, Rich Heyman, Lauren Apgar, Emily Timm,
Shannon Speed, John Mckiernan-Gonzalez, Charles R Hale, and Eric Tang.
"Building Austin, Building Justice: Immigrant Construction Workers,
Precarious Labor Regimes and Social Citizenship." Geoforum 45, (2011):
145-155.
b. Non-refereed Articles:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Everyday Disturbances: the Olympics, 'Indian'
Marathon Runners, and the Practice of Medical Inspection, 1932." Journal of
the West 54, no. 4 (2015).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Latino History's Lessons for American Public
Health." Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education 15, no. 6 (2004): 88-88.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Becoming American: a Cautionary Tale." Hispanic
Outlook in Higher Education 12, no. 15 (2004): 84-84.
3. Conference Proceedings:
b. Non-refereed:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Bodies of Evidence: Representation and Recognition
on the Mexican Border" in Bodies of Evidence: Representation and
Recognition on the Mexican Border. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian
Institution, 2003).
http://latino.si.edu/researchandmuseums/presentations/mckiernan_paper.html.
5. Reports:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Review Chapter 5: Mexican American Heritage. (Austin,
TX: Texas Freedom Network, 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and John Mckiernan-Gonzalez. Cuentos de mi Familia:
Dowdell Middle School. (Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, 2005).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Cuentos de mi Familia: McLane Middle School. (Tampa, FL:
University of South Florida, 2005).
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Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Cuentos de mi Familia: Selected Works. Edited by John
Mckiernan-Gonzalez. (Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, 2003).
6. Book Reviews:
Mckiernan, John Raymond. Seamus Mcgraw: a Thirsty Land: the Making of an American
Water Crisis. (San Marcos, TX: Texas Books in Review, 2019).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. The Southern Exodus to Mexico: Migration Across the
Borderlands after the American Civil War. 4 ed. (Journal of Southern History, 2016).
946-7.
Mckiernan, John Raymond. Book Review: Sounds of Belonging: U.S. Spanish Language
Radio and Public Advocacy. 1 ed. (New York, NY: Western Historical Quarterly,
2016). 80-81. https://doi.org/10.1093/whq/whv023.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and Omar Valerio Jimenez. River of Hope: Forging Identity
and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. 1 ed. (Hispanic American Historical
Review, 2016). 187-188.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Sounds of Belonging: Spanish Language Radio and Public
Advocacy. 4 ed. (Western Historical Quarterly, 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and Jose Angel Hernandez. Mexican American Colonization
during the Nineteenth Century: a History of the Mexican American Borderlands. 1
ed. (Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 2015). 90-91.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and Daniel Margolies. Spaces of Law in American Foreign
Relations: Extradition and Extraterritorality in the Borderlands and Beyond,
1877-1898. 116 (10/2012) ed. (Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 2012). 215-217.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and Catherine Ramirez. The Woman in the Zoot Suit: Gender,
Nationalism and the Cultural Politics of Memory. 2 ed. (Journal of American Ethnic
History, 2011). 139-140.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and Alexandra Minna Stern. Eugenic Nation: Faults and
Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America. 1 ed. (Western Historical Quarterly,
2010). 88-89.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and Richard Griswold del Castillo. Chicano San Diego:
Cultural Space and the Struggle for Justice. 1 ed. (Journal of American Ethnic
History, 2009). 95-96.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and Caroline Brettel. Crossing Borders, Challenging
BoundariesL Race, Ethnicity, and Migration. 3 ed. (Journal of American Ethnic
History, 2009). 116-117.
7. Essays:
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Mckiernan, John Raymond. Telling Legacies. 4 ed. (San Marcos, TX: Southwestern
American Literature, 2019). 1-3.
Mckiernan, John Raymond. On Literature and Landscape. 3 ed. (San Marcos, TX:
Southwestern American Literature, 2018). 1-3.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. #nofuepenal: on Perales Serna v. Texas Department of State
Health Services. (Durham, NC: Arroba, 2016).
http://latinostudies.duke.edu/arroba/john-mckiernan-gonzalez.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Mas Derechos, Menos Terrenos: Collaboration and
Community in Colombian Grassroots media. (Arroba, 2015).
http://latinostudies.duke.edu/arroba/john-mckiernan-gonzalez.
Mckiernan, John. Presencias Urgentes: Latino communities and the 25th anniversary od
the Americans with Disabilities Act. (San Marcos, TX: History Department website,
2015). http://www.txstate.edu/history/news-events/speakers/presencias-urgentes.html.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. My Mother is Selling Her House: a Diasporan Pastoral.
(Durham, NC: Arroba, 2015).
http://latinostudies.duke.edu/arroba/john-mckiernan-gonzalez.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Precarious Belonging: On the Education of Larry
Mckiernan. (Durham, NC: Arroba, 2015).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Between James and Juanes: Latino Studies, Colombians, and
the Global South. (Durham, NC: Arroba, 2015).
http://latinostudies.duke.edu/arroba/john-mckiernan-gonzalez.
Mckiernan, John. Opinion: Existing ethnic divide will shape U.S. H1N1 experience.
(Austin, TX: Know, 2011).
http://news.utexas.edu/2009/09/09/mckiernan-gonzalez_op.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Radio and Community: the Mexican American Experience.
(Austin, TX: Not Even Past, 2011). https://notevenpast.org/radio-community/.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Cuentos de mi Familia en Hillsborough. (Tampa, FL: La
Gaceta, 2005). 7-Jul.
10. Other Works in Print:
Editor - Southwestern American Literatures:
Southwestern American Literature 43:1. Edited by John Raymond Mckiernan. 1
ed. (San Marcos, TX: Southwestern American Literature, 2018).
Essay for Museum Publications:
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Mckiernan, John Raymond. "Dr. Cleo's Book of Wonders" in Refusing to Forget:
Public History Project. (Chicago, IL: Refusting to Forget, 2017).
Exhibitions:
Mckiernan, John Raymond, Adam Clark, and Carlos Flores. At Play: Futbol in
the Land of Football. (San Marcos, TX: Center for the Study of the Southwest
/ Texas State University, 2018).
Perez, Marvette, Fath Davis Ruffins, John Mckiernan-Gonzalez, and Odette
Diaz-Schuler. Teodoro Vidal: A Collector and his Collection. (Washington,
DC: Teodoro Vidal: A Collector and his Collection, 1998). Jan-47.
http://amhistory.si.edu/vidal/.
Ruffins, Fath Davis, John Mckiernan-Gonzalez, Marvette Perez, and Odette Diaz
- Schuler. 1848: New Border, New Nation. (1848: New Border, New Nation,
1998). Jan-42.
Magazine / Trade Publications:
Mckiernan, John Raymond. "Southwestern American Literature 43:1" in
Southwestern American Literature. (San Marcos, TX: Southwestern American
Literature, 2018).
Mckiernan, John Raymond. Southwestern American Literature 42:2. (san Marcos,
TX: Southwestern American Literature, 2018).
Museum Exhibit Literatures:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. 1848: Encrucijadas de Caminos / Interwoven Paths.
Mar-98 ed. (Washington, DC: 1848: Encrucijadas de Caminos / Interwoven
Paths, 1998). 2-Jan.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. 1848: Legal Tender - Monedas de Curso.
(Washington, DC: 1848: Legal Tender - Monedas de Curso, 1998).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. 1848: the guardian / la llavera / Eulalia Perez.
Mar-98 ed. (Washington, DC: 1848: the guardian / la llavera / Eulalia Perez,
1998). 3-Jan.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. 1848: Vaqueros y Cowboys / Vaqueros and Cowboys.
Mar-98 ed. (Washington, DC: 1848: Vaqueros y Cowboys / Vaqueros and
Cowboys, 1998). 3-Jan.
Newsletters:
Mckiernan, John Raymond. The Center for the Study of the Southwest. (San
Marcos, TX: Hillviews, 2018).
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Newspaper Articles:
Lyttle-Hernandez, Kelly, John Mckiernan-Gonzalez, and David James Gonzales.
"New Directions in Borderlands History: Interview" in New Books in Latino
Studies. (Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California, 2016).
http://newbooksnetwork.com/kelly-lytle-hernandez-migra-a-history-of-the-u-s
-border-patrol-uc-press-2010/.
Reports:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and John Mckiernan-Gonzalez. Cuentos de mi
Familia: Pierce Middle School. 2005 ed. (Cuentos de mi Familia: Pierce
Middle School, 2005). Jan-65.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. Cuentos de mi Familia. Edited by John
Mckiernan-Gonzalez. 2004 ed. (Cuentos de mi Familia, 2004). 1-124.
Research Database / Web Portals:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and Claudia Rueda. "Mexican American Experience" /
Onda Latina web Portal. (Onda Latina: The Mexican American Experience,
2011). http://www.laits.utexas.edu/onda_latina/index.
Translation of existing workbook: Pregnancy Options Workbooks:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John and Gwendolyn Ferretti - Manjarrez. El Cuaderno de
Ejercicios de Opciones para tu Emabarazo: Para mujeres que estan tomando
una decision dificil sobre un embarazo. 2010 ed. (Binghamton, NY: El
Cuaderno de Ejercicios de Opciones para tu Emabarazo: Para mujeres que
estan tomando una decision dificil sobre un embarazo, 2011). Jan-88.
http://www.pregnancyoptions.info/pdfs/PregnancyOptions.info_%20Spanishv
ersion.pdf.
Web Portals:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John, Blake Gruggett, Michelle Yang, and Suzanne
Rhodes. Mapping the Latino Borderlands: Regionally Linked Mexican
American Archive. Edited by John Mckiernan-Gonzalez. (Mapping the Latino
Borderlands: Regionally Linked Mexican American Archive, 2009).
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/borderlands/.
B. Works Not in Print:
1. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
Mckiernan, J. R., American Association for the History of Medicine, "Off Center: Latin
American Medical Trajectories and the recasting of Urban American Identity,
1870-1920," American Association for the History of Medicine, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA. (May 11, 2018).
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Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Annual Conference: American Association for the History of
Medicine, "Because I was born poor: Mexican Americans, Medicare, and the
Transformation of Doctoring in Texas, 1950-1975," American Association for the
History of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, United States. (May 15, 2016).
Mckiernan, J. R., Organization of American Historians, "Disability & Civil Rights:
Reflections on the Central Texas and Chicano Civil Righst," OAH / Disability
Caucus, Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, PA, United States. (April 5, 2019).
Mckiernan, J. R., American Studies Association Annual Meeting - Atlanta, "Muds,
Floods and Clinics: Civil Rights and the Concrete Geographies of Medical Care in
Central Texas," American Studies Association, Atlanta Marriott, Atlanta, GA, United
States. (November 11, 2018).
Mckiernan, J. R., Latina/o Studies 2018, "“Nailing Jelly to the Wall”: Marking the
Spaces of U.S. Involvement in Colombia in Post World War II Urban Landscapes,"
Latina/o Studies Association, Marriot DC, washington, DC, United States. (July 13,
2018).
Mckiernan, J. R., Latina/o Studies 2018, "Objects out of Storage: Collecting,
Programming, and Research at the National Museum of American History," Latina/o
Studies Association, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC,
United States. (July 12, 2018).
Mckiernan, J. R., Public History Association - Annual Meeting, "Public Objects and the
Erasure of People: the Case of Camp Jenner," Public History Association,
Renaissance Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States. (April 20, 2018).
Mckiernan, J. R., Organization of American Historians, "Chronicle of a book foretold:
My life with Framing Disease," Organization of American Historians, Mariott, New
Orleans, LA. (April 11, 2017).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Pacific Coast Branch - American Historical Review Annual
Meeting, "On 'Working at the Crossroads': on George Sanchez' public history work,"
American Historical Association, marriott - Big Island, Hawaii, Big island, HI.
(August 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Roundtable: the State of ColombianXAmerican Studies, "Ahi
vienen los mckiernan, con su cantadito tan lindo: reckoning with Colombians
Abroad," Latina/o Studies Association, Pasadena, CA, United States. (July 10, 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Latina/o Studies Association annual conference, "Roundtable:
the state of ColombianXAmericana/o Studies," Latina/o Studies Association,
Pasadena, CA, United States. (July 10, 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Latina/o Studies Association, "“Because I was born poor”: Cold
War Inclusion, Latino Physicians, and the problem of Texas, 1948 – 1990," Latina/o
Studies Association, Pasadena, CA. (July 10, 2016).
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Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Latinos: the Voting Rights Act and Political Engagement,
"Moderator: Historicizing Latino Political Activism," The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin, TX, United States. (March 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Borderlands, Culture, and the State: A Conversation Across
Disciplines, "People are the border: On Borderlands, Culture, and the State,"
American Studies Association, Toronto, AL, Canada. (October 15, 2015).
2. Invited Talks, Lectures, and Presentations:
Mckiernan, J. R., Center for Mexican American Studies, "Medical Borders and American
Borderlands: Jim Crow, Medical Policing and Latina/o Civil Rights in 20th Century
America," University of Texas at Arlington, Concho Room, University of Texas at
Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States. (February 6, 2019).
Mckiernan, J. R., US Colombianx Studies, "The fault of the jelly: interpreting
ColombianxAmerican dispossession in the U.S. landscape," Wiliams College,
Willams College, Williamstown, MA. (October 20, 2017).
Mckiernan, J. R., "Emiliano Zapata in American Memory: Talk and Book Signing by
Paul Hart," Center for the Study of the Southwest, Brazos Hall, San Marcos, TX,
United States. (October 12, 2017).
Mckiernan, J. R., The Witliff, "Roundtable on The Border - The Witliff," The Witliff
Collection, The Witliff, San Marcos, TX. (September 28, 2017).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Center for Race, Indigeneity, and Transnationalism, "Working
Conditions: Medical Authority and Latino Civil Rights in the Interwar Years,
1900-1938," Yale University, Yale University, New Haven, CT. (October 4, 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Mellon Mays Summer Conference, "Chair: Keynote: Recent
Ph.D. Panel," Social Science Research Council Mellon Mays Graduate Program, St.
Paul, MN, United States. (June 15, 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Cronicas: Where Journalists Meet Academics, "Onda Latina:
Cronica from a Public History," Latino Studies / Duke University, Duke University,
Durham, NC, United States. (April 15, 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Lecture Series: Race and Ethnic Studies Institute, "Working
Conditions: Medical Authority and Latino Civil Rights, 1930-1965," Texas A & M
University, College Station, TX, United States. (February 15, 2016).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Conference: Conversations on Latino/as and the ADA,
"Activism and Advocacy," National Museum of American History / Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC, United States. (July 15, 2015).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Conference: Conversations on Latino/as and the ADA, "The
History of Cultural Issues Related to Disability and Latino/as," National Museum of
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American History / Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States. (July 15,
2015).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, J., Mellon Mays Summer Program, "Workshop Leader: Preparing
for Qualifying Exams," Social Science Research Council Mellon Mays Graduate
Program, St. Paul, MN, United States. (June 15, 2015).
4. Workshops:
Mckiernan, J. R., Latina/o Studies - University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign,
"manuscript workshop - Natalie Lira - Eugenic Sterilization and citizenship in
California," latina/o Studies - University of Illnois - Urbana Champaign, latino
Studies, 1207 W. Oregon Street, Urbana, IL, United States. (February 18, 2018).
5. Other Works not in Print:
b. Works "in progress":
Book Chapters:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Nativism in American History, 1898-1945" in
Oxford Encyclopedia of Transnational American History. Edited by Julia
Irwin. (NY: Oxford University Press).
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John. "Latinos and Public Health" in Oxford
Encyclopedia of Latino History. Edited by Geraldo Cadava. (Oxford
University Press).
c. Other Works Not in Print:
Intro and chair of panels:
Mckiernan, J. R., CSSW Lecture Series, "Blue Texas / back to the future / a
reflection by Max Krochmal," Center for the Study of the Southwest,
Flowers Hall, San Marcos, TX. (October 25, 2017).
Mckiernan, J. R., Center for the Study of the South West, "Stephanie
Elizondo-Griest / All the Agents and Saints: Dispatches from the U.S.
Borderlands," Texas State University, The Witliff, Austin, TX.
(September 7, 2017).
Keynote / Plenary Addresses:
Mckiernan, J. R., Mellon Mays Research Conference, "Benjamin E. Mays
Address: We Are Here Because You Were There," Social Science
Research Conference / Mellon Foundation, Columbia University, New
York, NY, United States. (June 15, 2018).
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Mckiernan, J. R., CSSW Panel: At a Crossroads: the Study of the Southwest
in the New Millemium, "At A Crossroads: The Study of the Southwest in
the New Millenium," Center for the Study of the Southwest, Brazos hall,
Austin, TX. (February 16, 2017).
C. Scholarly / Creative Grants and Contracts:
2. Submitted, but not Funded, External Grants and Contracts:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Principal). El Corazon de Tejas: Making a Living
Digital Archive for Central Texas, National Endowment for the Humanities,
Federal, $11,932.00. (Submitted: December 1, 2015). Grant.
3. Funded Internal Grants and Contracts:
Mckiernan, John Raymond. Caminos Cruzados: Indian Enslavement in N0rth
America, Office of Equity and Access, Texas State University, $2,500.00.
(Funded: January 2017 - March 2017). Grant.
D. Scholarly / Creative Fellowships, Awards, Honors:
Award / Honor Recipient: Benjamin E. Mays Address, Mellon Mays Graduate Initiative,
Social Science Research Council.
June 18, 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Top 10 Digital Projects, Liberal Arts Instructional Technology
Services, University of Texas at Austin.
August 1, 2009 - August 1, 2010
Fellowship Recipient: Woodrow Wilson Junior Faculty Career Enhancement
Postdoctoral Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
August 1, 2008 - August 1, 2009
Fellowship Recipient: Summer Research Authorization, College of Liberal Arts,
University of Texas at Austin.
May 1, 2006 - August 1, 2007
Fellowship Recipient: Rockefelller Foundation / Lozano Long Institute of Latin
American Studies / Center for Mexican American Studies Postdoctoral Fellow,
Rockefeller Foundation.
August 1, 2004 - August 1, 2005
F. Media Recognition:
TV, C-Span. (January 3, 2014).
IV. SERVICE
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A. Institutional
1. University:
Member, HPN 25 / 25th anniversary exhibit. (July 2018 - May 2019).
Member, Presidential Upper Level Scholarship Advisory Committee. (January
2018 - December 2018).
Member, Presidential Upper Level Scholarship Advisory Committee. (January
2017 - December 2018).
Organizer, Karl Jacoby and Robert Williams: William Ellis: From Texas Slave to
Mexican Millionaire. (October 23, 2018).
Participant, Indigenous Borderlands of the Americas An International Symposium
sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Southwest. (April 6, 2018 - April 7,
2018).
Organizer, Conference on 2018 Mexican National Elections and Future of
U.S.-Mexico Relations. (April 5, 2018).
Organizer, Aurora Chang: Dra. Aurora Chang's presentation argues that
undocumented students' quest to achieve academically simultaneously cultivates
an empowering self-identity while forcing them to involuntarily perform the role
of infallible non-citizen citizen. Her book, The Struggles of Identity, Education,
and Agency in the Lives of Undocumented Students, weaves together two distinct
and powerfully related sources of knowledge: (1) her journey/transition from a
once uncoumented immigrant from Guatemala to a huperdocumented academic,
and (2) five years of ongoing national research on the identity, education, and
agency of undocumented college students. (February 23, 2018).
Organizer, Flannery Burke: From Nuclear Reservations to Multi-ethnic Suburbs:
Politics and Culture in the Southwest. (February 1, 2018).
Organizer, Flannery Burke: the Bridge to A Land Apart: the Southwest and the
Nation. (February 1, 2018).
Member, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board - Mexican American
History Curricula Representative. (April 2017 - November 2017).
Organizer, caminos cruzados lecture series: slavery and segregation. (September
2016 - June 2017).
Organizer, Hosted Andres Resendez, Bancroft Award Winner for The Other
Slavery. (February 2017).
Chair, Speaker: Introduced Andres Resendez, author, The Other Slavery: the
Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement. (February 16, 2017).
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Organizer, Caminos Cruzados Lecture Series: Ana Elizabeth Rosas. (September
1, 2015 - September 1, 2016).
Organizer, Caminos Cruzados Lecture Series: Felipe Hinojosa. (September 1,
2015 - September 1, 2016).
Member, Scholarships and Financial Aid. (January 2016 - April 2016).
Organizer, Arturo Arias: Latino Immigration and the Ameriican Dream / From 'El
Norte' to 'La bestia'. (September 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015).
Organizer, University Lecture Series: Latino Immigration and the American
Dream. (May 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015).
Member, Online Resource Grant Prize Library Committee. (September 1, 2014 -
September 1, 2015).
Organizer, Conference: Presencias Urgentes: Latino Communities and the 25th
anniversary of the ADA. (September 1, 2014 - June 1, 2015).
Organizer, Lecture Series: Latino Communities and the 25th anniversary of the
ADA. (September 1, 2014 - May 1, 2015).
Co-Chair, Taylor Distinguished Lecture: Gayatri Spivak / Our World / Feb 2,
2015. (January 1, 2014 - May 1, 2015).
Organizer, Accessible Citizenships: Disability, Nation, and the Cultural Politics of
Greater Mexico. (November 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014).
Organizer, Behind the Texas Miracle: Workplace Injuries and Immigrant
Activism. (September 1, 2014 - October 1, 2014).
2. College:
Member, Texas History Search Committee. (August 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019).
Member, Liberal Arts Council of Chairs. (January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018).
Organizer, Sarah L. Lopez: Concrete Connections: Migrant Construction Workers
and the Transformation of Architecture in Mexico. (November 12, 2018).
Organizer, Karl Jacoby: The Color Line & the Borderline | William Ellis, From
Texas Slave to Mexican Millionaire. (October 23, 2018).
Member, Latinos and the Future of America: Reflections on the Color of
Educational Opportunity. (October 11, 2018).
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Organizer, Monica Munoz Martinez: The Injustice Never Leaves You:
Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas. (October 3, 2018).
Member, Liberal Arts Council of Chairs. (September 2017 - September 2018).
Organizer, Rogelio Saenz: Demography is not Destiny: Policy and Social Change
in Texas. (September 10, 2018).
Organizer, Jose Carlos de la Puente: Native Migrants, the Spanish Empire, and
the Law. (May 3, 2018).
Member, Search Committee - United States Immigration History. (September
2017 - April 2018).
Melissa Stuckey: Boley, Indian Territory: Freedom and the All-Black Town.
(April 12, 2018).
Melissa Stuckey: Meet Me In Boley: The Historian, The Non-Profit, and the All
Black Town. (April 12, 2018).
Participant, Cynthia Radding: Indigenous Landscapes and Colonial Boundaries:
Reading Nature into Colonial Archives. (April 5, 2018).
Organizer, Tyina Steptoe: History in the Key of Life: Listening to Houston's
Polycultural Past. (February 22, 2018).
Organizer, Tyina Steptoe: Houston Bound: Culture and Color in a Jim Crow City.
(February 22, 2018).
Organizer, Book Talk - Cary Cordova: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco.
(November 27, 2017).
3. Department/School:
Member, Scholarships Committee. (January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018).
Member, Scholarships and Financial Aid. (January 2017 - December 2017).
Member, Scholarships and Financial Aid. (September 1, 2015 - September 1,
2016).
Member, Speaker Series. (September 1, 2015 - September 1, 2016).
Organizer, Speaker: John Moran Gonzalez / Refusing to Forget: State Violence
and the Texas border, 1910-1920. (September 1, 2015 - June 1, 2016).
Member, Scholarships and Financial Aid. (January 2016 - April 2016).
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Member, Scholarships and Financial Aid. (September 1, 2014 - September 1,
2015).
Member, Speaker Committee, Department of History. (September 1, 2014 -
September 1, 2015).
B. Professional:
Coordinator / Organizer, Cronicas: where Journalists and Academics Meet, Durham, NC,
United States. (April 2016 - Present).
Member, Planning Advisory Board - Social Science Research Council - Mellon Mays
Graduate Initiative. (November 2017 - December 2019).
Chair, Ralph Lee Woodward Award for best Grad Student Paper, Southern Historical
Association, San Marcos, TX, United States. (November 2017 - December 2018).
Coordinator / Organizer, ColombianXamerican Studies, Williamstown, MA, United
States. (September 2015 - December 2018).
Reviewer / Referee, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Austin, TX, United States. (July
2018 - November 2018).
Reviewer / Referee, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, United
States. (December 2017 - February 2018).
Reviewer / Referee, Tenure and Promotion Review - Western Washington University,
Takoma, WA, United States. (July 2017 - December 2017).
Chair, Social Science Research Council Mellon Mays Initiative Graduate Conference,
Brooklyn, NY, United States. (July 2017).
Moderator, The History of Cultural Issues Related to Disability and Latino/as, NMAH,
Smithsonian Institution. (July 23, 2015 - July 24, 2015).
Speaker, Conversation on Latino/as and the ADA, National Museum of American
History, Smithsonian Institution. (July 23, 2015 - July 24, 2015).
Moderator, Activism and Advocacy: Conversations on Latinos and the ADA, NMAH,
Smithsonian Institution. (July 1, 2015).
Reviewer / Referee, Vanderbilt University Press Manuscript: Medicine and
Nation-building in the Americas. (November 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015).
Member, Social Science Research Council Mellon Mays Graduate Program Summer
Conference. (September 1, 2007 - September 1, 2012).
Co-Chair, Mellon-Mays Summer Conference, Washington University - St. Louis.
(September 1, 2005 - September 1, 2006).
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Co-Chair, Abriendo Brecha Conference: Activist Scholarship. (September 1, 2005 - May
1, 2006).
Member, Summer Conference Planning Board, Social Science Research Council, Mellon
Mays Graduate Fellowship Program. (September 1, 2001 - September 1, 2005).
C. Community:
Member, Clotilde Garcia Tejano Genealogical Society Book Award, Austin, TX.
(January 2017 - Present).
Participant, Grassroots Leadership Committee, Austin, TX. (November 2016 - Present).
Member, Workers Defense Project. (May 1, 2006 - December 1, 2018).
Expert Reviewer of Textbook, Texas Freedom Network, Austin, TX. (October 2016 -
November 2016).
Expert Review of Proposed Textbook, Texas Freedom Network, Austin, TX. (January
2016 - November 2016).
Volunteer, Translator - English to Spanish / Spanish to English. (September 1, 2015 -
June 1, 2016).
Construction Survey Interviewer, Workers Defense Project. (May 1, 2011 - September 1,
2011).
Advisory Board Member, Workers Defense Project. (September 1, 2006 - July 1, 2008).
D. Organization Memberships:
Organization of American Historians. (2016 - 2017).
American Studies Association. (1999 - 2016).
Western Historical Association. (2013 - 2015).
American Historical Association. (2001 - 2015).
American Association for the History of Medicine. (2013 - 2014).
Social Science History Association. (2002 - 2004).
E. Service Honors and Awards:
Award / Honor Recipient: Community Service Award, Hispanic Faculty and Staff
Association.
August 1, 2004 - May 1, 2005
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F. Service Grants and Contracts:
3. Funded Internal Service Grants and Contracts:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Principal). Caminos Cruzados: Adventures in
Working-Class History, Office of Equity and Access, Institutional (Higher
Ed), $2,000.00. (Submitted: November 2, 2015, Funded: November 3, 2015 -
May 11, 2016). Grant.
Mckiernan, John (Principal). Caminos Cruzados: Adventures in Working-Class
History, Department of History, Institutional (Higher Ed), $2,500.00.
(Submitted: September 1, 2015, Funded: January 18, 2016 - May 5, 2016).
Grant.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Principal). Americanos con Disabilities: Latino
communities and the 25th anniversary of the ADA, Office of Equity and
Access, Institutional (Higher Ed), $10,000.00. (Submitted: September 1, 2014,
Funded: September 1, 2014 - May 5, 2015). Grant.
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Principal). Gayatri Spivak / Our World, Taylor
Distinguished Lecture Series, Department of History, Institutional (Higher
Ed), $5,000.00. (Submitted: September 1, 2014, Funded: September 1, 2014 -
May 4, 2015). Grant.