Josephine Mendéz-Negrete

 Associate Professor

josephine.mendeznegrete@utsa.edu

Dr. Mendez-Negrete is an assistant professor in the department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California , Santa Cruz in 1995. Her research interests include: Sociohistorical research with emphasis on Chicanas/os; Chicana/Latino leadership and activism in Urban Communities; Ethnic identity, focusing on Chicanas/os; Urban communities; Race, class, and gender studies; and Feminist theory.

PhD granting institution: University of California , Santa Cruz

Research areas:

1. Social and cultural violence, focusing on marginalized individuals
(children who are incested and mentally ill)
2. Identity formation and race, class, gender and sexuality
3. Chicana/Latino leadership and activism

Two most recent publications:
1. Hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed, published by Duke University Press
2. César Chávez, a contribution to the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition, Farmington Hills, MI: Thomas Gale a subdivision of MacMillan Reference USA.