Jennifer Rose Nájera
Assistant Professor
INTS 4013
(951) 827-1826
DEGREES
- A.B., Cultural Anthropology, 1997
Stanford University - A.M., Anthropology of Education, 1998
Stanford University - M.A., Cultural Anthropology, 2001
University of Texas at Austin - Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, 2005
University of Texas at Austin
AWARDS
- Dissertation Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Chicano/a Studies, September 2003
- Dissertation Fellow, Social Science Research Council, Center for Migration Studies, April 2002
- Recipient, Ellen Clarke Temple Award for the Study of Women in American History, University of Texas Center for Women's Studies, April 2002
- Public Policy Research Fellow, The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute at Claremont Graduate University, Summer 2001
RESEARCH AREAS
- The evolving social relationships between Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants
- The history of Mexican immigration to the United States
- The social and cultural incorporation of Mexican immigrants to US communities
- Theories and practices of Chicana feminisms
PUBLICATIONS
Nájera, Jennifer. 2005. Review of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (3rd edition), edited by Gloria Anzaldúa and Cherrie Moraga. In E3W Review of Books. Ethnic and Third World Literatures Graduate Specialization at UT Austin, eds. 5:66-68.
Nájera, Jennifer. "Rio Grande Valley Football Fever." Mesquite Review Oct./Nov. 2003.
FORMER INSTITUTION
The University of Texas at Austin
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Nájera is a cultural anthropologist whose geographical focus is the US/Mexico border region of South Texas. Her dissertation, entitled, "Troublemakers, Religiosos, or Radicals? Everyday Acts of Racial Integration in a South Texas Community," is a historical ethnography that uses the concept of community to understand the process of racial integration. Her research interests include Chicano/a racial formation in the United States, Chicana feminisms, the varied processes of Mexican assimilation, and the political impact of everyday actions on larger public policy issues.