“Interpreting Latino Cultures: Research and Museums”
A Seven-Year Report
The seminar is designed to bring Latina and Latino graduate
students from across the country to work together with distinguished
Latina and Latino faculty, Smithsonian professionals, and
curators and archivists from other national collections.
The program intends to support the career development of Latina
and Latino graduate students, and to expose students to research
career opportunities in museums and other public-oriented
humanities institutions. The program aims, to increase the
number of Latinas and Latinos in institutions of higher education
and museums.
Fifteen students enrolled in a graduate program in a U.S.
university are selected every year on a competitive basis.
An advisory board made up of scholars and Smithsonian staff
does selection.
The seminar is sponsored by the Smithsonian Center for Latino
Initiatives and The Inter-University Program for Latino Research
PARTICIPANTS' FIELD OF STUDY: 1994
- 2001
- Visual Arts Art History
- Latin American Art History
- Mid Nineteenth Century Borderlands History
- Mexican& Chicano Literary Art
- Mexican & Mexican Americans in El
Paso (20th Century)
- Outreach Education
- Inter-Cultural Communication
- Chicano Art/ Art History
- Religious Studies/ Chicano/Mexican
- Representations of Latino Identity/ Ethnic
Studies
- Post-Colonial Studies
- Chicano Cultural Production: Art, Literature,
and Drama
- Immigration, Race and Ethnic Relations
- Pictorial Arts, Painting, Murals and Public
Administration
- Folklore-History, Music and Identity
- Education, Educational Policies
- Cultural Anthropology
PARTICIPANTS' DISCIPLINES: (1994
- 2001)
PARTICIPANTS' DISCIPLINES: (1994
- 2001)
| Art History |
15 |
| Cultural Studies |
12 |
| Social Studies |
10 |
| English |
7 |
| Ethnic Studies |
6 |
| Folklore |
4 |
Anthropology |
2 |
Archaeology |
1 |
| Interdisciplinary |
1 |
| Museum Studies |
2 |
| Latin American Studies |
1 |
PARTICIPANTS BY UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION
| Arizona State University
|
4 |
| Brandies University
|
1 |
| Brown University
|
1 |
California State University, Los Angeles |
2 |
| California State University, Northrich |
1 |
| Claremont Graduate University |
1 |
| City University of New York |
2 |
Columbia University |
2 |
| Cornell University |
4 |
| Florida State University
|
1 |
| Golden Gate University
|
1 |
| Harvard University
|
3 |
| Indiana University
|
2 |
| John Hopkins University
|
1 |
| Michigan State University
|
1 |
| Northeastern University
|
1 |
| Purdue University
|
1 |
| Pennsylvania State University
|
1 |
| Stanford University
|
2 |
| Tufts University
|
1 |
| University of Arizona
|
2 |
| University of California, Berkeley
|
8 |
| University of California, San Jose
|
1 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara
|
3 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz
|
4 |
| University of California, Los Angeles
|
3 |
| University of Chicago
|
4 |
| University of Connecticut
|
3 |
| University of Denver
|
1 |
| University of Florida
|
1 |
| University of Illinois
|
6 |
| University of Manchester, England
|
1
|
| University of Massachusetts
|
8 |
| University of Michigan
|
15 |
| University of Minnesota
|
1 |
| University of Nebraska
|
1 |
| University of New Mexico
|
9 |
| University of Puerto Rico
|
2 |
| University of Rochester
|
1 |
| University of Texas, Austin
|
4 |
| University of Texas, El Paso
|
3 |
| Washington State University
|
1 |
| Western Kentucky University
|
1 |
| Yale University
|
1 |
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here for PARTICIPANTS ETHNIC PROFILE
GEOGRAPHIC SUMMARY BY REGION
| Southwest |
44 |
| * Arizona,
California, Denver, New Mexico, and Washington State
|
| East
Coast |
31 |
| * Florida,
Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania
and Washington, DC
|
| Midwest |
39 |
| *Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and
Texas
|
PARTICIPANTS’ GENDER PROFILE
SMITHSONIAN
FACULTY PRESENTERS Dr.
Refugio Rochin, Center for Latino Initiatives *
Dr.
Miguel Bretos, National Portrait Gallery
Dr.
Olivia Cadaval, Center for Folklife & Cultural Studies
Magdalena
Mieri, Center for Latino Initiatives
Dr.
Spencer Crew, National Museum of American History *
Hector
Corporan, Anacostia Museum *
Dr.
Rex Ellis, Center for Museum Studies *
Dr.
Alicia Gonzales, National Museum of the American Indian
Claudia
Kidwell, National Museum of American History
Liza
Kirwin, Archives of American Art
Pat
Lynagh, National Museum of American Art Library
Seteven
Newsome, Anacostia Museum
Hamlet
Paoletti, Office of Public Affairs *
Marvette
Perez, National Museum of American History
Fath
Ruffins, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Lonn
Taylor, National Museum of American History
Maggie
Bertin, National Museum of the American Indian
Andrew
Connors, National Museum of American Art *
Manuel
Melendez, Office of Government Relations
James
Early, Center for Folklife and Cultural Studies
Roberta
Rubinoff, Office of Fellowships and Grants *
(* No longer a member of Smithsonian
staff)
GUEST FACULTY PRESENTERS
Bill
Creech, National Archives I
Jane
Christine O’Brian, National Research Council
Karen Mary Davalos, Loyola Marymount
University
Ana
Maria Escallón, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America
Amparo
Torres, Library of Congress
Frances
Aparicio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Antonia
Castañeda, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX
Rosalinda
Fregoso, University of California, Davis
Hank
Grasso, Exhibits Consultant
Juan
Gonzales, California State University, Hayward
Ramona
Hernandez, University of Massachusetts
Gilbert
Cardenas, University of Notre Dame, Executive Director,
IUPLR
Amelia
Messa Bains, California State University, Monterey
Lucy
M. Cohen, Catholic University
Ramón
Favela, University of California, Santa Barbara
Juan
Flores, Hunter College, NY
Miguel
Gandert, University of New Mexico
Alicia
Gaspar de Alba, University of California, LA
Felix
Padilla, Northeastern University
Tomás
Ybarra-Frausto, The Rockefeller Foundation
Rick
Blondo, National Archives II
Cynthia
Fox, National Archives I
Lois
Fusek, National Endowment for the Humanities
Milton
Gustafson, National Archives II
Maria
Leyba, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America
Teresa
Morales, Programa de Museos Comunitarios y Ecomuseos, Oaxaca,
Mexico
Anya
Nykyforiak, National Endowment for the Arts
SEMINAR EVALUATIONS
Participants evaluated the
seminar every year. The purpose of the evaluation was to
determine whether the seminar accomplished the goals provided
at the beginning of the seminar. Most felt that the seminar
had been successful. The following is a compilation of the
evaluations from 1994 2001.
| |
SUCCESSFUL |
GOOD |
| 1994 |
80% |
20% |
| 1995 |
100% |
00% |
| 1996 |
80% |
20% |
| 1997 |
90% |
10% |
| 1998 |
90% |
10% |
| 1999 |
80% |
20% |
| 2000 |
90% | 10% |
| 2001 |
100% |
0% |
In the summer of 2001 the
Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives asked the Office
of Policy and Analysis to conduct an evaluation of the training
seminar. The purpose of the evaluation was to have an outside
assessment of the program experience and to evaluate the
impact the seminar has had in participant’s career choices.
Here is a summary of the evaluation
findings:
The training seminar meets
students’ expectations. The students consider the program
to be excellent or outstanding.
Seminar participants are actively
engaged in researching Latino issues in museum related fields
or university teaching.
Seminar students would like
to work at the Smithsonian, but the Smithsonian has employed
only a few.
The creation of networks and
fellowships is the program’s most significant contribution.
The seminar plays a role in
the development of Latino/a scholars who have an interest
in and a relationship with museums.
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Smithsonian Institution |
