Service Awards

2005

  • Dr. Robert M. Stevenson Outstanding Faculty-in-Residence Award
  • Community Partners Award, County of Los Angeles Housing Authority and LA County Community Development Foundation, for work on partnership between UCLA and Ujima Village, a housing community in south Los Angeles.

2003

  • Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, Amnesty International USA at UCLA

 

University Service

ACADEMIC SENATE COMMITTEES

  • Ad Hoc Review Committees, 2002, 04
  • Committee on Teaching, 2003-06
  • Gold Shield Faculty Prize Committee, 2013-14

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

  • Academic Personnel Committee, 2005-08, 2015-18
  • Ad-hoc Committee to nominate candidate for Benjamin Nickoll Endowed Chair, 2016
  • Appointment Committee for European field, 2001
  • Appointment Committee for Latin American Field (chair), 2005
  • Appointment Committees for U.S. field, 1997-98, 99-00, 05, 12
  • Chair, Teaching Committee, 2006-07
  • Chair’s Advisory Committee, 1998-2001, 2012-14
  • Chair’s Special Assistant for Graduate Student Affairs, 2002
  • Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award Committee, 1996-97
  • Field Coordinator, 1997-98, 99-00, 2001-02, 03-04, 06-07, 08-09, 09-10, 10-11, 15-16
  • FTE Priorities Committee, 2001-02
  • Graduate Awards Committee, 2000-01, 2002-05
  • Graduate Affairs Committee (chair), 2002-05
  • Graduate Fellows Coordinator, 1997-98
  • Graduate Student Placement Committee (chair), 1996-97
  • Promotions Criteria Committee, 2005
  • Search Committees for Latin American field, 1997-98, 2001, 2015-16
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1995-98, 2013-14
  • Vice-Chair of Graduate Affairs, 2002-05

Latin American Institute & Studies Program

  • Director, Latin American Institute, 2013-17
  • Interim Director, Latin American Institute, 2010-13
  • Associate Director, Latin American Institute, 2005-10
  • Chair, Latin American Studies BA and MA Programs, 2005-10
  • Chair, Latin American Studies Graduate Program, 2005-11
  • Co-Chair, Latin American Studies Graduate Program, 2012-17
  • Faculty Advisory Committee: Latin American Institute, 1995-98, 2003-17
  • Faculty Advisory Committee: Latin American Studies Program, 1999-2017
  • Faculty Advisory Committee: Program on Mexico, 1995-96
  • Junior Faculty Award Committee, 2004
  • Mexican Studies Advisory Committee, 2005-08

American Indian Studies Center & Studies Program

  • Faculty Advisory Committee: American Indian Studies Center, 1995-2014
  • Faculty Advisory Committee: American Indian Studies Program, 2001-09, 2012-17

University Search Committees

  • International Institute: Vice Provost, 2010
  • Division of Social Sciences: Dean, 2005-06
  • International Institute: Professor in Social Sciences, 2005-06
  • American Indian Studies Center: Director, 2003-04, 07-08
  • Department of Spanish & Portuguese: Assistant Professor, 2002
  • Student and Campus Life: Director of Office of Residential Life, 2002
  • Art History: Assistant Professor in Pre-Columbian field, 2012
  • Young Research Library: Latin American bibliographer, 2011-12

Fellowship Committees

  • Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies Awards Committee, 1997
  • Del Amo Endowment Awards Committee, 1995-96
  • Del Amo Endowment Fellowship Committee, 1995-96
  • Dickson Art History Fellowship Committee, 2002
  • Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowships Committee, 1997
  • IAC Fellowship Committee: American Indian Studies Center 2003
  • IAC Fellowship Committee: Chicano Studies Research Center, 2002
  • Latin American Center Small Research Grants Committee (chair), 2005
  • Latin American Institute Title VI FLAS Committee, 2010-2017
  • Latin American Institute Small Research Grants Committee, 2010-17

Professional Membership & Service

  • American Historical Association (AHA), life-time member
  • Conference on Latin American History (CLAH), life-time member
  • American Society for Ethnohistory (ASE), life-time member
  • Member of Organizing Committee, XVI Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México
  • Past President, Nominations Committee Chair, ASE, 2012-13
  • President, American Society for Ethnohistory, 2011-12
  • President-Elect, ASE, 2010-11
  • Councilor, ASE, 2009
  • Member of Nominating Committee, ASE, 2004
  • Chair of Tibesar Prize Committee, CLAH, 2012
  • Member of Haring Prize Committee, CLAH, 2011
  • Member of Bolton-Johnson Prize Committee, CLAH, 2003
  • Member of Heizer Prize Committee, ASE, 2002
  • Member of Cline Prize Committee, CLAH, 1998
  • Principal organizer of annual meeting of ASE in Los Angeles, 2011