Mitzi Ramos, ABD
E-Mail: mramos8@uic.edu
URL:
http://tigger.uic.edu/~mramos8/index.html
Ph.D.
Candidate, University
of Illinois at Chicago,
Political Science Department (expected 2010)
M.P.A.
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale,
Public Administration (2003)
M.A. Western Illinois
University, Political
Science (coursework completed in 1999)
B.A. Western Illinois
University, English
Literature & Language / Foreign Languages & Literature in Spanish
(1996)
Campus Contact Information:
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Department
of Political Science (MC 276)
1007 West
Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7137
Phone:
(312) 413-3434
Fax:
(312) 413-0440
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The Latin American Recruitment & Educational Services
Program (LARES)
1200 W. Harrison (MC 220)
Chicago, IL 60607
Office: SSB 2640 (Room 2662)
Phone: 312-996-3356
Fax: 312-413-2903
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Fields of Interest:
Major
Field: American Government (Congress
& Public Policy)
Minor
Field: Urban Politics
Specialization: Latino & Latin American Studies
Research Interests:
•
Impact of public policies on Latino community
•
Political representation of Latinos within urban communities
•
Federal, State, and Local implementation of Equal Employment Opportunity policy
•
Bureaucratic Institutionalization
Employment:
Instructor,
Latinos and Public Policy, NEIU Political Science Department
(Fall 2010)
Instructor,
American National Government, NEIU Political Science Department, El Centro
(Spring 2010)
UPPFP
Project Coordinator, UIC Institute for Policy and Civil Engagement
(Fall 2009 – Summer 2010)
English
Academic Skills Specialist / ASP English Instructor, UIC LARES Program
(Fall 2006 – Present)
Research
Team Leader, UIC Graduate
College, Summer Research Opportunity Program
(Summer 2006)
Instructor,
Intro to American Government, UIC Political Science Department
(Spring 2001, Fall
05 – Spring 06)
Instructor,
English Composition & Latino Literature, UIC LARES Summer Bridge
Program
(Summer 2003 – Summer
2005, Summer 2009)
Teaching
Assistant, Intro to American Government, UIC Political Science Department
(August 2000 – May 2005)
Graduate
Assistant, UIC Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Latinos
(August 2001 – August 2004)
Project
& Research Assistant, UIC Effective Bilingual Instruction Institute
(May 2002 – August 2002)
Research
Assistant, Rainbow Push Coalition
(November 2001 – May 2002)
Administrative
Intern, Illinois
Migrant Council
(January 2000 – May 2000)
Graduate
Assistant, SIUC Associate Dean of College of Applied Sciences & Arts
(January 1999 – August 1999)
Teaching
Assistant, WIU Learning to Lead Summer Institute
(June 1998 – July 1998)
Graduate
Assistant, Writing Center Tutor / Webmaster, WIU Writing
Center
(August 1997 – May 1998)
Graduate
Assistant / Webmaster, WIU
Graduate School
(January 1997 – July 1997)
Publications:
Ramos, M. (2010). Drug Testing / Sir Matthew Hale / National Prohibition Act / Racial Profiling /
War on Drugs / Drivers Policy Protection Act of 1994. In D.A. Hudson Jr. & J.R. Vile (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press / Sage Press.
Ramos, M. (2008). Sandra Day O’ Connor. In D.S. Tanenhaus (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the
Supreme Court of the United States. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale.
Ramos,
M. (2007).
Anti-Federalists / Federalists / Freedom of Religion / The
Flag Protection
Act
of 1968.
In D.L. Hudson, D.A. Schultz & J.R. Vile (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the First Amendment.
Washington,
D.C.: CQ Press.
Ramos,
M. (2004).
On the Road the Political Incorporation: The Status of Hispanics in the
Town of Cicero,
Illinois. Critique: A Worldwide Student Journal of Politics.
Ramos,
M. (2004).
Rainbow Coalition / The Pendleton Act of 1883. In H.R.
Ernst & L.J. Sabato (Eds.),
Encyclopedia
of American Parties and Elections. N.Y.: Facts on File, Inc.
Ramos,
M. (2004).
Sandra Day O’Connor / Regents of the University
of California v. Bakke,
438 U.S.
265 (1978) / FCC
v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726 (1978) / U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission. In D. Schultz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court.
N.Y.: Facts on File, Inc.
Ramos, M. (Fall, 2003). Budget Cuts: Why Students Should Care.
Latin American
Recruitment and Education Services Newsletter, p. 2.
Conference
Papers:
Ramos, M. (2010). Assessing the Complexity
of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Presented
at the Illinois African American and Latino Higher Education Alliance,
African
American & Latino Dialogue: Building a Community of Scholars.
Ramos, M. (2009). Assessing the
Adaptability of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Presented
at the Illinois African American and Latino Higher Education Alliance, African
American &
Latino
Dialogue: Storming the Gates, The Struggles for Access
to Higher Education in Illinois.
Ramos, M. (2008). Political Incorporation or Political Representation? The Political Status of
Latinos in Cicero, Illinois. Presented at the Illinois African American and Latino Higher Education
Alliance, African American & Latino Dialogue: Building a Community of Scholars.
Ramos, M. (2007). From a Legislative Cartel to a Fully Entrenched Institution: The Evolution of the
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Presented at the University of Illinois at Chicago,
African American & Latino Dialogue: Building a Community of Scholars.
Ramos, M. (2007). The Institutionalization of the EEOC: The Research Design.
Presented at the Arizona State University, Institute for Qualitative Research Methods.
Ramos, M. (2006). The Hispanic/Latino Label: A Tool for Empowerment or a Classification Aimed at
Assimilation? Presented at the University of Chicago, Minority Graduate Student Association,
Race-ing the Academy: Racialized Dreams, Myths, and Realities Conference.
Ramos, M. (2006). The Emergence and Evolution of Equal
Employment Opportunity Policy.
Presented at the University of
Illinois at Chicago, African American & Latino Research Forums.
Ramos,
M. (2006).
Equal Employment Opportunity: “An Idea Whose Time Has Come.”
Presented
at the 2006 Midwest Political Science Association Conference.
Ramos,
M. (2005).
Costa Rica: No Artificial Ingredients:
A Case Study on the Globalization of Costa
Rican
Tourism.
Presented at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Latino
Research Forum.
(Awarded
1st Place for Best Graduate Paper.)
Ramos,
M. (2005).
The Emergence and Evolution of the Latino/Hispanic Classification: A Cultural
and
Political
Perspective.
Presented at the Northwestern University Black Graduate Student Association,
Graduate
and Professional Student Research Conference.
Ramos,
M. (2004).
The Institutionalization of the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
Presented at the
2004 Midwest Political Science Association Conference and the 2005 Illinois
State
University
Conference for Students of Political Science.
Ramos,
M. (2004).
On the Road to Political Incorporation: The Status of Hispanics in the Town of
Cicero, Illinois.
Presented at the Illinois State University Conference for
Students of Political Science.
(Awarded 3rd
Place for Best Graduate Paper)
Black, J.,
Howard, R., Ramos, M., Rundquist, B., Shah, P., Smith, R., & Waller, S.
(2001). Political
Ambition &
Illinois Politicians: The Road to Congress. Presented at the Illinois Political
Science
Association
Conference.
Professional
Participation:
Professional Scorer, Puerto Rico 2010 Assessment Project / Pruebas Puertorriqueñas de Aprovechamiento
Académico (PPAA),
Pearson Publishing, Performance Scoring Center.
Co-Presenter
(with A. Estrada & J.A. Laurel), Delineating Success Through
Cultural & Individual
Strengths,
2009 Illinois Latino Counsel on Higher Education: 17th Annual
Professional Development
Conference:
Change We Need – The Latino/a Agenda in the Age of
Obama
Discussant, What
Constitutes Good Public Management?, 2009 Midwest Political Science Association Conference
AP Exam Reader,
U.S. Government and Politics, 2008 & 2010, College Board AP Reading
Participant,
2004-2008 Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois
Participant, 2006 Arizona State
University, Institute for
Qualitative Research Methods
Chair, New
Research in Latino Politics, 2006 Midwest
Political Science Association Conference
Academic
Participation:
UIC, Advisor,
Latino/a Educators United for Change, Higher Education
& Action (2009)
UIC, Political
Science Graduate Student Council, Graduate Committee Representative (2006)
UIC, Alliance of Latino/a and
Black Graduate Students (2006)
Reviewer:
Somo Publishing.
(2010). Comparative Peer Review: MyPoliSciLab and Somo Publishing’s Americans Governing.
K. Dautrich & D.A. Yalof.
(2009). American Government: Historical, Popular & Global Perspectives
(Election Edition).
Boston,
Massachusetts: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
D. Hellinger. (2008). Democracy at Last?
An Introduction to Latin American Politics. New York: Prentice Hall.
D.M.
Shea, J.C. Green & C.E. Smith. (2008). Living
Democracy (2nd Ed.). New
York: Prentice Hall.
G. Edwards, M.
Wattenberg & R. Lineberry. (2006). Government In America:
People, Politics, and Policy (13th Ed.).
New York:
Longman Publishing.
D.M.
Shea, J.C. Green & C.E. Smith. (2006). Living
Democracy (1st Ed.). New
York: Prentice Hall.
Professional
Membership:
Midwest Political Science Association
College
Board's Advanced Placement Program
Illinois African American and Latino Higher Education Alliance
Illinois Latino Advisory
Council on Higher Education
Illinois
Latino Counsel on Higher Education
Awarded
Fellowships:
Diversifying
Higher Education Faculty in Illinois
Fellowship (2004 – 2008)
UIC Political
Science Department, Sponsorship to the Arizona State University,
Institute for
Qualitative Research Methods (2006)
UIC Political
Science Department, Doris Graber Fellowship (2005)
UIC University Fellowship
(2003)
SIUC Graduate
Dean’s Fellowship (2000)
Honor Society
Membership:
Alpha Mu Gamma,
Foreign Language Honor Society
Blue Key,
National Honor Fraternity
Gamma Beta Phi,
National Collegiate Honor Service Organization
Order of Omega,
National Honor Interfraternity
Phi Kappa Phi,
National Honor Society
Pi Sigma Alpha,
National Political Science Honor Society
Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges and Universities
References
available upon request.