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MARICELA OLIVA

University of Texas at San AntonioDepartment of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

One UTSA Circle, MB 3.310San Antonio, TX 78249(210) 458-5832 (direct)

(210) 458-6848 (office fax)Maricela.Oliva@utsa.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Educational Administration (Higher Education); The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX. 1997.

M. A. Spanish Literature; University of Houston; Houston, TX. 1987.B. A. Spanish Literature; Yale University; New Haven, CT. 1980.

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY EMPHASES

School-university collaboration and policy to promote college access (P-20)Access to college for Latino, underrepresented, and diverse studentsCross-cultural issues in higher education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (8/05-Present).Assistant Professor in Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. Teach courses in higher education and K-12 leadership. Research Agenda includes college access for underrepresented students, higher education policy, and K-16 educational collaboration to improve student outcomes. Serve as Higher Education Coordinator for the M.Ed. in ELPS with emphasis in Higher Education.

Texas A & M University; College Station, TX (9/02-8/05). Assistant Professor in Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development. Teach courses in higher education administration and policy.

Summer Visiting Professor, The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX (7/3/02-8/2/02). Taught Advanced Qualitative Research for students in departmental doctoral programs.

The University of Texas Pan American at Edinburg; Edinburg, TX (9/00-8/02). Associate Professor (non-tenured), Department of Educational Leadership. Served as Director, Educational Leadership Doctoral Program, and Campus Director, Hispanic Border Leadership Institute (HBLI). Responsible for administrative leadership of institution’s first educational doctoral

M. Oliva - pg. 2program, including a national Fellowship program (HBLI) funded by the Kellogg Foundation. Coordinated administrative matters with the Graduate School and College Deans as well as the progress of three cohort groups; coordinated faculty governance regarding curricular and administrative functions; advised students; and oversaw new student recruitment. Managed hiring, teaching assignments, course scheduling, and policy development for the program. Taught departmental master’s and doctoral courses, including Qualitative Research design and methods, Higher Education Administration, and educational policy/school administration.

The University of Texas at El Paso; El Paso, TX (9/97-9/2000). Assistant Professor. Taught courses in the department of Educational Leadership & Foundations. Taught graduate courses, including Educational Policy Development, Issues in Higher Education, Qualitative Research (master’s level), Qualitative Research (doctoral level), Evaluation & Accountability, Higher Education Administration, Internship in Leadership I & II, Multicultural Issues in Education, and the Mid-Management Internship.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Austin, TX (2/90-9/96). Held various positions. Served as Associate Program Director (Universities Division), Assistant to the Commissioner (Commissioner’s Office), Civil Rights Compliance Monitor (Community & Technical Colleges Division) and Gender Equity Liaison (various units). Functional responsibilities included Academic Affairs and Program Development, School/College Collaboration, International Education, Policy & Planning, and Grants Administration.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Invited Mentor to Faculty Fellow, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, 2010Invited, 2009-2010 Provost’s Leadership Program, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)Elected, American Educational Research Association Division J Council Member, 2009-2012 Elected, Chair, UTSA La Raza Faculty and Administrators Association, January - December 20092008 UTSA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in University Service Nominated, AERA Leadership for Social Justice SIG President (for 2008-2009; Declined)Elected Vice-Chair, La Raza Faculty and Administrators Association, January - December 2008Invited Program Chair, AERA Leadership for Social Justice SIG, 2007-2008 Annual MeetingInvited Distinguished Faculty, 2007 AERA/UCEA David L. Clark National Graduate Student

Research Seminar Invited Texas Statewide Judge, HEB Excellence in Education Awards, 2007Who’s Who in American Education, 2007Who’s Who in AmericaAcademicKeys Who’s Who in Education 2003Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society, 2003 Who’s Who in the World, 1998Finalist, AERA Mary Catherine Ellwein Outstanding Dissertation Award, 1998Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowship, UT-Austin, 1997-1998.C. B. Smith Dissertation Enhancement Travel Scholarship, UT-Austin, 1996Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowship, UT-Austin, 1984-1985

BOOKS

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Marshall, C. & Oliva, M. (Eds.) (2010). Leadership for Social Justice: Making revolutions in education (2nd Ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Marshall, C. & Oliva, M. (Eds.) (2006). Leadership for Social Justice: Making revolutions in education. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

Nuñez, A.M. & Oliva, M. (2009). Organizational collaboration to promote college access: A P-20 framework. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 322-339.

Oliva, M. (2009). Preface. In A.M. Nunez & M. Oliva (Eds.), Actualizing School University Collaboration: Moving from Theory to Practice in a Partnership Context. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 319-321.

Oliva, M. (2008). Latino access to college: Actualizing the promise and potential of K-16 partnerships. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 7 (2), 119-130.

Oliva, M. (2007). In Memorium: Berta Vigil Laden. Review of Higher Education, 30 (4), pp. 341.

Oliva, M. (2004). Reluctant partners, problem definition, and legislative intent: K-16 policy for Latino college success. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 3 (2), 209-230.

Oliva, M. & Nora, A. (2004). College access and the K-16 pipeline: Connecting policy and practice for Latino student success. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education 3 (2), 117-124.

Oliva, M. (2002). Access to doctoral study for Hispanic students: The pragmatics of ‘Race’ in (recent) Texas history and policy. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 1 (2), 158-173.

Oliva, M. (2002). Perspectives on collaboration: Deconstructing North American higher education cooperation. Planning and Changing, 33 (1 &2), 29-52.

Oliva, M. (2000). Cooperación vs. integración: Fundamentos distintos de la nueva colaboración norteamericana en educación superior. Interciencia: Revista de Ciencia y Tecnología de América, 25 (2), 96-102.

Oliva, M. (2000). Shifting landscapes/shifting langue: Qualitative research from the in-between. Qualitative Inquiry, 6 (1), 33-57.

Oliva, M. (November 1999). What universities teach: The challenges and possibilities of curricular multiculturalism. [Review of the book Multicultural education in colleges and universities: A transdisciplinary approach]. Educational Researcher, 28 (7), 28-31.

Oliva, M., Rodriguez, M., Alanis, I, & Quijada, P. (in press). At home in the

M. Oliva - pg. 4Academy: Latina facuty counterstories and resistances. Journal of the Professoriate, 6 (1).

Oliva, M. & Staudt, K. (2004). Latino professional identity development. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 41 (1), 38-41.

Oliva, M. & Staudt, K. (2003). Pathways to teaching: Latino student choice and professional identity development in a teacher training magnet program. Equity and Excellence in Education, 36 (3), 270-279.

BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Brunner, C. C., Opsal, C., & Oliva, M. (2006). Disrupting identity: Fertile pedagogy forraising social consciousness in educational leaders. In C. Marshall & M. Oliva (Eds.), Leadership for social justice: Making revolutions in education (pp. 214-232). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Lopez, G., Guajardo, M., Oliva, M., & Scheurich, J. J. (2002). Racing representation: A "raza realist" narration of migrant students, their educación and their contexto. In J. J. Scheurich, Anti-racist scholarship: An advocacy. New York: SUNY.

Marshall, C. & Oliva, M. (2010). Building the capacities of social justice leaders. In C. Marshall & M. Oliva (Eds.), Leadership for social justice: Making revolutions in education (pp. 1-18), 2nd Ed.. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Marshall, C. & Oliva, M. (2006). Preface. In C. Marshall & M. Oliva (Eds.), Leadership for Social justice: Making revolutions in education (pp. xv-xvi). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Marshall, C. & Oliva, M. (2006). Building the capacities of social justice leaders. In C. Marshall & M. Oliva (Eds.), Leadership for social justice: Making revolutions in education (pp. 1-15). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Oliva, M. (in press). Becoming visible in policy and practice: College access for undocumented students in the United States. In H. Romo and C. Garrido, Book title to be determined, Veracruz, Veracruz, MX: University of Veracruz Press.

Oliva, M. (2009). Shifting landscapes/shifting langue: Qualitative research from the in-between. In J. Collard, A. Normore, & B. Merchant, (Eds.), Leadership & intercultural dynamics. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publisher (Reprinted from Qualitative Inquiry, pp. 33-57, by M. Oliva, 2000, Thousand Oaks: Sage)

Oliva, M. (January 2006). Diversity work vs. Diversity Talk: What’s Missing in the Mainstream? Hispanic Outlook: Punto Final.

Oliva, M. (December 2005). Latino Underrepresentation in college: The promise and potential of Texas K-16 partnerships. TACHE Noticiario, (15) 4, 1-10.

Oliva, M. (1989). Jesús Colón. In Nicolas Kanellos, (Ed.). Biographical dictionary of Hispanic

M. Oliva - pg. 5 literature in the United States: The literature of Puerto Rican, Cuban-American and other Hispanic writers. New York: Greenwood Press.

Oliva, M. & Anderson, G. (2006). Dilemmas and Lessons: The continuing leadership challenge for social justice. In C. Marshall & M. Oliva (Eds.), Leadership for social justice: Making revolutions in education (pp. 279-306). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Oliva, M., Anderson, G., & Byng, J. (2010). Dilemmas and Lessons: Continuing leadership challenges for social justice. In C. Marshall & M. Oliva, Leadership for social justice: Making revolutions in education (pp. 284-314), 2nd edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

Oliva, M. & Vargas, J. G. (2009). Listening to Latino parents: Low-SES adults report their needs, views, and the value of adult guidance for college. Manuscript submitted for publication.

REPORTS AND NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Provost’s Inclusiveness Task Force. (2008). The University of Texas San Antonio: A Shared Vision on Ethnic and Area Studies. San Antonio: Author.

Mendez-Negrete, J., Oliva, M., & Guirao, A. (2008). Administrative Structure RecommendationRegarding Mexican American Studies: A report to the Provost’s Inclusiveness Task Force. San Antonio, TX: UTSA.

Oliva, M. (2008). Ethnic studies and UTSA: The Institution/THECB context and a consideration of CIP Codes, UTSA Table of Programs, & Administrative Possibilities. A report for the Provost’s Inclusiveness Task Force. San Antonio, TX: UTSA.

Bresciani, M. J., Oliva, M., & Wall, C. (2005). Assessment plan study for TAMU-CONACYT collaborative research grant program. College Station, TX: Office of the Associate Vice President for Diversity and Institutional Assessment.

Staudt, K. & Oliva, M. (Summer 2000). Latino students construct their professional future: Riverside's teacher training magnet school. El Paso: Diversity in Teacher Education Initiative.

Oliva, M. (1997). Organization, process, and actor preferences: Zones of influence in North American higher education cooperation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin.

Oliva, M. (1992). Report of the Proceedings: A Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Higher Education and the North American Free Trade Agreement. Austin: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Oliva, M. & Adauto, R. (1991). Access to higher education 1980-89: A Texas and University of

M. Oliva - pg. 6Texas-El Paso case study. In R. C. Richardson & A. De los Santos, Jr. (Chairs), Fostering Diversity in Higher Education. Meeting conducted by the National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance and the State Higher Education Executive Officers, El Paso, Texas.

Oliva, M. (Fall, 1998). Educational cooperation in North America: Findings from recent research. Washington, D. C.: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC-HE).

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

De la Cruz, W., Oliva, M. & Yao, W. (2011). U.S.-China collaboration in higher education: Historical, structural, and socio-cultural contexts shaping success.

Oliva, M. & De la Cruz, W. (2011). International higher education collaboration: Principles and foundations of effective practice across borders.

Oliva, M. & De la Cruz, W. (2011). Doctoral student success across disciplines: A review of the literature.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2010

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. Topic: Creating a Transformative Space in the Academy: The Research for the Education and Advancement of Latino@s Collaborative. Role: Presenter. March 4, 2010. Costa Mesa, CA.

2009

Texas Higher Education Symposium. Topic: Adult Guidance for college and the role of Latino Low-SES Parents. Role: Presenter. August 14, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) National Conference. Topic: Hermanas in the Academy: Actualizing a Latina Education Research Agenda. July 24, 2009. Las Cruces, NM.

Working Together for English Language Learners – a project of the Provost’s Core Values Initiative. Topic: Adult guidance: How Schools and Parents Support EL First Generation College-goers. Role: Presenter. May 23, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

Third International Qualitative Research Conference - Qualitative Research and Interpretation. Topic: Peeling the layers of cultural intuition and improvisation through performance text. Role: Presenter. May 27-29, 2009. Guanajuato, Guanajuato, MX. (Scheduled, but travel cancelled due to Swine Flue and UTSA Directive.)

M. Oliva - pg. 7National Association for Chicana/Chicano Studies Tejas Foco Conference. Topic: We’ve walked this road before: Mexican Americans/Mexican American Studies, Legitimacy, and the Struggles for Institutionalization. Role: Presenter. February 27-28, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

2008

The University of Texas at San Antonio Advising Conference. Topic: Dialogic Advising: Implications for Individual and Institutional Interaction. Role: Presenter. September 26-27, 2008. San Antonio, TX.

American Educational Research Association. Topic: An Essential Imperative: Texas Policy and Practice to Improve Latino College-Going and Success. Role: Presenter. March 24-28, 2008. New York, NY.

American Educational Research Association. Topic: School-University Collaboration to Promote College Access:  Investigating Effective P-20 Partnerships. Role: Chair and presenter. March 24-28, 2008. New York, NY.

2007

American Educational Research Association. Topic: Listening to Latino parents: What K-16 educators need to know to improve outcomes. Role: Presenter. April 9-13, 2007. Chicago, ILL.

Southwest Educational Research Association.(as member of Real Collaborative). Topic: Navigating the academy: Creating networks of support. Role: Presenter. San Antonio, TX.

Texas Association of Bilingual Education. Writing for Publication: Journal Editors Speak. Role: Organizer and Participant. October 3-6, 2007. San Antonio, TX

Association for the Study of Higher Education. Adult guidance for college: Low-SES Latino parents report their needs, views, and aspirations for children. Role: Presenter. Louisville, KY. November 8-10, 2007.

University Council for Educational Administration. Social justice defined from global perspectives. Washington, DC. Role: Participant/Presenter. November 15-18, 2007.

2006

University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Latino parents of First-generation college-bound: What they know, what they need, what K-16 leaders can do. Role: Presenter. November 9-12, 2006. San Antonio, TX.

University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Contested terrain: Identity and agency in academic practice and research.. Role: Presenter. November 9-12, 2006. San Antonio, TX.

M. Oliva - pg. 8University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Hermanas/Sisters in the Academy: Actualizing a Latina/o ResearchAgenda in Education. Role: Presenter. November 9-12, 2006. San Antonio, TX.

University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Charters, Choice, and Policy Predicaments. Role: Discussant. November 9-12, 2006. San Antonio, TX.

University of Michigan Teleconference. Topic: Effects of Hopwood on Texas College Access. Role: Presenter. October 4, 2006. San Antonio, TX & Ann Arbor, MI.

American Educational Research Association. Topic: Disrupting Identity: Fertile Pedagogy for Raising Social Consciousness in Educational Leaders. Role: Co-presenter. April 7-11, 2006. San Francisco, CA.

American Educational Research Association. Topic: Racial and Gender Equity in Higher Education: Old Questions, New Frameworks. Role: Discussant. April 7-11, 2006. San Francisco, CA.

American College Testing P-16 Summit. Topic: Bridging the K-16 divide:  Linking Cultural Responsiveness and Policy to Improve College-Going Outcomes. Role: Keynote Luncheon Speaker. April 5, 2006. San Antonio, TX.

UTSA Women’s Studies Institute. Topic: Actualizing the Latino Research Agenda. Role: Presenter. March 27, 2006. San Antonio, TX.

2005

University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Latinos in Educational Leadership: Una Platica Sobre Oportunidades. Role: Symposium Participant. November 10-13, 2005. Nashville, TN.

American Association for Higher Education. Topic: Priming the college pump: Culturally specific approaches for working with Latino parents. Role: Paper presenter. March 17-20, 2005. Atlanta, GA.

National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies. Topic: Latino parental influence in higher education: College bound or not? Role: Co-Presenter. February 2005. Houston, TX.

2004

Association for the Study of Higher Education, Council on Public Policy in Higher Education. Topic: The Elusive Latino Higher Education Pipeline: Exploring Critical Points for Policy Intercession. Role: Discussant. November 3-4, 2004. Kansas City, MO.

TAMU Race and Ethnic Studies Institute. Topic: School-University Collaboration and Closing the Gaps by 2015: Imperatives for Action. Role: Presenter. April 30, 2004. College Station, TX.

M. Oliva - pg. 9American Educational Research Association, Division J. Topic: K-16 Policy and Practice for Latino and Minority Collegiate Success. Role: Symposium Organizer & Presenter. April 2004. San Diego, CA.

American Educational Research Association, Division L. Topic: Piecing Together the Latino Higher Education Pipeline: A Closer Look at Critical Points for Policy Intervention. Role: Discussant. April 2004. San Diego, CA.

American Educational Research Association, Division L. Topic: Equity in Lifelong Learning for Diverse Populations. Role: Symposium Paper Presenter. April 2004. San Diego, CA.

SCOLA (Student Conference on Latino Affairs). Topic: Latinos in the 21st Century: Leadership Responsibilities from an educator perspective. Role: Presenter. April 2004. College Station, TX.

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Topic: Collaborating for School and University Renewal of Diversity. Role: Symposium Presenter. February 9, 2004. Chicago, IL.

2003

Mexican American and Latino Faculty Association Mini-Conference. Topic: College Access and the K-16 Pipeline: Policy Research for Latino Student Success. Role: Presenter. May 20, 2003. College Station, TX.

American Educational Research Association, Division L. Topic: International Perspectives on Educational Policy. Role: Discussant. April 21-25, 2003. Chicago, IL.

Southwest Educational Research Association. Topic: Are we disposed to social justice? Postsecondary educational leader preparation and ISLLC. Role: Presenter. San Antonio, TX . February 15, 2003.

1998-2002 (selected)

University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Honoring Student Success for Latinos: Multiple Leadership Program Perspectives. Role: Symposium Presenter. Pittsburg, PA, November 1-3, 2002.

University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Building Support for Diverse Communities: Perils and Possibilities. Role: Break-out session discussion facilitator and recorder. Pittsburg, PA, November 1-3, 2002.

University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Mexican American College Persistence:  Applying Theory to Outcomes at a Hispanic Serving Institution (with Hispanic Border Leadership Institute doctoral fellows). Role: Proposal Author, Chair, and Co-Presenter. Cincinnati, OH, November 2-4, 2001.

M. Oliva - pg. 10University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: The Julie Laible Memorial Session: Sponsoring Professors of Color in Academe. Role: Co-Presenter with other Scholars of Color. Co-Chaired by James J. Scheurich and Barbara Jackson. Cincinnati, OH, November 2-4, 2001.

University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Building a Ladder for Latino Collegiate Success:  Reaching out to K-5 Parents (with Diana Ramirez, doctoral fellow). Role: Proposal Author, Paper Co-Author, and Co-Presenter. Cincinnati, OH, November 2-4, 2001.

University Council for Educational Administration. Topic: Social Justice and Licensure Standards: Possibilities and Contradictions (with Dr. Velma Menchaca). Role: Paper Co-Author & Presenter in Symposium Session chaired by Dr. Catherine Marshall. Cincinnati, OH, November 2-4, 2001.

American Council on Education Office of Minorities in Higher Education. Topic: HBLI – A Strategic Consortium for Advancing K-16 Diversity by way of Leadership Development and Policy Shaping. Co-presenter with Dr. Leonard Valverde, Arizona State University; Luis Felipe Cruz, HBLI Fellow; Ruth Hohl Borger, HBLI Advancement Specialist. Chaired by Dr. Leonard Valverde. Cincinnati, OH, October 18-20, 2001.

National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Topic: Doctoral Program Development in the Context of Change. Role: Proposal Author, Paper Co-Author, and Co-Presenter. Houston, TX, August 8-10, 2001.

American Educational Research Association. Topic: Administration and Social Justice Policy in Eight States. Co-Presenter with scholars from Georgia, North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, Florida, California, and other states. Chaired by Dr. Catherine Marshall. Seattle, WA, April 10-15, 2001.

Best Latino Urban Education (BLUE) Practices Conference. Topic: Building a Ladder for Latino Collegiate Success: Reaching out to K-5 Parents. Co-Presenter with HBLI doctoral Fellow, Ms. Diana Ramirez. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, April 27-28, 2001.

Primer Seminario de Educación y Cultura Mexicana para el Proyecto Alianza. The Benemérita Escuela Normal de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, MX. Role: Participant and Recorder. May 21-27, 2000.

Tri-lateral (Mexico, Canada, United States) Conference on Higher Education Policy. Topic: Quality Assurance and Mobility in Higher Education in a Trilateral Environment. Meeting planner and Discussion Facilitator, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, March 30-April 1, 2000.

Pre-conference mini-course on “Revoluciones investigativas: Hacia la nueva metodología Cualitativa,” Workshop presenter, III Simposio Iberoamericano de Investigación y Educación. Cojímar, La Habana, CUBA, January 31-February 3, 2000.

“Zones of Influence: A Model for Thickly Contextualized Research on International Collaboration,” Paper/Roundtable presenter, American Educational Research Association, April 1999.

M. Oliva - pg. 11“Perspectives on Collaboration: Deconstructing North American Higher Education Cooperation.” Association for the Study of Higher Education annual conference, San Antonio, TX. November 1999.

“Colaboración Norteamericana en Educación Superior,” USIA-invited and sponsored presenter for Tercer Seminario Internacional sobre Estados Unidos y México en el Umbral del Tercer Milenio: Retos y Perspectivas. Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. December 1999.

Applying Qualitative Research in Diverse Settings. Chair and Critic; American Educational Research Association, 1998.

“Racing Representation: A ‘Raza-Realist’ Narration of Migrant Students, their Educación, and their Contexto.” Co-presenter with Gerardo Lopez, American Educational Research Association (AERA), 1998.

“Educational Cooperation in North America: Findings from Recent Research.” Author and presenter, AERA, 1998.

“Shifting landscapes/Shifting langue: Qualitative research from the in-between.” Author and presenter, AERA, 1998.

“The Distance Education Policy Environment in Select U. S. States.” Second author, with Isabel Vallejo, of roundtable presentation, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1998.

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP AND RELATED ACTIVITY

AERA Selected Panel Reviewer for Division J-Postsecondary Education (Section 1-College Student

Learning & Development). Annual conference proposal reviews. Summer 2009 for April 2010 Conference.

AERA Selected Panel Reviewer for Division J-Postsecondary Education (Section 2-College Student

Access, Success, & Outcomes). Annual conference proposal reviews. Summer 2009 for April 2010 Conference.

AERA Selected Panel Reviewer for Division J-Postsecondary Education (Section 5-Policy, Finance,

Economics). Annual conference proposal reviews. Summer 2009 for April 2010 Conference.

AERA Selected Panel Reviewer for Division J-Postsecondary Education (Section 6-Society, Culture, and Change). Annual conference proposal reviews. Summer 2009 for April 2010 Conference.

AERA Invited Panel Reviewer for Division L-Policy & Politics (Section 7 – International Policy & Politics). Annual conference proposal reviews. Summer 2009 for April 2010 Conference.

M. Oliva - pg. 12AERA Invited Panel Reviewer for LSJ (Leadership for Social Justice) Special Interest Group.

Annual conference proposal reviews. Summer 2009 for April 2010 Conference.

AERA Invited Panel Reviewer for School-University Collaboration Special Interest Group. Annual conference proposal reviews. Summer 2009 for April 2010 Conference.

AERA Invited Panel Reviewer for Qualitative Research Special Interest Group. Annual conference proposal reviews. Summer 2009 for April 2010 Conference.

AERA Selected Panel Reviewer for Division A-Administration, Organization, & Leadership (Section 1-Leadership - Declined). Annual conference proposal reviews. Summer 2009 for April 2010 Conference.

Editorial Board, Journal of Research in Leadership Education. (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA). November 2008-Present

Editorial Board, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. (College Station, Texas, USA). Aug. 2007-Present.

Editorial Board, Review of Higher Education (Houston, Texas, USA). 2004 to Present.

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education (University of theIncarnate Word/Antioch-Santa Barbara). 2001 to Present.

Internal Review Board, MALCS Journal. University of Texas at San Antonio. Summer 2009-Present.

North American Regional Editor, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (College Station, Texas, USA). 2004-Aug. 2007.

AERA Leadership for Social Justice SIG Program Chair for 2008 Annual Conference. April 2007-April 2008.

AERA Division L (Policy) Section Chair for 2004 Annual Conference. Section title is: “Challengers and Often-Missed Politics.” April 2003 to Present.

AERA Division L (Policy) Section Chair for 2003 Annual Conference. Section title is: “Challengers and Often-Missed Politics.” February 2002 to April 2003.

Book Review Co-Editor, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (Austin, Texas, USA). 1999-2004.

GRANTS RECEIVED, SUBMITTED, OR UNDER DEVELOPMENT (most recent first)

COEHD Faculty Research Award. Title: Adult Guidance: School Educational Practice and its Impact on Student Preparation for College. Amount $4000 requested November 2, 2009.

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Provost’s UTSA Core Values Initiative. Title: UTSA-An Unfinished History of South Texas Access and Opportunity. Role: Event Co-Organizer. Amount $800.00 requested September 1, 2009. $400 funded. Additional funding generated from co-sponsors in the amount of $600.

AERA Education Research Conferences. Title: Hispanic Student Success in Texas: A Research

Roundtable and Policy Development Conference. Role: Co-PI. Amount: $49,000 requested. September 1, 2009.

UTSA Provost’s Core Values Initiative. Title: Texas Higher Education – A UTSA and San Antonio Symposium. Role: Principal Investigator. Amount: $1500 requested, not funded.

July 17, 2009.

Canadian Linkages Grant, Title: North American Education in a Globalizing World: Migration, Discourse, Curriculum, and Policy. Lead Academic. Amount: $20,000 request submitted May 1, 2009. Not funded.

NSF UTEP Grant, Title: Constructing a Comprehensive Model for Success of Hispanic Women in STEM. Principal Investigator of Evaluation Subcontract. Amount: $126,116 request submitted February 26, 2008. Grant not funded.

COEHD Mini-Grant, Title: Articulating P-20 Perspectives- Informing Research on San Antonio College-going Trajectories. Principal Investigator. Amount: $2000 request submitted January 10, 2008. Not funded.

Institute for Education Sciences-National Center for Education Research (NCER)--Education Research CFDA 84.305A-2, CFDA 84.305, University of Texas at San Antonio. Title: Mapping trajectories along the school-university divide: Using P-20 data and multiple methods to investigate San Antonio Independent School District student movement from high school to college. Project Director/Principal Investigator. Amount: $1,340,002.34 request submitted November 1, 2007.

UTSA Community Outreach/Alamo WorkSource Grant. Los Padres: Parents Informing Practice to Improve College Outcomes. PI. Amount: $10,000. Submitted December 2005. Awarded January 26, 2006.

College of Education and Human Development Mini-Grants for Research. Dr. Flora Ida Ortiz: Courage and the Leadership of Practice. PI. Amount: $1200. Submitted December 2005. Awarded December 13, 2005.

San Antonio Area Foundation (2006-2007 cycle). Los Padres: Parents Informing Practice to Improve Latino College Outcomes. Director/PI. Amount: $24,314. Submitted November 8, 2005. Not funded.

San Antonio Area Foundation (2006-2007 cycle). Educational and Cultural Impacts and Accommodations to Meet Evacuees’ Needs in San Antonio, TX. Co-Principal

M. Oliva - pg. 14Investigator. Amount: $29,157. Submitted November 8, 2005. Not funded.

Katrina Small Grants for Exploratory Research (2005-06), National Science Foundation. Topic: Educational and Cultural Impacts and Accommodations to Meet Evacuees’ Needs in San Antonio, TX. Principal Investigator. Amount: $100,544. Submitted September 23, 2005. Not funded.

Fulbright New Century Scholars Program (2005-2006), Council for International Exchange of Scholars (to work with Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán). Topic: Mexican Indian and U.S. Latino Access to Higher Education: Comparing Cultural, Historical, and Policy Factors. Dollar amount: $37,000. Submitted February 1, 2005. Not Funded.

National Research and Development Center on Postsecondary Education and Training. Role: Principal Investigator. Dollar amount: $7.5 million. Submitted May 27, 2004. Not funded;resubmitting with a new call for proposals. Funds not made available for postsecondary projects, so not funded.

TAMU VPR Travel Award Program. Funding provided by the office of the Vice President for Research at TAMU to Principal Investigator to improve substantive proposals for funded research. Amount of proposal: $1300 with $600 matching. Awarded March 10, 2004.

Faculty Abroad Seminar. Professional development and international collaboration and research enhancement grant provided by the Office of Latin American Programs, Texas A & M University. Dollar value: $3900. Awarded January 2004 for May 2004 Seminar.

College of Education Seed Grant Program. Research funding provided by the College of Education to junior and untenured faculty to help in establishing a research program. Amount of proposal: $3,700. Awarded January 2003.

Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. Research funding provided by the Spencer Foundation and the National Academy of Education. Amount of proposal: $50,000. November 2002; Notgranted.

International Research Travel Grant. Funding for travel abroad provided by Provost’s office to

develop international research ideas and contacts or to further an established international research agenda. Amount of proposal: $1700. October 2002; not funded.

Course Improvement Support for EDAD 5306 (master’s level Qualitative Research Methods-new course); Challenge Grant Initiative, The University of Texas at El Paso. [One of seven $5,000 stipends per award, granted Summer 1999].

Rethinking Latin American and Border Studies; UT-El Paso, Center for Interamerican and Border Studies (J. Amastae, P.I.). Member, Executive Committee, Curriculum Committee,Grant conceptualizing and writing team. [$350,000 submitted. $150,000 funded Spring 1999.]

National Network for Educational Renewal, Institute for Educational Inquiry; UT-El Paso, Principal Investigator, 9/1998-2/2001. Title: Diversity in Teacher Education Initiative [awarded September 10, 1998; $25,000]

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University Research Institute; UT-El Paso, Principal Investigator, 1997-98. Title: Higher Education Policy-Making in the Wake of Hopwood: A Texas Case Study. [Awarded November, 1997; $2,810]

MANUSCRIPT AND PROPOSAL REVIEW

Reviewer, Special Issue, Journal of School Leadership (Dr. Michael Dantley, Ed.). August 2008.

Reviewer, Journal of Research on Leadership Education, October 2007-Present.

Reviewer, U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, North American Mobility Program. (USA). May 2007.

Reviewer, Equity and Excellence in Education (Amherst, Massachusetts). 2003-Present.

Reviewer, Qualitative Inquiry (Urbana, Illinois, USA). 2000-Present.

Reviewer, Educational Administration Quarterly, 2002-Present.

Reviewer, Interciencia: Revista de ciencia y tecnología de América (Caracas, Venezuela). 1998-2002.

Consulting Reviewer, of proposed doctoral research survey instrument for “Factors that facilitate collaboration with Mexican institutions of higher education: Perceptions by U.S. border collaborative participants” for Eduardo Arellano, HBLI Doctoral Fellow, New Mexico State University. May 2001.

Consulting Reviewer, of “Teacher education within the culture of neo-liberal policies in NAFTA countries,” for R. Pardinaz-Solis, Researcher and Author, Fundación SNTE para la Cultura del Maestro Mexicano. June 1999.

Regular Proposal Reviewer: The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Conference.

Regular Proposal Reviewer: Division J, Division L, Leadership for Social Justice SIG and School-University Collaboration SIG, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.

Regular Proposal Reviewer, Association for the Study of Higher Education.

HIGHER EDUCATION MASTER’S STUDENT ADVISING (additional K-12 advisees not listed were reassigned in 2007)

Serve as Founding Faculty Advisor to the Higher Education Administration Student Association (HEASA). Facilitate student development and program development and implementation for the new student organization. Spring 2009-Present.

M. Oliva - pg. 16Advise 46 students in UTSA M.Ed. in ELPS with emphasis in Higher Education program

At other institutions, served as master’s committee chair for several students, including:

Venesa Flores, (Higher Education Administration), Committee Chair. Fall 2003-November 2005. Texas A & M University, College Station, TX. Graduated December 2005.

Denise Whisenant, Committee Chair, January 2003-Present. Texas A & M University; College Station, TX. Graduated May 2004.

Suzanne Hall, (Higher Education Administration), Former Chair. March 2003-2005. Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

Bridgette Ingram, (Higher Education Administration), Former Chair. January 2003-2005. Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

At the University of Texas at El Paso, from 1998-2000, advised approximately 45 master’s and post-master’s students in the Master of Education in Educational Administration, Mid-Management Certification Requirements, and Superintendency Certification.

DOCTORAL ADVISING AND DOCTORAL COMMITTEE WORK

Member, Dissertation Committee for Sandra Caswell. Degree date TBD. University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX.

Member, Dissertation Committee for Gloria Guerra. Degree anticipated December 2008. Topic: Measuring First Time in College Student Readiness for Mathematics. University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX.

Member, Dissertation Committee for Lisa McDougle. Degree anticipated May 2009. University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX.

Member, Dissertation Committee for Lana Myers. Degree anticipated May 2009. Student Success in Community College. University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX.

Member, Dissertation Committee for George Norton. Degree anticipated December 2008. University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX.

Member, Dissertation Committee for Ralph Wirth. (Graduated May 2006). Student and Advisor Perspectives on Student Success. UTSA; San Antonio, TX.

Preliminary advisor or dissertation committee member for the following doctoral students: Anne Englert, John Kaulfus, Darrell Balderrama, Jacob Tingle, Jennifer Stotts, Susan Colorado-Burt, and Vanessa Kenon, at the University of Texas-San Antonio.

M. Oliva - pg. 17Former Member, Dissertation Committee for: Rosalind Alderman (degree anticipated December 2008). Faculty and Student Out-of-Classroom Interaction.. Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

Former Member, Dissertation Committee for: Leticia Duncan-Brosnan. (degree anticipated May 2009). Access and retention in college for underrepresented students (tentative). Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

Former Member, Dissertation Committee for: Becky Spurlock. (degree anticipated December 2008). Work, Nonwork and Network: The Public and Private Lives of Women Chief Student Affairs Officers. Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

Former Member, Dissertation Committee for: Michelle Lopez. (degree anticipated May 2009). Postsecondary education and Latinos (tentative). Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

Member, Dissertation Committee for:Carla Anne Garrett. (Graduated May 2005). The effects of the University College Center on the freshman year experience: A case study. Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

Member, Dissertation Committee for: Colleen Conoley. (Graduated Summer 2003). Differential item functioning on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-third Edition: Partial correlation versus expert judgment. Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

Member, Dissertation Committee for: Shelley Kathleen Krach. (Graduated Summer 2003). Parental perception of participation in special education: Examining differences across child educational levels and Hispanic and White families. Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

Member, Dissertation Committee for: Robert Daniel. (Graduated Spring 2003). Disciplined intuition: Subjective aspects of judgment and decision-making in child protective services. Texas A & M University; College Station, TX.

Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee for: Lisa Kay Hall-Irby. (Graduated May 2002). An Exploratory Analysis of Mexican American Parental Perspectives on Home, School, and Community Collaboration. The University of Texas-Pan American; Edinburg, TX.

Co-Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee for: Alfredo Salinas. (Graduated May 2002). Mexican American Persistence at a Hispanic Serving Institution: Lessons and Anomalies in a 10-year University Cohort. The University of Texas-Pan American; Edinburg, TX.

Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee for: Diana Maria Ramirez. (Graduated May 2002). Children of Mexican Immigrants: Negotiating School in a Two-Way Setting. The University of Texas-Pan American; Edinburg, TX.

Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee for: Isabel Nohemi Vallejo. (Graduated July 2001). Quality in distance education: Student support services and their role in student satisfaction. The University of Texas at El Paso; El Paso, TX.

M. Oliva - pg. 18Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee for: Silvia Gonzáles. (Graduated July 1999). Superintendency ethics: Definitions, applications, patterns. The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX.

Assigned UTEP Doctoral Student Advisor for: Isabel Vallejo, Milijana Suskavcevic, Pilar Herrera, William Lutschak, Carmen González, Jesus Juárez, MaryTucker.

GRADUATE/DOCTORAL TEACHING & CURRICULUM DEV. (**=1st time offered)

HSA 6943 Higher Education Internship, Spring 2009HSA 5023** Foundations and Functions of College Student PersonnelHSA 5203** Multicultural Issues in Higher EducationHSA 5003 History of Higher Education, Spring 2007, 2008, UTSALDR 7133 Majority-Minority Settings, Spring 2006, UTSA.AHE 5313 Higher Education Governance. Spring 2006, UTSA.EDU 5003 Introduction to Research.EDAD 669** School-University Transition and Student Outcomes. Summer 2004.

Texas A & M University (TAMU).EDU 655 Administration of Higher Education. Spring 2004 & 2005 (TAMU).EDU 638 History and Philosophy of Education – Higher Education.

Fall 2003 & 2004 (TAMU)EDU 618 Educational Administration in Cross Cultural Environments. Spring &

Summer 2003, Spring 2004 & 2005 (TAMU).EDU 689 Faculty and Curriculum in Higher Education. Spring 2003 (TAMU). EDU 621 Policy Issues in Higher Education Administration. Fall 2002,

2003 & 2004 (TAMU).EDUL 8351** Introduction to Research. Content created for doctoral program Cohort II.

Summer 2001. University of Texas Pan American (UTPA).EDUL 8324** Decision-making & Problem Solving. Course content created for doctoral

program Cohort I students. Spring 2001 (UTPA).EDUL 8336** Problems in Education-Focus: Successful Student Transition and

Retention-Secondary to College Levels. Content created for doctoral program HBLI fellows. Fall 2000 (UTPA).

EDUL 8334** Advanced Qualitative Research. Course content created for doctoral program Cohort I students. Fall 2000 (UTPA).

EDUL 8321** Data Analysis. Course content created for doctoral program HBLI fellows. Spring 2001 (UTPA).

EDAD 5306** Qualitative Research Methods (Graduate). Entirely new course created in master’s program as part of curriculum changes to meet new state requirements for administrator certification. Fall 1999. University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

EDAD 3586 Educational policy development (Graduate/Doctoral). Entirely new curriculum, Fall 1997. Updated & revised curriculum Fall 1998 (UTEP).

EDAD 3570** Issues in Higher Education (Graduate/Doctoral). Spring 1998 (UTEP).

EDAD 3570** Qualitative Research II (Doctoral). First-time offering. Spring 1998

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EDAD 3570** Higher Education Administration (Doctoral). Spring 1999 (UTEP). EDAD 3610** Evaluation, Accountability, and Policy Analysis Models (Doctoral).

Summer 1998 (UTEP).EDAD 3650** Internship in Leadership I (Doctoral). First-time offering, Fall 1997 and

Summer 1998 (UTEP).

PROFESSIONAL MENTORING

Currently serve as assigned departmental mentor to incoming new faculty member, Assistant Professor Dr. Anne-Marie Nuñez. Also invited by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) to mentor new Assistant Professor Dr. Cristobal Rodriguez of New Mexico State University.

ACADEMIC MENTORING

Distinguished Faculty, 2007 AERA/UCEA David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration & Policy. Was invited by AERA Division A Vice President to work with advanced doctoral students in administration and policy fields during a 2-day workshop. Approximately 40 doctoral students drawn from a national applicant pool are chosen annually to participate in the seminar. Prior to the seminar, faculty participate in screening applications for the seminar and in preparing for work with assigned fellows.

Have worked with Susan Colorado-Burt, a doctoral students in ELPS, on requirements for academic scholarship and publication. As part of this process, I regularly involved her in the editorial review process of QSE, which allowed her to participate in discussions and deliberations about requirements for scholarship and research. While I served as North American Regional Editor, Susan served as a student member of my review team.

Have been mentoring Juanita Gamez Vargas, former doctoral advisee at TAMU and new Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma. Supervised her professional development during 2003-2005. Student’s activities include making presentations in organized classes, conducting literature and other searches for research and publication, and other activities designed to further her development. Co-presented and co-authored conference papers with Vargas. Also nominated Gamez Vargas as AAHE (American Association for Higher Education) Fellow; student was selected for this competitive fellowship on February 1, 2005 for March 2005 conference.

Supervised teaching of select modules by doctoral student Isabel Vallejo to master’s level students. Topic: Theory, planning for, and Implementation of focus groups for qualitative research. September 27, 1999 and October 4, 1999.

UTEP interdisciplinary undergraduate “Americas” course. Available to assist learning communities students as a faulty mentor.

M. Oliva - pg. 20Community Partnership Mentor Professor for Riverside High School (K. Staudt project in El Paso area).

OTHER CONFERENCE AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS (Selected)

Policy

Invited Panelist, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Affirmative Action Conference. “Hopwood and its Effects on Underrepresented Student College Access.” VideoConference links from the

University of Texas-San Antonio (Hopwood) and University of California-Los Angeles (Proposition 209), and University of Michigan (Potential Effects of Michigan Anti-Affirmative Action Initiative). (10/06).

Presenter, Bridging the K-16 divide:  Linking Cultural Responsiveness and Policy to Improve College-Going Outcomes. Texas Philanthropic Educational Funders’ Group. September 22, 2006. Houston, TX. (9/06).

Presenter, “Closing the Gaps” in College Access: Meeting the Needs of Texas and Texans.” July 12, 2005. Summer Seminar on Academic Administration, Texas A & M University. College Station, TX (7/05).

Presenter, “Panel Discussion on Recruitment and Retention for Faculty Diversity.” September 9, 2004. New Department Head Orientation, Texas A & M University. College Station, TX (9/04).

Presenter, “Issues of Access and Equity in Times of Financial Restraints,” July 11, 2003. TAMU Summer Seminar for Academic Administrators. College Station, TX. (7/03).

Event organizer and host, The University of Texas at El Paso. “Texas Responses to the Hopwood Decision: A presentation by Dr. David Montejano.” (over 130 attendees) El Paso, TX (11/97).

Presenter and Panelist, 18th Annual Conference of the Texas Association of Chicanos inHigher Education (TACHE). “Academic Transfer: Policy, Process, and Issues in Dispute Resolution.” Corpus Christi, TX (7/92)

Organizer and Presenter, State Regional Workshops for Perkins Gender Equity Providers. “Utilization of Federal Childcare Block Grant Funds in Postsecondary Education.” Lubbock, Houston, Dallas, Austin, TX (9/91)

Appointed, Texas Childcare Planning Council. Researched higher education resource allocation to childcare services, developed agency linkages and with other council members, developed state proposal for federal childcare block grant funds. (1991)

Discussant and Adviser, National Displaced Homemakers Regional Meeting. “Gender Equity Provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990.” Little Rock, AK. (6/91)

M. Oliva - pg. 21Broadcast Producer, Host, and Presenter, THECB/STARLink Teleconference on Gender Equity Requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990.

“Proposal Writing for Equity Service Providers.” Satellite uplink at Channel 42 (Austin, TX) with downlink sites at approximately 66 community and technical colleges statewide. (3/91)

College access/access to knowledge

Invited Presenter, “LRFAA initiatives at UTSA for Student & Faculty Diversity,” May 22, 2009. For meeting of Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education, San Antonio chapter. UTSA Downtown Campus. San Antonio, TX. (5/09).

Invited Presenter,” Qualitative Data Management and Analysis Using Atlas-ti,” March 3, 2009. For Qualitative Research Methods class by Dr. Armando Trujillo. UTSA. San Antonio, TX. (3/09).

Invited Pre-Conference Workshop Presenter, “Dialogic Advising: Implications for Individual and Institutional Action,” September 25, 2008. UTSA Advising Conference. San Antonio, TX. (9/08).

Discussion Facilitator, “Facilitating Classroom Discussions,” April 5, 2003. Wakonse-South Professional Development Conference. Austin, TX. (4/03).

Keynote Speaker, Donna High School Honors Banquet, May 16, 2002. Donna Independent School District. (5/02).

Keynote Speaker, VAMOS Scholarship Celebration 2001. “The Hope and Promise of Going to College.” Embassy Suites, McAllen, TX (6/01).

Panelist & Presenter, 13th Annual Mother-Daughter Career Day. "Personal Growth, Personal Development, and Career Choices." El Paso, TX (1/00).

Presenter, UTEP experimental interdisciplinary “Americas” course. “Foucault’s Entstehung (emergence) and the borderlands: Place and situatedness as a transgressive ‘third’ space.” El Paso, TX (10/99).

Presenter, UTEP experimental interdisciplinary “Americas” course. “Foucault’s Entstehung (emergence) and the borderlands: Place and situatedness as a transgressive ‘third’ space.” El Paso, TX (10/98).

Presenter, Texas Transfer Conference of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. “Effective Transfer in Texas.” Austin, TX. (3/92)

Presenter and Panelist, Videoconferencing workshop of the State of Texas Academic Resources Link (STARLink). “Video Teleconferencing: How to Get Started.” Austin, TX (12/91)

Panelist, Texas A & I Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Symposium. “Centers for Hispanic Educational Opportunities, Policies, and Research.” Kingsville, TX. (4/91)

M. Oliva - pg. 22International Education

Globalization Interdisciplinary Team. Grants Office, University of Texas at San Antonio. (3/09).Workshop Organizer and Instructor, Elaboración de Artículos Científícos en Ciencias Sociales (Development of Scientific Articles for Publication in the Social Sciences), Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Mérida, Yucatán, México. (5/04).

Paper Presenter, Comparative and International Education Society, “Cooperación vs. Integración: Hacia una mas hábil discusión de la colaboración norteamericana en educación superior [Cooperation vs. Integration: Toward a more informed discussion of North American collaboration in Higher Education].” Mexico City, MX. (3/97).

Invited Speaker, U. S. Embassy representative, Universidad Iberoamericana Programa de Licenciatura en Educación. “Higher Education in the United States: National, State, and Institutional Actors.” Mexico City, MX. (10/96)

Testimony. Special House Select Committee on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); Brownsville, TX. (10/94)

Facilitator and Reporter. Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE)/ Asociación Mexicana Para la Educación Internacional (AMPEI) U.S.-Mexico Higher Education Leadership Seminar; Ensenada, Baja California, MX. (5/94)

Session Presenter. Association of College Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) National Conference. “Texas Reciprocal Exchange Programs with Mexico and Canada.” San Antonio, TX. (11/93)

Session Presenter and Panelist. National Association of Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA) Regional Conference. “Texas Higher Education Governance Structures and the Role of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.” Mexico City, MX. (10/93)

Academic Affairs

Introductory Comments – Reception for Edward E. Telles, Ph.D., Princeton University faculty member and author, Generations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans, Assimilation, and Race. UTSA DT Campus. San Antonio, TX. (2/10).

Invited Presenter – UTSA Division of P-20 Initiatives. Title: Adult Guidance for College: Parent and Educator Support for Prospective College-Goers. The University of Texas at San Antonio. San Antonio, TX. (11/09).

Coordinator-organizer/conference chair/presenter—Texas Higher Education Special Interest Group. First Researcher Meeting and Symposium. San Antonio, TX. (8/09).

Invited presenter, Student Affairs Directors’ Council, University of Texas at San Antonio. “Higher Education graduate and professional training: M.Ed. in ELPS with a Higher Education emphasis.” San Antonio, TX. (8/07)

M. Oliva - pg. 23Panel Convener and Presenter, 20th Annual Conference of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education. “Topics in Chicano Doctoral Education Research.” San Antonio, TX. (6/94)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

“Using Groups Wisely and Well,” by Barbara Millis, Ph.D. Conducted by UTSA Teaching and Learning Center. January 28, 2010. San Antonio, TX.

“Bringing Stop-Outs Back to Campus.” Webinar hosted by UTSA Graduate School. January 19, 2010. San Antonio, TX.

“Concept Maps,” by Mike Anderson, Ph.D. Conducted by UTSA Teaching and Learning Center. October 13, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

“Human Research Subjects Compliance Workshop,” by Judith W. Grant, Ph.D., CIP. Conducted by UTSA Grants Office. October 20, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

“Creating a Learner-Centered Syllabus,” by Barbara Millis. Conducted by the UTSA Teaching and Learning Center. August 7, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

“Creating Quality Rubrics,” by Stewart Ross. Conducted by the UTSA Teaching and Learning Center. August 5, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

“Foundations of Excellence in the First College Year (including transfer) Self Study” Webinar. Conducted by the National Resource Center for the First-year Experience and Students in Transition, Columbia, SC. June 3, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

“THECB Transfer Success Conference.” Conducted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board with a site at UTSA. May 22, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

“Introduction to Second Life.” Conducted by UTSA Training and Development. May 21, 2009. San Antonio, TX.

“Working with the 75% Who Don’t do the Reading.” Conducted by the TEAM Center at UTSA. October 3, 2008. San Antonio, TX.

“Second Life as a tool in Teaching.” Conducted by the TEAM Center at UTSA. October 1, 2008. San Antonio, TX.

“Participant-Centered Learning: A Workshop on Teaching by the Case Method.” Conducted by Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. June 27-29, 2008. Boston, MA. Selected from applicant pool for grant-funded pedagogical workshop.

UTSA Compliance Training Modules, including Managing Risk and Preventing Fraud; EEO, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct; Privacy; Records Management:

M. Oliva - pg. 24Accuracy, Retention and Disposal; Ethics; and Information Security. March 5, 2007. San Antonio, TX.

“Dreamweaver Web Design.” Conducted by Texas A & M Computing Center. August 18-19, 2004. Rescheduled. New date TBD. College Station, TX.

“Faculty Abroad Seminar.” Conducted by Texas A & M University’s Office of Latin American Programs. May 17-28, 2004. Mexico City and other locations, Mexico.

“Wakonse-South 2003.” Conducted by Texas A & M University’s Center for Teaching Excellence. April 2003. Austin, TX.

“College of Education Grant-Writing Seminar.” Conducted by Dr. Jan Hughes, Associate Dean, College of Education. October 2002-May 2003. College Station, TX.

“HSI Grant and Funding Opportunities Summit.” A collaborative effort of USDA/HSI National Program. The University of Texas-Pan American, Engineering Auditorium, November 8-9, 2001. Edinburg, TX. Atlas-ti Training: UTPA & Doctoral program-funded training on qualitative data analysis software to be used in doctoral methods courses and with doctoral dissertations. Conducted by Dr. Ray Maietta of ResearchTalk, Inc. at the University of Texas Pan American, January 11-12, 2001.

Fundación Solidaridad Mexicano Americana-sponsored cross-cultural training on Mexican education and culture: "Primer seminario de educación y cultura Mexicana," by Fundación Solidaridad Mexicano Americana and the Benemérita Escuela Normal de Coahuila; Saltillo, Coahuila, May 21-May 27, 2000.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, AND COMMITTEE SERVICE (reverse chronological order)

Selection Committee, American Educational Research Association Division J (Postsecondary) Travel Awards (with James Minor of Michigan State University and Bryan Gophaul of the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education). January 2010 – May 2010. San Antonio, TX, USA; East Lansing, MI, USA; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Selection Committee, President’s Distinguished Achievement Awards for Excellence in University Research, Teaching, Service (faculty awards). University of Texas at San Antonio. February 2010 – Present. San Antonio, TX.

Chair, La Raza Faculty and Administrators’ Association (LRFAA). University of Texas at San Antonio. Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2009.

UTSA Internationalization Task Force. Executive Vice Provost Office. San Antonio, TX. April 2009-Present.

M. Oliva - pg. 25Chair, Higher Education Search Committee, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. With Drs. Anne-Marie Nunez, Gloria Crisp, and Susan Keehn. University of Texas at San Antonio. Fall 2008-Spring/Summer 2009.

Member, Mexican American Studies Search Committee, Department of Bilingual/Bicultural Studies. University of Texas at San Antonio. Spring 2009-Spring 2009.

Member, UTSA Provost’s Inclusiveness Task Force. Fall 2007 until Spring 2009.

Nominating Committee for University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Executive Council. Summer/Fall 2006.

Graduate Council Representative, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, M. Ed. program. The University of Texas at San Antonio. 2006-Present.

Committee on Graduate Programs and Courses, Graduate Council. The University of Texas at San Antonio. 2008-Present

Vice-Chair, La Raza Faculty and Administrators’ Association (LRFAA). University of Texas at San Antonio. Jan. 1, 2008-Dec. 31, 2008.

AERA Division J (Postsecondary) Dissertation of the Year Selection Committee. 2006-2007.

AERA Division J (Postsecondary) Dissertation of the Year Selection Committee. 2005-2006.

AERA Division J (Postsecondary) Dissertation of the Year Selection Committee. 2004-2005.

Real Collaborative Research Symposium, College of Education and Human Development, March 29, 2006. Served on Organizing Committee, Facilities Management, and as Liaison to

Event Facilitator Dr. Maria Franquiz. With junior faculty collaborators across the college. University of Texas at San Antonio. Spring 2006.

Chair, Higher Education Search Committee, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. With Drs. Ray Padilla, Michael Jennings, Anne-Marie Nuñez. University of Texas at San Antonio. Fall 2006-Present.

Chair, Higher Education Search Committee, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. With Drs. Bruce Barnett and Ray Padilla. University of Texas at San Antonio. Fall 2005-2006.

Member, Doctoral Program Committee. With other departmental faculty. Committee Chaired by Dr. Paige Smith. University of Texas at San Antonio. Fall 2005-Present. Member, Graduate Instructional Committee. Representative for Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development. Committee Chaired by Dr. James Kracht of the Texas A & M University College of Education. Fall 2003-2005.

M. Oliva - pg. 26Invited Faculty Representative, Texas A & M University Brown Foundation-Earl Rudder Memorial Outstanding Student Award (to outstanding graduating senior). February 2005.

Presenter, TAMU Rio Grande Valley Recruitment Center Aggie Night. December 10, 2003. Event Program chaired by Rick Margo.

Member, Department Chair Search Committee for Educational Administration & Human Resource Development. Committee chaired by Dr. James Kracht of the Texas A & M University College of Education. Fall 2002-Summer 2003.

Member, AERA Nominating Committee for Secretary position for Division J. Committee chaired by Dr. Susan Twombly of the University of Kansas. Summer-Fall 2001.

Member, AERA-J Nominating Committee for At-large Executive Council position. Committee chaired by Dr. Susan Twombly of the University of Kansas.

Member, The Graduate Council. The University of Texas Pan American at Edinburg. Committee Chaired by Dr. Barbara Tucker. Fall 2000-May 2002.

Co-Chair, Educational Leadership Doctoral Program/C.A.R.E. Advisory Committee. Co-Chaired by Dr. Velma Menchaca. Academic Year 2000-2002.

Co-Chair, Doctoral Program & School Administration Faculty Selection Committee. Co-Chaired by Dr. Velma Menchaca. Fall 2000-Spring 2001.

Chair, Doctoral Program Scholarship Committee, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership. Committee Chaired by Dr. Maricela Oliva. Fall 2000.

Chair, LABS Research Committee; Faculty and Student Research Proposals review for distributing Ford Foundation Area Studies research funds. Center for InterAmerican and Border Studies. Committee chaired by Dr. Maricela Oliva. Fall 1999-May 2001.

Elected Member, Faculty Senate. Departmental Representative, Educational Leadership & Foundations. Spring 1999 until August 31, 2001.

Member, UTEP President’s Hispanic Heritage Programming Committee, President’s Office. Committee co-chaired by Dr. Dennis Bixler-Marquez and Beto Lopez. June 1999 to May 2000 & June 2000 to May 2001. Executive Committee & Member, UTEP President’s Hispanic Heritage Programming Committee, President’s Office. Committee co-chaired by Dr. Dennis Bixler-Marquez and Beto Lopez. June 1999 to May 2000.

Chairperson, UTEP President’s Hispanic Heritage Programming Committee Publicity & Marketing Subcommittee, President’s Office. Chaired by Dr. Maricela Oliva. July 1999 to August 1999.

M. Oliva - pg. 27University Freshman Seminar Proposal Review Subcommittee, Provost’s Office. Sub-committee chaired by Mary B. Stevens, then Dr. Michael Topp. April 1999 to 2000.

University Freshmen Seminar (UNIV 3101) Steering Committee, Provost’s Office. Committee chaired by Dr. Dorothy Ward. January 1999 to 2000.

Chair, Diversity in Teacher Education Conference Planning Committee. This was a grant-funded activity. September 1998-December 1998.

Ford Proposal Executive Committee, Center for Interamerican and Border Studies (CIABS). Committee chaired by Dr. Jon Amastae. Fall 1997-Present.

Ford Proposal Curriculum Committee, Center for Interamerican and Border Studies (CIABS). Committee chaired by Dr. Roberto Villarreal. Fall 1997-Present.

Educational Leadership & Foundations Departmental Committee: Development of Qualifying Examination Part II (with Drs. Nash and Rippberger), Fall 1997.

Educational Leadership & Foundations Departmental Personnel Search Committee: Applicant interviews and employment recommendations for office staff, September 1998.

NON-COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE/CONTRIBUTIONS

Texas Statewide Judge (invited), 2007 HEB Excellence in Education Awards. Austin, Texas. 2007.

Yale Alumni Schools Committee. Interview area applicants for university admissions. 2006-Present.

Member, Habit for Humanity Building Crew, St. Francis of Assisi Church, San Antonio, TX 2006-2007.

Chair, MALFA Aggieland Saturday Breakfast for Mexican American prospective TAMU students. Fall 2003.

Founding Member, Mexican American Latino Faculty Association (MALFA) at Texas A & M University; College Station, TX. FY 2002-2003.

Invited Member, Institute for Educational Renewal, A project of UTEP’s Collaborative for Academic Excellence, September 1997-Fall 1998.

Co-Chair and Program Chair, UT-Austin Higher Education Administration Student Association, 1994-95

Legislative Chair, Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education, 1993-1995

WICHE Appointment, Advisory Board to the U. S.-Mexico Educational Interchange Project, 1993-1995

Board Member, Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education, 1991-1995

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Governor’s Appointee, State Agency Council to the Governor’s Commission for Women, 1991-1993

Program Committee, Conference of the State Agency Council to the Governor’s Commission for Women, 1993

Nominations Committee, 1993 Outstanding Women in Texas Government Awards

Mediator (Certified during 1992-1993). Travis County Dispute Resolution Center

Commissioner’s Appointment, Texas Childcare Planning Council, 1991

MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE-founding member)American Educational Research Association (AERA)Association for the Study of Transfer Students (ASTS)Asociación Mexicana Para la Educación Internacional (AMPEI-former)Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)La Raza Faculty and Administrators Association (LRFAA), University of Texas at San AntonioTexas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE)Mexican American/Latino Faculty Association (MALFA), Texas A & M UniversityElihu (Yale Senior Society)Executive Women in Texas Government (former)Valley Alliance of Mentors for Opportunities and Scholarships (VAMOS)

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