Alfonso Gonzales, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Texas at Austin Department of Mexican American and Latino Studies/ Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (512) 983-4656 [email protected] Education Institution University of California, Los Angeles

Dates Attended Fall 2003– Spring 2008

University of California, Los Angeles

Fall 2003– Fall 2007

Stanford University

Fall 2001– Spring 2002 Fall 1999– Summer 2001

University of California, Los Angeles

Degree & Major Ph.D., Political Science (Race, Ethnicity and Politics & Political Theory) M.A., Political Science

Date Conferred 2008

2007

M.A., Latin American 2002 Studies B.A. (Magna Cum 2001 Laude), Latin American Studies/Political Science (minor).

Research Interests Asylum/Refugee politics; Migration Control; Migrant Detention; Migrant Social Movements; Latino Politics; Gramscian Theory; Global Political Economy; Mexico and Central America. Publications Book Single Authored Reform without Justice: The Homeland Security State and Latino Migrant Politics (Oxford University Press, 2013). Book focuses on the politics of migration control and Latino migrant activism after September 11, 2001. It views migration control and Latino migrant activism through the prism of neo-Gramscian theory and global political economy and draws on mixed methods, including participant observation, discourse analysis, and critical ethnography with policy makers, immigrant activists, and deportees in the United States, Mexico, and Central America. v 2015 Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Book Festival (General non-fiction)

v 2014 Recipient of the Américo Paredes Book Prize for scholarly monographs published in 2013 that best address a significant subject within Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies. Center for Mexican American Studies. South Texas, College Books In Progress Single Authored Dead on Arrival: Mexican and Central American Asylum Claims in the Age of Authoritarian Neoliberalism (Right of first review, Oxford University Press). Book will evaluate the denial of Mexican and Central American asylum claims in US immigration courts and the emergent Mesoamerican refugee movement in the context of contemporary neoliberalism and post-civil rights racism. Coedited Volume/ Conference Proceedings (Coedited with Professor Rebecca M. Torres and Shannon Speed) Derechos en Crisis: Refugees, Migrant Detention and Authoritarian Neoliberalism. To be based on the proceedings of the Spring 2016 Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies conference. (Perspective Presses, Oxford University Press, University of Texas Press, New York University Press) Peer Reviewed -Articles •

2015 (Forthcoming) “Neoliberalism, the Homeland Security State, and the Authoritarian Turn” Latino Studies. Vol. 14, no. 1, 1-35

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2014 “Pessimism of the Mind and Optimism of the Spirit: Latino Migrant Activism, Democracy, and the Politics of Immigration Reform after 2012.” Special issue, “Latino Political Resurrection,” Camino Real, Estudios de las Hispanidades Norteamericanas, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain. Vol. 5, no. 8, 59-81

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2009. “The 2006 Mega-Marchas in Greater Los Angeles: Counter-hegemonic Moment and the Future of El Migrante Struggle.” Latino Studies. Vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 30–59.

In Progress •

“Mexican and Central American Asylum Claims in the Age of Authoritarian Neoliberalism” (To be submitted fall 2015)

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“Nuestro Gramsci: Notes on Antonio Gramsci’s Theoretical and Ontological Relevance to Contemporary Latino Politics, Culture and Society” (To be submitted fall 2015)

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Gramsci in the Streets of New York City: Mexican Street Vendors, Youth Movements, Common Sense and the Philosophy of Praxis (To be submitted Spring 2016) CV – Gonzales 2

Non-Peer Review Publications/ Popular Writings •

2015 Coauthored with Leisy Abrego and Shannon Speed. “President Obama: Deception Wont Work: Its time to End Family Detention.” Huffington Post. May 20, 2015.

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2015 Coauthored with Shannon Speed. “Hunger Strike is a Conscious Call to End Family Detention.” The Hill. April 23, 2015

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2015 Coauthored with Shannon Speed, and Gilberto Rosas. “ Why We Need to End Family Detention-Again.” POLITICO Magazine. March 30, 2015

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2013 “Politics from Below: Mexican Civil Society in New York City.” NACLA Report on the Americas. Winter Issue. Vol. 4, no 4, 21-26

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2010. Guest Editor, Introduction, “Power, Justice, and Survival: Latino Politics in the 21st Century.” NACLA Report on the Americas. Vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 13–14.

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2010. “Beyond the Consensus: Oppositional Migrante Politics in the Obama Era.” NACLA Report on the Americas. Vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 15–19.

Grants Received •

2015. Awarded Faculty Research Initiative Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, “ Refugee Politics in the Americas” (Co-PI with Prof. Rebecca M. Torres) Amount US $10,000

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2015. Awarded the Spring 2016 Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies grant for proposed conference, “Derechos en Crisis: Refugees, Migrant Detention and Authoritarian Neoliberalism.” Amount: Budgeted for Conference US $30,000

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2012–13. Dean of Natural and Social Sciences, Lehman College. Funds for College Assistant. Amount: US $2,545

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2012. American Political Science Association, Latino Fund, in support of research development. Amount: US $540

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2011. Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies, Herbert H. Lehman College. US $20,000

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2008–10. Postdoctoral Fellowship, New York University. Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, Latino Studies Program. US $110,000

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2005–8. Pre-doctoral Diversity Fellow, Ford Foundation. Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles. Amount: US $60,000

Professional Conferences/Academic Presentations •

Presenter, “El Estado etico-politico y el proceso de asilo hacia los mesoamericanos en la era del neoliberalismo autoritario”. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), International Conference. Oaxaca, Mexico, fall 2015.

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Presenter, “Mexican and Central American Asylum Claims in the era of Authoritarian Neoliberalism” Central Americans Refugees in Detention: Rethinking US Immigration, University of California Los Angeles. Los Angeles CA. fall 2015.

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Featured Speaker, “Dead on Arrival: Mexican and Central American Asylum Claims in the era of Authoritarian Neoliberalism” Blurring the Border: Deporting Denizens in the 21st Century. National Conference, University of California Merced, Merced CA, spring 2015.

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Paper presentation. “Mexican and Central American Asylum Claims in the Age of Authoritarian Neoliberalism.” Western Political Science Association meeting. Las Vegas, spring 2015.

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Roundtable/presentation. Author Meets Critics Roundtable on “Reform without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.” Western Political Science Association. Seattle, spring 2014.

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Presentation, “Reform without Justice: The Homeland Security State and Latino Migrant Politics.” American Political Science Association meeting. Chicago, fall 2013.

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Paper presentation, “Beyond Immigration Reform: The Homeland Security State, Neoliberalism, and the Latin Americanization of Latino Politics in the United States.” Latin American Studies Association, Annual Congress. Washington, D.C., spring 2013.

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Poster accepted, “The Long Road to Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.” American Political Science Association meeting. Chicago, fall 2013.

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Paper accepted, “State Theory and Latino politics Research: Notes toward a NeoGramscian Framework.” American Political Science Association meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana, fall 2012 (canceled due to hurricane). CV – Gonzales 4

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Paper presentation, “Resisting Passive Revolution: Obama and the Immigrant Rights Movement in New York City.” National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Association Meeting. Los Angeles, spring 2011.

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Invited discussant. “Innovations in Latino Politics Research.” American Political Science Association meeting. Washington, D.C., fall 2010.

Invited Academic Presentations

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Invited book presentation, “Reform without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.” Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture, University of Chicago spring 2014.

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Invited book presentation, “Reform without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.” University of Notre Dame, Indiana, spring 2014.

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Invited book presentation, “Reform without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.” Center for Latino Policy Research, University of California Berkeley, spring 2014.

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Invited book presentation, “Reform without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.” Center for Chicano Studies Research, University of California Los Angeles, spring 2014.

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Invited presenter, “No Justice in Sight: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.” Immigration Reading Group, Brooklyn Law School, fall 2013.

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Invited presenter, “Changing Country Conditions for Mexican and Central American Asylum Claims. When a Well-Founded Fear Isn’t Enough.” Symposium, Cardozo Law School, fall 2013.

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Invited presenter. “No Justice in Sight: State, Hegemony, and Latino Migrant Politics.” Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, spring 2011.

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Invited presenter, “No Justice in Sight: Global Capitalism, the State, and Immigrant Rights.” Center for Latin American Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, spring 2011.

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Invited presenter, “Beyond Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Lessons from the Black Civil Rights Movement.” Conference: Enemies at Our Gates or Lady Liberty’s Huddled Masses. School of Law, Florida International University, Miami, spring 2011.

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Invited presenter, “Latino Politics and the Struggle for Human Rights in the 21st Century.” Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies, Herbert H. Lehman College, Bronx, New York, fall 2011.

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Invited discussant, “Reflections on the War on Terror and the 100-Year Anniversary of Angel Island.” Panel, Asia Pacific Institute, New York University, fall 2010.

UT Presentations •

Presentation, “History, Origins, and Contradictions of the War on Gangs in El Salvador” Refugee Law Seminar, Professor Denise Gilman, School of Law, University of Texas at Austin. Spring 2015.

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Presentation, “Neoliberalism, Forced Migration and Latino Refugees.” Conference, Immigration and the Freedom of Movement. Texas International Law Journal, School of Law, University of Texas at Austin. Spring 2015

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Lecture. Justice Denied: Mexicans, Central Americans and the Politics of the Refugee Crisis. Annual George Sanchez Lecture, Center for Mexican American Studies, Fall 2014.

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Presentation, “Dead on Arrival: Mexicans, Central Americans and the Geopolitics of the Refugee Crisis,” New Faculty Lecture Series, Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2014

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Panelist, “Unaccompanied Minors: A Panel Discussion on the Humanitarian Crisis at our Border,” American Constitutional Society, School of Law, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2014

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Panelist, “Foro Urgente, Understanding the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border: Roots and Responses,” Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Department of Mexican American and Latino Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2014

Teaching Experience Institution University of Texas at Austin

Date Fall 2014Present

Rank Assistant Professor

New School for Social Research, Milano School of International Affairs

Fall 2012–Fall 2013

Adjunct Professor

Lehman College, City University of

Fall 2010-

Assistant Professor

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Department Mexican American and Latin Studies Global Politics and International Affairs Political

New York New York University

Spring 2014 Fall 2008– Spring 2010

Assistant Professor / Faculty Fellow

University of California, Los Angeles

Summer 2004

Teaching Assistant

Science Social and Cultural Analysis Political Science

Courses Taught at UT Austin •

Intro to Mexican American and Latino Studies, Fall 2014 (MAS 301, Undergraduate)

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Latino Migrations and Asylum, Spring 2015 (MAS 374/ LAS 322 Undergraduate)

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Latino Migrations and GeoPolitics of Asylum, Spring 2015 (LAS 384L/ MAS 392 Graduate Seminar)

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Gramscian Thought in the Americas, Fall 2015 (LAS 384L, Graduate Seminar)

Courses in Development •

Research Design in Mexican American and Latino Studies (MAS Graduate Seminar)

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Politics and Power in Latino Communities (MAS Undergraduate Seminar)

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Immigration Policy and Politics (MAS Undergraduate Seminar)

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Pro-seminar in Latin American Studies (LLILAS Graduate Seminar)

Service Departmental Service •

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Event Organizer. Unjustly Detained: Chronicles of Life in Texas Family Detention. Coorganized on behalf of the Department of Mexican American and Latino Studies with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and Department of Geography. Spring 2015. Department of Mexican American & Latino Studies, Executive Committee Member, Fall 2014 to present Department of Mexican American & Latino Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies Search Committee Member, Spring 2015. Department of Mexican American & Latino Studies, Anthropology Targeted Hire Search Committee Member, Spring 2015 CV – Gonzales 7

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Department of Mexican American & Latino Studies, Senior Social Science Search Committee Member, Fall 2014. Department of Mexican American & Latino Studies, History Targeted Hire Search Committee Member, Fall 2014. Department of Mexican American & Latino Studies Curriculum Committee Member, Fall 2014. Department of Mexican American & Latino Studies, PhD Program, Retreat Member, Fall 2014 Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies Annual Conference Planning. Committee Member, Fall 2014/ Spring 2015 Event Co-organizer. Foro Urgente: Understanding the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border: Roots and Responses. Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Department of Mexican American and Latino Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2014

National Service •

Treasure, Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association, 2013–2015.

Reviewer (Presses and Journals) • Oxford University Press, Book Manuscripts Spring 2015, Fall 2015. • Journal of Latino Studies, Article Manuscripts, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 • Diálogo: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Article Manuscript Fall 2014 • Politics, Groups and Identities, Article Manuscript • Contemporary Political Theory, Article Manuscript • Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Article Manuscript Spring Mentoring/Advising Students • • • • • • • •

Arno Arugeta, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Dissertation Committee Member, University of Texas Austin. Rocio Castillo, Ph.D Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Dissertation Committee Member. CIESAS Mexico City Noe López, Ph.D. Student, Department of Anthropology, Dissertation Committee Member. UT Austin Jose Centeno-Melendez, Ph.D. Student, Department of American Studies, Dissertation Committee Member. UT Austin Paul Joseph López Oro, Ph.D. Student, African and African Diaspora Studies Department, Reader. UT Austin Esther Macias, Ph.D. Student, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy. Reader. UT Austin Kathy Mariscal, M.A. Student, Cultural Studies Program, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, MA Thesis Committee Member. UT Austin Luis Gonzalez, M.A. Student, Mexican American and Latino Studies Department, Third Reader. UT Austin CV – Gonzales 8

Local Service • Expert Witness, Immigration Clinic, School of Law, University of Texas. Fall 2014, Spring 2015. • Expert Witness, Immigration Clinic, School of Law, St. Mary’s University. Fall 2014. • Expert Witness, Karnes Pro-Bono Project. Fall 2014, Spring 2015. • Expert Witness, Johnson & Associates, Arlington, VA 22201. Spring 2015 • Commentator, Univision Austin Texas. Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. Languages Fluent in English and Spanish, and semi fluent in Brazilian Portuguese Professional Memberships American Political Science Association (APSA) Western Political Science Association (WPSA) Midwestern Political Science Association (MPSA) Latin American Studies Association (LASA) National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) References Raymond Rocco, Associate Professor Department of Political Science University of California Los Angeles 4289 Bunche Hall Box 951472 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1472 (310) 825-9282 [email protected] Dr. Shannon Speed Associate Professor of Anthropology Director, Native American and Indigenous Studies University of Texas at Austin 512 470-0341 [email protected] Renato Rosaldo, Professor Emeritus Department of Social and Cultural Analysis/Anthropology New York University 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor New York, NY, 10003-7112 (212) 998-8561 [email protected] CV – Gonzales 9