Theresa A. Martinez Associate Professor Assistant Vice President for Academic Outreach 304 BEH S 581-5712 theresa.martinez@soc.utah.edu VITA

My research work is fundamentally focused on a matrix of domination in U.S. society along axes of race/ethnicity, class, and gender, among others, and informed by sociologists such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Howard Becker, Joe Feagin, Patricia Hill Collins, and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, as well as other scholars in related disciplines such as Gloria Anzaldúa, Angela Davis, Stuart Hall, Robin Kelley, James Scott, and others. My research, then, implies a standpoint of intersectionality from which to understand the social world, that is, one cannot separate out specific aspects of a human being's experiences-they are at once their race/ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, age, religion, etc.-and these axes of the matrix influence our thinking, behavior, and choices. These intersectional realities have implications for all aspects of U.S. society, however, my research primarily focuses on the oppositional cultures or cultures of resistance developed by subordinate groups, particularly Chicanas, in response to the matrix. Oppositional cultures can take the form of academic prose, popular music, and novels, as well as other forms of resistance. At the same time, while oppositional cultures thrive within oppressed populations, so also the dominant group can seek to criminalize particular racial/ethnic/gender groups, for example, young men of color, among other methods of oppression which also enters into this spectrum of interest.

2007    Marcia Texlar Segal and Theresa A Martinez. .  Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class: Readings for a Changing Landscape.  USA: Oxford University Press.

Articles and Notes

1997    Martinez , Theresa A. "Popular Culture as Oppositional Culture: Rap As Resistance." Sociological Perspectives. 40(3):269-291.

1998    Martinez , Theresa A. "Race and Popular Culture: Teaching African American Leadership Styles Through Popular Music." Teaching Sociology. 26(3): 207-214.

1999    Martinez , Theresa A. "Storytelling as Oppositional Culture: Race, Class, and Gender in the Borderlands." Race, Gender & Class: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 6(3): 33-51.

2000    Martinez , Theresa A. " Race, Class, and Gender in the Lifestory of Chicanas: A Critique of Nathan Glazer. " Race, Gender & Class: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 7(2): 57-75.

2002    Martinez , Theresa A. "The Double-Consciousness of Du Bois and the "Mestiza Consciousness" of Anzaldúa." Race, Gender & Class: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 9(4): 158-176.

2003    Martinez , Theresa A. "Latinos: Remaking America," edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Mariela M. Páez . Contemporary Sociology 32(5): 598-599.

2004    Martinez , Theresa A. "Rap and Racial Profiling: Rap Music, Utah , and Police in American Culture." Utah Law Review 2004 (4): 945:960.

2005    Martinez , Theresa A. "Making Oppositional Culture, Making Standpoint: A Journey into Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands." Sociological Spectrum 25(5): 539-570.

2007    Martinez , Theresa A. "Double-Consciousness and Mestiza Consciousness Raising: Linking Du Bois and Anzaldúa." Pp. 69-79 in Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class: Readings for a Changing Landscape

2007    Martinez, Theresa A. “Teaching from a Race, Gender, and Class Perspective: A Dialogue about the Rationale, Rewards, and Challenges.” Race, Gender & Class: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Special Issue: Race, Gender, and Class For What? (forthcoming).

2007    Martinez, Theresa A. “Images of the ‘Socially Disinherited’: Inner-City Youth in Rap Music.” Journal of Law and Family Studies (forthcoming).

2006    Renaissance Woman Award, Renaissance Society and the Women’s Business Forum, Salt Lake City, Utah

2005    Utah Coalition de La Raza Personal Achievement and Community Service Award. Salt Lake City, Utah

2004    Department of Sociology Teacher of the Year Award

2004    Associated Students at the University of Utah Student's Choice Award for Teaching Excellence

2002    Salt Lake City Mayor's Award in the Humanities, Utah Humanities Council

1999    College of Social and Behavioral Science Superior Teaching Award

1998    Delta Gamma Foundation Faculty Award, Delta Gamma Sorority

1997    Presidential Teaching Scholar Award

1997    Distinguished Woman Award, American Association of University Women

1996    Top Professor Award, Mortar Board Honor Society

1996    Teaching Excellence Award, ASUU Diversity Board

1994    Distinguished University Teaching Award

1994    Associated Students at the University of Utah Student's Choice Award for Teaching Excellence

1994    Outstanding Achievement Award in Education, YWCA

2004-Pres Member, Board of Directors, Zions Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah

2000-Pres Member, Board of Directors, Salt Lake Legal Defenders, Salt Lake City, Utah

Professor Martinez has provided diversity training for the Salt Lake Police Department, the Utah State Bar, the Salt Lake County Drug Court, the annual Utah Judicial Conference, the Girl Scouts of Utah, and the Salt Lake Legal Defenders, among other organizations. Currently, Professor Martinez is the Diversity Trainer for the Utah Judicial Institute for Juvenile Probation.

Professor Martinez often appears in local media including the Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake Magazine, and the Deseret Morning News as well as on ABC4, KTVX, KUED, KUER, KCPW, and KSL. She has also appeared in national print and television media including Time magazine, the Miami Herald, and the New York Times, as well as on National Public Radio and 20/20: News Magazine