Brian Montes, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 West 59 th Street, 8.63.08NB New York, NY 10019 (212)237-8748 bmontes@jjay.cuny.edu CurriculumVitae Education May 2009 May 2005 May 2000 Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dissertation: Memories of War: Race, Class and the Production of Post Caste War Maya Identity in East Central Quintana Roo M.A., Anthropology, Thesis: Remembering the Caste War: Intersections of Race and Class in East Central Quintana Roo B.A., Anthropology, cum laude, State University of New York, College at Cortland Areas of Specialization Cultural Anthropology, Maya Studies, Latin American Studies, Latina/o Studies, Critical Race Theory, Social Movements, Anthropology of Mexico and the Caribbean Supplementary Education 2003-2004 University of Chicago, Foreign Language Area Studies Fellow 2002 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/ Universidad Autonomía de Mérida, Foreign Language Area Studies Fellow 1998-1999 Centro de Estudios Bilingüe, Cuernavaca, México (Study Abroad) Academic Employment &Teaching Experience Fall 2010- Present Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies Fall 2009-Spring 2010 Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies Courses: ETH 125: Race and Ethnicity in the United States ETH 124: Latina/os in the United States Summer 2009 Visiting Professor, Texas State University, San Marcos Department of Anthropology Course: Anthropological Methods and Ethnography: Culture and Globalization Fall 2006 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Anthropology Course: Latina/o Studies/Anthropology 259: Latina/o Cultures 1
Summer 2008 Course: Anthropology 103: Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology Summer 2005 Course: Anthropology 230: Introduction to Socio Cultural Theory Spring 2005 Spring 2003 Fall 2002 Spring 2002 Fall 2001 Publications In Progress In Progress Course: Latina/o Studies 360: 20 th Century U.S. Latina/o Literature Course: Anthropology/African Studies 266: African Film and Society Course: Anthropology-Latina/o Studies 259: Latina/o Cultures Course: Anthropology 182: Latin American Cultures Course: Anthropology 277: Anthropological Perspectives on Cities Compartimos en su Lucha: 21 st Century Maya Identity in the Capital of Maya Culture Puerto Rican Social Conditions and the U.S. Criminal Justice System Articles 2005 No Longer Silent: A Historical Moment in Latino Student Activism, in Latino Studies Journal. Palgrave Macmillan. Encyclopedia Entrees 2013 Chicanos in Latina/os and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia. (Ed.) Jose Luis Morin. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Press. 2009 Blair House Attack in Latinos and Latinas in U.S History and Culture: An Encyclopedia. (Ed.) Lugo, Carmen and Leonard, David. M.E Sharp Press. 2
2009 Piri Thomas in Latinos and Latinas in U.S History and Culture: An Encyclopedia. (Ed.) Lugo, Carmen and Leonard, David. M.E Sharp Press. 2009 Los Macheteros in Latinos and Latinas in U.S History and Culture: An Encyclopedia. (Ed.) Lugo, Carmen and Leonard, David. M.E Sharp Press. 2005 The East Los Angeles Community Union in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. (Ed.) Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005 Tato Laviera in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. (Ed.) Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005 Rosario Morales in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. (Ed.) Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005 Las Gorras Blancas in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. (Ed.) Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005 The Brown Berets in Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, Society. (Ed.) Ilan Stavans and Harold Augenbraum. Amherst: Grolier Publishing. 2005 The Puerto Rican Young Lords in Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, Society. (Ed.) Ilan Stavans and Harold Augenbraum. Amherst: Grolier Publishing. 2005 The National Puerto Rican Coalition in Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, Society. (Ed.) Ilan Stavans and Harold Augenbraum. Amherst: Grolier Publishing. 2004 Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula in Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the Worlds Cultures. (Eds.) Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember. New York: Kluwer/Plenum Publishing. Book Reviews 2010 When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Streets. Timothy Black. New York: Pantheon Books. 2009. Reviewed for Centro Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. 2008 In Search of Providence: Transnational Mayan Identities. Patricia Foxen. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. 2007. xxiv+358pp. Reviewed in conjunction with the publication of Ethos 36.2 Presentations 2012. Nov.16 The Maya Apocalypse: Central or Standard Time, Crossing and Creating Borders: Local Dimensions of Tourism in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, reviewed by Society for Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology. 111 th AAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. 2011. March 2 We Remember: Testimonies of Yucatan s Caste War, 67 th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storyteller s Conference, American Studies Graduate Student Association, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. 3
2010, Dec 10 Puerto Rican Youth and Criminal Justice, Puerto Rican Social Conditions and Public Policy Conference, Puerto Rican Research and Policy Initiative at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter School of Social Work, New York, New York. 2009, Dec 6 Yes, We are Maya! Cultural Organizing and the Rise of the PRD in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Indigenous Identity and Civic Activism in Latin America, reviewed by Society for Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology. 108 th American Anthropological Association Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 2009, Oct 23 Why aren t we Teaching this? Why Critical Race Theory is Critical to the Study of Race in Anthropology, Diversity Challenge: Racial Identity and Cultural Factors in Treatment, Research, and Policy, The Institute for the Study of Race and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston College. Boston. 2009, Apr 3 Un Pueblo en Marcha : Performing Caste War Maya Identity, Central States Anthropological Society,. Champaign, IL. 2008, Apr 10. Addressing the Chancellor s Plan of Action: The Strategies and Struggles of the Department of Anthropology s Diversity Committee at the, Race, Diversity, and Campus Climate Conference, Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society,. Champaign, IL. 2006, Nov 17. Talking Race at the Edge of Higher Education, American Anthropological Association, Volunteer Session, San Jose, California. 2005, May 10. Who are the Young Lords and Why not Now? La Casa Cultural Latina, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Champaign, IL. 2004, Nov 12. No Jeans, No Sneakers, No Hats: Border Inspections on Salsa Night at the Regent, The Center for Latina/o Studies,. Champaign, IL. 2004, April 23. Narratives of Resistance: Remembering the Caste War of Yucatán, The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies,. Champaign, IL. 2003, April 19. Silencing the Present: Power and Race in Higher Education in Latinidad in the New Millennium: Bridging Borders In and Beyond Academia, 1 st Biannual Latina/o Studies Conference,. Champaign, IL. 2002, Nov 14. Blood Shed, Blood Shared: Constructions of a Post Maya Identity, Apocalypse Then and Now: Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary. Calgary Alberta Canada. 2001, April 15. The Maya and Anthropology: The Politics of Ethnography, Ropiendo Barreras/ Breaking Boundaries Graduate Student Conference,. Champaign, IL. 2000, June 29. Panel Participant- Apoyo a Jovenes Indigenas (Indigenous Youth Conference). Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud, Chiapas, Mexico. 4
2000, April 12. Continuities and Change: Anthropological Perspectives on Cultures in Contact, Scholars Day Symposium University of New York, College at Cortland. Cortland, NY. Awards, Honors, and Grants: 2013 The Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP), Office of the Dean for Recruitment and Diversity, CUNY 2012 Certificate of Appreciation, John Jay College 2011 Certificate of Appreciation, John Jay College 2008-2009 Ford Dissertation Fellowship 2007 Graduate College Block Grant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2006-2007 Honorable Mention, Ford Fellowship 2005-2006 Dewson Fellow for Underrepresented Students, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign 2004-2005 Honorable Mention, Wenner-Gren Foundation 2003-2004 All Year Foreign Language Area Studies Fellow, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2003 Joseph B. Casagrande Grant for Anthropological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2003 Tinker Summer Research Grant, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2003 Summer Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign 2002 Summer Foreign Language Area Studies Fellow, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2000-2001 Graduate College Fellow, 2000 La Familia Latina: Recognition for Outstanding Community Work, State University of New York, College at Cortland 2000 Anthropological Honors Society, State University of New York, College at Cortland 1999-2000 Dean s List, State University of New York, College at Cortland Academic/Community Service: 2011-Present Faculty Senate and College Council of John Jay College 2010-Present Curriculum and Grade Appeals Committee; Department of Latin American and Latin/o Studies. John Jay College, CUNY 2007-2008 Co-Chair; Department of Anthropology Diversity Committee, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign 2007-2008 Diversity Outreach Coordinator; Department of Anthropology Diversity Committee, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2005- Present Founding member of CHila (Chicano/Latino Association for Autonomous Anthropology) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2005 Graduate Appointment; Latino/a Studies Program, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign 2002-2003 Latino/a Studies Search Committee; 2000-Present Centro de Cultura Maya: Noj Kaj Santa Cruz, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico 1996-2000 La Familia Latina, State University of New York, College at Cortland Professional Membership: 2010-Present Amnesty International 2001-Present American Anthropological Association (AAA) 2001-Present Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologist (ALLA) 2001-Present Society for Latin American Anthropology (SLAA) 5
2000-Present Centro de Cultura Maya: Noj Kaj Santa Cruz, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico 1999-Present Cultural Survival Quarterly Languages: Proficiency in Spanish Low Proficiency in Yucatec Maya 6