Robert C. Dash

Professor

Ph.D, University of California, Riverside (Political Science) 1985--Comparative Politics, International

Relations, cognate in Latin American History

Dissertation: “The State, Labor, and Ideology in Baja California Norte”

M.A., California State University, Los Angeles (Political Science) 1976

B.A., San Diego State University (Political Science) 1969

Courses

• Latin American Studies 350 Mesoamerican Civilizations
• Politics 362 Latin American Politics
• Politics 480 Senior Thesis
• Latin American Studies 497 Senior Thesis
• Politics 218 Political Change in the Third World
• Politics 367 The Middle East and the International System
• Latin American Studies 380 Latin American Cinema

Professional Interests

Personal Interests

Publications

Articles and Chapters
With Patricia Varas, "On How to Tell a Revolution: Alsino y el cóndor," in Lina Khatib.ed., Storytelling in
With Patricia Varas, "(Re)imaginando la nación argentina: Lucrecia Martel y La ciénaga," in Viviana Rangil, ed.
"Political History, Political Science, and Oregon Politics: Race and Ethnicity," in Jun Xing, Erlinda Gonzales-Berry,
“Latinos, Political Change, and Electoral Mobilization in Oregon,” Latino(a) Research
With Robert E. Hawkinson, “Mexicans and 'Business as Usual': Small Town Politics in Oregon," Aztlán: A
“Globalization: For Whom and for What?”, Latin American Perspectives 25:6 (November 1998)
"Mexican Labor and Oregon Agriculture: The Changing Terrain of Conflict," Agriculture and Human
"Mexican Dreams, American Reality: One Family's Journey," Diálogo 1:1 (Spring 1996)
"Strawberry Farm Worker Organizing," Z Magazine 8:10 (October 1995)
"Testimony of Gloria Daysi Alonso Jaimes: Resistance and Struggle," introduced (and translated with Irma

Review Essays and Book Reviews
Review of Gary Harwood and David Hassler, Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community (Kent State
Review of Jules Boycoff, The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social
Review Essay, “Fact or Fiction: Women, Biography, and the Mexican Renaissance,” in Latino(a) Research
Review of Mary Kay Vaughan, Cultural Politics in Revolution: Teachers, Peasants, and Schools in Mexico, 1930-
Review Essay, “Perspectives on U.S.-Mexican Relations,” in Latino(a) Research Review 4:3 (Winter 2000)
Review of Ronn Pineo, Social and Economic Reform in Ecuador: Life and Work in Guayaquil, in Latin American
Review Essay, “Ethnicity, Mexican Immigration, and Chicanos” The Latino Review of Books 2:2
Review of Zaragosa Vargas, Proletarians of the North: A History of Mexican Industrial Workers in Detroit and the
Review of Roberto Villarreal, Norma G. Hernandez, and Howard D. Neighbor (eds.), Latino Empowerment: Progress,
Review Essay, "U.S. Foreign Policy, National Security Doctrine, and Central America," in Latin American Perspectives,
Review of Tom J. Farer, The Grand Strategy of the United States in Latin America and Howard J. Wiarda, Finding

Interviews
Rudolfo Anaya, The Americas Review, 25 (1999), conducted with Willamette University senior humanities seminar
Luisa Valenzuela, Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamericana 21:1 (May 1992)
Carlos Fuentes, Willamette Scene Winter 10:1 (Winter 1992)

Issue editor and author of introductions
Latin American Perspectives
Willamette Journal of the Liberal Arts: Mesoamerican and Chicano Art, Culture, and Identity/El Arte, La

Translations
From English into Spanish with Irma Fernandez Dash, Tomás Ybarra-Fausto, "El Proyecto Cultural Chicano,
From Spanish into English with Irma Fernandez Dash, "Testimony of Gloria Daysi Alonso Jaimes:
From Spanish into English with John Beverly and Irma Fernandez Dash, Ernesto Richter, "Social Classes,

Other
“Latinos, Demographic Change, and Electoral Politics in Oregon: A Report Prepared for PCUN and Voz
Assisted with the writing of "The State of Immigrants' Rights in Oregon" study, released to the public by

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES
Paper presentation, “Vicente Leñero: La política, el periodismo, y la literatura,” XXIV Simposio
    Internacional de Literatura, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2004
Paper presentation, “History and Myth: Women, Biography, and Modernity in Latin America,” Pacific
    Northwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, October 2003
Invited lecture on “Globalization and Post-Colonialism” to the Oregon Council for the Humanities Summer
    Teacher Institute “America in the World,” Portland, June 2003
Paper presentation, “A Political Reading of Artificial Respiration and Four Hands: Detective Literature as
    History,” Southwest Conference on Latin American Studies, Morelia, Mexico, March 2002
Paper presentation, “La nueva historiografía y el mismo silencio: la mujer en el imaginario masculino de
    Cuatro manos,” X Congreso Internacional de la Asociacion de Literatura Femenina Hispanica,
    Querétaro, Mexico, September 1999
Discussant, “El rol del estado y la justicia social: lecciones comparadas para el desarrollo,” Latin American
    Studies Association, Chicago, September 1998
Paper presentation, “Latinos and the Politics of Ethnicity in Oregon: the Case of Woodburn,” Western
    Social Science Association, April 1998
Paper Presentation, “Reading, Writing and Engaged Pedagogy," Latin American Studies Association,
    Guadalajara, April 1997
Invited lecture to class on "La Frontera: the Southern California Experience," University of Oregon, January
    1997
Paper Presentation, “Mexican Migrant Labor, Agribusiness and Transnationalism in Oregon," Latin
    American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 1995
Paper Presentation, “Mexicans, Transnationalism and Identity in the United States,” Latin American Studies
    Association, Atlanta, March 1994
Invited lecture on “The ‘New’ Mexico and NAFTA” to Linfield College lecture series on “The Aftermath:
    Post-Conquest Indigenous Perspectives and Changing Realities in Latin America,: April 1993
Panel member, “The Persian Gulf Crisis," Pacific Northwest Political Science Association annual meeting,
    November 1990, Portland
Paper Presentation, "Redemocratization in Latin America: The Search for a Paradigm," In the Pacific
    Interest     Conference, Willamette University, February 1990
Invited lectures to Portland State University International Studies Symposium, “Redemocratization in Latin
America: Myth and Reality,” February 1990 and “The United States and Central America: Prospects for Peace,”
    February 1988
Paper Presentation, "The Changing Nature of U.S.-Latin American Relations," Western Political Science
    Association, Salt Lake City, March 1989
Discussant, "U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1980s," Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, Portland,
    November 1988
Coordinator, Chair of Panel, and Paper Presentation, "U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Central America in the
    Post-Reagan Era: Prospects for Change," Latin American Studies Association, New Orleans, March
    1988
Paper Presentation, "U.S. Foreign Policy and Central America," Western Political Science Association,
    Anaheim, March 1987
Coordinator/Chair of Panel, "The Opposition and Redemocratization; the Cases of Spain and the Southern
    Cone," Latin American Studies Association, Albuquerque, April 1985
Invited lecture, “The Role of the Church in Redemocratization,” Southern California Consortium on
    International Studies Seminar, April 1985
Coordinator/Chair of Panel, "Democratic Openings," Pacific Coast Council on Latin Amer¬ican Stud¬ies, Los
    An¬geles, October 1984
Paper Presentation, "Ideology, Labor, and Migration in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region," Latin American
    Studies Association, Mexico City, September 1983
Co-Coordinator/Chair of Panel, "Neocorporatism: A New Look,”Latin American Studies Association
    Bloomington, Indiana, October 1980
Discussant, "Perspectives on International Political Economy," International Studies Association National
    Meeting, Los Angeles, March 1980

OTHER RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of editorial board of the journal Latin American Perspectives since 1979
Member of editorial board of the Iranian Journal of Law and Politics since 2008
 
ACADEMIC GRANTS AND AWARDS
Participant in the Institute for the International Education of Students faculty development seminar
    "Informing Public Policy in Latin America and Beyond: The Chilean Experience," Santiago, Chile,
    May 12-20, 2005
Participant in the Council of Independent Colleges and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers
    "Teaching About Islam and Middle East Culture" seminar, Amman, Jordan, December 28, 2004-
    January 18, 2005
Faculty Acting with Communities to Educate Students (FACES) Program development award, 2001
Western Region Campus Compact Consortium Grant (co-participant with Amiko Matsumoto, Brian
    Kennedy and Jessica Glenn) for service learning component in Latin American Studies major—
    $5000 for 1997-1998, $4000 for 1998-1999, $3500 for 1999-2000
United Methodist Exemplary Teacher Award, Willamette University, 1995
Fulbright Senior Scholar, South America, Summer 1993
Atkinson Faculty Development Grants, Willamette University, 2002, 2001, 1997, 1994, 1993 (meritorious),
    and 1990
Hewlett Faculty Development Grants, Willamette University, 2000 (with Politics Department), 1999, 1993,
    1990, and 1989
Project director of grants from Oregon Council for the Humanities: $3000 for conference on Chicanos and
    Multiculturalism, 1994; and $1100 for lecture series on Mesoamerican Cultures, 1993
Participant in National Endowment for the Humanities "Summer Institute on Mesoamerican Civilizations,"
    University of Pittsburgh, 1991
Participant in Latin American Studies Association Field Seminar, Nicaragua, June 1990
Faculty Minigrant for Instructional Development, University of California, Riverside, 1985