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About Phylis Martinelli

Interests
  • Research, Scholarly, Creative Interests
    • My research relates to ethnicity initially focusing on ethnic communities beginningbegining with a study of interethnic dynamics in a transitional neighborhood. I next did historical research on ethnic communities in the southwest, and a study of a contemporary ethnic community for my doctorate.I am now interested in the critical concept of ethnic identity in terms of cooperation and competition.Environmental sociology is an interest also, which began with a linked course with Chemistry Professor Steve Bachofer. I'm also looking at environmental racism in historical and contemporary situations.

Service:
Ethnic Religious Festival:
  • St Joseph's Table/Festa di San Giuseppe
  • (March 19, 1995)
  • I founded, with the help of many others especially Father Sal Ragusa the annual Festa di San Giuseppe or St. Joseph's Table. This Italian American observance honors St. Joseph as the earthly father of Jesus, the patron saint of workers and Brothers. The goal is to continue this cultural tradition and to raise funds to assist organizations assisting families today.

Positions

Present Emeritus Faculty, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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Present Emeritus Faculty, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Sociology
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1997 - 2014 Professor of Sociology, Saint Mary's College of California
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1988 - 1997 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Saint Mary's College of California
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1994 - 1995 Chair, Department of Anthropology/Sociology, Saint Mary's College of California
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Disciplines

Grants

2000 Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline
American Sociological Association
"Mexican and Italian Immigrants in the Arizona Labor Force, 1880-1930: The Process of Racialization"
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2005 - 2006 Vice President, Pacific Sociological Association
2001 - 2003 Member, Governing Board, Pacific Sociological Association
1996 - 1997 Member, Executive Board, California Sociological Association
1994 - 1995 President, California Sociological Association
1993 - 1994 President Elect, California Sociological Association
1990 - 1991 Consultant, Museum Wing on the Minority Experience, Arizona Historical Society
1990 - 1991 Secretary, California Sociological Association
1989 - 1990 Acting Secretary, California Sociological Association
1989 Codirector, Photographic Exhibit, Ethnic Group - Mini Grant, California Humanities Council
1988 - 1989 University of California - Berkeley, Visiting Associate Professor
1987 - 1988 Co-investigator of social and economic history of labor force, Roosevelt Dam
1984 - 1987 Arizona State University, Faculty Associate
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Honors and Awards

  • Leonard Covello Award for Italian American Studies
  • Member - Hispanic Research and Arts Network, Hispanic Research Center - Arizona State University

Courses

  • Urban Studies
  • New Immigrants
  • Medical Sociology
  • Collegiate Seminar: Greek and Roman
  • New Immigrants and Refugees
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Health and Illness
  • First Generation to College
  • Ethnic Identity in the New Millennium

Education

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1984 Ph.D. Sociology, Arizona State University
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1971 M.A. Sociology, San Francisco State University
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1964 B.A., Sociology, San Jose State University
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Presentations (14)

Publications (20)