Angélica Becerra

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Education

2020 (Spring) Ph.D. Chicana and Chicano Studies

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Dissertation: “Envisioning the Chicana Radical Aesthetic: Digital Artivism in the Twenty-First-Century”

Co-Chairs: Dr. Maylei Blackwell & Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson

Committee: Judith F. Baca, Dr. Genevieve Carpio, Dr. Charlene-Villaseñor-Black

2016 Graduate Certificate in Urban Humanities, Department of Architecture and Design

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2014 M.A., Chicana and Chicano Studies

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2012 B.A., Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Minor: Film and Electronic Media

California State University, Long Beach

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Angélica Becerra, Jonathan Banfill & Jeannette Mundy “Learning the City: Developing new networks of understanding”, Boom: A Journal of California, 6 (3), 100-109, 2016.

Works in Progress

“Queerida: Self Help Graphics’ First Queer Chicana Printmaking Atelier.” To be submitted for publication in Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, in Fall 2019.

“The Art is the Movement: The Chicanx Political Poster and its Digital Turn.” To be submitted for publication to Latino Studies in Winter 2019.

Edited Volumes

Urban Humanities in the Borderlands: Engaged Scholarship from Mexico City to Los Angeles, Assistant Editor, Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative, 2016.

Book Reviews

Angélica Becerra. “Jose Vasconcelos: The Prophet of Race by Ilan Stavans”, Book Review, Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 38 (1), 293-296, 2013.

Web-Based Publications

"Journalistic Portrayals of Latinos and their Effects on Public Policy." Dr. Otto Santa Ana and Angelica Becerra, The American Mosaic: The Latino American Experience. ABC-CLIO, Web, 2013.

Fellowships

2018 Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IULPR) Mellon Dissertation Fellowship

2018 UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship (declined)

2017 UCLA Teaching Excellence Award (nominated)

2017 UCLA Labor Center Lang Fellowship

2016 Arts Activation Grant, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

2015 UCLA Urban Humanities Mexico City Research Travel Grant

2013 UCLA Graduate Research Mentorship (under Dr. Chon Noriega)

2012 Fellowship, Chicana and Chicano Studies Department ($21,000 plus fees)