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Portrait of Dr. Gloria Martinez

Dr. Gloria Martinez

  • Professor at Center for Diversity and Gender Studies
  • Professor at Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

2025

  • Co-Chair, HSI Community Council. December 2021 - December 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Council on Education, Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement. May 2025 - August 2025.
  • Board Member, Community Action. December 2020 - 2025.

2024

  • Reviewer / Referee, The Journal of American College Health. January 2019 - December 2024.
  • Junior Faculty Mentor Melissa Garcia, Sociology. September 2024 - 2024.
  • Chair, Rubric Review Committee. September 2024 - December 2024.
  • Participant, College of Liberal Arts Graduation Marshal. December 14, 2024.
  • Member, Graduate Studies Committee. January 1, 2005 - December 1, 2024.
  • Co-Chair, Nina Vaca Humrichouse Scholarship Committee. September 2024 - October 2024.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 2024 - May 2024.

2023

  • Organizer, First Generation Latina STEMpreneur Committee. 2021 - 2023.
  • Volunteer, Celebrate National First Gen Day. November 2021 - 2023.
  • Member, HSI Week/10 Years Committee. September 2021 - 2023.
  • Participant, First Gen Proud Working Group. January 2018 - 2023.
  • Member, Hispanic Policy Network. January 2017 - 2023.
  • Chair, Sociology Latina/o Studies Job Search Committee. September 2023 - December 2023.

2022

  • Editor, Journal of Research on Women and Gender/Center for Diversity and Gender Studies. September 2020 - 2022.
  • Member, Central Texas ACT Breast Cancer Coalition. May 2019 - 2022.
  • Member, Excelencia Seal. March 2020 - September 2022.
  • Member, The Monarch Center for Immigrant Students. January 2020 - September 2022.
  • Member, AVP Institutional Inclusive Excellence Search Committee. September 2021 - February 2022.

2021

  • Member, SCALEUP Faculty Research Fellows Selection Committee. December 2021 - 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Race and Ethnic Disparities. November 2021 - 2021.
  • Volunteer, Equality University. November 2021 - 2021.
  • Co-Chair, President's Naming Task Force. September 2020 - 2021.
  • Member, Mariel Muir Excellence in Mentoring Award Committee. April 2020 - 2021.

2020

  • Participant, Graduate College Once a First Gen Always a First Gen. November 2020 - 2020.
  • Organizer, First Gen Week Celebration/ How to Prepare and Apply to Graduate School. September 2020 - 2020.
  • Organizer, HSI Week Committee / How to Prepare and Apply to Graduate School. September 2020 - 2020.
  • Member, Research Review Committee. September 2019 - 2020.
  • Member, University College Developing Hispanic Serving Programs. January 2019 - 2020.
  • Volunteer, City of San Marcos Census Committee. May 2019 - September 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Research Institute of Asian Women at Sookmyung Women's University/Asian Women. January 2020 - May 2020.
  • Member, American Sociological Association/Latino Section/ 2020 Cristina Maria Riegos Student Paper Award. January 2020 - March 2020.

2019

  • Participant, Sociology Graduate Student Association’s “Womxn of Color in Higher Education”. November 2019 - 2019.
  • Participant, The River and The Wall. October 22, 2019 - 2019.
  • Member, Faculty and Department Profile Committee. September 2019 - 2019.
  • Faculty Review Committee, Faculty Review Committee. February 2019 - 2019.
  • University Mentor. January 2019 - December 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Routledge Book Reviewer 2018. January 2018 - December 2019.
  • Volunteer, Texas State Hispanic Policy Network. January 2018 - December 2019.
  • Mentor, National Research Mentoring Network (NMRN). September 2016 - December 2019.
  • Advisor, League of United Latin American Citizens Collegiate Council. January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2019.
  • Presentation What is Latina/o Studies Doing With Respect to DACA?, Texas State University DACA Task Force. September 2019 - October 2019.
  • Organizer, Latino/a Researchers & Books Panel Discussion. April 17, 2019.
  • Sociology Program External Reviewer, Texas A & M University Kingsville. February 11, 2019 - March 1, 2019.
  • Member, Texas Association for Chicanos and Chicanas in Higher Education. February 27, 2017 - February 28, 2019.
  • Presenter for a Workshop on Social Movements, The Leadership Institute of Texas State University. February 22, 2019 - February 23, 2019.
  • Organizer, Student Academic Support Adivisors and HSI STEM Impact. February 1, 2019 - February 9, 2019.

2018

  • Member, Research Review Committee. August 2018 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SAGE Book Reviewer. January 2018 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociology Compass. August 2017 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Gender and Society. September 1, 2015 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Journal of Child and Family Studies. January 2018 - December 2018.
  • Reviewer of Student Abstracts, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Annual Conference. March 2018 - September 2018.
  • Chair, Latina/o Studies Undergraduate Minor University Committee. January 1, 2017 - July 2018.
  • Chair, Latina/o Studies and Sociology Tenure Track Job Search 2018. December 2017 - May 2018.
  • Chair, Latina/o Studies Job Search Committee. October 2017 - May 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Latinos and Education. April 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, Oxford University Press Race and Ethnicity. 2014 - 2017.
  • Panel Discussant, Immigration and the Refugee Experience. September 2017.
  • Member, University Lecturer's Committee. January 1, 2017 - May 15, 2017.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. February 1, 2017 - March 30, 2017.
  • External Reviewer Texas A & M Sociology Department. January 12, 2017 - January 13, 2017.

2016

  • Speaker, Grandview Hills IB World School 5th grade. 2016.
  • Advisor, Texas State University LULAC. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, Latino Studies Working Group. June 1, 2015 - December 1, 2016.
  • Member, University Lecturers Committee. October 1, 2014 - December 1, 2016.
  • Member, Hispanic Policy Network at Texas State. June 1, 2014 - December 1, 2016.
  • Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Sociology. January 1, 2007 - December 1, 2016.
  • Member, Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society. January 1, 2005 - December 1, 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics Annual Conference 2017. July 2016.
  • Member, Search Committee for the Director of the School of Social Work. June 1, 2015 - March 1, 2016.
  • External Reviewer for Sociology Program, Texas A & M University Corpus Christi. January 10, 2016 - January 12, 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, Ethnic and Racial Studies. September 1, 2013 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Texas State Undergraduate Research Journal. September 1, 2014 - December 1, 2015.
  • University Mentor, Underrepresented Student Advisory Council. August 1, 2014 - December 1, 2015.
  • Other, Sociology 1310 Student Learning Outcomes Assessment. January 1, 2008 - December 1, 2015.
  • Other, Hays County District Juror. September 1, 2015.
  • Volunteer, Centro Cultural Hispano De San Marcos. May 8, 2015.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee (FRC). January 1, 2015 - May 1, 2015.

2014

  • Member, Center for Social Inquiry Advisory Committee. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2014.
  • Member, Honors and Awards Committee. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SAGE Open. August 1, 2014 - September 1, 2014.
  • Member, Texas State University Women and Gender Research Collaborative Committee. January 1, 2010 - September 1, 2014.
  • Guest Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Research on Women and Gender. January 1, 2009 - September 1, 2014.
  • Advisory Board Member, Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies. January 1, 2013 - August 1, 2014.
  • Speaker, Sigma Lambda Gamma Women Empowerment Week. March 1, 2014.

2013

  • Mentor, Bobcat Bond. September 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Member, Sociology Job Search Committee. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Member, Texas State Council of Women. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Committee Member, Committee Member, Center for the Study of Latinos in the Media and Markets, Puntos de Vista 4th International Spanish-Language Documentary Festival. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Panel Chair, "Conocimiento and Transformation of Chicana/o Education", National Association for Chicano and Chicana Studies Tejas Foco. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Manuscript Reviewer, Gender & Society. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Speaker, G-Force Summer Camp. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Speaker, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. and Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity "Best of Both Worlds Program". January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Alternate, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2013 - May 1, 2013.
  • Research Associate, The Center for Latino Media and Markets/El Centro, Texas State University. January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2013.

2012

  • Keynote Speaker, LGBT Lavender Graduation. September 1, 2012 - December 1, 2012.
  • Member, President's Council on the Status of Women. January 1, 2012.
  • Abstract Reviewer, Annual Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012.

2010

  • Reviewer / Referee, Manuscript Reviewer, Ethnic Studies Review. January 1, 2010.
  • Speaker, Guest Speaker, "Diversity and Going to College," G-Force Leadership Summer Program, Texas State University-San Marcos, 2010. January 1, 2010.
  • Speaker, Guest Speaker, G-Force College Days, with Lehman High School and Phoenix Academy Students. January 1, 2010.

2009

  • Faculty Advisor, Faculty Advisor, Â"Others Must Hear My StoryÂ" Sociology Early Outreach and Recruitment. January 1, 2009.
  • Reader, Reader, Bobcat Pause. January 1, 2009.
  • Discussant, Discussant, Race and Ethnicity Section, "Race, Ethnicity, and Health Concerns in the United States and France," The American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. January 1, 2009.
  • Speaker, Guest Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Night, at Doris Miller Jr. High, San Marcos, TX. January 1, 2009.
  • Mentor, Mentor, Mentoring Program, Division of Student Affairs. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009.
  • Participant, Participant, E3 Alliance Community Dialogues in Education, Closing the Gaps in San Marcos School District, San Marcos, Texas. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009.

2008

  • Member, Introduction to Sociology 1310 Student Learning Outcomes Assessment. January 1, 2008.
  • Member, Committee Member, James E. Blackwell Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award in the field of Race/Racism/Race Relations Studies, and Integrative Race, Class and Gender Analysis. January 1, 2008.

2007

  • Advisor, Sociology Club Advisor. January 1, 2007.
  • Speaker, Invited Guest Speaker, Commemorating Cesar Chavez by The Latino Student Association at Texas State University-San Marcos. January 1, 2007.

2006

  • Member, Student Writing Center Committee. January 1, 2006 - May 1, 2006.
  • Advisor, Sociology Club Advisor. January 1, 2006 - May 1, 2006.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Panel organizer. "Latino Health Issues," Race, Ethnicity and Place III Conference, Texas State University-San Marcos. January 1, 2006.
  • Member, Conference Site Committee Member, Race, Ethnicity and Place III Conference, Texas State University. January 1, 2006.
  • Panel organizer/Chair, Panel organizer/Chair. "Ethnic Health Advocacy." Race, Ethnicity and Place III Conference, Texas State University. January 1, 2006.
  • Panel organizer/Chair, Panel organizer/Chair. "On The Front Lines: Health Care Providers in Central Texas," Race, Ethnicity and Place III Conference, Texas State University-San Marcos. January 1, 2006.
  • Review/Revision, Annual Evaluation Policy Review/Revision. January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2006.