Education:
Ph.D., New York University - 2002 (Sociology)
B.A., Clark University - 1989 (Geography)
Areas of Expertise:
Urban sociology, U.S. Latino experience, community development, sociology of consumption.
Books and Publications
Martinez, Miranda and Alan Aja. "Democratic Rights and Nuyorican Identity in the Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño." Latino(a) Research Review 8.1-2. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
Power at the Roots: Gentrification, Community Gardens, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side. Lexington Books. (Books and Publications: Book) 2010
"Attack of the Butterfly Spirits: The Impact of Movement Framing by Community Garden Preservation Activists." Social Movement Studies 8.4, November. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Alternate, Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty. Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Faculty Fellow. Bridges Across Brooklyn: City-as-Classroom Fellowship. Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Faculty Fellowship Publications Program, CUNY, Spring. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
PSC-CUNY Research Grant, for Power at the Roots. (Manuscript Publication Grant). (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Research Activities
Faculty adviser, Despierta Boricua Recovering History. (Exhibit and archival research on Puerto Rican community newspaper, La Claridad). 2010
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Martinez, Miranda and Alan Aja. "The Discourse of Democratic Rights in the Mainand PSP." Puerto Rican Studies Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Getting Control: Personal Finance Blogs, Cultural Capital, and Rescuing a Damaged Self." ASA Roundtable Presentation. San Francisco. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"History Still Matters: Symbolically Leveraging Community to Gain Control of Local Development Decisions." Invited panelist. Association for Research on Nonprofits and Voluntary Associations. Cleveland. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Professional Leadership
Alternate delegate to Faculty Council, fall 2007-10. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Board member, Cooper Square Land Trust, 1997-present. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2010
Liaison with ITS for upgrading of department website, 2007-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Departmental Appointments Committee, 2007-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Reviewer, sociology grant proposals, PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Fund. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Supervisor, field writing tutor, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Department, Spring. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Faculty Committee on Core Curriculum. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Provost's Task Force on Place Based Learning and Sustainability. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Research Associate Search Committee, Center for Puerto Rican Studies/Centro de Estudios Puertoriquenos, Hunter College (CUNY). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Other Professional Activities
Attended NYU Faculty Resource Network Winter Faculty Enrichment Program in "Puerto Rican Culture at the Borderlands." Santurce, Puerto Rico, Jan. 8-13. 2008
