University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Juan de LaraAssistant Professor of American Studies and EthnicityContact Information E-mail: jdelara@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-1767 Office: KAP 462 |
Education |
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 Ph.D. Geography, UC Berkeley, 12/2009
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M.A. Urban Planning, UCLA, 5/2000
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B.A. Sociology and Labor Studies, Pitzer College, 5/1996
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Postdoctoral Training |
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Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, University of Southern California, 01/2010-08/2011
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Tenure Track Appointments |
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Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 2011-2012
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Non-Tenure Track Appointments |
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Program Director, Ontario Community Studies Program, Pitzer College, 08/1999-07/2001
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| My research interests include: social justice and social movements, the political economy of uneven development, urbanization, race and ethnicity, labor, California and the American West, Los Angeles, and the U.S./Mexico border. | |
Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"Has Geography Abandoned US? Counting the Bodies, Naming Names and Revisiting Race in the Discipline.", Association of American Geographers, Roundtable/Panel, New York, Invited,
Spring
2012
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"Measuring Movement Building: Defining Metrics that Matter", From the Ashes: The 1992 Civil Unrest and the Rise of Social Movement Organizing, Roundtable/Panel, University of Southern California, Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, Invited,
Spring
2012
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"Subprime Spaces: Southern California’s New Geography of Race and Class", The Invisible Crisis, Foreclosures in California, Talk/Oral Presentation, Riverside, CA, University of California, Riverside, Invited,
Spring
2012
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"City of Quartz at 20: The View from Past Futures.", Association of American Geographers, Roundtable/Panel,
Spring
2011
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"Commodity Flows and the Production of Metropolitan Inequality: The Case of Southern California.", Association of American Geographers, Paper Presentation, Seattle,
Spring
2011
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"Moving the Goods: The Inland Empire Logistics Industry.", Getting the Goods Conference, University of California Riverside, Talk/Oral Presentation, Invited,
Fall
2008
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"Spaces of Circulation: Finance Capital, Housing, and the Goods Movement Industry in LA’s Urban Fringe.", Association of American Geographers, Talk/Oral Presentation,
Spring
2008
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"A Life of Leisure: Mapping Development in the Palm Springs Valley.", American Association of Geographers, Talk/Oral Presentation,
Spring
2007
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Other Presentations |
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"California's Inland Empire: A Land of Contradictions", Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation Fellows Meeting, Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation , Corona, CA,
Spring
2012
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"Hidden Landscapes of Circulation: Labor and Environmental Justice in the Inland Empire.", Faculty Colloquia, California State University, San Bernardino,
Fall
2008
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Publications |
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Book Chapter |
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De Lara, J. D.
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Goods Movement and Metropolitan Inequality. Cities, Regions and Flows pp. 75-91. London and New York: Routledge.
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Grant Report |
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Pastor, M., Delara, J. D., Scoggins, J.
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All Together Now? African Americans, Immigrants, and the Future of California. Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration.
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Journal Article |
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De Lara, J. D.
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Post City of Quartz Los Angeles. Human Geography.
Vol. 5 (3)
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Honors and Awards |
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Fellow, Institute for the Study of Social Change, UC Berkeley, 9/2005-5/2007
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Rhodes Scholar, 1995-1996
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McNair Scholar, U.S. Department of Education, 1994-1995
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American Sociological Association, MOST Fellow, 1993-1994
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