Maria E.P. Rivera-Beckstrom

 Maria E.P. Rivera-Beckstrom

Maria E.P. Rivera-Beckstrom

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Biography

University of Illinois Springfield Springfield - Law


Resume

  • 2004

    Rutgers University - Newark

    University of Illinois Springfield

    Taught various first and upper level sociology courses including Classical Sociological Theories;\nContemporary Sociological Theories; Social Movements; Social Problems; and Social Change

    Rutgers University - Newark

    National Book Awards

    Social Sciences Category Manila Critics Circle

    Education Travel Grant

    Ford Foundation

    Chiune Sugihara Dissertation Fellowship

    New School for Social Science Research

    Visiting Scholar (offered)

    Center for the Study of Law and Society

    UC Berkeley

    British Chevening Scholarship (finalist)

    Bordin/Gillette Researcher Travel Fellowship

    Bentley Historical Library

    University of Michigan

    Bachelor of Arts - BA

    Business Administration

    Miriam College

    New School for Social Research

    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

    Sociology

  • 2002

    I provided program and university information

    insights and advice to prospective graduate students

    coordinated between Sociology Department and Graduate Admissions Office

    and assisted in the Admissions Office's open house events.

    The New School

    University of Illinois Springfield

    Springfield

    Illinois Area

    I taught both undergraduate and graduate (and on-ground and online) courses that include Law and Society; Law and Inequality; Poverty

    Law and Justice; Comparative Law and Society; Public Advocacy; Law and Politics; and Research Methods. I also mentored students and conducted research for conference presentation.

    Visiting Assistant Professor

    Legal Studies Department

    Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership

    Suffolk University

    Greater Boston Area

    I co-developed and delivered syllabus and programming for the McNair Program's Summer Research Academy. I also advised and mentored students on their research projects and graduate school applications.

    Project Assistant

    McNair Scholars Program

  • 2001

    The New School

    Salem State University

    Bowdoin College

    Brunswick

    ME

    I taught Sociology of Law; Politics

    Power and Society; and Introduction to Sociology.

    Visiting Assistant Professor

    Sociology Department

    Bowdoin College

    Salem

    MA

    I teach Introduction to Legal Studies and Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies for the Interdisciplinary Studies Department. In Spring 2018

    I organized a moot court which featured my Legal Studies students.

    Visiting Lecturer

    Interdisciplinary Studies Department

    Salem State University

    Greater Boston Area

    * Formerly with the Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO). As the Coordinator for CGO I managed the speaker series events

    conducted research and coordinated research projects. With the new Institute

    I currently conduct module auditing and and assessment and assist in women leadership programs.

    Coordinator/Research Associate

    Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership

    Simmons University

    Springfield

    Illinois

    I managed the Engaged Citizenship Common Experience Speaker Series

    a complex program that was required undergraduate course and platform for engaging the university and larger Springfield

    IL communities. I coordinated the delivery oft least 13 lectures in a semester and managed both online and on-ground course section.

    Academic Program Coordinator

    University of Illinois Springfield

    Greater New York City Area

    I managed and supervised the operations of the university computing facilities.

    Computer Lab Supervisor

    University Computing Center

    The New School

  • 1997

    Institute of Philippine Culture

    Ateneo de Manila University

    Philippines

    Assistant Policy Analyst

    Institute of Philippine Culture

    I taught Leadership in Law and Social Justice and Simmons Explore.

    Simmons University

  • 1990

    Institute for Popular Democracy

    Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership

    Suffolk University

    Quezon City

    Philippines

    Research Associate

    Institute for Popular Democracy

  • Writing

    Evaluations

    Women's Studies

    Social Justice

    Comparative Law & Society

    University Teaching

    Historical Sociology

    Project Management

    Interpersonal Skills

    Political Sociology

    Research

    Course/Syllabus Design

    Law and Society

    Qualitative Research

    Conferences

    Survey Design

    Legal Culture

    Programming

    Data Analysis

    Organizational Skills

    [De]Scribing Elections: A Study of Elections in the Lifeworld of San Isidro

    [De]Scribing Elections: A Study of Elections in the Lifeworld of San Isidro

    Judicialization of Politics and Legal Culture: The Passage of the Philippine Parity Amendment of 1946

    The Colonial Condition and the Philippine Constitution making of 1934-35 in More American Than We Admit

    Regina O'Neill

    Women’s Experiences with ‘Male Allies’

    Problematizing sovereignty in the Philippine Constitution-making of 1934-35

    University of Illinois Springfield

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