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Orlando Lara In much of my work, I focus on the melding of creative production, ethnography, and community organizing. Currently, I am a graduate student in Anthropology at UCI working on an ethnography of citizenship review and passport denial in Southeast Texas and other parts of the US. I am a member of the Sin Huellas Artist/Activist Collective, which created the multi-media exhibit, "Detention Nation." The work has been shown in Houston, Denver, Topeka, and Lubbock. I am also a co-founder and facilitator for the Ethnic Studies Network of Texas, a network of scholars, educators, and leaders committed to growing Ethnic Studies in K-16 Texas public ed. Previously, I served as the inaugural Associate Director of the Department of Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies at TCU, the first Ethnic Studies Department in Texas. Before that, I was Mexican American Studies Faculty and the lead Puente Instructor for the Puente Project at Lee College. I am a proud Chicanx Studies major and hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell where I taught freshman writing and creative writing. Before that, I obtained a Master's degree in Anthropology and a Certificate in Culture and Media from NYU and a BA in Chicana/o Studies with Honors from Stanford. While in New York City, I worked with undocumented youth during the early "coming out as undocumented" movement and later worked on deportation defense efforts in Houston, TX. Through my creative, academic, and community collaborations, I work to build intergenerational knowledge and intersectional communities of survivance and resistance. Current Research Passport Denial and the Criminalization of Birth in Texas Works and Projects Publications and Public Writing: Art and Multimedia: Video: Creative Writing: Academic Interests Migration, citizenship, and race Social Media |
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