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November, 2009. BiCCHEC researcher Dr.
Michael Snodgrass, from the IUPUI History Department, continues to disseminate
his research on Mexican emigration. In November he will travel to Monterrey,
Nuevo Leon, where he has been invited as the keynote speaker at the XXXII
Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes de Historia, a national conference of Mexican
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March 26, 2009. Nearly two decades ago,
IUPUI student Juana Watson had a dream: to inspire faculty and students from
IUPUI's health schools to travel to her native Mexico to provide a few days of
health care for those in her mountain hometown of Calnali. It was just a small
seed, really. But that one spring break trip to reach out to those in need grew
into another, then another, growing year after year. The IUPUI travel party
grew: more faculty, more students, more schools joining the cause.
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July 13-July 16, 2009. Researchers from
Universidad de Guadalajara visit BICCHEC's group to discuss the production of a
study on adolescent's Oral Health. The study would be conducted in two sites in
Mexico and one in Indiana. The Indiana group is lead by Dr. G. Haupomé the
Mexico group's leader is Dr. D. Mendoza. The study is funded by the Mexican
Secretanal of Education, through the PROMED's program.
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May 26, 2009. BiCCHEC researcher gives presentation and publishes
reports on the history, culture and effects of emigration in Mexico. The History
Department at the University of Georgia invited BiCCHEC researcher Dr. Michael
Snodgrass (History, School of Liberal Arts) to present his research to a meeting
of faculty and graduate students on April 28 in Athens.
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March 26, 2009. Nearly two decades ago,
IUPUI student Juana Watson had a dream: to inspire faculty and students from
IUPUI's health schools to travel to her native Mexico to provide a few days of
health care for those in her mountain hometown of Calnali. It was just a small
seed, really. But that one spring break trip to reach out to those in need grew
into another, then another, growing year after year. The IUPUI travel party
grew: more faculty, more students, more schools joining the cause.
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November 10, 2008. Researchers are part of an IUPUI delegation that visits UAEH Mexico.
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Oct 13, 2008.
The Social Consequences of Immigration Policies The all-day forum will include
presentations and panel discussions about the impact of Mexican immigration on
the Indianapolis community and the sending communities in the areas of
education, religion, social and human services, and health. Please plan to join
us on Monday, October 13th. Register today at online by
clicking here.
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November, 2009.
BiCCHEC researcher Dr. Michael Snodgrass, from the IUPUI History Department,
continues to disseminate his research on Mexican emigration. In November he will
travel to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, where he has been invited as the keynote
speaker at the XXXII Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes de Historia, a national
conference of Mexican history students. He will present a paper titled "Obreros,
Braceros y la Maquinaria Politica de Mexico Posrevolucionario" (Workers,
Migrants and Machine Politics in Post-Revolutionary Mexico). This past summer, a
BiCCHEC writing stipend allowed Snodgrass the time and resources to begin work
on his book manuscript on Mexican emigration and its effects on sending
communities in west-central Mexico. He also wrote and submitted a book chapter
called "Patronage and Progress: The Bracero Program from the Perspective of
Mexico," which will appear next year in a volume to be published by Oxford
University Press. Guests can read a version of that upcoming publication
here
July 13-July 16, 2009, Researchers from
Universidad de Guadalajara visit BICCHEC's group to discuss the production of a
study on adolescent's Oral Health.
Researchers from
Universidad de Guadalajara visit BICCHEC's group to discuss the production of a
study on adolescent's Oral Health. The study would be conducted in two sites in
Mexico and one in Indiana. The Indiana group is lead by Dr. G. Haupomé the
Mexico group's leader is Dr. D. Mendoza. The study is funded by the Mexican
Secretanal of Education, through the PROMED's program.
May 26, 2009. BiCCHEC researcher gives presentation and publishes reports on the history, culture and effects of emigration in Mexico.
The History Department at the
University of Georgia invited BiCCHEC researcher Dr. Michael Snodgrass (History,
School of Liberal Arts) to present his research to a meeting of faculty and
graduate students on April 28 in Athens. His talk focused on the Mexican
government’s changing policies towards emigration over the twentieth century. He
will give a revised version of the talk at the upcoming congress of the Latin
American Studies Association in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June. Dr. Snodgrass
recently submitted two separate chapters on another aspect of his research: the
history of the Bracero Program, the guest worker program that sent millions of
seasonal migrants from Mexico to the United States to labor in agriculture
between 1942 and 1964. One chapter explores how the Bracero Program fostered the
culture of migration that persists today in so many communities in rural
west-central Mexico. The other examines how emigration and return migration led
to significant improvements in local economies, housing, diets, and health in
the tradition emigrant-sending state of Jalisco. The chapters will appear in two
books to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press: Beyond the Border: The
History of Mexican-U.S. Migration (Mark Overmyer-Velásquez, ed.) and Workers,
the Nation-State and Beyond: Essays in Labor History Across the Americas (Leon
Fink, ed.).
November 10, 2008. BiCCHEC Researchers are part of an IUPUI delegation that visits UAEH Mexico.
From October 28th-November 1st, a delegation of twelve faculty and staff members
representing Adaptive Educational Services, Engineering, Liberal Arts, the
Office of International Affairs, the School of Nursing, and Student Life,
including BICCHEC researchers Dr. Rose Mays, Dr. Mary Beth Riner and Dr. Michael Snodgrass, to meet
with colleagues at the UAEH to strengthen the institutional partnership, establish class connections across
the disciplines, finalize a summer study abroad program for students studying Spanish and to
develop curriculum with colleagues. Dr. Rose Mays and Dr. Mary Beth Riner worked with their
UAEH colleagues in the School of Nursing to gain a more
in-depth knowledge of nursing
education in Mexico while also discussing key areas of collaboration for the Indiana University
School of Nursing at the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo Nursing School. Dr. Snograss
met with colleagues from the Population Studies Center to discuss transnational community
research and also delivered a paper, Mexican Emigration and Return Migration: The Case of
Jalisco, 1890-1964.
October 13, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers organized “The Social Consequences of Immigration Policies” Forum
The all-day forum included presentations and panel discussions about the impact of Mexican immigation on the Indianapolis community and the sending communities in the areas of education, religion, social and human services, and health. One hundred and two community members and researchers registered for this event and were fully engaged in the issue of collaboration between academic and community leaders in working toward immigrations policies and practices that promote the well-being of the total community
September 20, 2008. BiCCHEC researcher gives presentation: The Bracero Program and the Limits to Cross-Border Union Activism Workers, the Nation-State, and Beyond
The conference was held at Chicago’s Newberry Library, and was co-sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Roosevelt University. BiCCHEC’s researcher Dr. Michael Snodgrass received an invitation to participate in this small invitation-only gathering that brought together some of the best of current and emerging labor history scholarship on workers, the state, and transnational labor activism and institutions. The conference focused on empirically and theoretically relevant work that contributed to a genuinely transnational and/or comparative history of the Americas.
September 15, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers participate in “EL GRITO” event in Garfield Park in Indianapolis, IN.
To help the city of Indianapolis commemorate the 198th anniversary of Mexico’s Independence Day, also known as “El Grito,” BiCCHEC researchers and students set up an information booth at the site of the event, the McAllister Center for Performing Arts in Garfield Park. Held on the afternoon and early evening of Sept. 15, El Grito offered participants a diverse array of services and information in such areas as health, education, and federal service programs. It also promoted Mexican culture through music, folklore, and regional food.
Dr. Armando Soto, Preventive and Community Dentistry, coordinated IUSD’s involvement through the school’s Binational Cross-Cultural Health Enhancement Center, with assistance from
Dr. Stuart Schrader, Oral Biology. Dental students Matthew Rasche (D’09) and
James Bieneman (D’10) volunteered their services to talk to the participants about the dental school and its services and to respond to queries about dentistry.
August 12, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers participated in SEAL Indiana’s visit to the Mexican consulate in Indianapolis
August 12 2008. BiCCHEC researcher Dr. Armando Soto and the SEAL Indiana team from the Indiana University Dental School participated in the program’s visit for the first time to the Mexican Consulate in Indianapolis as part of the Ventanillas de Salud Program. They offered free services to children between 5 and 15 years of age, having taken care of 10 patients. In addition to providing dental screenings, they provided oral hygiene instructions, applied sealants and fluoride, and they gave toothpaste and brushes. The Consul Juan M. Solana, as well as the Alternate Consul and the Coordinator of the IME, recognized the cooperation and work of BiCCHEC, IUSD and SEAL Indiana. For more information visit:
http://portal.sre.gob.mx/indianapolis/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=78
May 20, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers have received a grant to study
Oral Health Disparitiesudy
Oral Health Disparities
BiCCHEC researchers Dr. Martinez Mier, Stelzner, Soto and Kahn have received a grant to study Oral Health Disparities from the Research Support Funds Grant, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, IUPUI. The broad long-term objective of the study to strengthen university-community to conduct focused assessments to elicit information to identify of the assets, resources, and community infrastructure as well as the community’s perceptions of dental needs, barriers to access to care and their causes. Researchers will work in partnership with la Plaza and Su casa Columbus in this study
March 10, 2008. BiCCHEC researchers have received a grant to
develop a culturally-sensitive bereavement program for Latino families
BiCCHEC researchers Drs. Lorant and Stelzner have received a small grant to develop a culturally-sensitive bereavement program for Latino families from the Indiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. This study aims at understanding the beliefs regarding death and dying in a rural Mexican community, determining the coping skills and supports used during bereavement and the role health care providers play in bereavement within this community, and determining attitudes of family members and community members regarding children with disabilities. Researchers will use this information in the development of a bereavement protocol for Latino families in Indianapolis