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Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Associate Professor Emeritus Sociology

Degrees
PhD, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

MA, California State University--Humboldt

BA, Universidad de Puerto Rico--Recinto de R穩o Piedras

Languages Spoken
English, Spanish
Favorite Spot on Campus
the small garden on the way to the Amphitheater
Book Currently Reading
Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Question, by L獺zaro Lima (https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520300897/being-brown)
Bio
Dr. Vidal-Ortiz's scholarship cuts across racialization, sexuality, gender, migration and religion; his work is interdisciplinary. He coedited two award winning books: , and , co-authored a book with two former students, Brandon Andrew Robinson and Cristina Khan, titled , and is completing a book manuscript about race, gender and sexuality in 釦硃紳喧梗娶穩硃 (an Afro-Cuban religious-cultural practice).

Within the American Sociological Association (ASA), he was elected Chair of the Latina/o Sociology section; in the past, he has served as convener (and first non-elected Chair) of the Sociology of the Body and Embodiment section, is Past Chair of the Sexualities Section, and served as inaugural editorial board member for , from the Race and Ethnic Minorities section (where he was a Council member as well). In 2018, he served as tri-chair for ASA's Sexualities Section Pre-conference: . Outside of the discipline, he was an inaugural editorial board member for ; he also co-edited a special issue of , on as part of the . In DC, he has supported community-based groups such as Different Avenues -see related essay on - and the .

He continues Fulbright-based research on displacement and LGBT people in Bogot獺, Colombia. With Juliana Mart穩nez, he edited (loosely translated as Trans-ing knowledge: trans* peoples education in Argentina) - based on narratives from students and teachers that show the challenges and opportunities of trans-inclusion in three public education sites in the greater Buenos Aires province. He has taught sociology of race and ethnicity at ; in Colombia, a qualitative research methods course for the graduate social sciences program at ; one on migration, gender and sexuality for the Masters in cultural studies at , also in Colombia; and in Brazil, a course on race, gender and sexuality inclusion in education for the Masters in Education at .

He has received a few important honors and fellowships recently: during Fall 2019, he held a Distinguished Scholar in Residence position in the at the College of the Holy Cross; for Spring 2022, he was the at Michigan State University; and during AY 2023-24, he was a at University at Buffalo.
For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • SOCY-351 Race, Racialization and Power

  • SOCY-351 Race, Racialization and Power

  • SOCY-453 Intersectionality: Theory/Prac

Partnerships & Affiliations


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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Media Appearances

MEDIA COVERAGE/INTERVIEWS/RADIO SHOWS

  • Podcast with host Lezli Levene Harvell, in the Iconoclast Dinner Experience, Impolite Conversations Series. Episode #11: Hamburgers and Hot Dogs Are German...You Know That, Right? Vol 3: Hierarchy In Academia, Parallels in LGBTQ Community, Latine + Latinx. (September 2020). Found here: https://tinyurl.com/2r84agpe.

  • Interview appeared on August 1, 2019, in Radio Caput, within the "Fluid gender"泭radio section (a local Buenos Aires radio program focusing on LGBT issues). 泭Discussed the state of affairs in Puerto Rico and LGBT activism on the Island leading to the resignation of the governor.

  • Interview appeared on November 9, 2018, on the launching of "Travar el Saber,"泭in泭Radio En Casa泭(Radio at Home -泭a泭local Buenos Aires radio program focused on LGBT issues.)

  • Interview appeared on July 11, 2011 in泭Centro Latinoamericano en Sexualidades y Derechos Humanos.泭Sexualidad y Migraci籀n. (Migration and Sexuality.) Conducted by Franklin Gil Hern獺ndez泭(Published in Spanish, Portuguese, and English).

  • Interview appeared on May 5, 2011 in Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Radio. The Javeriana泭Academy. Discussed gender/queer studies in relation to the Universitys curriculum and activism泭(a Jesuit University that had, in 2011, significant,泭visible LGBT programming).

  • Interview appeared on September 22, 2009 in泭Religion Dispatchers.Animal Sacrifice and Sexuality泭in泭釦硃紳喧梗娶穩硃. Conducted by Nick Street.泭

  • Interviewed September 17, 2007, Telemundo, Inc. - Segment on DC metro area Black/Latino relations泭and recent tensions between both groups, as part of an exploration of possible coalitions.泭TV appearance: November 2007.泭

  • Interviewed April 11, 2006 in泭Escucha y Ponte Trucha.泭晨棗莽喧梗餃泭by Radio Campesina泭(a southwest泭radio station focusing on immigrant populations). Discussed the impact of immigration on泭the sexuality, gender relations, and sexual education of Latin American immigrants.泭

POPULAR MEDIA/ONLINE ESSAYS/BLOGS:

Contributor (in both English and Spanish) to blogs including Feminist Reflections, Inside Higher Ed, and 80 grados: 泭

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Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • 2022 - Society for the Study of Social Problems, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division for Outstanding Article Award: "A Queer Sociology." 泭
  • 2022 -泭American Sociological Association (ASA) Sociology of Sexualities Section, Honorable mention, for best article: "A Queer Sociology." 泭
  • 2022 - ASA Race, Gender and Class Section, Honorable mention, for best article: "A Queer Sociology." 泭
  • 2022 - Inaugural Scholar-in-Residence, Stephen O. Murray Fellowship, James Madison College, Michigan State University. 泭
  • 2019 - Distinguished Faculty-in-Residence, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, College of the Holy Cross. 泭
  • 2016 -泭American Anthropological Association (AAA) Association for Queer Anthropologists, Winner, Ruth Benedict Book Prize, Outstanding Edited Volume, for Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT泭Activism泭(University of Texas Press, 2015) 泭
  • 2011 -泭Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Alternate 泭
  • 2010 -泭The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, A Division of the Institute of International Education. Location: POntificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogot獺, Colombia. 泭
  • 2010 - ASA Sociology of Sexualities Section, Winner, Best Book Award, for The Sexuality of Migration. (New York University Press, 2009) 泭
  • 2010 -泭Honorable mention, Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Latino Studies Section, for The Sexuality of Migration. (New York University Press, 2009) 泭
  • 2010 -泭LASA, Sexualities Studies Section, Winner, Carlos Monsiv獺is Best Social Science Academic Essay, for Revisiting Activos and Pasivos: Towards New Cartographies of Latino/Latin American Male Same-Sex Desire. in Latina/o Sexualities. (Rutgers University Press, 2010) 泭
  • 2009 -泭Faculty Award. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center, 51勛圖 泭
  • 2008 -泭Distinguished Faculty (single faculty award, University wide), Multicultural Affairs/International Student and Scholar Services, 51勛圖 泭
  • 2006 -泭Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) of the City University of New York.泭Paul Monette-Roger Horowitz Dissertation Award. 泭
  • 2005 -泭Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Rose Laub Coser Dissertation Proposal Award. 泭
  • 2004-5 -泭Society for the Study of Social Problems Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship 泭
  • 2004-5 -泭American Sociological Association (ASA), Sociology of Sexualities Section,Martin P. Levine Memorial Dissertation Fellowship 泭
  • 2003-4 -泭Social Science Research Council, Sexuality Research Fellowship Program, Dissertation Research Fellow泭 泭
  • 2004 -泭ASA Race & Ethnic Minorities Section, James E. Blackwell student paper, honorary mention: On being a white person of color: using autoethnography to understand Puerto Ricans racialization (published in the journal Qualitative Sociology) 泭
  • 2002 -泭ASA Sociology of Sexualities Section, student paper, winner: Sexuality, gender, and race: LGBTs at the crossroads of 釦硃紳喧梗娶穩硃 religious practices and beliefs 泭
  • 2002 -泭Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Student Research Grants泭

Selected Publications

  • 2024. [with Emma Busch]. ENLACE: Latina/o gay and lesbian ruptures in the Archives. Latino Studies 22, 1: 196-215. 泭
  • 2023. [with Natalia Ruiz-Junco]. W.E.B. Du Bois as interactionist: Reflections on the泭canonical incorporation of a marginalized scholar. Symbolic Interaction 46, 3: 332-348. 泭
  • 2023. [with Juliana Mart穩nez].泭From rage to love: Travesti-centred education in Argentina. Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning 23(3): 263-270. 泭
  • 2022. [with Cristina Silva & Michelle Newton-Francis]. Negotiating Racialized Organizational Spaces and Intimacies: An Ethnography of Erotic Labor at The Playpen Strip Club. Gender, Work and Organizations.
  • 2021. [with Juliana Mart穩nez]. Travar el saber: Travesti-Centred Knowledge Making and Education. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 40, 5: 665-678. 泭
  • 2021."A Sea of Whiteness: Teaching Sexuality through a New Sociology at a US51勛圖." Teaching Sociology 49, 4: 223-232. 泭
  • 2021. [with Pierce, Joseph M., Maria Amelia Viteri, Diego Falcon穩 Tr獺vez & Lourdes Mart穩nez-Echaz獺bal, eds.] Special Triple Issue - Cuir/Queer Am矇ricas: Translation, Decoloniality, and the Incommensurable. GLQ: A journal of lesbian, gay, and queer studies (USA); El Lugar Sin L穩mites (Argentina); 捩梗娶勳籀餃勳釵喝莽 (Brazil). 泭
  • 2021. [with Mendieta, Andr矇s] Administering Gender: Trans Mens Sexual and Reproductive Challenges in Argentina. International Journal of Transgender Health 22, 1-2: 54-64. 泭
  • 2020. [with Moussawi, Ghassan]. A Queer Sociology: On Power, Race, and Decentering Whiteness. Sociological Forum 35, 4: 1272-1289. 泭
  • 2020. Transgender Movements. Pp. 463-479 in Companion to Gender Studies. Edited by Nancy A. Naples. Wiley/Blackwell. 泭
  • 2020. [with Giancarlo Cornejo Salinas and Juliana Mart穩nez]. LGBT studies without泭LGBT studies: mapping alternative pathways in Per繳 and Colombia.泭Journal of泭Homosexuality泭67, 3: 417-434 (Special Issue: 25 years of Gay and Lesbian Studies).

  • 2019. Rejoicing on Lionel Cant繳s泭De Ambiente: Queer Tourism and the泭Shifting Boundaries of Mexican Male Sexualities.泭GLQ: Gay and Lesbian Studies Quarterly泭(Special 25th泭Anniversary issue of GLQ): 25, 1: 73-77.

  • 2018. [with Gloria Gonz獺lez-L籀pez].泭Sociology of Sexualities, Latinas and Latinos泭 A review of the Field.Sexualities 21, 8: 1282-1286. (Special Issue: 20 years of sexualities泭studies).泭

  • 2018.泭[with Juliana Mart穩nez].泭Latinx Thoughts:泭Latinidad泭with an X.泭Latino Studies泭16, 3: 384-395.

  • 2017. [Review essay]. WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly 45, 1-2: 310-315. 泭
  • 2016.泭Sof穩a Vergara: on泭media泭representations of Latinidad. Pp. 85-99 in Race and Contention in Twenty-first Century U.S. Media, Jason Smith and Bhoomi K. Thakore, (eds). Routledge Transformations in Race and Media Series. Routledge. 泭 泭 泭泭
  • 2015. [with Jos矇 Fernando Serrano].泭Masculinities, Profeminism, and Feminism in Latin America. Pp. 321-340 in , Wendy Harcourt and Rawwida Baksh (eds). Oxford University Press of America. 泭 泭 泭泭
  • 2014. [with泭Fernanda T.泭Bianchi, Carol A. Reisen, Maria Cecilia Zea, Felisa A. Gonzales, Fabi獺n Betancourt, Marcela Aguilar, and泭Paul J. Poppen]. Sex Work Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Bogot獺. Archives of Sexual Behavior 43: 1637-1650.
  • 2014.泭Foreword. Pp. ix-xvii in泭, by Mar穩a Amelia Viteri. New York: SUNY Press. 泭 泭
  • 2014. Keyword: Whiteness. (Inaugural Issue: Keywords in Trans Studies.)泭TSQ: Transgender Studies泭Quarterly. 1, 1-2: 264-266.

  • 2013. [with Brandon Andrew Robinson] "Displacing the Dominant Down Low Discourse: Deviance, Same-sex Desire, and Craigslist.org." Deviant Behavior 34, 3: 224-241. 泭泭 泭
  • 2011. Presentaci籀n del Dossier: :"聶C籀mo se piensa lo queer en Am矇rica Latina?" ("How is 'queer' thought of in Latin America?") Iconos 39: Revista de Ciencias Sociales 15, 1: 47-60. (edited special issue with Mar穩a Amelia Viteri and Jos矇 Fernando Serrano).泭 泭
  • 2011. [with Natalia Ruiz-Junco].泭"Autoethnography: the sociological through the personal."泭Pp. 193-211 in , edited by Ieva Zake and Michael DeCesare. McFarland Publishers. 泭
  • 2010. Blurring the boundaries of being, the field, and nation: Puerto Rico,泭the Bronx, and泭釦硃紳喧梗娶穩硃. Pp. 197- 219 inFieldwork Identities in the Caribbean, Erin B.泭Taylor, ed. Caribbean Studies Press.泭 泭
  • 2010. [with Tom獺s Almaguer, H矇ctor Carrillo, and Carlos U. Decena].泭Revisiting Activos and Pasivos: Towards New Cartographies of Latino/Latin American Male Same-Sex Desire. Pp. 253-273 in . Marysol Asencio (ed). Rutgers University Press. 泭 泭
  • 2009. The figure of the trans-woman of color through the lens of Doing Gender. Gender & Society, 23, 1: 99-103. 泭
  • 2008. The Puerto Rican way is more tolerant: Constructions and uses of homophobia among 釦硃紳喧梗娶穩硃 practitioners across ethno-racial and national identification. Sexualities 11, 4: 476-495. 泭
  • 2008. Transgender and Transsexual Studies: Sociologys Influence and Future Steps. Sociology Compass, 2, 2: 433-450. 泭
  • 2006. [with Ananya泭Mukherjea].泭Studying HIV Risk in Vulnerable Communities:泭Methodological and Reporting Shortcomings in The Young Mens Study in New York City.泭The泭Qualitative Report, 11, 2: 393-416.泭 泭
  • 2004. On Being a White Person of Color: Using Autoethnography to Understand Puerto Ricans Racialization. Qualitative Sociology, 27, 2:179-203. 泭泭
  • 2004. Puerto Ricans and the Politics of Speaking Spanish. Latino Studies,泭2, 2:254-8.泭

  • 2002. Queering Sexuality and Doing Gender: Transgender mens identification泭with gender and sexuality. Gendered Sexualities (Advances in Gender Research, Volume 6).泭Pp. 181-233. Patricia Gagn矇 and Richard Tewksbury, eds. NY: Elsevier Press.

  • 2001. A World of Its Own, Not the Best of Both Worlds. [Bisexuality in the泭US: A Social泭Sciences Reader.Paula C. Rodr穩guez Rust, ed. (2000).]泭Journal of Sex Research,泭38, 3:271-273.

Research Interests

Primary:

Race/Ethnic Studies; Puerto Rican and Latino Studies; Racialized Sexualities; Sexuality泭Studies; Transgender/Transsexual泭Studies; Queer Theory; Qualitative Methods, Autoethnography.

Secondary:

Body/Embodiment; HIV/AIDS; Social Policy; Applied Research; Migration; Religion.