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Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Associate Professor Sociology

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

MA, California State University--Humboldt

BA, Universidad de Puerto Rico--Recinto de R铆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谩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 厂补苍迟别谤铆补 (an Afro-Cuban religious-cultural practice).

Within the American Sociological Association (ASA), he was recently voted Chair-elect 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谩, Colombia. With Juliana Mart铆nez, he edited (loosely translated as Trans-ing knowledge: trans* people鈥檚 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 is 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

Selected Publications

  • 2023. [with Natalia Ruiz-Junco]. 鈥淲.E.B. Du Bois as interactionist: Reflections on the听canonical incorporation of a marginalized scholar.鈥 Symbolic Interaction 46, 3: 332-348. 听
  • 2023. [with Juliana Mart铆nez].听鈥淔rom rage to love: Travesti-centred education in Argentina.鈥 Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning 23(3): 263-270. 听
  • 2022. [with Cristina Silva & Michelle Newton-Francis]. 鈥淣egotiating Racialized Organizational Spaces and Intimacies: An Ethnography of Erotic Labor at The Playpen Strip Club.鈥 Gender, Work and Organizations.
  • 2021. [with Juliana Mart铆nez]. 鈥Travar el saber: Travesti-Centred Knowledge Making and Education.鈥 Bulletin of Latin American Research, 40, 5: 665-678. 听
  • 2021."A Sea of Whiteness: Teaching Sexuality through a New Sociology at a US小蓝视频." Teaching Sociology 49, 4: 223-232. 听
  • 2021. [with Pierce, Joseph M., Maria Amelia Viteri, Diego Falcon铆 Tr谩vez & Lourdes Mart铆nez-Echaz谩bal, eds.] Special Triple Issue - 鈥Cuir/Queer Am茅ricas: Translation, Decoloniality, and the Incommensurable.鈥 GLQ: A journal of lesbian, gay, and queer studies (USA); El Lugar Sin L铆mites (Argentina); 笔别谤颈贸诲颈肠耻蝉 (Brazil). 听
  • 2021. [with Mendieta, Andr茅s] 鈥淎dministering Gender: Trans Men鈥檚 Sexual and Reproductive Challenges in Argentina.鈥 International Journal of Transgender Health 22, 1-2: 54-64. 听
  • 2020. [with Moussawi, Ghassan]. 鈥淎 Queer Sociology: On Power, Race, and Decentering Whiteness.鈥 Sociological Forum 35, 4: 1272-1289. 听
  • 2020. 鈥淭ransgender Movements.鈥 Pp. 463-479 in Companion to Gender Studies. Edited by Nancy A. Naples. Wiley/Blackwell. 听
  • 2020. [with Giancarlo Cornejo Salinas and Juliana Mart铆nez]. 鈥淟GBT studies without听LGBT studies: mapping alternative pathways in Per煤 and Colombia.鈥澨Journal of听Homosexuality听67, 3: 417-434 (Special Issue: 25 years of Gay and Lesbian Studies).

  • 2019. 鈥淩ejoicing on Lionel Cant煤鈥檚听De Ambiente: Queer Tourism and the听Shifting Boundaries of Mexican Male Sexualities.鈥澨GLQ: Gay and Lesbian Studies Quarterly听(Special 25th听Anniversary issue of GLQ): 25, 1: 73-77.

  • 2018. [with Gloria Gonz谩lez-L贸pez].听鈥淪ociology of Sexualities, Latinas and Latinos听鈥 A review of the Field.鈥Sexualities 21, 8: 1282-1286. (Special Issue: 20 years of sexualities听studies).听

  • 2018.听[with Juliana Mart铆nez].听鈥淟atinx Thoughts:听Latinidad听with an X.鈥澨Latino Studies听16, 3: 384-395.

  • 2017. [Review essay]. WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly 45, 1-2: 310-315. 听
  • 2016.听鈥淪of铆a Vergara: on听media听representations of Latinidad.鈥 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. 听 听 听听
  • 2015. [with Jos茅 Fernando Serrano].听鈥淢asculinities, 鈥淧rofeminism,鈥 and Feminism in Latin America.鈥 Pp. 321-340 in , Wendy Harcourt and Rawwida Baksh (eds). Oxford University Press of America. 听 听 听听
  • 2014. [with听Fernanda T.听Bianchi, Carol A. Reisen, Maria Cecilia Zea, Felisa A. Gonzales, Fabi谩n Betancourt, Marcela Aguilar, and听Paul J. Poppen]. 鈥淪ex Work Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Bogot谩.鈥 Archives of Sexual Behavior 43: 1637-1650.
  • 2014.听鈥淔oreword.鈥 Pp. ix-xvii in听, by Mar铆a Amelia Viteri. New York: SUNY Press. 听 听
  • 2014. Keyword: 鈥淲hiteness.鈥 (Inaugural Issue: Keywords in Trans Studies.)听TSQ: Transgender Studies听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. 听听 听
  • 2011. Presentaci贸n del Dossier: :"驴C贸mo se piensa lo queer en Am茅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铆a Amelia Viteri and Jos茅 Fernando Serrano).听 听
  • 2011. [with Natalia Ruiz-Junco].听"Autoethnography: the sociological through the personal."听Pp. 193-211 in , edited by Ieva Zake and Michael DeCesare. McFarland Publishers. 听
  • 2010. 鈥淏lurring the boundaries of being, the field, and nation: Puerto Rico,听the Bronx, and听厂补苍迟别谤铆补.鈥 Pp. 197- 219 inFieldwork Identities in the Caribbean, Erin B.听Taylor, ed. Caribbean Studies Press.听 听
  • 2010. [with Tom谩s Almaguer, H茅ctor Carrillo, and Carlos U. Decena].听鈥淩evisiting Activos and Pasivos: Towards New Cartographies of Latino/Latin American Male Same-Sex Desire.鈥 Pp. 253-273 in . Marysol Asencio (ed). Rutgers University Press. 听 听
  • 2009. 鈥淭he figure of the trans-woman of color through the lens of 鈥楧oing Gender.鈥欌 Gender & Society, 23, 1: 99-103. 听
  • 2008. 鈥淭he Puerto Rican way is more tolerant: Constructions and uses of 鈥榟omophobia鈥 among 厂补苍迟别谤铆补 practitioners across ethno-racial and national identification.鈥 Sexualities 11, 4: 476-495. 听
  • 2008. 鈥淭ransgender and Transsexual Studies: Sociology鈥檚 Influence and Future Steps.鈥 Sociology Compass, 2, 2: 433-450. 听
  • 2006. [with Ananya听Mukherjea].听鈥淪tudying HIV Risk in Vulnerable Communities:听Methodological and Reporting Shortcomings in The Young Men鈥檚 Study in New York City.鈥澨The听Qualitative Report, 11, 2: 393-416.听 听
  • 2004. 鈥淥n Being a White Person of Color: Using Autoethnography to Understand Puerto Ricans鈥 Racialization.鈥 Qualitative Sociology, 27, 2:179-203. 听听
  • 2004. 鈥淧uerto Ricans and the Politics of Speaking Spanish.鈥 Latino Studies,听2, 2:254-8.听

  • 2002. 鈥淨ueering Sexuality and Doing Gender: Transgender men鈥檚 identification听with gender and sexuality.鈥 Gendered Sexualities (Advances in Gender Research, Volume 6).听Pp. 181-233. Patricia Gagn茅 and Richard Tewksbury, eds. NY: Elsevier Press.

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

Research Interests

Primary:

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

Secondary:

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

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." 听
  • 2022 -听American Sociological Association (ASA) Sociology of Sexualities Section, Honorable mention, for best article: "A Queer Sociology." 听
  • 2022 - ASA Race, Gender and Class Section, Honorable mention, for best article: "A Queer Sociology." 听
  • 2022 - Inaugural Scholar-in-Residence, Stephen O. Murray Fellowship, James Madison College, Michigan State University. 听
  • 2019 - Distinguished Faculty-in-Residence, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, College of the Holy Cross. 听
  • 2016 -听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听Activism听(University of Texas Press, 2015) 听
  • 2011 -听Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Alternate 听
  • 2010 -听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谩, Colombia. 听
  • 2010 - ASA Sociology of Sexualities Section, Winner, Best Book Award, for The Sexuality of Migration. (New York University Press, 2009) 听
  • 2010 -听Honorable mention, Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Latino Studies Section, for The Sexuality of Migration. (New York University Press, 2009) 听
  • 2010 -听LASA, Sexualities Studies Section, Winner, Carlos Monsiv谩is Best Social Science Academic Essay, for 鈥淩evisiting Activos and Pasivos: Towards New Cartographies of Latino/Latin American Male Same-Sex Desire.鈥 in Latina/o Sexualities. (Rutgers University Press, 2010) 听
  • 2009 -听Faculty Award. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center, 小蓝视频 听
  • 2008 -听Distinguished Faculty (single faculty award, University wide), Multicultural Affairs/International Student and Scholar Services, 小蓝视频 听
  • 2006 -听Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) of the City University of New York.听Paul Monette-Roger Horowitz Dissertation Award. 听
  • 2005 -听Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Rose Laub Coser Dissertation Proposal Award. 听
  • 2004-5 -听Society for the Study of Social Problems Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship 听
  • 2004-5 -听American Sociological Association (ASA), Sociology of Sexualities Section,Martin P. Levine Memorial Dissertation Fellowship 听
  • 2003-4 -听Social Science Research Council, Sexuality Research Fellowship Program, Dissertation Research Fellow听 听
  • 2004 -听ASA Race & Ethnic Minorities Section, James E. Blackwell student paper, honorary mention: 鈥淥n being a white person of color: using autoethnography to understand Puerto Ricans鈥 racialization鈥 (published in the journal Qualitative Sociology) 听
  • 2002 -听ASA Sociology of Sexualities Section, student paper, winner: Sexuality, gender, and race: LGBTs at the crossroads of 厂补苍迟别谤铆补 religious practices and beliefs 听
  • 2002 -听Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Student Research Grants听

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"听radio section (a local Buenos Aires radio program focusing on LGBT issues). 听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,"听in听Radio En Casa听(Radio at Home -听a听local Buenos Aires radio program focused on LGBT issues.)

  • Interview appeared on July 11, 2011 in听Centro Latinoamericano en Sexualidades y Derechos Humanos.听鈥淪exualidad y Migraci贸n.鈥 (Migration and Sexuality.) Conducted by Franklin Gil Hern谩ndez听(Published in Spanish, Portuguese, and English).

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

  • Interview appeared on September 22, 2009 in听Religion Dispatchers.鈥淎nimal Sacrifice and Sexuality听in听厂补苍迟别谤铆补.鈥 Conducted by Nick Street.听

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

  • Interviewed April 11, 2006 in听Escucha y Ponte Trucha.听Hosted听by Radio Campesina听(a southwest听radio station focusing on immigrant populations). Discussed the impact of immigration on听the sexuality, gender relations, and sexual education of Latin American immigrants.听

POPULAR MEDIA/ONLINE ESSAYS/BLOGS:

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

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