Misty Ring-Ramirez

The University of Arizona

School of Sociology
Social Sciences Building, Room 426
Tucson, AZ, 85721

mring@email.arizona.edu
office fax: 520-621-9875

Education
Ph.D.

University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

Sociology, expected Spring 2017
Dissertation: An Interorganizational Network Analysis of the Social Movement
Sector in New York, 1960-1995
Committee: Jennifer Earl (Co-Chair), Joseph Galaskiewicz (Co-Chair), and
Ronald Breiger

M.A.

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Sociology, May 2012
M.A. Thesis: Gurus and Comrades: Status, Collectivism, and Organizational
Survival
Committee: Joseph Galaskiewicz (Chair), Linda Molm, and Erin Leahey

M.A.

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Latin American Studies, May 2008

B.A.

Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, TX

Majors: Spanish and International Studies, Minor: Communication
Studies, summa cum laude, 2005

Areas of Interest
Formal Organizations; Statistics and Research Methods; Social Network Analysis; Collective
Behavior and Social Movements; Urban Sociology; Sociology of Latin America and the
U.S./Mexico Border
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Ring-Ramirez, Misty, Heidi Reynolds-Stenson, and Jennifer Earl. 2014. Culturally Constrained
Contention: Mapping the Meaning Structure of the Repertoire of Contention.
Mobilization 19(4): 405-419.

Archived Oral History

Oral history of Alfonso Sanchez, housed in the Center for Southwest Research, University of
New Mexico (http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=nmumss803bc.xml)
Professional Presentations
Culturally Constrained Contention: Mapping the Meaning Structure of the Repertoire of
Contention with Heidi Reynolds-Stenson and Jennifer Earl. Regular Session on
Collective Behavior and Social Movements, American Sociological Association Annual
Meeting, 2014.
Youth Activism Project with Becka Alper, Jennifer Earl, and Heidi Reynolds-Stenson.
Summer meeting of the MacArthur Foundations Youth and Participatory Politics
Network, 2013.
Gurus and Comrades: Status, Collectivism, and Organizational Survival Session on Formal
Organizations, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 2012.
Walls and Windows: Democratic Transitions, Homogeneity, and Isolation in Changing Urban
Spaces and Claudia Pieiros Las viudas de los jueves 17th Colloquium on Hispanic and
Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics, University of Texas-Austin, 2008
From Condemned to Liberated: Postcolonialism, Feminism, and the Transformation of La
Llorona in Contemporary Chicana Literature 16th Colloquium on Hispanic and LusoBrazilian Literatures and Linguistics, University of Texas-Austin, 2007
From Condemned to Liberated: Postcolonialism, Feminism, and the Transformation of La
Llorona in Contemporary Chicana Literature Invited speaker, Texas Lutheran
University chapter of the Mexican American Student Association, 2007
Decribing the Crossroad: The New Space of La Llorona in Chicana Literature. Rocky
Mountain Council for Latin American Studies Annual Meeting, 2007.
Research Experience
Professor Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona, Fall 2012-Spring 2014. Collaborative Research:
Collective Action Dynamics in the U.S., 1960-1995. Research Assistant and Lab Manager on
National Science Foundation grant (SES-1154896).
Professor Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona, Summer 2013. Youth Activism Project.
Research Assistant on MacArthur Foundation grant.

Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record, University of Arizona
Collective Behavior and Social Movements (3 times online)
Urban Communities (2 times online)
Introduction to Sociology (1 time in person, 2 times online)
Schools, Students, and Society (1 time online)
Teaching Assistant, Graduate-Level Courses, University of Arizona
Social Statistics (1 time in person)
Basic Quantitative Methods (1 time in person)
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate-Level Courses, University of Arizona
Latin America, Globalization, and Development (1 time in person)
Urban Communities (2 times in person)
Social Statistics (1 time in person)
Research Methods (1 time in person)
Other Teaching Experience
Upper School Spanish Teacher at the Emery/Weiner School, Houston, Texas, 2008-2010
Assistant to the Coordinator of the Spanish as a Second Language Program and co-supervisor of
Spanish 275/276, University of New Mexico, 2007-2008
Teaching Assistant (Spanish 101, 201, and 202), Department of Spanish and Portuguese,
University of New Mexico, 2006-2008
Lead English Tutor, Freshman Summer Bridge Program, University of New Mexico, Summer
2007
Professional and Pedagogical Development
Graduate Certificate in College Teaching, University of Arizona, in progress
Publish or Perish: Student-Organized Graduate Writing Workshop. University of Arizona.
Spring 2013.

University and Departmental Service

Executive Committee, Department of Sociology Graduate Student Association, University of
Arizona, 2012-2014
Graduate Student Association funding applications reader, University of New Mexico, 2008
SOLAS (Student Organization for Latin American Studies) representative to the Operations
Committee for the Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico,
2007-2008
Graduate Student Volunteer Organizer, Conference on Spanish as a Heritage Language,
University of New Mexico, 2006
Professional Memberships
American Sociological Association
Pacific Sociological Association
Languages
English (native)
Spanish (proficient)
Portuguese (competent, reading only)
References
Available upon request