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SARAH J. MAHLER

Associate Professor, Global and Sociocultural Studies Department

Florida International University SIPA 309

Miami, FL 33199 (305) 348-2247

[email protected]

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 1992 Anthropology; Columbia University

M.Phil. 1989 Anthropology; Columbia University

B.A. 1982 Liberal Arts, Amherst College

AREAS OF RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP International & Transnational Migration, Gender, Race & Ethnicity, the Concept of

Culture and Enculturation; Latin@s, Religious Praxis, Urban and Suburban Issues

TEACHING & ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

Florida International University:

Associate Professor, 1997-present

Director, Center for Transnational & Comparative Studies (2005-2008)

University of Vermont: Assistant Professor, 1992-1997

COURSES GIVEN

Introduction to Anthropology, Immigration & Refugees, Transnational Migration; The

Immigrant Experience, Latin@s in the U.S., Immigration Policy and Human Rights;

Graduate Research Methods, Undergraduate Research Methods, Social Research and

Analysis; Qualitative Data Analysis, Writing Research Proposals, Urban Anthropology,

Senior Capstone Seminar; Qualitative Research Methods

SELECTED GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND CONTRACTS AWARDED

GEMMA Gender Studies Fellowship Central European University 2014

European-Union Commission, “Miami-Florida European Union Center of

Excellence,” administrator. 2005-2008 € 373,739.00

Miami Dade County Jay Malina International Trade Consortium, principal

investigator, “Promoting International Trade & Workforce Education and Training”

contracts. 2006-2008, $300,000.

Embassy of Canada, principal investigator for “Immigration and Changing

Demographics in North America” conference grant, 2007-9. $11,000

Miami-Dade County Public Schools, principal investigator, “Transnational

Childhoods” teacher and student summer institutes 2006, 2007 $32,500

U.S. Department of Education, co-principal investigator for Title VI National

Resource Center grant for International Studies. 2005-2006, $539,000

United States Institute for Peace, principal investigator for “Waging War and Peace:

Transnational Religious Ties Between Cuba and the U.S.” 2003-2004, $40,000

Department of Health and Human Services, principal investigator for “Immigrants,

Their Faith, And Those Who Serve Their Material And Spiritual Needs: Researching

Faith-Based Organizations In Miami,” 2002-2004. $211,000


Fund for the Improvement of Secondary Education (FIPSE), principal investigator and

U.S. Director for the TIRES (Transnationalism, International Migration, Race,

Ethnicity and the State) Consortium between 4 universities in the U.S. and 4 in the

European Union, 2002-2005. $209,000

Pew Charitable Trusts, co-principal investigator for “Religion, Immigration, and Civic

Life” grant to study religious practices and impact among five immigrant groups in

Miami, 2000-2004. $700,000

Russell Sage Foundation, Visiting Scholar, Immigration Program, 1994-5

ACADEMIC AREAS-RELATED CONSULTING

Asian Development Bank: Advisor to international and national experts and

responsible for design of gender components for four-country survey of remittances from

former Soviet Republics to Russia. 2006-7.

Annie E. Casey Foundation: Advising foundation on Transnational Immigrant Families

as part of their Making Connections Initiative. 2002.

Central America 2020: European Community, USAID, Inter-American Dialogue,

Latin American and Caribbean Institute at FIU, and Institute for Ibero-American

Studies in Hamburg, Germany

USAID and European Union-funded program to evaluate current development trends in

Central America and generate initiatives for future development. In charge of “Migration

and Transnational Issues” component, addressing regional and U.S.-bound migration and

remittances. 1999-2001

Harvard Institute for International Development & Foundation for Educational and

Entrepreneurial Development (FEPADE). Prepared trainings for researchers in study

design and report preparation and presentation. San Salvador, El Salvador, 1998-1999.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Culture as Comfort: The Many Things You Already Know About Culture (But Might

Not Realize). Pearson Education. 2013.

Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City: Religion, Immigration, and Civic

Engagement in Miami. 2009. Rutgers University Press (Co-edited and authored with

Alex Stepick and Terry Rey).

Salvadorans in Suburbia: Symbiosis and Conflict. 1996. Allyn & Bacon (Part of New

Immigrant Series edited by Nancy Foner).

American Dreaming: Immigrant Life on the Margins. 1995. Princeton University Press.

Peer-Reviewed Articles & Chapters

“Expressing Similarities and Differences: Latin@ Voices from Metropolitan Miami.”

Article co-authored with J. Cogua-López and M. Chaudhuri to appear in Special Volume

of Latino Studies “Monolith or Mosaic? Miami's 21st Century Latino Dynamics.”


(Volume accepted for publication; expected publication March 2018).

“Enhancing Intersectional Analyses with Polyvocality: Making and Illustrating the Model” co-authored with V. Thimm and M. Chaudhuri. Social Sciences 6(37): doi:10.3390/socsci6020037 (Published online 2017)

“Scaling Educational Policy and Practice Intersectionally: Historical and Contemporary

Cases from South and Southeast Asia” Co-authored with Mayurakshi Chaudhuri and

Viola Thimm. Chapter accepted for publication in Bringing Intersectionality to Public

Policy edited by Olena Hankivsky & Julia Jordan-Zachery. (In press.)

“Theorizing Immigrant Social-Cultural Adaptation, Identification and Belonging.”

Invited entry for Robert A. Scott, Stephen M. Kosslyn, Eds. Emerging Trends in the

Social and Behavioral Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Published online in May

2015).

“Gender and the Undocumented: Avanzando or Abject?” co-authored with Mayurakshi

Chaudhuri (GSS PhD). Invited chapter for Lois Lorentzen, Ed. Hidden Lives and

Human Rights in America: Understanding the Controversies and Tragedies of

Undocumented Immigration. Vol. 2 117:43. Praeger. 2014.

“So Close and Yet So Far Away: Comparing Leadership Cultivation in Two Cuban

Congregations in Miami.” In Stepick, Rey and Mahler, Eds. Churches and Charity in the

Immigrant City: Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement in Miami. p. 41-71. 2009.

Rutgers University Press.

“El auge de los estudios migratorios transnacionales.” In, Sonia Báez Hernández,

Anadeli Bencomo and Marc Zimmerman (eds.) Ir y Venir Procesos Transnacionales

entre América Latina y el Norte. Santiago, Chile: Bravo y Allende Editores. p. 41-69.

2007

“Gender Matters: Ethnographers Bring Gender from the Periphery Toward the Core of

Migration Studies.” Co-authored with Patricia R. Pessar. International Migration Review

Vol. 40(1): 28-63. 2006.

“Toward a Transnationalism of the Middle: How Transnational Religious Practices Help

Bridge the Divides Between Cuba and Miami.” Latin American Perspectives Volume

32(1):121-146. 2005.

“Integrating Technology into a Two Continent Consortium: Lessons Learned.” Peer-

Reviewed chapter in Integrating Technology in Higher Education edited by M.O.

Thirunarayanan & Aixa Pérez-Prado. University Press of America. 2005.

“Transnational Migration: Bringing Gender In.” Co-authored with Patricia R. Pessar. International Migration Review 37(3): 812-846. 2003.

“Diasporaressourcer”. Single-authored journal article in Den Ny Verden (3):28-51

(Danish journal). In the original English it is entitled, “El Salvador’s Remittance

Industry: A Crossroads of Conflict, Migration, Social Networks Global Economy.”


2002.

“Transnational Relationships: The Struggle to Communicate Across Borders,” Identities

Global Studies in Culture and Power 7(4): 583-619. 2001 “Gendered Geographies of Power: Analyzing Gender across Transnational Spaces,” Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 7(4):441-459. 2001.

“Suburban Transmigrants: Long Island’s Salvadorans.” In Hector Cordero-Guzman,

Ramon Grosfoguel and Robert Smith, Eds. Migration, Transnationalization, and Ethnic

and Racial Dynamics in a Changing New York. Temple University Press. p. 109-130.

2001.

“Constructing International Relations: The Role of Transnational Migrants and Other

Non-State Actors.” Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 7:197-232.

2000.

“Engendering Transnational Migration: A Case Study of Salvadorans.” American

Behavioral Scientist 42(4):690-719, January 1999. Reprinted in Gender and

Contemporary Immigration edited by Belinda Lum and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo,

Univ. of California Press. 2003

“Vested in Migration: Salvadorans Challenge Restrictionist policies.” In Max Castro, Ed.

Free Markets, Open Societies, Closed Borders? Trends in International Migration and

Immigration Policy in the Americas. pp. 157-173. Miami: North-South Center Press.

1999

“Theoretical and Empirical Contributions Toward a Research Agenda for

Transnationalism.” In Michael Peter Smith and Luis E. Guarnizo, Eds., Transnationalism

from Below. Transaction Publishers. 1998.

Paul, Shuva, Sarah J. Mahler and Michael Schwartz. “Mass Action and Social

Structure”. Political Power and Social Theory 11:45-99. 1997.

Additional Journal Articles and Book Chapters

“Introduction.” Special Volume of Latino Studies entitled “Monolith or Mosaic? Miami’s

21st Century Latino Dynamics.” (in press)

“Gendered Geographies of Power: Their Value for Analyzing Gender Across

Transnational Spaces” Co-authored with M. Chaudhuri and V. Thimm. Chapter in

Transnational Spaces and Gender edited by Birgit Riegraf and Julia Gruhlich. Paderborn,

Germany. (forthcoming).

“Team-Based Learning in Social Science Research Methods Classes” in Michaelsen,

Larry and Michael S. Sweet Team-Based Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Stylus. 2012.

“Introduction.” Diverse Pathways to Immigrant Political Incorporation: Comparative

Canadian and U.S. Perspectives. Special Volume of American Behavioral Scientist. Co-

Edited with Myer Siemiatycki; 2011.


“Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement” Co-authored introduction to Stepick,

Rey and Mahler, Eds. Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City: Religion,

Immigration, and Civic Engagement in Miami. p. 1-38. Rutgers University Press. 2009.

“Conclusions: Religious Leadership and Civic Social Capital” Co-authored conclusion to

Stepick, Rey and Mahler, Eds. Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City: Religion,

Immigration, and Civic Engagement in Miami. p. 250-272. Rutgers University

Press. 2009.

“Transnational Migration Comes of Age.” In Ajaya Kumar Sahoo and Brij Maharaj, Eds.

Sociology of Diaspora: A Reader Vol. 1: 194-226. 2007.

“El auge de los estudios migratorios transnacionales.” In, Sonia Báez Hernández,

Anadeli Bencomo and Marc Zimmerman (eds.) Ir y Venir Procesos Transnacionales entre

América Latina y el Norte. Santiago, Chile: Bravo y Allende Editores. p. 41-69. 2007.

“Central America: Crossroads of the Americas.” C0-authored (with Dusan Ugrina)

feature article in The Migration Information Source. Washington, DC: Migration Policy

Institute. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=386 . 2006.

“Gender Matters [to Remittances].” ID21 Insights. Brighton, UK: Institute of

Development Studies, University of Sussex.

http://www.id21.org/insights/insights60/art07.html . 2006.

“Myths and Mysticism: How Bringing a Transnational Religious Lens to the

Examination of Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora Exposes and Ruptures the Fallacy of

Isolation” Co-authored chapter (with Katrin Hansing) in Damián Fernández, ed. Cuba

Transnational, University Press of Florida. 2005.

“Integrating Technology into a Two Continent Consortium: Lessons Learned.” Peer-

Reviewed chapter in Integrating Technology in Higher Education edited by M.O.

Thirunarayanan & Aixa Pérez-Prado. University Press of America. 2005.

“God Knows No Borders: Transnational Religious Ties Linking Miami and Cuba”. In

Religion, Culture, and Society: The Case of Cuba, Co-authored chapter (with Katrin

Hansing) edited by M. E. Crahan, pp. 123-130. Woodrow Wilson International Center for

Scholars, Washington, DC. 2003.

“Migration and Transnational Issues: Recent Trends and Prospects for 2020.” Report

prepared for the Central America 2020 initiative, funded by USAID and the European

Union, and administered by the Inter-American Dialogue, Latin American and Caribbean

Center at Florida International University, and the Institute for Iberamerican Studies

(Hamburg Germany). 2000.

“La Industria de Remesas Salvadoreña.” In Gail Mummert, Ed., Fronteras Fragmentadas.

Zamora: Mexico: Colegio de Michoacán, Mexico/Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo

de Michoacán (CIDEM). pp. 519-544. 1999.

“Teaching Multiculturalism Anthropologically.” In Multicultural Education: A


Transdisciplinary Approach. Howard Ball, Mbulelo Mzamane and Steven Berkowitz,

Eds. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 1998.

“The Dysfunctions of Transnationalism.” Working Paper #73, Russell Sage Foundation.

June 1995.

“Alternative Enumeration of Undocumented Salvadorans on Long Island.” Final Report

to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Upper Marlboro, MD, January 1993.

“Dominican Migration to the United States and United States Immigration Policy: A

Changing History.” Chapter 1 in Dominicanos Ausentes: Cifras, Politicas, Condiciones

Sociales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1989.

“The Dynamics of Legalization in New York: A Focus on Dominicans.” Chapter 5 in

Dominicanos Ausentes: Cifras, Politicas, Condiciones Sociales, Santo Domingo,

Dominican Republic, 1989.

Edited Journal Volumes

Latino Studies “Monolith or Mosaic? Miami's 21st Century Latino Dynamics.” (Volume

accepted for publication; expected publication March 2018).

American Behavioral Scientist 55(9): “Diverse Pathways to Immigrant Political

Incorporation: Comparative Canadian and U.S. Perspectives”. Co-Edited with Myer

Siemiatycki. September 2011.

Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power “Gendering Transnational Spaces.” 7(4).

2001 Co-edited with Patricia Pessar

Short Articles, Book Reviews & Encyclopedia Articles

Double book review of Making New York Dominican by Christian Krohn-Hansen. 2013

University of Pennsylvania Press, 312 pp. and American Value: Migrants, Money, and

Meaning in El Salvador and the United States by David Pedersen. University Of Chicago

Press, 304 pp. Social Analysis 58(2) 2014.

Book Review of Intimate Migrations by Deborah A. Boehm in International Migration

Review (2014).

Blog entry. “Summer Institute on Cultural Neuroscience.”

http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology August 21, 2013

Team-Based Learning Consortium Newsletter Teaching Tip: “How to Handle Extended

Team-Projects in TBL Using Wikis.” (2013).

“My Experiences/Intersections with Interdisciplinary Research on Children.”

Association for the Anthropology of Children and Youth (ACYIG) newsletter. October

2012.

Book Review of Migration Miracle by Jacqueline Hagan in Social Forces 88(4):1935-6.


2010

Book review of “Politics and Poetics of Migration: Narratives of Iranian Women from

the Diaspora” by Parin Dossa for Medical Anthropology Quarterly 22(2): 208-9. 2008.

Book review of “Transnational Peasants: Migrations, Networks, and Ethnicity in Andean

Ecuador” by David Kyle for Social Forces 80(4): 1412-13. 2002.

“Salvadorans.” Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse University Press. Albany,

New York. 2002.

Book review of “Legalizing Moves” by Susan Bibler Coutin and “Finding a Moral Heart

for U.S. Immigration Policy” by Josiah McC. Heyman in American Ethnologist 28(4):

932-4. 2001.

Book review of “Fragmented Ties: Salvadoran Immigrant Networks in America” by

Cecilia Menjívar. International Migration Review 35 (Fall): 937-8. 2002.

Video review of “Well Founded Fear.” Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.

Volume 8(2) Summer 2001.

The Urban Caribbean: Transition to the New Global Economy. Book Review in New

West Indian Guide 73(1&2):136-8. 1999.

“Lives at a Crossroads: Salvadorans in the U.S.” Hemisphere 8(3):36-39. 1998.

“Contested Terrain: Social Change” Reviews in Anthropology 27:441-452. 1998.

"Peruvians" and "Salvadorans". Entries for the Encyclopedia of American Immigrant

Cultures, edited by David Levinson and Melvin Ember, pp. 690-695; 755-760. New

York: MacMillan, 1997.

"Immigrants from El Salvador to New York." Entry for the Encyclopedia of New York

City, New York: Columbia University Press. 1995

"First Stop: Suburbia." NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 25(1):20-24, July 1992

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING & POSTER PRESENTATIONS

“Avanzando la Interseccionalidad” Presentation at the Instituto de Investigaciones Gino

Germani, University of Buenos Aires, May 24, 2017.

“Who’s On Top and Who’s Not in Latino South Florida? Negotiating Social Hierarchies

among Latinos in Greater Miami” Presentation made at the Latin American Studies

Association Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 29, 2015.

“Monolith or Mere Member of Miami’s Mosaic? Cubans’ Role in and Relationship to the

Latin@ Social Hierarchy in South Florida.” Presentation made at the Cuban Research

Institute conference, February 28, 2015.


“How Did I Get to Be a Hispanic and What Do South Florida Hispanics Think About Each

Other?” Presentation to Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove, FL October 21,

2014.

“No One Wants to Be on the Bottom,” Documenting Social Hierarchies among Latinos in

South Florida. Imagining Latino Studies Conference: Past, Present & Future. Chicago

July 18, 2014

“Constructing Literature Arguments.” Invited lecture. Central European University

Department of Gender Studies, May 14, 2014.

“Analyzing Gender Across Transnational Spaces & Migrations,” Center for Migration

Research, Istanbul Bilgi University, June 10, 2013

“Gendered Geographies of Power: Their value for analyzing gender across the life course

and transnational spaces.” Keynote presentation at the Transnational Spaces and Gender

conference sponsored by the German Research Foundation, Paderborn Germany, April 5,

2013.

“Gender in Motion: Advances in Understanding Gender through Transnational and

Neuroanthropological lenses.” Invited presentation to the Dynamics of Space and Gender

Consortium of Kassel and Gottingen Universities, Gottingen Germany. January 28, 2013.

“Las Muchas Facetas del Transnacionalismo.” Keynote presentation (in Spanish) to the

Latino and Latin American Institute of the American Jewish Committee. Annual meeting

in Hallandale Beach, FL. November 30, 2012.

“What Do We Know About How Children Learn Culture?” Class presentation at the

Department of Human Development and Women's Studies California State University,

East Bay. November 21, 2012

“Re-appreciating Rituals through a Neuroanthropological Lens: How Rituals Build Brain

Circuitry, Social Belonging and Cultural Comforts” Presentation at Invited Panel “Brains

in the Wild” for the American Anthropology Association annual conference. November

17, 2012.

“Mindfully Engaging Our Cultural Discomforts.” Lecture presentation at the Educational

Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University. October 29, 2012.

“Learning Culture as Comfort: Advances in Understanding How Infants and Young

Children Learn Culture and What that Means for All of Us.” Class presentation at the

Department of Sociology, College of William and Mary, October 17, 2012.

“How Did I Become So Cultured? Advances in Understanding How Infants and Young

Children Learn Culture and What that Means for All of Us.” Lecture presentation at

Virginia State University, Department of Criminal Justice, Sociology and Social Work.

October 16, 2012.

“Encountering Others, Encountering Ourselves in a Globally Connected World: Why

Knowing How Infants & Toddlers Learn Culture Aids Us to Discover Our Cultural


Comforts AND Embrace Our Discomforts.” Lecture presentation at Georgetown

University, Anthropology Department. October 10, 2012.

“Why Do Immigration Scholars Study Acculturation but Not Enculturation? Why

Knowing How Infants & Toddlers Learn Culture is Critical to Understanding How

Immigrants Integrate (or not).” Lecture presentation at University of Maryland,

Anthropology Department. October 9, 2012.


Children Learn Culture and What that Means for All of Us.” Lecture presentation at the

William Patterson University, Department of Anthropology. October 3, 2012.

“How Did I Become So Cultured? Advances in Understanding How Infants and Young

Children Learn Culture and What that Means for All of Us.” Lecture presentation Hofstra

University, Sociology and Anthropology Departments. October 2, 2012.

“Culture from Young Children's Eyes.” Lecture presentation at City University of New

York, Sociology Department September 27, 2012


Children Learn Culture and What that Means for All of Us.” Class presentation at

Southern Connecticut State College, Anthropology Department. September 19, 2012.

“HOW DID I BECOME SO CULTURED? Advances in Understanding How Infants and

Young Children Learn Culture and What that Means for All of Us.” Lecture presentation

at Amherst College, Sociology/Anthropology Department. September 18, 2012.

“Understanding “Culture” is ≠ to Comparing Cultures: Advances in Understanding

“Culture” through “Enculturation” (How Infants and Young Children Learn Culture) and

What that Means for All of Us.” Class presentation. Williams College, Anthropology

Department. September 17, 2012.

“Learning Culture as Comfort: Brain Research & Anthropological Contributions

toward Understanding Enculturation in Infants and Young Children.” Lecture presentation

at Wellesley College, Sociology Department, September 13, 2012.

Can “Culture” Be Saved (As a Concept)? Multidisciplinary Insights into Culture and Its

Utility for Public Health and Beyond.” Brown University, School of Public Health,

September 12, 2012.

“No One is Born Integrated: Can the Brain Sciences Help Us Better Understand the

Social Sciences of Integration?” Workshop presentation. IMISCOE conference August

30, 2012 Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

“Policy makers meet Social Scientists: discussions about the Concept of "Citizenship."

Panelist. IMISCOE conference August 30, 2012 Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

“The Concept of Mobility in Different Disciplines.” Panelist IMISCOE conference

August 29, 2012 Amsterdam, the Netherlands.


“No-one is Born Integrated: Applying Insights About Infant Enculturation and Culture as

Comfort to Immigrant Acculturation and Integration” Global & Sociocultural Studies

Spring Colloquium, FIU March 8, 2012

Trevor Purcell Memorial Lecture: “Learning Culture as Comfort: Brain Research &

Anthropological Contributions toward Understanding Enculturation in Infants and Young

Children” Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida. March 5, 2012

Conversation Hour: Innovations in How Infants and Children Learn Culture: New Brain

Research & Anthropological Insights. Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest

Group (ACYIG) conference. Las Vegas, Nevada February 25, 2012

“La Cultura como Confort: Expandiendo Nuestros Entornos Culturales” Lecture given to

faculty at students of the Liberal Arts School, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona

January 27, 2012

“Cultura como confort: contribuciones de una nueva perspectiva sobre la cultura para

comprender la adaptación de los inmigrantes” Seminar given to GEMI-IUOG Fundacion

Instituto Universitario Jose Ortega y Gasset Universidad Complutense Madrid, January

24, 2012

“Understanding Culture as Comfort for Natives as Well as Immigrants.” Lecture given to

students in the Masters of Immigration program, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. January 21, 2012.

“Advancing Social Analysis through Centering Research on Belonging.” Paper given at

the Area Studies Revisited: The Many Faces of an Interdisciplinary Field conference at

ISCTE-IUL (Instituto Universitario de Lisboa), COTRANS (Comparative and

Transnational Studies) research line. Lisbon, January 20, 2012

Culture as Comfort: Contributions of a New Perspective on Culture to Understanding

Immigrant Adaptation. Lecture given to graduate students at ICTE-IUL (Instituto

Universitario de Lisboa) Lisbon, January 18, 2012

“Wicked or Wise? The Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of Extended Team-Projects in

TBL Using Wikis.” Poster Presentation at the Team-Based Learning Conference in Las

Vegas March 3-4, 2011.

“So Close and Yet So Far Away: Comparing Leadership Cultivation in

Two Cuban Congregations in Miami” American Anthropological Association meetings,

San Francisco, November 21, 2008.

“Transnational Religious Ties Bridging Cuba Abroad: Transporting Social Justice?”

Address at conference of the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University,

Miami, FL January 25, 2008.

“Analytical Tools for Improving Immigration Research.” Trans-Atlantic Summer

Institute University of Minnesota, August 7, 2007.

“Immigrant Adaptation to Miami from a Local, State and National Perspective.”

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Conference funded by the Comunidad de Madrid at Universidad Comillas, Madrid,

March 19, 2007.

“Deconstructing Common Myths about Immigration and Immigrants.” Address to

conference at Rollins College, Orlando Florida September 14, 2006.

“Not a Godless Nation: Cuba's Religious History and its Relevance to Contemporary

Debates on Globalization and Transnationalism.” The Ben and Trudy Termini

Distinguished Anthropologist Lecture, University of Texas, Arlington, March 30, 2006.

“Injecting New Dynamics into the Passé Polemics of Migration and Nation” presented at

Invited Session, “Reframing the Immigration Debate: The Challenge to Public

Intellectuals in the Americas.” Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto

Rico. March 17, 2006.

“Can God Trump Decades of Animosities? Transnational Religious Ties Bridging

Miami and Cuba.” Presentation to Religious Newswriters’ Association (RNA), Miami,

Florida, October 1, 2005.

“Looking at Gender in All the Wrong Places – Too.” Keynote talk presented at the

“International Conference on Migration and Domestic Work in Global Perspective”,

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies, Wassenaar, Netherlands, May 27, 2005.

“Transnational Religious Ties Bridging Cuba and Miami: Can God Trump Decades of

Animosities?” Presentation at the Center for Latin American Research and

Documentation (CEDLA), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 25, 2005.

“Quiet Evangelism: Transnational Religious Ties Bridging Miami and Cuba.” Paper

presented at the Society for Christian Ethics meetings, in Miami, Florida. January 8,

2005

“Contributors or Detractors? Evangelicals and Civil Society in Cuba.” Paper presented

at the Latin American Studies Association Congress. October 7, 2004.

“Retrospective and Prospective Musings on Gender, Work & Migration

in the Americas.” Paper presented to the Gender section of the Latin American Studies

Association at their pre-conference workshop. October 6, 2004.

“Crossing the Divide Between the Two Cubas: Mapping Transnational Religious Ties

Linking Miami and Cuba.” Paper presented to the Anthropology Department, University

of Colorado, Denver, March 26, 2004.

“Does Faith Make a Difference in Substance Abuse Treatment?” Presentation to Miami-

Dade Addictions Board based on Department of Health and Human Services grant

research. March 10, 2004.

“Overcoming Multiple Marginalizations: Ethnologists within Migration Studies Push

Gender from the Periphery toward the Core” coauthored with Patricia R. Pessar. Paper

commissioned by the Social Science Research Council Working Group on Gender and

Migration. Presented at SSRC conference January 31, 2004.


“The Cultures of Faith-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: Anthropological

and Clients’ Perspectives.” (with Yves Labissiere) at the conference “The Public Benefit

of Private Faith: Religious Organizations and the Delivery of Social Services”

November 13, 2003. Washington, D.C. sponsored by The Roundtable on Religion and

Social Welfare Policy.

“Immigrants, Their Faith, and Those Who Serve Their Material and Spiritual Needs:

Researching Faith-Based Organizations In Miami.” Presentation of research and

application to Governor Jeb Bush’s Governor’s Faith & Community Conference

“Strengthening Florida’s Families,” Ft. Lauderdale, FL, October 3, 2003.

“God Knows No Borders?: Transnational Religious Ties Linking Cuba and Miami –

Reconciliation or Rancor?” Workshop and presentation by Sarah J. Mahler & Katrin

Hansing to TIRES (U.S.-EU international exchange program) Summer Institute for

graduate students, Frankfurt (Oder) Germany, July 11, 2003.

“Does God Know No Borders Between the Two Cubas? A Case Study for Mapping

Religious Ties from a Transnational Perspective” Paper presented to the “Religion &

Identity in the Americas: Agendas for the Future” conference. University of Florida,

Gainesville. By Sarah J. Mahler and Katrin Hansing, delivered by Mahler. April 11,

2003.

“God Knows No Borders: Transnational Religious Ties Linking Miami and Cuba.”

Paper presented at the conference “Religion and Society in Cuba” at the Woodrow

Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC. January 21, 2003.

“Comparing Cuban Versus Nicaraguan Transnational Religious Ties to Miami.” Paper

Presented at the American Anthropological Association meeting, New Orleans,

November 22, 2002.

Centre for Development Research, Discussant at the “Diaspora, Development and

Conflict” conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. September 15-16, 2002.

“God Knows No Borders? Transnational Religious Ties Linking Cuba and Miami.”

Paper presented at Ohio University, April 26, 2002.

Discussant at the Social Science Research Council conference, “Immigration, Religion,

and Civic Life.” University of Texas, Arlington. March 15-17, 2002.

“Prophets and Profits: Transnational Protestantism on the March in Cuba.” Paper

presented at the Fourth Cuban Research Institute Conference on Cuban and Cuban-

American Studies, Florida International University, Miami, FL March 8, 2002.

“Transnational Connections: Cuban and Nicaraguan Migrants’ Religious Ties to Their

Homelands.” Paper presented at the Second Biennial Allen Morris Conference on the

History of Florida and the Atlantic World, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

February 2, 2002.

“Bringing Gender to the Transnational Focus it Deserves.” Paper presented (in absentia)


at the Social Science and History Association mini conference on Gender and

Immigration, Chicago, IL, November 15, 2001.

“Transnational Perspectives on Religion: Preliminary Notes.” Paper delivered at the

Third International Meeting of Socioreligious Studies, sponsored by the Center for

Psychological and Sociological Studies, Havana, Cuba, July 4, 2001.

“Gender and Transnational Migration.” Co-authored with and delivered by Patricia R.

Pessar. Paper presented at the Workshop on Transnational Migration: Comparative

Perspectives sponsored by the SSRC and the ESRC Transnational Communities

Programme, Princeton University Centre for Migration and Development, June 30, 2001.

“Immigrant or Transnational Migrant? Paradigm Shifts in Studying Migration and their

Application to Latinos in the U.S.” Paper presented at the Symposium “Ejercicios de

diferencia. Hispanos y latinos en los EEUU y en España”. Spanish National Distance

University, UNED, Center of Miami. Miami. April 23, 2001.

“Bringing Religion to a Transnational Perspective: Clarifications and Initial Ideas

on the Viability of the Framework.” Paper delivered to Rockefeller Working Group,

University of Florida, Latin American and Caribbean Center. Gainesville, FL. April 2,

2001.

“Grounding Transnationalism: Lessons from El Salvador’s Remittance Industry.” Paper

presented at the conference “Living on the Edge: Migration, Conflict and State in the

Backyards of Globalisation”, January 15-17, 2001. Copenhagen, Denmark.

“Transterritorial Nation-State Building: The Activist Salvadoran State.” Paper delivered

at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Invited

Session: “Out Of the Shadows: Salvadoran Migration Goes Public” (Organizer).

November 16, 2000.

“Salvadoran Transnational Relationships: The Struggle to Communicate Across

Borders.” Paper presented at “Reconstructing Central America II: The Pueblos of Maize

in the United States” conference, University of Maryland, College Park. October 12-14,

2000.

“Conceptualizing Transnational Migration.” Social Science Research Council and

Transnational Communities Programme conference entitled, “Transnational Migration:

Comparative Theory and Research Perspectives,” Oxford, England, July 7-9, 2000.

“The Role of Migration in the Future Development of Central America.” Latin

American Studies Association XXII Congress, Miami, March 17, 2000.

“Constructing International Relations: The Role of Transnational Migrants and Other

Non-State Actors.” Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine.

February 17, 2000.

“Migration and Diplomacy: Constructing International Relations.” Department of

Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder. October 15, 1999.


“The Salvadoran Remittance Business: The Role of Trust in a Transnational Enterprise.”

Paper at the session, “The Moral Side of Economic Processes” organized by Viviana

Zelizer (Princeton). American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, August 10,

1999.

“To Stay or to Go? Salvadoran Youth at the Migration Crossroads.” Paper given at the

session, “Gender, Generation and Migration,” at the American Sociological Association

meetings in Chicago, August 9, 1999.

“Transnational Migration as ‘Grassroots Diplomatics.” Paper presented at the

conference, “Global Gender Politics: A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation,” Department

of International Relations, Florida International University, March 13, 1999

“Engendering Transnational Migration: Notes and Queries from a Case Study of

Salvadorans.” Paper presented at the conference, “Engendering Theories of

Transnational Migration” (Co-organizer) Yale University, February 5, 1999.

“Educación y Emigración” Presentation of results from 1997 research in El Salvador to

government and academic leaders in San Salvador, September 8, 1998.

“Transnational Migration as Grassroots Diplomatics: Laying Out the Possibility.” Paper

presented at the conference “The Crisis of Citizenship? Nationalism, Transnationalism

and Global Ethnic Conflict.” University of California, Davis. April 25, 1998.

“Engendering Transnational Migration: A Case Study of Salvadorans.” Paper presented

in panel organized with Patricia Pessar at the American Anthropological Association

meetings, Washington, DC., November 19, 1997.

“La Industria De Remesas Salvadoreña.” Paper presented (in abstentia) at the XIX

Coloquio de Antropologia e Historia Regionales, Colegio de Michoacán, Mexico,

October 23, 1997.

"Salvadoran Transnationalism: A Gendered and Class Perspective." Paper presented in a

panel organized with Luis Guarnizo (UC-Davis) on “Theoretizing Transnational

Migration I & II” for the Latin American Studies Association meetings in Guadalajara,

Mexico in April 1997.

“Salvadorans in the U.S.: History, Identity, Relations with other Minority Groups and

Future Prospects.” Lecture given at the “Latino Cultures Seminar,” Harvard University,

March 19, 1997.

“Does Transnational Migration Reaffirm or Reconfigure ‘Traditional” Gender Roles?’

Paper presented at Princeton University, “Women and Migration in Latin American and

the Caribbean” conference, March 2, 1997.

“Salvadorans and Transnationalism: Empirical and Theoretical Contributions.” Paper

presented at New School for Social Research, “Transnational Communities: The

Political Economy of New York City in the 1990s” conference, February 22, 1997

"Salvadoran Transnationalism: Gender and Class in Focus." Gettysburg College, Latin

American Studies Program, October 10, 1996.


"Salvadorans on Long Island: Caught between Competing Local and Transnational

Networks." Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, May 7, 1996.

"Bringing Gender to a Transnational Focus: Preliminary Concerns and Ideas."

Organizer and presenter at the panel, "Transnationalism and Work: Whither Gender?",

American Ethnological Society Annual Meeting, "Transnationalism, Nationalism and

Cultural Identity", Puerto Rico, April 17, 1996.

"The Dysfunctions of Transnationalism." Paper given at the American Anthropological

Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., November 1995

"Vested in Migration: Salvadorans Challenge Restrictionist Policies." North/South

Center conference on "Trends in International Migration and Immigration Policy in the

Americas." The University of Miami, May 1995.

"Networks of Profiteering." American Anthropological Association Meetings, Atlanta,

Georgia, December 1, 1994.

"No Harmony in Housing: Latino Immigrants and White Suburbanites on Long Island."

Latin American Studies Association (Organizer & Chair of session), Atlanta, GA, March

1994.

"No Harmony in the Suburbs: White Suburbanites and Latino Immigrants on Long

Island." Invited Session (Organizer & Chair), American Anthropological Association

Meetings, Washington, D.C., November 1993.

"Methodological Issues in Fieldwork with Undocumented Immigrants." Paper given at

the Fordham University Center for Hispanic Studies, March 1993.

"U.S. Immigration Policy: Prejudicial Multiculturalism." Paper given at the American

Anthropological Association Meetings, San Francisco, December 1992.

"The Undercount of Salvadorans on Long Island: Preliminary Findings" Preliminary

Report presented to U. S. Bureau of the Census, Upper Marlboro, MD, June 25, 1991.

"High undercount of Undocumented Salvadorans: Results from the Alternate

Enumeration of Long Island Community." Paper presented at the Latin American

Studies Association meeting, Washington, D.C., April 6, 1991.

"Alternative Censusing in 1990: A Quantitative Quagmire." Paper presented at the

American Anthropological Association Meetings invited session on "Methodological

Issues in Census Undercount Research." New Orleans, December 2, 1990.

"Dominicans and 'Amnesty'" -- Why are So Few Participating?" Paper presented at the

Conference on Dominican Migration to the United States, Santo Domingo, Dominican

Republic, March 2, 1988. (Presented in Spanish).

"A History of U. S. Immigration Legislation and Its Effects on Dominican Migration."

Paper presented at the Conference on Dominican Migration to the United States, Santo


Domingo, Dominican Republic, March 24, 1988. (Presented in Spanish).

SERVICE

Professional Association Memberships

American Anthropological Association

Society of Urban and Transnational Anthropology

Anthropology for Children and Youth Interest Group

Grant Panel Reviews

Social Science Research Council: Dissertation Proposal Dev. Fellowship 2012, 2014

International Migration Program, pre-doctoral competition, 2000, 2001, 2002

Russell Sage Foundation postdoctoral grant competition, 2012

Conference Panel Reviews

Latin American Studies Association: Migration and Transnational Issues Track Chair for

LASA Congress, 2004.

Editorships

Guest Editor for special issue of Latino Studies on the diversity of Metropolitan Miami’s

Latin@ population. 2018

Guest Editor (with Myer Siemiatycki) for “Diverse Pathways to Immigrant Political

Incorporation: Comparative Canadian and U.S. Perspectives.” 2011.

Guest Editor (with Patricia Pessar) for special issue of Identities Global Studies in

Culture and Power, Volume 7(4). 2001

Conference/Panel Organizing:

“¿Unidos? Intra-Cuban and Intra-Hispanic Diversity in South Florida” Panel for 10th

Cuban Research Institute Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. Florida

International University, February 28, 2015.

“Bringing Gender from the Periphery to the Core Of Migration Studies: Honoring

Patricia R. Pessar” roundtable organized for the American Anthropological Association

Annual Meeting, November 23, 2013.

“Writing Good RAT Questions.” Workshop organized and delivered with several

collaborators at the Team-Based Learning Collaborative Annual Meeting, San Diego,

March 1, 2013.

“Diverse Pathways to Immigrant Political Incorporation: Comparative Canadian and

U.S. Perspectives.” International conference held at Florida International University,

January 16-17, 2009.

“Diversity and European Integration.” Miami-Florida European Union Center of

Excellence. International conference organized by and held at Florida International

University, April 1-2, 2008.

“Assessing the New EU: Enlargement, Governance and Institutions.” Keynote speaker:

Hon. Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of Delegation European Union, Delegation of the


European Commission to the USA. Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence.

International conference organized by and held at Florida International University,

March 30-31, 2007

Education & Immigration Workshop. International conference organized by and held at

Florida International University, Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies

International Migration Initiative on May 4-6, 2006.

“The EU Constitution: Where Are We Now?” Miami-Florida European Union Center of

Excellence. International conference organized by and held at Florida International

University, April 7-8, 2006

“The Rise of Evangelicals in Late-and Post-Socialist States.” Panel organized for

American Anthropological Association, November 18, 2004.

Fifth Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, Cuban Research Institute ,

Roundtable “Transnational Religious Ties Between Cubans on the Island and in Miami.”

October 30, 2003.

“Out of the Shadows: Salvadoran Migration Goes Public.” Session organized for the

American Anthropological Association meeting in November 2000 (accepted as an

invited session; organizer and presenter).

“Central American Transnational Migration I & II.” Panels organized for the Latin

American Studies Association meetings, March 16-18, 2000 in Miami.

“Central America 2020: Migration and Transnational Issues.” Organized international

conference of Central & North American migration scholars, San Salvador, El Salvador.

July 5-6, 1999.

“Engendering Theories of Transnational Migration” Yale University, February 5 & 6,

1999 (Co-organizer).

“Engendering Transnational Migration.” Panel organized with Patricia Pessar at the

American Anthropological Association meetings, Washington, DC., November 19, 1997.

“Theorizing Transnational Migration I & II.” Panel organized with Luis Guarnizo (UC-

Davis) for the Latin American Studies Association meetings in Guadalajara, Mexico in

April 1997.

“Immigrant and Refugee Health Issues.” Conference on refugee health in Burlington,

Vermont organized for refugees and service-providers, 1994.

Recent Reviews of Manuscripts Written for:

International Migration Review Stanford University Press

Anthropology Quarterly Duke University Press

National Science Foundation Columbia University Press

Identities Rutgers University Press

American Ethnologist Russell Sage Foundation Press

Human Organization American Anthropologist

Mahler, Sarah J., Curriculum Vitae (p. 18 of 19) Ethnic & Racial Studies Sex Roles

Service to Florida International University

Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies:

Director, Graduate Program 2004-2005

Personnel Committee, Member 2001-2005

Graduate Program Committee, Member 1998-2005

Undergraduate Program Committee, Member 1999-2001; 2008-present

Ad Hoc Committee on Research and Publishing, 1999-2000

School of International & Public Affairs:

Member, College Steering Committee

College of Arts & Sciences:

Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Summer Pay 2009

Member, Search Committee to Select Dean of College, 2007-8

Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2004-2006

Member, Office of Educational Research and Evaluation Advisory Committee, 2003-

2005

Designed Freshman Interest Group (FIG) course with English and International

Relations faculty, 1999-2000

iNET (Teaching in Web environment) Faculty Member 2000-present

University-Wide

Member, DASEC (Dissertation Advisor Status Evaluation Committee), 2010-11,

2014-15

Director, Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies, 2005-2008

Member, Dissertation Education Advisory Council, 2007-2008

Member, Search Committee for Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, 2006-2007

Member, Faculty Senate Research Council, 2006-2010

Member, Faculty Senate, 2004-2011

Director, “Transnationalism, International Migration, Race, Ethnicity & the State”

(TIRES) international exchange program. Also instructor for TIRES virtual seminar

(coordinated among 8 campuses, 4 in the U.S. and 4 in Europe). 2002-present

Member, Faculty Senate Committee to overhaul Core Curriculum, 2002.

Member, Faculty Senate Committee on University Exit Requirement, 2002-2003.

Other Professional Service:

Expert Witness. Testimony provided for political asylum and permanent resident cases

submitted to the Immigration and Naturalization Service by community-based

organizations, and on behalf of deceased undocumented immigrant in liability lawsuit

(2004).

Council on Immigrants & Refugees, Member, Burlington, Vermont, 1992-7

Limited English Speaking Youth Task Force, member, Long Island, 1990

Central American Refugee Center, legal clinic coordinator, Long Island, 1989-1991;

Mahler, Sarah J., Curriculum Vitae (p. 19 of 19) honored for this work with an award, October 9, 1996. Consultant on specific legal

issues, 1992-present.

New York State Task Force on Immigration, member and researcher, 1987-1988

FOREIGN LANGUAGES Spanish: verbal and written fluency; experience in simultaneous interpretation and

written translation.

German: five years of study; rudimentary level of speaking and reading

comprehension now.

Documents

SARAH J. MAHLER EDUCATION - Florida International University · Mahler, Sarah J., Curriculum Vitae (p. 2 of 19) Fund for the Improvement of Secondary Education (FIPSE), principal