Michelle Habell-Pallán 

Associate Professor of Women Studies

Background

Michelle Habell-Pallan is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Ethnic Studies, co-editor of Latina/o Popular Culture, and a co-creator of "American Sabor: US Latinos Shaping Popular Music," currently in development for the Experience Music Project. She is also a past recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Research Award as well as a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Award.

  • Ph.D., Literature and Cultural Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1997
  • M.A., American Literature, University of California at San Diego, 1993
  • B.A., English, San Diego State University, 1989


Selected Fellowships and Grants
  • Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship.The Dynamics of Chicana/o Literacy Center. Center for Chicano Studies. University of California at Santa Barbara.  2002-2003.
  • A.W. Mellon Foundation. Career Enhancement Fellowship for Underrepresented Junior Faculty. Administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. 2001-2002.
  • Rockefeller Foundation Research Team Fellow. Rockin’ Las Americas: The Global Politics of Rock [Music] in Latin America. Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center at Bellagio (Italy). Summer 2002.

Publications
  • Habell-Pallán, Michelle.Loca Motion: The Travels of Chicana and Latina Popular Culture. New York: New York University Press, 2005
  • "'Soy Punkera, y Qué?': Sexuality, Nation, and Punk." In Rockin' Las Americas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin America.  Deborah Pacini Hernández and Eric Zolov, eds.  Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 160-178.
  • Habell-Pallán, Michelle and Mary Romero, eds. 2002. Latina/o Popular Culture. With an Introduction by Mary Romero and Michelle Habell-Pallán and essay by Michelle Habell-Pallán "'Don't Call US Hispanic': Popular Latino Theater in Vancouver". New York: New York University Press.
  • "No Cultural Icon." In Women Transforming Politics. Kathy Jones, Cathy Cohen, and Joan Tronto, eds. New York: New York University Press. 256-268.

Courses
Women of Color as Cross-Cultural Artists (WOMEN 351/AES 310)
Introduction to Chicano Studies (CHSTU 101)
Latina/Latino Theater (CHSTU 340)
Latina Cultural Production (CHSTU 410)
Special Topics in Chicano Studies (CHSTU 498)