Jessica L. Dunning-Lozano
Curriculum Vitae
October 2014
Kenyon College
Department of Sociology
Ralston House 205
Gambier, OH 43022
Email: jdunninglozano@utexas.edu
Primary Fields of Interest
Race, Education, Incarceration, Class Inequality, Ethnography
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Expected May, 2015
Center for Mexican American Studies Portfolio
Urban Ethnography Lab Fellow
Dissertation: Removal, Isolation, and Discipline in Texas Schools: An Ethnographic
Study of a 6th - 12th Grade Disciplinary Alternative Education Program.
(Committee: Javier Auyero (co-chair), Robert Crosnoe (co-chair), Simone Browne,
Ben Carrington, John Hartigan)
Comprehensive examinations: Race and Ethnicity (specialization in education)
M.A., Social Sciences, University of Chicago
August, 2006
Master’s Thesis: Dreams, Hopes and Dumping Grounds: A Case Study of Alternative
Education.
B.A., Sociology and Geography University of California, Berkeley
December, 2002
Honor’s Thesis: Doing Time in Fortress High: The Bosnian Refugee Experience at
Oakland High School.
Academic Positions
Visiting Instructor, Department of Sociology, Kenyon College
Grants and Fellowships
National Academy of Education/ Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship
University of Texas Graduate School College Continuing Fellowship (Spring)
American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program Fellow
University of Texas Graduate School Dean's Prestigious Supplement Award
C. B. Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in US-Mexico Relations,
Dissertation Writing Fellowship
Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin,
Dissertation Fellowship Award
University of Texas, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement,
2014-Current
2014-15
2014-15
2014
2013-14
2013-14
2013
2012-2013
2011-2012
President’s Fellowship
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Alternate
Graduate Fellowship Recipient
National Science Foundation, Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education
Social, Behavioral, and Economic (EDGE-SBE) Fellowship Recipient
Scholarship in Recognition of Academic Excellence, University of Chicago,
Graduate Division of the Social Sciences
2010
2008-2009
2005-2006
Honors and Awards
SSSP Educational Problems Graduate Student Paper Prize
Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Competition
Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Competition
Honorable Mention, Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship Competition
Southern Regional Institutional Board (SREB) Institute on Teaching
and Mentoring, Invited Participant
Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship for Achieving
Excellence in College and University Teaching
Highest Honors in Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Academic Distinction in General Scholarship, College of Letters & Science,
University of California, Berkeley
Recognition of Achievement: College of Letters & Science Dean’s Honor List,
Spring Semester. University of California, Berkeley
Duran Foundation Scholar
Recognition of Achievement: College of Letters & Science Dean’s Honor List,
Spring Semester. University of California, Berkeley
Academic Achievement Division (AAD) student, University of California, Berkeley
2014
2014
2013
2013
2009
2009
2002
2002
2002
2001
2001
1999
Publications
Dunning-Lozano. “Race and Opportunity in an Public Alternative School,” Race Ethnicity and
Education. Published 05/2014.
Dunning-Lozano. “Inés: Discipline, Surveillance, and Mothering in the Margins,” in Invisible in Austin:
Life and Labor in an American City edited by Auyero, Javier. Forthcoming.
Manuscripts Under Review
Dunning-Lozano. “From Deficient Students to Docile Bodies: School Discipline, Race, and
Rehabilitation in Texas." Submitted to American Sociological Review.
Book Reviews
Dunning-Lozano. 2011. Doing Time Together. Sociological Forum. Vol. 26, No.4.
Manuscripts in Progress
Dunning-Lozano. “How Zero Tolerance Schools Discipline Parents and Families.”
Other Publications
Robert Crosnoe, Claude Bonazzo, Aida Ramos-Wada, and Jessica Dunning-Lozano. 2013. “Digging
Down into Issues of PK-3 Alignment in a Demographic Bellweather School District.” Population
Research Center, The University of Texas, Austin.
Chandra Muller, Jessica Dunning-Lozano, and Christine L. Williams. 2009. “Results from the
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Professional Women in the Earth Sciences
(PROWESS) Survey.” The University of Texas, Austin.
Positions Held
Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Javier Auyero
Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Robert Crosnoe
Substitute Teacher, Austin Independent School District
Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Robert Crosnoe
Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Chandra Muller
Consultant, Dr. Chandra Muller & Dr. Christine Williams
Teaching Assistant, Dr. Wei-Hsin Yu
Qualitative Researcher, SCENARIOS USA
Intern, Alameda County Department of Public Health, Richard Raya MPP
Civicorps Charter School, Reading Specialist
Institute of Reading Development, Reading Teacher
KnowledgePoints of Concord, Head Instructor
Teaching Assistant, UC Berkeley, Dr. Mary Kelsey
Teaching Assistant, UC Berkeley, Dr. Mary Kelsey
2014
2012
2010-2012
2010-2011
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
2003-2005
2003-2005
2002
2002
Conference Presentations
Dunning-Lozano. “Hands Behind Your Back and Face the Wall!" How Disciplinary Alternative
Education Programs Produce Penal Subjects.”Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Association, San Francisco, CA, August 19, 2014
Dunning-Lozano. “The Production of the Docile Student: School Discipline in Texas.” 64th Annual
Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA, August 15, 2014
Dunning-Lozano. "The Production of the Docile Student: School Discipline in Texas." Critical Ethnic
Studies Association 2013 Conference, on "Decolonizing Future Intellectual Legacies & Activist
Practices," hosted by the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois at
Chicago. Chicago, Illinois, September 19, 2013
Dunning-Lozano. "Facilitating Care During Transitions to and from Disciplinary Alternative Education
Programs." Juvenile Support Network 2013 Annual Conference on "Creative Pathways to Engaging
Youth: Building Trauma-Informed Communities," Austin, TX, February 4, 2013
Served as Discussant for the Violence at the Urban Margins 2013 Ethnography Workshop held at the
University of Texas, April 4-5, 2013
Served as Discussant for the Poverty and Marginality in the Americas 2011 Conference held at the
University of Texas, April 1-2, 2011
Dunning-Lozano. “Critical Race Theory in Public Alternative Education: Unveiling the Preservation of
Whiteness as Property.”Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August
13, 2010
Dunning-Lozano. “Racialized School Referral Process Without Racist Teachers: The Journeys of
Pushout and Dropout Youth into a Continuation High School” 5th Annual NSF-Sponsored Conference
on Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Graduate Programs in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.
April 21-23, 2010
Dunning-Lozano. “Race and Tracking in Alternative Education.”12th Annual Chicago Ethnography
Conference, March 6, 2010
Dunning-Lozano. “Beyond Last Chances: Combating School Pushout and Dropout at Berkeley High
School” Abriendo Brecha VII, Seventh Annual Activist Scholarship Conference at the University of
Texas at Austin. February 18-20, 2010
Invited Workshop Participant
“Part I: Transcending Dropout Status: Strategies to Enter and Succeed in Academia for Continuation
High School Students,” Berkeley High School, Social Justice Small Schools Workshop, Berkeley High
School, Berkeley, California, May 21, 2009.
“Part II: Transcending Dropout Status: Strategies to Enter and Succeed in Academia for Continuation
High School Students,” Berkeley High School, Social Justice Small Schools Workshop, Berkeley High
School, Berkeley, California, December 17, 2009
Teaching Experience
Lecturer
Teaching Assistant
Adult Instruction
Secondary Instruction
Primary
Mass Incarceration in the U.S.
Introduction to Social Science Research Methods
Principles of Sociology
Race and Ethnic Relations: The US Experience
Study Skills and Reading
Study Skills and Vocabulary Building
English, Social Studies, and Geography
Literacy and Comprehension
Phonics and Word Decoding
Professional Service
Graduate Student Mentor, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program,
University of Texas – Austin
Graduate Student Mentor, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program,
University of Texas – Austin
Chandra Muller’s Education Research Team (CMERT) Organizer,
University of Texas – Austin
Community Service
2013-present
2010
2009
Mentor, Austin Partners in Education
Consultant and Advisor to Starting Blocks, a non-profit mentoring program
established at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California
Mentor, KnowledgePoints of Concord
Y-Scholars Mentor, Downtown Berkeley, California YMCA
Professional Associations
American Sociological Association (ASA)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
References *Available upon request
2010-2011
2009-2011
2003-2005
2002