Carleen Sanchez
ACC Roles
Jan 2023 - present Interim Department Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies
March 2022 - present Department Chair, Anthropology, Economics, and Geography
2011-present Professor of Anthropology
August 2021-March 2022 Interim Department Chair, Anthropology, Economics, and Geography
2019-2021 Assistant Dean of DistanceEducation and External Partnerships, Liberal Arts Area of Study
2013-2018 Multi-departmental Assistant Dean, Cypress Campus
Teaching Experience
2011-present Professor of Anthropology, Austin Community College.
2011 - 2014 Online Faculty. Ashford University.
2004-2011 Assistant Professor, joint appointment in the Department of Anthropology and the Institute for Ethnic Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Affiliated Faculty, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2003-2004 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology. Moorpark College, California
2002-2004 Adjunct Faculty, Central American Studies Program, California State University, Northridge
2002 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Northridge.
2001-2004 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, California State University Northridge
Professional Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications (partial listing)
2012 The Apotheosis of Frida & Ché: Secular Saints and Fetishized Commodities. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Vol 24(2).
2010. Monumental Architecture and Preclassic Occupation at La Union in Western Honduras. Mexicon: Journal of Mesoamerican Studies, Vol. XXXII: 109-114.
2010 My Second life as a Cyber Border Crosser. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, Volume 2, Number 5: The Metaverse Assembled. http://www.jvwresearch.org
2008 Songs of the Ancestors: Ancient Maya Musicians. Istmo: Revista virtual de estudios literarios y culturales centroamericano, No. 17, julio – diciembre. http://collaborations.denison.edu/istmo/n17/articulos/sanchez2.html
2008 Las canciones de los antepasados: La música de los antiguos mayas. Istmo: Revista virtual de estudios literarios y culturales centroamericano, No. 17, julio – diciembre. http://collaborations.denison.edu/istmo/n17/articulos/sanchez.html (Spanish version of the above)
2008 Pitfalls in Archaeological Fieldwork: On Gender, Ethics, and Danger. PracticingAnthropology, Winter 2008 30(1): 54-58.
2002 Creando la Identidad Nacional de las Ruinas. Istmo, No. 3 enero-junio, http://collaborations.denison.edu/istmo/n03/articulos/ruinas.html
Other Publications
2012 The Archaeology of Central America. In The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, revised second edition, edited by Neil Asher Silberman. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2012 Cihuacoatl. Celebrating Latino Folklore, ed. by Maria Herrera-Sobek, Greenwood Publishing Group.
2012 Coyolxauhqui. Celebrating of Latino Folklore, ed. by Maria Herrera-Sobek, Greenwood Publishing Group.
2012 Huitzilopochtli. Celebrating of Latino Folklore, ed. by Maria Herrera-Sobek, Greenwood Publishing Group.
2012 Tezcatlipoca. Celebrating of Latino Folklore, ed. by Maria Herrera-Sobek, Greenwood Publishing Group
2012 Tonantzin. Celebrating of Latino Folklore, ed. by Maria Herrera-Sobek, Greenwood Publishing Group (in press).
2010 “The Conundrums of Comprehending Latin American Cultural Production,” Review of Drugs, Thugs, and Divas: Telenovelas and Narco Dramas in Latin America, by O. Hugo Benavides. Austin: University of Texas Press, Current AnthropologyVolume 51, Number 2, April 2010.
2006 Creando la Identidad Nacional de las Ruinas. In Estudios Culturales Centroamericanos en el nuevo milenio, ed. by Marc Zimmerman and Gabriela Baeza Ventura. CIICLA, University of Costa Rica.
2003 Topographies of Power: The Political Landscape of the Southeast Maya Region. Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara. UMI Microfilm.
2002 Las Ruinas como Cimiento de la Identidad Nacional. Cultura No. 87/88 (Revista del Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y el Arte, El Salvador); pp. 233-240.
1999 El Cociente de Filo a Masa: Una Reconsideración en Vista de la Obsidiana del Sitio Formativo de Yarumela. In Yaxkin vol. XVI (1 and 2) pp. 5-15, Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1996 The Archaeology of Central America. In The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, edited by Brian Fagan, pp. 124-125. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Recent Conference Papers
2022 "Mimesis and Alterity on the borderlands: Making Sense of Cultural Practices on the Southeastern Maya Periphery." 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
2016 “Using Blackboard Wikis for Active Learning in Distance Education” South Central Regional Meeting of The Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges. Houston, Texas
2013 "Technology Unlimited" National meeting of the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges. Austin, Texas.
2010 “Performing Race and Gender in Second Life,” for the 38th Annual National Conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies, April 10, 2010, Washington, DC
2009 “Recreating Colonialism: Colonial House, Frontier House, and Texas Ranch House” National Association for Ethnic Studies 37th Annual Conference, April 2009. San Diego, California.
2008 “Changing Demographics and Identity: Future Directions for Chican@ and Latin@ Studies.” National Association for Ethnic Studies 36th Annual Conference, April 3-5, 2008, Atlanta, Georgia.
2007 “Deconstructing the Visual Narrative of Evolution,” National Association for Ethnic Studies 35th Annual Conference, March 22-24, 2007, SUNY New Paltz, NY.
2005 “Frida & Ché: Fetishized Commodities / Secular Icons.” National Association for Ethnic Studies 33rd Conference, March 24-26, 2005. Chicago, Illinois.
Proffessional Appointments
2023-2024 Treasurer, ACC Chapter, TACHE
2011-2012 Vice President, National Association for Ethnic Studies
2011-2012 Conference Chair, 40th Anniversary Conference, National Association for Ethnic Studies. New Orleans
2011-2012 Editor, Ethnic Studies Review (Peer-reviewed journal of NAES)
2010-2011 Editor, Ethnic Reporter (NAES Newsletter)
2008-2012 Board of Directors, National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES)
Published: January 18, 2025