Elena Rebeca Gutierrez

Email Address: elgut@uic.edu
College: Liberal Arts and Sciences Department: Gender and Women's Studies
Secondary Department: Latin American and Latino Studies
Title: Associate Professor
Office: 1224 Phone: 6-9039
Webpage: http://www.uic.edu/depts/wsweb/people/faculty/gutierrez/gutierrez.html
Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: Yes

Research Interest:
oral history, qualitative interviews, Mexican-origin women's activism in Chicago, Reproductive politics, sterilization abuse, Chicana activism, feminist activism and organizing, health disparities

also
the impact of Women's Studies and Chicana Feminism on social activism

Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 3

Qualifications of a Student:
Qualifications of a Student:

minimum G.P.A. 3.0

solid writing skills

familiarity with how to do secondary research and social science and humanities databases

openness to learning and developing leadership

Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
PROJECT A: Mexican American History in Chicago:

In this project which is based in historical methods of oral history, document analysis and digital archiving, students will: help collect, annotate and organize bibliographic literature and primary documents, assist with oral history collection and transcription, timeline creation and website management. Some may also assist in processing documents, photos and other historical ephemera related to organizing and activism in Chicago (scanning, identifying and archiving).

This project would be exciting to anyone wanting to learn the basic skills of comprehensive document collection, oral history interviewing, digital humanities.


Project B: Reproductive Justice Virtual Library
Students will work on a digital archive of research related to reproductive health and politics: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/center-on-reproductive-rights-and-justice/crrj-reproductive-justice-virtual-library/

Students will locate, read and annotate relevant academic research, organizational reports and primary documents and contribute to a national database that connects academic research with social movements that are able to utilize this information for their efforts.

Project C:
Mapping the Impact of UIC's GWS Program in Chicago and Beyond
An oral history / interview project documenting the history of the 50 years of the GWS program.

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