— OTHER PUBLICATIONS —

 

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Lien, P., D. Pinderhughes, C. Sierra, and C. Hardy-Fanta. (2007). “The Voting Rights Act and the Election of Nonwhite Officials.” PS: POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS 40(3): 489-94.

Ransford, Paige, Carol Hardy-Fanta, and Anne Marie Camissa. (2007). "Women in New England Politics." NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY (Spring).

Hardy-Fanta, C., C. Sierra, P. Lien, and D. Pinderhughes. (2006). “Women of Color and Descriptive Representation: Findings from a National Study of Elected Officials by Gender and Race.” JOURNAL OF WOMEN, POLITICS & POLICY 28(3/4): 7-41.

Montoya, L., C. Hardy-Fanta, and S. García. (2000). “Latina Women in Politics,” PS: POLITICAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS, Special Symposium Issue on Latino Politics, 33 (3) September.

Hardy-Fanta, C. (1995). "Latina Women and Political Leadership: Implications for Latino Community Development," NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY, 11 (1) Spring/Summer: 221- 235.

Amaro, H. and Hardy-Fanta, C. (1995). "Gender Relations in Women's Addiction and Recovery," JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS 27 (4) October-December.

Hardy-Fanta, C. (1994). "Discovering Latina Women in Boston Politics," HARVARD JOURNAL OF HISPANIC POLICY. Vol. 7 (September).

Hardy-Fanta, C. (1992). Latina Women and Politics in Boston: Somos La Vida, La Fuerza, La Mujer." LATINO STUDIES JOURNAL, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May): 38-54.

Hardy-Fanta, C. "Social Action in Hispanic Groups," SOCIAL WORK 31(2) March-April, 1986: 119-23.

Hardy-Fanta, C. &  Montana,  P. (1983). "The Hispanic Female Adolescent:  A Group Therapy Model," INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY 32(3), July 1982: 351-66. Reprinted in Gorff, N. (ed.) REAPING FROM THE FIELD - FROM PRACTICE TO PRINCIPLE. Hebron, Conn.: Practitioners Press: 542-60.

Hardy-Fanta, C. & MacMahon-Herrera, E. (1981). "Adapting Family Therapy to the Hispanic Family," SOCIAL CASEWORK 62: 138-48.


BOOK CHAPTERS

Hardy-Fanta, C. (2016). “Foreword.” In LATINAS IN AMERICAN POLITICS: CHANGING AND EMBRACING
POLITICAL TRADITION, ed. Sharon A. Navarro, Samantha A. Hernandez, and Leslie A. Navarro. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Hardy-Fanta, C., with Rosalba Bassols-Martínez. (2002). “StrategicPlanning in the Community andthe Courts.” Chapter 4 in LATINO POLITICS IN MASSACHUSETTS: STRUGGLES, STRATEGIES, AND PROSPECTS. New York: Routledge.

Hardy-Fanta, C., with J. Rodríguez. (2002). “Latino Voter Registration Efforts in Massachusetts: Un Pasito Más,” Chapter 10 in LATINO POLITICS IN MASSACHUSETTS: STRUGGLES, STRATEGIES, AND PROSPECTS. New York: Routledge.

Amaro, H., J. McGuire, C. Hardy-Fanta, and G. Wissman. (1999). “Participation of Latino Community- Based Organizations in the RWCA Process: A Study of Two Metropolitan Areas,” FREE INQUIRY IN CREATIVE SOCIOLOGY, Vol. 27, No. 2: 1-16.

Hardy-Fanta, C. (1997). "Latina Women andPolitical Consciousness: La Chispa que Prende." Chapter   in WOMEN TRANSFORMING POLITICS: AN ALTERNATIVE READER, ed. Cathy Cohen,
Kathleen B. Jones, and Joan C. Tronto New York: New York University Press.


RESEARCH REPORTS

Hardy-Fanta, C., and Paige Ransford. (2010). Facing Up: Managing Diversity in Challenging Times.
Research Report. Boston: Commonwealth Compact, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston (December).
Hardy-Fanta, C. (2009). Stepping Up: Managing Diversity in Challenging Times. Research Report.
Boston: Commonwealth Compact, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston (May).

Hardy-Fanta, C., and Kacie Kelly. (2007). Women of Talent: Gender and Government Appointments in Massachusetts,  2002–2007.  ResearchReport.  Boston:  CenterforWomeninPoliticsand Public Policy and Center for Social Policy, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts   Boston(November).

Hardy-Fanta, C., and D. Stewartson. (2007). A Seat at the Table? Racial. Ethnic & Gender Diversity on Corporate, Hospital, Education, Cultural & State Boards. Research Report. Boston: Center for WomeninPolitics&  PublicPolicy,  McCormackGraduateSchool,  Universityof Massachusetts,  Boston(May).

Hardy-Fanta, C., and P. Watanabe. (2007). Transformation and Taking Stock: A Summary of Selected Findings from the McCormack Graduate School Diversity Survey. Boston: McCormack GraduateSchool(December).

Hardy-Fanta, C. (2007). A Benchmark Report on Diversity in State and Local Government. Boston: Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy (7 February).

Hardy-Fanta, et al. (2006). Minority Women in the Healthcare Workforce in New England. Fact Sheet.
Boston: Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston.

Petersen, K. A., C. Hardy-Fanta, and K. Armenoff. (2004). “As Tough As It Gets”: Women in Boston Politics, 1921–2004. Research Report. Boston: Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston.

Hardy-Fanta, C. (2002). Who’s in Charge? Appointments of Latinos to Policymaking Offices and Boards in Massachusetts. Latino Policy Agenda, Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and PublicPolicy, University of Massachusetts Boston(April).

Hardy-Fanta, C., Harter, S., Cardozo, C. and Mass Action for Women. (2001). Connecting for Change: Results of the Mass Action for Women Audit. Boston: Center for Women in Politics andPublicPolicy (November).

Hardy-Fanta, C. (2000). A Latino Gender Gap? Evidence from the 1996 Election. Briefing paper.
MILENIO, Notre Dame, IN: Inter-University Program for Latino Research, No. 2, February.

Hardy-Fanta, C. and S. Mignon. (2000). Alternatives to Incarceration for Substance Abusing Female Defendants/Offenders in Massachusetts, 1996-1998. Boston: Center for Women in Politics &Public Policy, McCormack Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston (March).

Ehrlich, J. S., C. Hardy-Fanta, and J. A. Sabino. (2000). Report on the Minors’ Abortion Rights Project. Boston:  Center forWomen in Politics& Public Policy (September).

Watanabe, P. and Hardy-Fanta, C. (1998). Conflict and Convergence: Race, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior in Massachusetts. An Occasional Paper, McCormack Institute of Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston,  June.

Hardy-Fanta, C. (1997). Latino Electoral Campaigns in Massachusetts: The Impact of Gender. Boston: Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy & the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston.
Hardy-Fanta, C. with M. Quiñones, L. Stephen, N. Merced, and A. Affigne. (1995). Speaking from Experience: A Handbook By and For Latino Candidates in Massachusetts. Boston: Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy(December).
Hardy-Fanta, C. with M. Quiñones, L. Stephen, N. Merced, and A. Affigne. (1995). Directory of Latino Candidates in Massachusetts, 1968-1994. (Boston: Center for Women in Politics & PublicPolicy,  December 1995.

Amaro, H. and C. Hardy-Fanta. (1995). Evaluation Report: Latinas: Partners for Health. Boston: Boston University School of Public Health (June).

Amaro, H., M. Barker, T. Cassidy, C. Hardy-Fanta, T. Heeren, S. Levinson, L. McCloskey, and M. Meléndez. (1995). HIV/AIDS Prevention: Program Evaluation Report. Boston: MassachusettsDepartmentofPublicHealth (1995).

Amaro, H., and C. Hardy-Fanta. (1995). The Impact of the Ryan White Care Act Title I On Capacity Building in Latino Community Based Organizations: Findings From A Study of Two Cities. Report to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Human Resources Service Administration. Boston: Boston UniversitySchoolof PublicHealth(August).

Hardy-Fanta, C. (1992). "Latinos in Boston: A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Latino Experience" in Latinos in Boston: Confronting Poverty, Building Community, The Boston Persistent Poverty Project, 75-131. Boston: The Boston Foundation.


ENDOWMENT OVERSIGHT

Polly Logan Endowment for Research on Women
Betty Taymor Scholarship for the Education of Women Fund SBR Endowment


RESEARCH GRANTS/PROJECTS (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)

Co-Principal Investigator. WOMEN’S PIPELINE FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE: Participatory Action Research Fellowship Project. Funded by Jobin-Leeds Partnership for Democracy. ($175,000-
$300,000). (2011).

Principal Investigator. IRANIAN WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP PROJECT. National Endowment for Democracy. Funded by the National Endowment for Democracy. ($84,600). 2009-2010.

Co-Principal Investigator (with D. Pinderhughes, C. Sierra, P. Lien). GENDER AND MULTICULTURAL LEADERSHIP: THE FUTURE OF GOVERNANCE. Funded by the Ford Foundation. (Three year grant:   $680,000)  2003-2006.

Principal Investigator. POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS. The Boston Foundation ($21,569). 2006– 2007.

Principal Investigator. Addressing Gender/Racial Disparities in the Health Professions. Contract from the DHHS Office of Women’s Health, Region I. ($7,200) 2004-2006; UMass Public Service Grant ($4,500) 2004–2005.

Principal Investigator. TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT? A STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING FORSUBSTANCE-ABUSING FEMALE OFFENDERS IN THE MASSACHUSETTS CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. Funded by the Department of Public Health ($52,297)   1997-98.

Principal Investigator. FROM DIALOGUE TO ACTION: THE MASS ACTION FOR WOMEN AUDIT.
Funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Three year grant: $240,000) 1998-2001.
Principal Investigator. FROM DIALOGUE TO ACTION: THE MASS ACTION FOR WOMEN AUDIT IN
GREATER BOSTON. Funded by The Boston Foundation (Two year grant: $55,000) 1999-2001.

Principal Investigator. INTERNET WORKING FOR WOMEN IN GREATER BOSTON. Funded by the Cisco Systems Foundation ($10,000)  1999-2000.

Co-Principal Investigator. MINORS’ ABORTION RIGHTS PROJECT. Funded by the Clark Foundation ($45,000) and the Packard Foundation ($45,000) 1998-2000.

Principal Investigator. LATINO ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS IN MASSACHUSETTS: THE IMPACT OF
GENDER. Funded by the Inter-University Program for Latino Research ($21,500) 1994– 95.

SELECTED SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS: 1990-2015

2016    AUTHORS MEET CRITICS ROUNDTABLE: Big Questions for Contested Transformation.
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1-4, Philadelphia, Penn.

2014    SPEECH: Promoviendo la participación política de la mujer: El rol de la universidad. Red Interdisciplinaria de Estudios Feministas y de Género. Valparaiso, Chile, 1 December.

2014    SPEECH: Background, challenges and achievements of Centers for Women in Politics and Public Policy. Meeting of Chancellor and Administrators of University of Valparaiso.
Valparaiso, Chile, 1 December.

2014    PRESENTATION AND ROUNDTABLE: The role of public universities: Is it important to incorporate gender issues into the higher education reform in Chile. University of Valparaiso Law School. Valparaiso, Chile, 1 December.

2014    INTERVIEW BROADCAST. United States Embassy Radio. https://cl.usembassy.gov/es/u-s- expert-gender-chile-es/2December

2013    PAPER PRESENTATION. “Racial and Ethnic Identity of Elected Officials of Color: A Closer Look at a Complex Matter,” with Dianne Pinderhughres, Pei-te Lien and Christine Sierra. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 29– September 1, Chicago, Illinois.

2011    PAPER PRESENTATION. “Perceived Constituency Linkages and Dimensions of Representation among Racial Minorities in Subnational Levels of Office,” with Dianne Pinderhughres, Pei-te Lien and Christine Sierra. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1-4, Seattle, Washington

2010    PANEL: Women and Gender Scholarship in Political Science: Critical Transformations, Debates and Questions. Annual Meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association. Boston, Mass., 12 Nov.

2010    SPEECH: “Leadership and Careers in Politics.” Weissman Center for Leadership, Mount Holyoke College. 3 November.

2010    PANEL: “A New Era of Women in Politics. Centro Presente‟s Our Voices, Our Vote Campaign.” Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass., 28 October.
2010    KEYNOTE: Barbara Kelleher Hyland Scholarship Lecture. Regis College, 22 May. 2009    PAPER PRESENTATION. “How Do We Get Along? Linked Fate, Political Allies, and Issue
Coalitions,” with Dianne Pinderhughres, Pei-te Lien and Christine Sierra. American Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, September 2-6.
2009    PANEL: Gender and Politics in US and the European Union. Boston University School of Management. 1 October.

2009 SPEAKER: “When Race and Gender Collide: Presidential Politics, The Constitution andthe Future of America.” Colloquium on the Constitution and the Imagining of America. Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 24-25 April.

2008 SPEAKER AND CONSULTANT: “Race, Gender and Political Representation in Chile and the United States.” PROLIFEM (Progama de Liderazgo Femenino en Asuntos Públicos) and Facultad de la Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile. 13–20 November.

2008    PANEL: “Latina Women in the 2008 Presidential Election.” Women and Minorities in Politics Panel. Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C. 28 October.

2008    SPEAKER: “Elección Latina: Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and the Roles of Latina Women in the 2008 Presidential Campaign.” ANNUAL WEISS LECTURE, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 23 October.

2008    PAPER PRESENTATION: Lien, P., C. Hardy-Fanta, C. Sierra, and D. Pinderhughes. “Expanding Categorization at the Intersection of Race and Gender: „Women of Color‟ as a Political Category for African American, Latina, Asian American, and American Indian Women.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston,  30 August.
2007 PAPER PRESENTATION: Sierra, C., P. Lien, C. Hardy-Fanta, and D. Pinderhughes. “Cleavage or Convergence: Elected Officials of Color and the Politics of Immigration.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, 8-10 March.

2007    PAPER PRESENTATION : Hardy-Fanta, C., P. Lien, C. Sierra, and D. Pinderhughes. “A New Look at Paths to Political Office and Political Ambition: Moving Women of Color from the Margins to the Center.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,  Chicago, 1 September.

2006      PANEL: “Racial/Ethnic Minority Women in the Healthcare Workforce: Results of the 2006 New England State Roundtables.” Presented at the New England Rural Health Symposium, Portland, Maine, 18 October.

2006    PAPER PRESENTATION: Lien, Pei-te, Carol Hardy-Fanta, Christine Sierra, Dianne Pinderhughes. “Changing Guards, Changing Views: Preliminary Findings from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Survey.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 2 September.

2006    SPEECH: “Emotional Intelligence: What it is. How to use it.” 2006 National Forum of Women in Executive Leadership in Government, Arlington, Virginia, 9 May.

2006    KEYNOTE SPEECH: “Latina Leadership in Massachusetts.” Latinas at the State House, 10 March.

2006    SPEECH: “Women Leading? Political Representation in Massachusetts.” Mass Municipal Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 14 January.

2005    PANEL: “Status of Women in New England Politics.” CAWP New England Forum for Women State Legislators, Portland, Maine, 18 November.

2005    PANEL: “Become an Architect of Political Change.” Massachusetts Conference for Women, Boston, Mass., 7 December.
2005    PAPER PRESENTATION: “Gender, Race, and Descriptive Representation: An Exploration of Multicultural Leadership in the U.S.,”  with P. Lien, C. Sierra, D. Pinderhughes. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 2 September.

2005    WORKSHOP: “Cultural Diversity in Policymaking.”  Women’s Policy Conference.  New England College, Henniker, New Hampshire, 2April.

2005    SPEECH: “Status of Women & Politics on Cape Cod.” Cape Cod Women’s Political Summit, Cape Cod Community College, 28 March.

2005    PANEL: “Race, Gender, and Representation in the U.S. Building Bridges and Exploring Intersections for Future Research.” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 7 January.

2004    SPEECH: Gender and Politics. American Council on Education's National Network for Women Leaders, University of Massachusetts Boston, 14 October.

2004    PANEL: Gender & Multicultural Leadership: The Future of Governance. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, 2 September.

2004    WORKSHOP: “Creating a women's agenda, taking action that gets results.” Young Women’s Leadership Conference (Democratic National Convention Event). Lesley College, 28 July.

2004    SPEECH: "Race and Gender in Massachusetts Politics." Commonwealth Coalition, Boston, 26 July.

2004    PANEL DISCUSSION: Women, Politics & the Media. Yale Campaign School for Women. New Haven, 16 July.

2004    PANEL DISCUSSION: Women’s Leadership Matters: Expanding Diversity Across Sectors. National Council for Research on Women Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 6 June.

2004    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Women’s Policy Agenda 2004. Lawrence, Massachusetts, 24 April. 2004    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Women’s political Leadership. Worcester State College, 23 April.
2003 PANEL: The “20% Solution: Latino/a Political Participation and the Declining American Voter. Paper presented to the New England Political Science Association, Providence, Rhode Island, 2 May.

2003    SPEECH: Democracy Without Representation Is Not Democracy: Equal Rights in Boston.
Boston Equal Rights League, Crispus Attucks Day, Fanueil Hall, 5 March.

2002    PANEL: Transnational Citizenship Across Fortified Borders: Implications for Latino Politics in a Changing World. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 2-5 September.

2002    SPEECH: Women in Municipal Office in Massachusetts. Delivered to the Massachusetts Municipal Association Annual Meeting, 9 Jan.

2001    PAPER: Homeland Ties and Latino Immigrant Politics: The Historical and Comparative Context. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 29 August–2 September.

2001    PANEL DISCUSSANT: Women and Politics in Mexico and the United States. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 29 August–2 September.
2001    PANEL DISCUSSANT: Women of Color, Patriarchy, and Feminist Identity. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 29 August–2 September.

2001    PAPER: Homeland Ties and Latino Immigrant Politics: The Historical and Comparative Context. American Political SCIENCE Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 29 August–2 September.

2000    PRESENTATION:  “Women of Color and the Gender Gap: A Discussion ofthe 1996 and 2000 Elections.” Boston College, Boston, 19October.

2000    PANEL: “Building Bridges: Women‟s Vote and Community Organizing Across Race and Class.” Participant in Panel: “We Got the Vote...So What?” Women 2000 Conference, Women’s History Project, Worcester, 21 October.

2000 PANEL: “Mapping the Context and Identifying a Successful Strategy for Latino/a Political Leadership.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 31 August-3 September.

1999    PAPER: A Rocky Road: “Mass Action for Women” and the Challenges for Women Combating Racism. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2-5 September.

1999 PAPER: User Beware: The Impact of Substance Abuse Identification on the Case Dispositions of Female Offenders in Two Massachusetts District Courts. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2-5 September.

1998    SPEECH: The Impact of Welfare Reform on Latino Health. 1998 National Hispanic/Latino Prevention Conference (CSAP), Boston, 23 September.

1997    PAPER: Beyond the Gender Gap: Women of Color in the 1996 Election. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 28-31 August.

1997    PANELIST: The Gender Gap in the 1996 Election. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 28-31.

1997    PAPER: Strategies for Success: Latino Politics in Four Massachusetts Cities. New England Political Science Association Meeting, New London, May 2.

1996    PAPER: The Latino Vote in the 1996 Election. Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center, University of Connecticut Storrs, December 3.

1996    PAPER: Why Latina Women Do Run: Gender and Latino Election Campaigns in Massachusetts.
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 29-Sept. 1.

1996    SPEAKER: Panel on Women in Government. Bringing Beijing Home: Keeping the Commitments Alive. Conference organized by Women and International Development, Joint Harvard/MIT Group. John F. Kennedy School of Government, March 9.

1996    PAPER: "Ethnic Politics in Four Massachusetts Cities." New England Political Science Association, Springfield, MA, May 3.

1996    PANELIST: "Ethnic Identity and Political Development in Boston's Hispanic Caribbean Community." Blacks in Boston VI: The Caribbean Connection. Boston College, February 23.

1995    SPEAKER: "Gender and Latino Election Campaigns in Massachusetts: A Report on Research." Inter-University Program for Latino Research, University of California at Los Angeles, Dec. 8.

1995    SPEAKER: "Gender and Latino Election Campaigns in Massachusetts: Research Findings." National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights, University of Massachusetts Boston, December 2.

1995    SPEAKER: "Gender and Latino Election Campaigns in Massachusetts." Women's Research Forum, University of Massachusetts Boston, November 29.

1995    SPEAKER: "Latina Candidates and Feminist Theories," Boston College, October 17. 1995    PANELIST: "Directions in Latino Politics." Harvard University, May 12.

1995    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: "Gender and Latino Urban Politics: Challenging our Assumptions," Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, May 3-6.

1994    DISCUSSANT: "Broadening the Study of Women's Participation." Invited participant at Research on Women and American Politics: Agenda-Setting for the 21st Century, Center for the American Woman and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, New Brunswick, NJ, April 22- 24.

1993    SPEAKER: "Hispanics in the Political Process." Ohio Hispanic Congress. Lorain, Ohio, Sept. 18. 1993    ROUNDTABLE: "Latina Women and the Meaning of Citizenship: Implications of Gender and
Ethnicity." American Political Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, September 5.

1993    PAPER: "Latina Women and Political Leadership." New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Northampton, MA, April 3.

1993    SPEAKER: "Latina Women and Politics in Boston." Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy. University of Massachusetts, Boston, March 11.

1992    SEMINAR: "Connection and Political Empowerment: Latina Women in Boston." The Stone Center, Wellesley College, October 28.

1992    PANEL CHAIR: "Feminist Contributions to Political Transformation." American Political Science Annual Meeting. Chicago, September 3-6.

1992    PAPER: "Discovering Latina Women in Politics." Humanistic Sociologists Conference.
Portland, ME, October 22-23.

1991    PAPER: "Latina Women, Latino Men, and Political Participation." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., August 29- September 1.

1991    SEMINAR: "Latina Women, Latino Men, and Political Participation: A Discussion of Research Methods and Findings." Heller School, Brandeis University, April.


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS

2011 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. National Council for Research on Women. New York. Board Member. OWL – The Voice of Older Women. Washington, D.C.,  2009–2010.
Committee of Scholars: Ms. Magazine. 2006 – 2012.

LEADING WOMEN AWARD. Patriots‟ Trail Girl Scouts, Boston. October 21, 2004.
American Political Science Association, 1991 to present. Founding member of the Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics; Chair of Awards Committee 1996; 1998 Program Co-Chair of Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. 1998-2001 National Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession of Political Science.

Select Senate Committee to Study the Contribution of Women to the Commonwealth, 1995 -1996.
Select Committee in Massachusetts State Legislature.

House Working Group on Women and Children in The Criminal Justice Center. Member of Select Working Group in Massachusetts State Legislature. 2001–2002. INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD: University of Massachusetts Boston. 2000 – 2008.

MEDIA(SELECTED)

EVEN IN PROGRESSIVE MASSACHUSETTS, WOMEN LAG BEHIND MEN IN WORLD OF
POLITICS. Springfield Republican, 18 December 2010.
WOMEN IN POLITICS: DROP IN WOMEN IN POWER. Fox 25 TV, 17 November 2010.

WOMEN ON BEACON HILL. Callie Crossley Show, WGBH, 16 November 2010.
A WOMAN FOR AUDITOR. Op Ed by Renée Loth. Boston Globe, 16 October 2010. IRANIAN WOMEN STUDY BAY STATE. Boston Globe, 11 October 2010.
COMMENTARY ON US SENATE SPECIAL ELECTION. WBUR, 19 January 2010.

PRIDE – AND TREPIDATION. Boston Globe, 9 December 2010.

MINORITIES, WOMEN WIN BIG ON BALLOT. Boston Globe, 5 November 2009.
LATINAS IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. “Women and Minorities in Politics Panel,” CSPAN, 29 October 2008.

GETTING TO THE MEAT OF OFT-HEARD POLITICAL JAB. USA Today, 11 September 2008. WOMEN BETTER, BUT WE STILL WANT THE MEN. AsiaOne, 9 September 2008.
WOMEN SUPERIOR, BUT MORE WANT MEN. Electric New Paper, 8 September 2008.
SCRUTINY OF PALIN POSES RISKS FOR GOP AND DEMS. San Francisco Chronicle, 3 September 2008. AMERICANS THINK MEN HOLD A SIGNIFICANT EDGE AS LEADERS, POLL SAYS. Minneapolis
Star Tribune, 26 August 2008.

SIGNIFICANT U.S. PREFERENCE FOR MALE LEADERS PERSISTS. Modesto Bee, 25 August 2008. SONDEO: LOS HOMBRES SON MEJORES LÍDERES, El Nuevo Herald, 25 August 2008.
AFTER SECOND SNUB, HILL‟S BACKERS STILL HOLD HER FIRST. Boston Herald, 24 August 2008.

MORE WOMEN FIND NEW VOICE AS MAYORS. Boston Globe, 11 March 2008. CLINTON’S STRUGGLE VEXES FEMINISTS. Boston Globe, 19 February 2008.
EXPERTS: CLINTON WIN COULD BOOST WOMEN CANDIDATES IN MASS. Lowell Sun, 6
February 2008)
PATRICK HIRING DIVERSE GROUP TO FILL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. Boston Globe, 28
November 2007.

LATINO VOTERS LOSE A LEADING VOICE. Boston Globe, 8 November 2008.

MORE MINORITY OFFICIALS WANT U.S. OUT OF IRAQ. USA Today, 7 November 2007. DIVERSITY STILL LAGGING IN BAY STATE BOARDROOMS. Boston Globe, 11 May 2007.
VISION FOR A DIVERSE BOSTON. Boston Globe Editorial, 11 May 2007. DIVERSITY IS MISSING ON BOARDS. Boston Globe, 15 February 2007.
COAKLEY SET TO BE SWORN IN AS STATE'S FIRST WOMAN AG. Boston Globe. Associated Press, 16 January 2007. Author: BySteve LeBlanc,

HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: SURVEY: MASS. RACE RELATIONS STILL LACKING.
Bay State Banner. 11 January 2007. Author: Dan Devine

IS GENDER STILL AN ISSUE? Interviewed by Bob Oakes for election-night show on WBUR discussing the obstacles women face in running for governor in Massachusetts. 7 November 2006.

POLL: LATINAS PREFER CANDIDATES WHO FAVOR IRAQ TROOP WITHDRAWAL
Hispanic Link Weekly Report, Vol. 24 No. 44, 6 November 2006. Author: Verónica Macías   OUR OTHER GENDER GAP. Boston Globe Magazine, 5 November 2006. Author: Nan Levinson.
PRESSURE‟S ON LT. GOV. TO COME OUT SWINGING: TROUBLED REPUBLICANFACES
TOUGH TEST IN DEBATE TONIGHT. Boston Herald, 25 October 2006. Author: Kimberly Atkins

NEW HEALEY AD AGAIN LINKS PATRICK, LAGUER: Message seeks women's votes. Boston Globe, 19 October 2006. Author(s): Andrea Estes and Frank Phillips.

ON THE STATE OF WOMEN IN STATE POLITICS
Boston Globe (Letter to the Editor), 23 February 2006. Author(s): Carol Hardy-Fanta

BOARD TAKES AN ALL-MALE TURN
Nashua Telegraph, 8 January 2006. Author(s): Andrew Nelson

LAKEVILLE VICTORY MAKES HISTORY
Boston Globe South, 1 May 2005. Author(s): Christine Wallgren

ROMNEY UNDER FIRE FOR POLICE PERKS
Patriot Ledger, 3 March 2003. Author: Tom Benner.

ROMNEY KEEPING PLEDGES – TO SOME DISMAY
Patriot Ledger, 3 February 2003. Author: Tom Benner.

A SELECT FEW
Metrowest Daily News, 19 January, 2003. Author: Laura Crimaldi

UMASS PROGRAM HELPS WOMEN LAUNCH NEWCAREERS
The Patriot Ledger. Education page, 31 December 2002. Author: Christine Walsh.
ALLIES SAY HISTORIC EVENTS MARK GOV. SWIFT'S TENURE
Boston Herald, 29 December 2002. Author:  Ellen J. Silberman

THE IMPENETRABLE GLASS CEILING
Op-Ed, Boston Globe, 9 November 2002. Author: Carol Hardy-Fanta

ACTING GOV WILL REMAIN INVISIBLE AS CONTENDERS GRAB SPOTLIGHT
Boston Herald, 5 November 2002.   Author: ElisabethJ. Beardsley

WOMEN HOLD EDGE AT THE POLLS
Boston Sunday Globe. 3 November 2002. Author: Mary Leonard.

MITT OPTIMISTIC AS POLLS SHOW A VIRTUAL TIE
Deseret News, Salt Lake City. 3 November 2002. Author: Lisa Riley Roche.

SHANNON O‟BRIEN COULD SCORE A THREE-PEATTUESDAY
Women’s Enews. 1 November 2002. Author: Nancy Day.

STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE? RIVAL CAMPS TARGET PERSONALITY QUIRKS
Boston Herald. 1 November 2002. Author: Elisabeth Beardsley.

RACE FOR GOVERNOR: NO BATTLE OF THE SEXES; GENDER NOT AN ISSUE, RECENT POLLS SUGGEST
The Patriot Ledger, 27 October 2002. Author: Tom Benner

POWER TO THE PEOPLE: WORKING JOES TAKE ON BEACON HILL
The Patriot Ledger, 17 October 2002. Author: Tamara Race

MINORITY GROUPS LACKING NUMBERS IN STATEPOLITICS
Boston Globe, 15 October 2002 Author: Brian Mooney

STATEPENSIONFUND DISCOURAGES SPOUSE BENEFITS, STUDY FINDS
Boston Globe, 8 October 2002. Author: Stephanie Ebbert

ROMNEY AIMING TOUGHER IMAGE AT GENDER GAP
Boston Globe, 6 October 2002. Author: Yvonne Abraham

GREGG: A FIGHT FOR THE GOP SOUL
MetroWest Daily News, 12 September 2002. Author: John Gregg

LATINOS NEARLY SHUT OUT OF STATE PANELS, UMASS STUDY FINDS
Boston Globe, 27 June 2002. Author(s): Cindy Rodríguez, Globe Staff

IMAGES SCUFFED ON BOTH SIDES
Boston Globe, 26 June 2002. Author(s): Frank Phillips, Globe Staff

EMPLOYERS AID WORKERS‟ FLUENCY
Boston Herald, 24 May 2002. Author: Jon Chesto

A GENDER QUESTION
Boston Globe, 23 May 2002. Author(s): Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff

HOPEFULS FOCUS ON WOMEN‟SISSUES
Boston Globe, 10 May 2002. Author: Stephanie Ebbert
WOMEN'S SHOT AT THE TOP
Op Ed, Boston Globe, 22 February 2002. Author(s): Carol Hardy-Fanta

LATINO CANDIDATES SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE IN MASS.
Boston Globe, 1 January 2002. Author(s): Cindy Rodríguez

BOSTON CITY COUNCILORS OUT OF STEP ON MINORITY HIRING
Op-Ed, Boston Globe, 10 November 1998. Author(s): Regina Rodriguez-Mitchell and Carol Hardy- Fanta.

THE UNTOLD ELECTION STORY: BLACKS AND LATINOS GAVE CLINTONHIS VICTORY Op-Ed,
Boston Globe, 30 November 1996, A15 Author(s): Carol Hardy-Fanta and James Jenning