▁Am ér ico ▁P ared es ▁as ▁“ Gre ater ▁Mexico .” ▁Before ▁this ▁appointment , ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁professor ▁in ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Education ▁and ▁a ▁fac ulty ▁affili ate ▁in ▁Lat ina / o ▁Studies ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan . ▁Prior ▁to ▁U M , ▁she ▁was ▁an ▁assistant ▁and ▁then ▁associate ▁professor ▁with ▁ten ure ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Ch icana ▁and ▁Ch icano ▁Studies ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Santa ▁Barbara . ▁She ▁earned ▁her ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁urban ▁school ing ▁in ▁the ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Education ▁and ▁Information ▁Studies ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁ ▁Selected ▁publications ▁Y os so ' s ▁dis sert ation , ▁A ▁Crit ical ▁Race ▁and ▁Lat C rit ▁Appro ach ▁to ▁Media ▁Liter acy : ▁Ch icana / o ▁Res istance ▁to ▁Visual ▁Micro ag gress ions , ▁linked ▁ra cial ▁micro ag gress ions , ▁s tere ot ype ▁threat , ▁the ▁intersection ality ▁of ▁ra cial ization ▁for ▁Lat ina / o ▁students , ▁and ▁film ▁port ray als . ▁ ▁Her ▁oper ational ization ▁of ▁ra cial ▁micro ag gress ions ▁has ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁hand book ▁definitions ▁of ▁ra cial ▁micro ag gress ions . ▁Her ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁Harvard ▁Edu c ational ▁Review ▁article ▁positions ▁this ▁analysis ▁of ▁micro ag gress ions ▁alongside ▁a ▁critique ▁of ▁the ▁assim ilation ist ▁models ▁util ized ▁in ▁higher ▁education ▁student ▁affairs , ▁shed ding ▁new ▁light ▁on ▁campus