Cristina Beltrán

Biography

Cristina Beltrán received her B.A. in Politics from the University of California at Santa Cruz and her Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University.

Professor Beltrán teaches courses on modern and contemporary political theory, Latino politics in the United States, democratic theory, feminist political theory, and American political thought. She was awarded the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching by Haverford College in 2008.

Education

B.A., University of California

Ph.D., Rutgers University

Research

Broadly cast, Professor Beltrán's research interests center on questions of membership, identity, inequality, and the way in which these forces shape deliberation and participation in the public sphere. Her book, The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity draws upon political, feminist, and cultural theorists to explore the various ways that Latinos in the United States construct themselves as political subjects. The book is being published in summer 2010 by Oxford University Press.

Beltrán's work has appeared in Political Theory, Political Research Quarterly, and well as various edited volumes. She currently serves on the editorial board of the journal Polity. In 2009 she was elected to serve on the Council of the American Political Science Association (APSA).

Selected Publications:

Books:

The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity (Oxford University Press, July 2010)

Articles:

“Mestiza Poetics: Walt Whitman, Barack Obama and the Question of Union,” in A Political Companion to Walt Whitman, edited by John Seery (The University Press of Kentucky). Forthcoming 2010.

Going Public: Hannah Arendt, Immigrant Action and the Space of Appearance,” Political Theory Vol. 37, Number 5 (October 2009): 595-622.

“Patrolling Borders: Hybrids, Hierarchies and the Challenge of Mestizaje,” Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 4: 595-607.

Courses: Spring 2010, Haverford