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355 CONTRIBUTORS KATIE ACOSTA is an assistant professor at Tulane. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Connecticut. Her master’s thesis, “Invisible Immigrants: Exploring the Lives of Gays and Lesbians from Latin America,” analyzes the legal experiences of Latino gay and lesbian immigrants and binational couples. Her interests include immigration, sexuality, Latina/o studies, and gender. Her article “‘Everything Would Be Solved If Only We Could Marry’: Queers, Marriage, and Immigration Policy” was accepted for publication as part of an edited series entitled At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries, which explores sex and sexualities. TOMÁS ALMAGUER is a professor of ethnic studies and former dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. He currently teaches courses for the Ethnic Studies, Raza Studies, History, and Sociology Departments on that campus. He is author of Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California (Berkeley: University of California Press, 199) and the widely reprinted article “Chicano Men: A Cartography of Homosexual Identity and Behavior.” He is completing a book project on the life histories of Chicano gay men in the Bay Area for the University of California Press. HORTENSIA AMARO is Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences in Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, and director of the Institute on Urban Health Research. Amaro’s work focuses on improving the connections between public health research and public health practice. Her research has resulted in more than 100 scientific publications on epidemiological and community -based studies of alcohol and drug use among adolescents and adults; the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS-prevention programs; substance abuse and mental health treatment among Latina and African American women; reentry programs for incarcerated men of color; and screening and brief intervention on alcohol and drug use in college populations. SANDRA ARÉVALO is a research scientist at the Institute on Urban Health Research at Northeastern University, where she oversees a number of research studies on alcohol and drug use interventions for women of color. Arévalo is 356 CONTRIBUTORS also a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at Northeastern University and recipient of the Summer Science Research Fellowship from the National Hispanic Science Network. Arévalo has four publications in peer-reviewed journals and three book-report chapters in the areas of substance abuse treatment, health of incarcerated men, sexual and intimate violence, and sexual health. Arévalo received her MA in sociology from Northeastern University and her BA in psychology from the University of Massachusetts–Boston. SONYA GRANT ARREOLA is a psychologist and epidemiologist by training with a long history of working in clinical and research settings. Currently, Arreola is the scientific director of Legacy, an initiative within the HIV Vaccine Trials Network intending to develop and conduct research aimed at increasing participation of underrepresented populations in HIV-prevention research. MARYSOL ASENCIO is associate professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at the University of Connecticut. She is author of Sex and Sexuality among New York’s Puerto Rican Youth. She is currently working on a series of articles as well as a book based on her threeyear ethnographic study of migrant Puerto Rican sexual minorities. She was a 2003 Social Science Research Council–Sexuality Research postdoctoral fellow. She serves on the international editorial board of Sexuality Research and Social Policy. GEORGE AYALA, PsyD, works as a research psychologist/public health analyst at RTI International’s Urban Health Program in San Francisco, California, and serves as the executive officer of the Global Forum on MSM and HIV. Dr. Ayala is the former director of education at AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), where he managed HIV prevention; technical assistance; community-based research; and print, video, and Web-based media programs for six years. While at APLA, Dr. Ayala created and/or produced a series of provocative community-based publications that explore the intersections between race, gender, sex, and HIV. He has worked in the nonprofit HIV/AIDS sector supervising large and interdisciplinary teams of professionals for 18 years. Dr. Ayala’s work in the HIV/AIDS sector includes international collaborations with nongovernmental agencies in Canada, India, South Africa, Honduras, Australia, Mexico, and China. A clinical psychologist by training, Dr. Ayala has also conducted HIV prevention research since 1996. His research mainly focuses on understanding the mechanisms through which social discrimination impacts health. Dr. Ayala continues to serve as a part-time consultant with APLA. AMALIA L...

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