Professional Memberships
AAR (American Academy of Religion): member since 1992. Attended and participated as respondent in one session and panelist in another at the 1995 Philadelphia, PA Annual Meeting. Attended and participated as respondent, and as member of the JAAR editorial board, at the 1997 San Francisco, CA, Annual Meeting. Attended the 1992 (San Francisco, CA) and the 1993 (Washington, DC) Annual Meetings. Presented paper and served as discussant in the 1993 meeting.
ACHTUS (Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the U.S.): associate member since 1993. Attended and presented paper at 1995 New York City, NY Annual Meeting. Invited and accepted to be part of the Mentors/Doctoral Student Support Committee.
SSSR (Society for the Scientific Study of Religion): Attended and participated as presenter of a paper, convener of a session and panelist in a plenary at the 1993 Raleigh, NC, Annual Meeting. Attended and participated as both convener of three sessions and panelist in one at the 1994 Albuquerque, NM Annual Meeting. Attended and participated as presenter of a paper, convener of a roundtable, council member of PARAL, and member the Olga Scarpetta Award Committee, at the 1997 San Diego: CA, Annual Meeting. Elected as member of the Nominations Committee (1996-2000).
S.S.S.R. (Society for the Scientific Study of Religion): member since 1982. Attended and presented papers at the 1982 (Providence, RI), 1985 (Savannah, GA), 1987 (Louisville, KY), 1988 (Chicago, IL) and the 1993 (Raleigh, NC) Annual Meetings. Also attended the 1986 (Washington, DC), 1990 (Virginia Beach, VA) and 1992 (Washington, DC) Annual Meetings. Also served as organizer, discussant and panelist.
LAJSA (Latin American Jewish Studies Association): Attended the 10th International Research Conference at Princeton University, Mar. 14-15, 1999.
S.I.S.R. (International Society on the Sociology of Religion): member since 1971. Attended eight of the last biennial conferences, presenting papers at seven: Lloret de Mar, Spain-1975; Strasbourg, France-1977; Venice, Italy-1979; Lausanne, Switzerland-1981; London, England-1983; Tubingen, Germany-1987; and Maynooth, Ireland-1991.
A.F.S.R. (French Association for the Sociology of Religion): Member from 1975 until 1980. Attended the 1975 Session (Paris, France).
A.S.R. (Association for the Sociology of Religion): member since 1976. Attended and presented papers at the 1976 (New York, NY), 1980 (New York, NY), 1982 (Providence, RI), 1985 (Washington, DC), 1987 (Chicago, IL), 1988 (Atlanta, GA), 1989 (San Francisco, CA) and 1992 (Pittsburgh, PA) Annual Meetings. Also attended the 1986 (New York, NY) Annual Meeting, and served as Chairperson of the Overseas Membership Committee until 1988. In 1987 elected member of the Council of the Association until 1990. Also served as organizer, discussant and panelist.
I.S.A. (International Sociological Association): member since 1978. Elected for 1978-1982 member of the board of Research Committee 22: Sociology of Religion. Attended and presented papers at the 9th (Uppsala, Sweden-1978) and the 10th (Mexico City, Mexico-1982) World Conferences.
PAX ROMANA-ICMICA (International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs): member from 1979 to 1990. Attended as Guest Speaker the 1979 World Congress (Mexico City, Mexico), the 1979 (Mexico City, Mexico), 1982 (Quito, Ecuador), 1984 (Lima: Peru), and 1987 (Rome, Italy) Latin American Congresses, as well as the 1980 (Lima, Peru), 1981 and 1982 (Mexico City, Mexico) Seminars. Attended the 1988 (New York, NY) U.S.A. chapter meeting.
CEHILA (Commission for the Study of the History of the Church in Latin America): member since 1979. Attended the 1979 (San Juan, Puerto Rico), 1980 (Lima, Peru) and 1981 (Manaus, Brazil) Annual Meetings, presenting papers in the first two. Currently member of the U.S.A. section.
COELI (Ecumenical Council on International Relations): member since 1979. Member of its International Board since 1981.
L.A.S.A. (Latin American Studies Association).: member since 1982. Attended and presented a paper at the 1982 Annual Meeting (Washington, DC).
P.A.R.A.L. (Program for the Analysis of Religion Among Latinos): Member and consultant since 1988. Co-investigator since 1993. Attended and presented a paper at the 1993 Princeton Conference.
A.S.A. (American Sociological Association): member since 1992. Attended the 1992 Annual meeting (Pittsburgh, PA). Member of the Hispanic Caucus.
La Comunidad (Community of Hispanic Scholars in Theology and Religion): member since 1992. Attended the 1992 (San Francisco, CA) and the 1993 (Washington, DC) Annual Business Meetings.