University of New Mexico, 1989 - 1991

Professional Appointments represent a bulk of the series and documents numerous teaching positions Cisneros held from 1978-1993. Positions include those at Latino Youth Alternative High School, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Texas Lutheran University, California State University-Chico, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of New Mexico. Of note are various syllabi and readings Cisneros used for teaching. For example, at Irvine, she taught “Chicana Writers” and “Rediscovering the Short Story,” and at the University of Michigan there is material relating to “Gender and Literature,” “Latinas in the U.S.,” and “Poor Excuses to Get Us Writing: a creating writing workshop.”